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Although sound moral judgment is an important characteristic of an effective leader, it is not as important as a leader’s ability to maintain the respect of his or her peers.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

When studying what makes a great leader, we often rely on historical leaders and those who paved the roads before us to provide an archetype for such a leader. We often see leaders as brave, making decisions for the greater good -- even if this went against the current belief system-- that may have been revolutionary, and well respected by their peers. However, there were many leaders who are ravened today for their actions, who were scoffed at by their peers and were not respected at the time, because their actions were not understood during that historical era. Yet when looking back, we can see that leaders who maintained sound moral judgement was a key tool to their remembrance as a great leader. Maintaining the respect of their peers, though a key asset for a successful leader, is not as important as possessing sound moral judgement.

To begin, in order to make positive change and impacts, we must recognize that change may result in the entrance into unchartered territory. When considering whether to make one decision over another, it is important to consider what is best for the greater good, what has sound reason and moral justification, rather than the respect that a leader maintains with their peers. For example, a political leader in a conservative state or country may recognize the importance gay and lesbian rights in the nation. If they belong to a very conservative community, recognizing and advocating for the needs and rights of all humans on moral ground may be tumultuous for the relationships between that political leader and their peers.

To continue, a new leader of a company may recognize that the company must be more transparent about their revenue. Perhaps the company was committing fraudulent acts and the new leader does not want to be in collusion with such affairs. This leader may lose the respect of their peers if they decide to cease such fraudulent activity, as it may mean that company employees may see a decrease in their salary. However, this sound moral decision is important for the greater good, even if it results in the loss or diminishment of the respect of their peers. Possessing this sound moral judgement is thus a necessity which supersedes the maintenance of respect amongst their peers in order to advance for the greater good.

Furthermore, it is necessary to consider the effects and potential outcomes of possessing sound moral judgement the respect of their peers versus maintaining the respect of their peers. If a leader maintains sound moral judgement, they may be able to make decisions more clearly that will benefit the group (be it the workplace, nation, taskforce, etc.). They will have the ability to look at the broader picture and keep the interest of the greater good in mind. Losing this ability may result in chaos if they make immoral decisions which could result in several negative implications. A good leader may even choose to sacrifice their reputation and respect of their peers, if they can recognize the benefit of such a decision on a moral scale. On the other hand, maintaining the respect of your peers, though important for a positive work environment, would not be as destructive should it be tarnished or even lost. If a leader loses the respect of its peers, although not ideal circumstances, the leader can continue to make decisions which benefit the greater good. They will continue to be effective in their role. Therefore, by viewing the pros and cons of having versus losing these key attributes of a leader, one can clearly see that sound moral judgement should maintain higher importance when discussing the effectiveness of a leader.

It should be noted that these arguments are not without their limitations. Morality is a highly contentious issue and philosophers have debated over what is 'right' versus 'wrong' for centuries. This moral gray area makes it difficult to determine what qualifies as 'sound moral judgement'. As an example, to illustrate this point, one could argue that making an environmental decision which will benefit the greater good in 100 years would be immoral if it meant that those today would have to make certain sacrifices in their lifestyle, while another could argue the complete opposite. So, although it is easy to say that a leader should poses sound moral judgement, quantifying this characteristic is significantly more difficult in practice.

In conclusion, it is more important for a leader to poses sound moral judgement than the respect of their peers. This will allow the leader to view the broader picture, rather than the view of their immediate circle and the respect of those around them.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 351, Rule ID: DOUBLE_PUNCTUATION
Message: Two consecutive dots
Suggestion: .
...it the workplace, nation, taskforce, etc.. They will have the ability to look at t...
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Line 9, column 635, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[2]
Message: The verb 'should' requires the base form of the verb: 'pose'
Suggestion: pose
... it is easy to say that a leader should poses sound moral judgement, quantifying this...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, however, if, look, may, so, therefore, thus, well, while, for example, in conclusion, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 32.0 12.4196629213 258% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 26.0 11.3162921348 230% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 76.0 33.0505617978 230% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 84.0 58.6224719101 143% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3889.0 2235.4752809 174% => OK
No of words: 775.0 442.535393258 175% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.01806451613 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.27625073458 4.55969084622 116% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.72651878879 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 297.0 215.323595506 138% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.383225806452 0.4932671777 78% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1190.7 704.065955056 169% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 15.0 6.24550561798 240% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 15.0 3.10617977528 483% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 30.0 20.2370786517 148% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.7467921914 60.3974514979 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 129.633333333 118.986275619 109% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.8333333333 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.03333333333 5.21951772744 77% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 21.0 10.2758426966 204% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.250630456615 0.243740707755 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.089234969563 0.0831039109588 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0568126611285 0.0758088955206 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.157883814365 0.150359130593 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0367918445279 0.0667264976115 55% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 14.1392134831 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 54.56 48.8420337079 112% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.13 12.1639044944 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.91 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 149.0 100.480337079 148% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.0 11.8971910112 151% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, however, if, look, may, so, therefore, thus, well, while, for example, in conclusion, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments