’Does "Ideal Speech" ever really take place? ’ Introduction Ideal Speech is a philosophical theory developed by scholar Jurgen Habermas. It is a form of communication that is based on norms of truth‚ freedom and justice‚ which underlie the conditions for engaging in understandable and truthful dialogue (Badillo‚ 1991‚ p. 19). It requires what we would think of as "fair play" in dialogue. All participants must have equal opportunity to participate. They must have the right to assert‚ defend or question
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ELEMENTS OF DEPRECIATION COMPUTATION Depreciation accounting may be defined as a systematic procedure for allocating the cost of a long-lived asset over its useful life. The determination of the depreciation expense of a period depends on three basic elements. These are: • Depreciation Base. The cost to be allocated over the period of use is known as the depreciation base. This consists of the initial purchase cost of the asset minus any salvage value expected at the time of retirement plus
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3.2.2. Computation of Current Trust Let TV(t) represents for a requested node’s historical trust level at the end of time interval t‚ and C(t + 1) represents for this node’s capability level on providing service for the next time interval t + 1 (prediction time interval)‚ which includes the remnant utilization ratio of battery‚ local memory‚ CPU cycle‚ and bandwidth at that point. Let TV(t + 1) refers to the same node’s current trust level for the next time interval t + 1. Assume the fuzzy membership
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INTRODUCTION TO CAPITAL BUDGETING Overview 159 7.1 The NPV Rule for Judging Investments and Projects 159 7.2 The IRR Rule for Judging Investments 161 7.3 NPV or IRR‚ Which to Use? 162 7.4 The “Yes–No” Criterion: When Do IRR and NPV Give the Same Answer? 163 7.5 Do NPV and IRR Produce the Same Project Rankings? 164 7.6 Capital Budgeting Principle: Ignore Sunk Costs and Consider Only Marginal Cash Flows 168 7.7 Capital Budgeting Principle: Don’t Forget the Effects of Taxes—Sally and Dave’s
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In reading Epictus Handbook‚ I discover that Epictus never really states a point of options. I understand from his reading and works that he doesn’t like to take a definite stand on anything he speaks on. He says our "opions or perceptions are entirely up to us‚ and our impulses‚ desires‚ aversions". However I only agree with his statement to a degree‚ but the following statement "our bodies are not up to us‚ nor are our possessions‚ our reputations‚ or our public office‚ or‚ that is what is not
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Nosich’s “The Elements of Reasoning” and Elder’s “The Standards for Thinking” both focus on various techniques people can adopt to become better critical thinkers. According to Nosich‚ two conditions must exist to be considered critical thinking: the thinking must be reflective and it must meet high standards. These two conditions lead us into the eights elements of reasoning presented in the readings. The first element focused on is “Purpose‚” which includes objectives‚ goals‚ your desired outcome
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organization should include good business ethics. Moral reasoning is integral part of business ethics. L. Kohlberg determined three levels of moral development that consists of six stages. The stages of Kohlberg ’s model relate to the qualitative moral reasoning adopted by individuals. According to this model‚ a person can not skip any stages and make headway sequentially. So‚ in this essay I will analyze Kohlberg ’s levels of moral reasoning‚ my own development concerning this model‚ how to reach
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Legal Reasoning is a reasonable reasoning before the decision had been made. Legal reasoning required us to consider the criteria beyond those imposed by the strict necessity of logic. It has followed certain criteria or rules which applied in practical reasoning. For an example‚ a judge has to give judgment by following the precedent case and Federal Constitution‚ legislators have to predict the impact of their laws before amendment whereby following the two-third majority of Parliament and lawyers
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An example of inductive reasoning would be Erik leaves for school at 7:30 am Erik is always on time. Erik assumes‚ then‚ that he will always be on time. The premise of this example is that Erik likes to be on time. The conclusion is that Erik likes to be on time and can be late no matter what in his mind. It is inductive reasoning because he predicts when he should be there based of one initial time. Another example of inductive reasoning would be that if lee is an excellent swimmer. lee has a swimming
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Differentiating Reasoning Kayleen Watson CRT/205 Fredja Trujillo 01 Oct 13 Differentiating Reasoning The two articles I chose from Week 2 were Article One: Charter Schools Are Superior to Public Schools and Article Four: Social Networking Sites Cannot Be Blamed for Bullying. For this week in article one I believe that the author used inductive reasoning. Inductive Reasoning can be defined as broad generalizations from specific observations. So in inductive reasoning even if the
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