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    The institution of family is a basic unit in the society‚ typically consisting of one or two parents and their children. Family members can be related by ancestry‚ marriage or adoption. The two main types of family are nuclear – consisting of husband‚ wife and dependent children – and extended – consisting of other kin members like uncles and aunts. The family has different functions. Firstly‚ the family enables socialization. It gives children the social experience of learning the ways of their

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    Nationalisation of Banks in India - Introduction After independence the Government of India (GOI) adopted planned economic development for the country (India). Accordingly‚ five year plans came into existence since 1951. This economic planning basically aimed at social ownership of the means of production. However‚ commercial banks were in the private sector those days. In 1950-51 there were 430 commercial banks. The Government of India had some social objectives of planning. These commercial banks

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    TITLE OF ASSIGNMENT…… Critically examine the need for tourism policy and planning. Provide examples from tourist destinations to illustrate your points. …………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… Critically examine the need for tourism policy and planning. Provide examples from tourist destinations to illustrate your points. (2024 words) The tourism sector has become in the last century one of the most prolific industries

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    Critically examine the extent to which the Rule of Law (ROL) has been implemented in Zimbabwe in an attempt to resolve conflicts and peace making in the Government of National Unity (GNU) The term Rule of Law (ROL) has been defined differently by different scholars hence the varying interpretations and interpretations and implementation by different governments. It is against this background that this monograph would like to examine the extent to which the ROL has been implemented in Zimbabwe from

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    Plato's Theory of Justice

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    In Plato’s Republic he defines justice as “doing one’s own work and not meddling with what is not one’s own” (Plato 139‚ 433b). This definition begs the question what is one’s own work? Plato states that one’s own work is the work that one’s nature is best suited for‚ as each person is born with a different nature (Plato 101‚ 370b). To come to this definition Plato compares justice within the human soul to justice within a city. If Plato can find justice within the city and prove that the individual

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    Ancient moral theory explains morality in terms that focus on the moral agent. These thinkers are interested in what constitutes‚ e.g.‚ a just person. They are concerned about the state of mind and character‚ the set of values‚ the attitudes to oneself and to others‚ and the conception of one ’s own place in the common life of a community that belong to just persons simply insofar as they are just. A modern might object that this way of proceeding is backwards. Just actions are logically prior to

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    In The Republic‚ Plato attempts to demonstrate through the character and discourse of Socrates that justice is better than justice is the good which men must strive for‚ regardless of whether they could be unjust and still be rewarded. His method is to use dialectic‚ the asking and answering of questions which led the hearer from one point to another‚ supposedly with irrefutable logic by obtaining agreement to each point before going on to the next‚ and so building an argument.<br><br>Early on‚ his

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    In the Republic of PlatoJustice has been discussed in the first two chapters. Many conversations are presented either by people engaged in these debates or Socrates himself leading these debates. Individuals engaged in the debates discuss on how can a person be “Just” or “Unjust” to get to the main understanding of “Justice” itself. In particular to be a just person‚ this justification has to be examined on the political sense‚ which is basically the definition of justice in the city‚ and in the

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    Plato ‘The Republic’ By N.Sutton A Bit about Plato Himself... Plato (Greek: Πλάτων‚ Plátōn‚ "wide‚ broad-browed") (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC)‚ was a Classical Greek philosopher‚ who together with his teacher‚ Socrates‚ and his student‚ Aristotle‚ helped to lay the philosophical foundations of Western culture. Plato was also a mathematician‚ writer of philosophical dialogues‚ and founder of the Academy in Athens‚ the first institution of higher learning in the western world. Plato was originally

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    Rawls' Theory of Justice

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    The concept of justice has been the focus of normative political theory over the past 50 years‚ and John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice (1971) is widely seen as the most important attempt during that period to articulate a set of institutions and distributional outcomes that rational individuals would see as legitimate. Rawls’ seminal work has spawned a veritable critical industry since its publication (Miller‚ 1999). His elaboration of his project and restatement of his theory of “justice as fairness”

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