Centre Number For Examiner’s Use Candidate Number Surname Other Names Examiner’s Initials Candidate Signature Question General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Examination January 2010 Business Studies Unit 2 Mark 1 2 BUSS2 TOTAL Managing a Business Thursday 21 January 2010 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm For this paper you must have: a calculator. Time allowed 1 hour 30 minutes Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Fill in the
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Conceiving a Child for the Wrong Purposes It is wrong to conceive a child for the purposes of saving another. There are cases in which parents only conceive a child to save the life of another. It is unfair to the child conceived because it was not made out of love. The child was conceived for instrumental reasons. In a case presentation called “A Birth to Save a Life” there are several focal points that discussed the arguments of conceiving a child for the wrong purposes. The movie My
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Hume and Locke’s conflicting views on the existence of personal identity stem from a fundamental disagreement in regard to memory. According to Hume we have an impermanent personal identity as a result of our constantly changing stream of perceptions. These mental experiences are usually triggered by impressions‚ or perceptions that involve a sense experience. These constantly changing streams of perception form the false identity. On the other hand John Locke proposes this concept that says X
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Science And Faith A Match Made In Heaven Scientific reasoning and inquiry has had and is continuing to have a large impact on the world and the human culture‚ especially in the areas of nature‚ biology‚ physics‚ chemistry‚ faith‚ morality‚ ethics‚ society‚ government‚ phycology‚ technology‚ and among others. Scientific reasoning is the logic behind scientific research and consists of the explanation‚ prediction‚ and control of empirical phenomena in a rational manner. In general‚ a science involves
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Philosophy130 Eggnonian Economic Justice I am a member of the country of Begonia’s Grand Council on Ethics. The council has been given charge of deciding whether or not our country of Eggnonia is morally obligated to send famine relief to the neighboring country of Furesia. As you all know in centuries past‚ both countries had thriving economies that were based on the frazzle. I am sure you all know this animal very well. The problem is that
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Aaron Jagdeosingh Man CAN live by bread alone In this article I demonstrate that I do not agree with the position of Islamic cleric Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari. He states: as man is able to have a higher awareness of himself and his environment by extrapolation‚ man has the ability to have aspirations and‚ as a result‚ he has faith. Faith is the major difference between the animal man and other animals. He then proceeds to show that faith is necessary for man to live a sane life and be useful
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According to Descartes‚ the reason for hyperbolic doubt is to handle what he believes to be doubting everything. He feels if you were to doubt everything‚ you will a better base for true knowledge. He uses the example of Illusions‚ Dreams‚ and Evil Demons. Since Illusions and Dreams are a part of evil demons‚ if you were to defeated the evil demon you would also conquer Illusions and dreams. Descartes also explains if God were to exist‚ he wouldn’t allow an Evil Demon to trick us. Descartes begins to
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Sebastian Gumina Paper Topic #1 Descartes’ Skeptical Method Descartes’ method offers definitive conclusions on certain topics‚ (his existence‚ the existence of God)but his reasoning is not without error. He uses three arguments to prove existence (His and God’s) that attempt to solidify his conclusions. For his method to function seamlessly‚ Descartes needs to be consistent in his use of the method‚ that is‚ he must continue to doubt and challenge thoughts that originate in his own
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Some have said that philosophy is a dying art. It seems that many simply do not care what men from a few hundred‚ to a couple of thousand of years ago‚ have to say. This should not be the case‚ as philosophy is always evolving‚ with new ideas being created‚ and old ones being updated to better fit the changes of society.One a such question that has‚ and will stay with humanity forever is “How do we know what we know to be correct?”. This stems from the philosophical field of epistemology‚ meaning
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(1)[All change is either change for the better or change for the worse.] (But) (2)[God is necessarily a greatest possible being.] (So) (3)[he cannot change for the better‚] (since) (4)[if he did‚ he would not have been the greatest possible being prior to the change.] (And) (5)[he cannot change for the worse‚] (since) (6)[if he did‚ he would not be the greatest possible being subsequent to the change.] (Therefore‚) (7)[God cannot change.] (G) is which statement? 7 (1)[All humans have equal positive
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