Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is the belief of ‘the greatest good for the happiest and greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong’. Utilitarianism can be characterized as a quantitative and reductionist approach to ethics. It is a type of naturalism. It can be contrasted with deontological ethics‚ which does not regard the consequences of an act as a determinant of its moral worth; virtue ethics‚ which primarily focuses on acts and habits leading to happiness; pragmatic ethics; as
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disastrous results are bound to follow. The simple fact that a certain tradition has been observed for a long time justifies neither that it should continue nor that it should be protected. If we don’t pause to think about and question whether what we are doing is right or wrong or even worse – if we endorse something that we do not even fully comprehend and advocate others to conform‚ we are doomed to be stuck in
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LEARNING RIGHT FROM WRONG Yolanda Simms September 7‚ 2013 Learning Right from Wrong Although‚ I learned right and wrong from my mother at a young age. I spent a lot of time with family and friends whom I contribute learning lessons about right from wrong. However‚ my mom always made sure I learned from my mistakes. At the age of seven she told me I must tell the truth and not tell lies because it was wrong to tell lies. She would share with me stories about how her youngest brother use
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being black. Slavery of African Americans was where people that were black were forced into working for a white. This had caused pain and suffering and they didn’t know if they are going to die that day or be sold. Slavery of African Americans was wrong because the way that blacks got captured and transported elsewhere to be sold‚ their miserable life working
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necessary to resolve differences to ensure smooth functioning of the organization. Conflict management and resolution then become important part to resolve the issues between the two parties. The sooner such issues get resolved the better it is for the organization to get back on normal track and get the maximum productivity. There are mainly two broad reasons of conflict at workplaces: • Work and Nature of it: Although both the employee and employer understand the nature of work and goals to be achieved
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Chapter 10 Islam Worksheet Type in your answers and save this file. When you have completed all the questions‚ e-mail this file to: hanna.alzen@centralaz.edu as an attachment‚ (see the Student Handbook’s section on attachments for assistance). In this worksheet on chapter 10‚ you will study the religion of Islam and you will try to answer the following questions based on the information from the textbook. Name: Jennifer Mata E-mail: jenkarmata@gmail.com Islam is the fastest growing
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inputs for many sectors in the world’s economy. Therefore‚ when a war breaks out in Country A. which is the main producer for fuel in the world it causes fuel supply disruptions in the world. Question 1 What will happen to the price and quantity equilibrium for fuel following this event? Explain. Answer: Since County A is the main producer of oil in the worlds market; due to the war in country A it will face difficulties in the production of oil. This will result a decrease of oil supply in the
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to change jobs. Perverse incentives can be important in market economies because they happen essentially on the fly. Principal agent problems can drastically affect the economy when‚ let’s say a major company‚ a CEO decides to make bad decision to get a large sum of money for himself. The prisoner dilemma shows how most people come straight to the conclusion that the other is going to “rat them out”. Chapter 3: Government and the Economy In your own words‚ explain what an externality is. Externality
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS: 1. What are the significant regions in the titration curve? Relate the characteristics of each region to the pH results obtained. - There are four significant regions in each titration curve‚ namely the initial‚ pre-equivalence‚ equivalence‚ and post-equivalence points. These points are named according to its position relative to the equivalence point. The equivalence point signifies the volume of titrant at which the solution becomes neutral. This is represented in the
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of the following statements? int i = 3; printf("%d%d"‚i‚i++); a) 34(Y) b) 43 c) 44 d) 33 Q6). long factorial (long x) { ???? return x * factorial(x - 1); } With what do you replace the ???? to make the function shown above return the correct answer? 1) if (x == 0) return 0; 2) return 1; 3) if (x >= 2) return 2; 4) if (x <= 1) return 1;(Y) Q7.What will be the output of the program? #include<stdio.h> int main() { typedef int LONG; LONG a=4; LONG b=68; float c=0;
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