Chapter 4 EXTINGUISHMENT OF OBLIGATIONS Section 1 – PAYMENT OR PERFORMANCE Payment It is the fulfillment of a promise; the performance of an agreement. This consists of: a. the delivery of money or its equivalent in specific property or services‚ or b. doing a certain act or not doing a certain act. How payment is made a. The thing or service contemplated must be delivered or rendered. 1. The debtor of the thing cannot compel the creditor to accept a different one although the latter
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gives himself away immediately by being surprised and on guard because of the comment. What bothers Sheila is maybe not so much that he has a secret but that he is not honest with her. Even when she confronts him about how he knew Eva he expects her to behave like a little woman and be satisfied with a very small piece of information instead of the whole truth. Although we are immediately shocked on finding out what Gerald’s secret is‚ he tells his story with himself as a victim of circumstance. He
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SOLIDARITY-the feeling or expression of union in a group formed by a common interest. This view of family relations provides an important framework for understanding the roots of familism—the factors that contribute to the maintenance and/or development of loyalty within families. Emotional closeness between parents and children and its impact on the quality of the parent-child bond is explored in research into the "intergenerational stake" (Bengtson and Kuypers 1971; Bond and Harvey 1991) and
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Singer’s goal in this article is “if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening‚ without thereby sacrificing ourselves or dependents than we ought to morally do it” (Singer‚ 1972‚ p. 231). This means that if a person can help another person without sacrificing themselves in helping that person‚ than that person should help. Singer also argues that if people did act upon principle our lives‚ our society‚ and our world would fundamentally change. Singer first argues that distance
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The three ethical obligations of a defense attorney are: 1. That the defense attorney is defend their client with zealousness‚ 2. For the attorney to do this he or she will have to do it without any regard to guilt or innocence‚ and the third obligation is to keep any conversations that he or she has is confidential and kept between them. These three obligations are important to a defendant and a defense attorney because this sets boundaries and also trust between them two. Now the three ethical
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In Exchanging Our Country Marks‚ Michael Gomez brings together various strands of the historical record in a stunning fusion that points the way to a definitive history of American Slavery. In this fusion of history‚ anthropology‚ and sociology‚ Gomez has made expert use of primary sources‚ including newspapers ads for runaway slaves in colonial America. Slave runaway accounts from newspapers are combined with personal diaries‚ church records‚ and former slave narratives to provide a firsthand account
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NATURE & EFFECTS OFOBLIGATIONS See Arts. 1163 - 1178 NATURE OF OBLIGATIONS 1. Personal Obligations : obligations to do or notto do; where the subject matter is an act to bedone or not to be donea. Positive – obligation to dob. Negative – obligation not to do 2. Real Obligations: obligations to give; where thesubject matter is a thing which the obligor mustdeliver to the obligeea. Determinate or specific – object is particularlydesignated or physically segregated from allother things
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I’ll begin by looking at Savulescu’s strong belief of the moral obligation to genetically modify humans. Recent studies have shown there are early indicators‚ in our genes‚ that determine certain aspects of our future characteristics. Savulescu states we are morally obligated to treat and prevent diseases. This is viewed as a medical intervention because we are promoting the child’s health. With our advances in technology‚ he also believes we are morally obligated to engage in genetic enhancement
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What Exactly Are We Drinking? Since the beginning of human existence‚ pollution has been a problem rapidly increasing with the growth of the world’s population. Throughout history‚ it has been a major source of diseases and plagues such as the bubonic plague. One serious threat of people’s health is the pollution of our underground watering systems. Many steps have been taken to help solve the pollution problem‚ a problem that still hasn’t been completely solved. Groundwater is located under
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Q.2 . What is groupthink. Explain. [10] According to Irving Janis(1972) ‚ groupthink is "a deterioration of mental efficiency‚ reality testing‚ and moral judgment resulting from in-group pressures". Thus‚ the overemphasis on consensus and agreement leads members to be unwilling to evaluate group members’ ideas critically. This hinders decision-making and becomes an obstacle to group productivity. Certain conditions favour the development of groupthink. i) The first condition is high cohesiveness
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