Notes on Alan Goldman’s "Plain Sex" Two Lessons about Ethical Thinking (1) Many ethical disagreements hinge upon disagreements about facts‚ not about moral principles. (2) Being a moral objectivist needn’t mean being morally conservative. Both lessons help limit the appeal of moral relativism. ********************** (1) Many ethical disagreements hinge upon disagreements about facts‚ not about moral principles. Goldman claims that views about immoral sexual behaviour are rooted in our definition
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MA Neave‚ CJ Rossiter‚ MA Stone. Sackville and Neave Property Law (1999) 6th Ed Butterworths – Doctrine of fixtures The doctrine of fixtures is governed by the principle stated in the maxim ‘quicquid plantatur solo‚ solo cedit’‚ which means: ‘Whatever is affixed to the soil becomes a part of the soil’. The question whether a chattel has become a fixture is a question of law: Reynolds v Ashby & Son [1904] AC 461. Determining whether an object is a fixture involves 2 steps: 1. Determining
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Employment-At-Will Doctrine Shannon S. Valentine Professor Boneita Campbell LEG 500: Law‚ Ethics‚ and Corporate Governance Strayer University July 22‚ 2012 Executive Summary The United States of America is known throughout the world as the land of opportunity and freedom. Most people would agree with this statement‚ however in some situations this “opportunity” and “freedom” is not what it seems‚ especially in the job market. There is the freedom to start your own business‚ (where you can’t
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Doctrine of Competence-competence The proper allocation of responsibilities between courts and arbitral tribunals for resolving disputes concerning arbitral jurisdiction – disputes about whether the plaintiff’s claim ought to be decided by an arbitral tribunal or a court – has been one of the most complex and controversial question of modern arbitration law. Although there is broad agreement on one general proposition that arbitrators are empowered to rule on their own jurisdiction and then proceed
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Monroe Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine can be considered as the United States first major declaration to the world as a fairly new nation. The Monroe Doctrine was a statement of United States policy on the activity and rights of powers in the Western Hemisphere during the early to mid 1800s. The doctrine established the United States position in the major world affairs of the time. Around the time of the Napoleonic Wars in the 1820s‚ Mexico‚ Argentina‚ Chile and Colombia all gained their independence
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| | | | | Kendra Barr POL 300 – International Relations Dr. Barsegian May 3‚ 2012 The Eisenhower Doctrine Introduction In the United States‚ the term "doctrine" has been applied to a particular set of presidential statements‚ usually consisting only of several sentences. (Micheals‚ 2011)Presidential doctrines have also been defined as "a grand strategy or a master set of principles and guidelines controlling policy decisions. (Micheals‚ 2011) Eisenhower
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Kennedy’s presidency the United States was seriously concerned with stopping the spread of communism throughout the world and there where hot spots that sparked the Kennedy administrations attention. Containment was the United States foreign policy doctrine that proclaimed that the Soviet Union needed to be contained to prevent the spread of communism throughout the world. This containment policy meant that the United States needed to fight communism abroad and promote democracy worldwide. During President
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THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE During the Cold War‚ most U.S. presidents came up with policies also known as “doctrines” to help remember who stood for what. In this report I will be summarizing a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during President Harry Truman time; explicate the diplomatic doctrine the president followed; describing the effects of this diplomatic efforts for the U.S. and other countries; assess the advantages and disadvantages of the particular doctrine that followed. In February
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Running Head: EMPLOYMENT-AT-WILL DOCTRINE 1 Employment-At-Will Doctrine 04/22/2013 Running Head: EMPLOYMENT-AT-WILL DOCTRINE 2 Jennifer is a recent graduate and has been hired by my accounting firm out of college. Upon being hired Jennifer has engaged in a number of different behaviors that need the accounting manager’s attention. The first situation is that Jennifer
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The doctrine of the mean states that for someone to be a good person they must occupy the “golden mean‚” meaning a person may become virtuous by acting between the extremes of excess and deficiency. For example during war‚ the two extremes would be for a soldier to be rash or cowardly‚ but being courageous is the accepted golden mean. According to Aristotle‚ virtue lies in between the two extremes‚ which are the vices‚ and thus a virtuous person is one who can find the mean that is relative to
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