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    This detailed literature is about the ethical egoism‚ altruism and social contract which is summarizing the point of view on the moral psychology concerning the inherent selfishness and the upright personality of humans or selfless. Effectively‚ the psychological egoism is defined as a descriptive version of egoism where people are selfish and motivated by self-interest. Unlike psychological egoism‚ ethical egoism is a normative version of egoism which advocates the moral correctness that is good

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    John Locke was born in Wrington ‚ Somerset ‚ England on August 29 1704 to John Locke and Agnes Keene ‚ who were both Puritans (Uzgalis 2001 ‚ Wikipedia 2006 ‚ Microsoft Encarta 2006 . His father ‚ after whom he was named ‚ served as captain of cavalry for the Parliamentarian forces in the early part of the English Civil War . His family later moved to Pensford and Locke grew up in a rural Tudor house in Belluton . He attended the Westminster School in London in 1647 under Alexander Popham ‚ a member

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    Vanishing Act In the book‚ Vanishing Act‚ by John Feinstein‚ two aspiring young sportswriters‚ Stevie and Susan‚ who met before when they uncovered a mystery at the final four‚ were given the chance to go to the U.S. Open and they were to stay at Susan’s uncle’s house‚ Mr. Gibson. They were extremely excited to hear that they were going to be reporting the new Russian sensation‚ Nadia Symanova‚ until suddenly‚ she disappeared on the way to the court. Instinctively‚ Stevie and Susan embark on a

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    PAPER – CONTRACT 1 Define contract. Explain the essentials of valid contract. A voluntary‚ deliberate‚ and legally binding agreement between two or more competent parties. Contracts are usually written but may be spoken or implied‚ and generally have to do with employment‚ sale or lease‚ or tenancy. 1. Essentials of a valid contract All agreements are not contracts. Only that agreements which is enforceable at law is a contract. An agreement which is enforceable at law cannot be contract. Thus

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    In The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell portrays many secrets and lies. The secrets revolve around Kitty taking Esme’s baby‚ the secret of Esme being kept at Cauldstone and also the secret that Kitty was not an only child. The lies that are portrayed are that Kitty was living a lie‚ the lie of the baby‚ Kitty was also lying to herself by telling herself that it would be alright to take the baby when she knew that it was wrong and the last lie was that Mrs. Dalziel was lying to everyone

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    relationships both participants share similar knowledge and social power. Therefore‚ in reciprocal relationships – present in child’s play - there is no parental figure present to protect or feed the child the knowledge needed to acquire the necessary skills. (K.Littleton & D.Miell 2009) Instead‚ the child has to learn these skills through their own social interaction experiences; as can be seen in the transcript ‘’Dracula and the Monster-Vanishing Hero”. Throughout the transcript there are several examples

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    Light Pollution: Our Vanishing Night Thanks to novel inventions and advanced technology‚ human being‚ a diurnal species‚ now can enjoy a nocturnal life as we do under the Sun. Nowadays‚ we have engineered the night to receive us by filling it with light. Nevertheless‚ this engineering comes with serious consequence‚ that is‚ light pollution‚ also known as photopollution or luminous pollution. This is a form of environmental degradation‚ which results from the excessive artificial lightings

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    This assignment is a critical reflection on the in-class roleplay demonstration where I played the role of a social worker from the Department of Human Services (DHS) and another batch-mate played the role of Marika‚ the client. A social worker is bound to have a complete understanding of the objectives and goals of the process of counselling so as to be able to meet the client needs. (Geldard‚ 1989) My aim during the interview was to see how well I am able to demonstrate the behaviours and micro-skills

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    there are requirements to form a valid contract other than offer and acceptance‚ that are‚ intention to create legal relation and consideration. What is consideration? It can be describe as being something which represent either some benefit to the person making a promise or some detriment to the person to whom the promise is made. The term consideration is given to the subject that is exchanged in a contract.1 It is a fundamental prerequisite in English contract law. 2 The courts has explained the

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    Contract Law Notes Contracts ‘A’ Offer Bilateral contracts Unilateral contracts Offers to the public at large What is an offer? Mere puff Supply of information Invitation to treat Categorizing transactions Advertisements a) Advertisements in a catalogue or a curricular b) Advertisements in newspapers or magazines c) Advertisements appearing on the internet d) Display of goods Auctions a) Advertisement of auction b) Auctions with reserves c) Auctions without a reserve Tendering

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