able to see if it was moral or immoral. There are four steps in this procedure. First you formulate you subjective maxim. Let us use the example that: I will cheat on my philosophy test because I didn’t have enough time to study. The next step is to generalize this maxim‚ so for every time I don’t have enough time to study I will cheat on my philosophy test. Then you universalize this maxim as if it were an instinct: everyone will cheat on their philosophy test every time they don’t have enough time
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of the income or expense generate as a result of the nature of the transaction. These four variables are considered to be the most important guidelines used by companies when developing tax strategies. II. The Four Maxims of Tax Planning The first the major tax planning maxims‚ entity variable planning‚ says that a company should use its structure to its advantage. What this means is that when there are two related parties under common control and one is subject to a lower tax rate than the
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Name: Lei Chen Course : ACCT 362W Prof: Kenneth Ryesky Esq. Date: 11/4/2010 Case Caption: United States v. Dentsply International‚ Inc.‚ Court: United States of Appeals‚ Third Circuit. Date: Argued September 21‚ 2004. February 24‚ 2005 Citation: 399 F.3d 181 Facts: This is an antitrust case that the defendant- Dentsply international‚ Inc.‚ is one of a dozen manufactures of artificial teeth for dentures and other restorative device. Dentsply dominates
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Law of Contract | A discussion on the Restraint of Trade | | Introduction Business owners in an attempt to protect the goodwill of their business will often include “Restraint of trade” provision in employment agreements‚ sale of business agreements etc. Thus‚ an agreement‚ which someone is restricted in his freedom to carry on his trade‚ profession‚ business or other economic activity‚ is generally called an agreement in restraint of trade. Having said that‚ this paper is directed towards
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communication‚ namely: Quantity maxim‚ Quantity maxim‚ Nanner maxim‚ Relation Maxim and Manner maxim. He found that in the process of communication‚ people sometimes do not comply with the principles of communication‚ or even intentional violation of these principles. In view of this phenomenon‚ the linguist Leech imitate Grice’s cooperative principle‚ politeness principle again on the induction and classification‚ which can be divided into the following guidelines: (1) Tact Maxim: to minimize the loss of
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ways. In the novel Rebecca‚ by Daphne duMaurier‚ the unnamed narrator has her life changed many times throughout the plot. In the story the narrator starts out being an assistant‚ soon after this she gets whipped off her feet by the notorious man Maxim de Winter. She goes from having nothing‚ to living an extravagant lifestyle in the well known Manderley. Though going through this transition‚ it comes at a great cost. In this novel the narrator’s life gets changed in many ways by Manderley and the
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Main Theories in Pragmatics and How They Differ Communication sometimes can be somehow tricky and disconcerting since language itself sometimes can confuse the participants of a conversation since the meaning of the conversation can be confusing sometimes. In the linguistic field the term ‘meaning’ and what it implicates have been studied from different points of view. In semantics when they try to understand the meaning of something in a conversation‚ they focus just on the word and what does it
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his watch for his tardiness‚ Washington quietly replied‚ “Then you must get another watch‚ or I another secretary.” George Washington’s passion for punctuality was born from his youthful study of “The Rules of Civility” – his repeated copying of maxims like “Undertake not what you cannot Perform but be Careful to keep your Promise.” For Washington‚ being on time was a way of showing respect to others‚ and he expected to be treated with the same level of respect in return. We may no longer live
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preached morality but his morality is subordinate to worldly success and he never hesitated to sacrifice it for worldly benefit. His essays are rich with the art which a man should employ for achieving success in his life‚ such as shrewdness‚ sagacity‚ tact‚ foresight‚ judgment of character and so on. The subject of Bacon in his essays is the man who needs prosperity in worldly terms. He teaches them‚ how to exercise one’s authority and much more. The wisdom in his essay is considered a ‘cynical’ kind
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15. Polysyndeton is the use of a conjunction between each word‚ phrase‚ or clause‚ and is thus structurally the opposite of asyndeton. The rhetorical effect of polysyndeton‚ however‚ often shares with that of asyndeton a feeling of multiplicity‚ energetic enumeration‚ and building up. * They read and studied and wrote and drilled. I laughed and played and talked and flunked. Use polysyndeton to show an attempt to encompass something complex: * The water‚ like a witch’s oils‚ / Burnt green
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