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    Faye Glenn Abdellah was born on March 13‚ 1919 in New York to a father of Algerian heritage and Scottish mother. Her family subsequently moved to New Jersey where she attended high school. On May 6‚ 1937‚ she and her brother witness the explosion and destruction of the dirigible HINDENBURG. The fire subsequent to the ignited hydrogen killed many people. On an interview‚ she narrated‚ “Having no training in what to do in an emergency situation‚ I could only view the tragedy of the poor scorched

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    A) Explain the main strengths of Mills Utilitarianism? With rule utilitarianism you first have to agree to the general rule then after you apply it to specific cases. Some people see Mill as a rule utilitarian‚ which means that you act in accordance with those rules which‚ if generally followed‚ would provide the greatest general balance of pleasure over pain. This rule is also in line with how society works in the way that most people would prefer to cause pleasure rather than pain. Mill separates

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    Utilitarianism has no serious weaknesses discuss. Utilitarianism is a teleological theory which looks at the consequences of an act to decide whether it is right or wrong. There are lots of strengths to utilitarianism and not many weaknesses. One of the strengths is that it is a theory which established whether something was good or bad according to the majority of people. Bentham came up with this theory and it is known as the principle of utility. Bentham said ‘Nature has placed mankind under

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    The Strengths and Weaknesses Of Virtue Ethics The virtue ethicist suggests that this theory avoids the complicated tasks of using a formula to figure out what we should do‚ by instead focusing on the kinds of persons we sould be. The problem lies in determining how we know what kinds of persons we should be. How are we to determine just what the virtues are? If we don’t know what the virtues are‚ then telling people to live virtuously would be ignorant. The virtues are whatever

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    In the play‚ ‘Macbeth’ by Shakespeare‚ Macbeth is a man with undeniably strong ambition‚ and true conscience. At the beginning of the play‚ Macbeth was portrayed as an ambitious soldier‚ who fought for his king. Although‚ once the witches planted the idea in his head of him potentially becoming King of Scotland‚ his strive and ambitious nature was one that turned into his weakness. Macbeth has changed subconsciously throughout the play and it is ambition that dominates his nature and ultimately causes

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    The first weakness of this policy is that they’re trying to make every clinics dementia friendly; environments‚ as this could take a long time as well as during this time dementia service users or client might be differentiated alongside and their treatment during this time might be incomplete. However‚ this has a negative influence on anti-discriminatory practice the reason is that some clients might be discriminated against and not be treated as other dementia service users in other areas‚ may

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    Dia Beacon can be evaluated through a situational analysis called the SWOT analysis. Essentially‚ SWOT analysis stands for strengthsweaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats. Dia Beacon has many strengths. In regards to it’s artwork‚ Dia has a large display and allows for single artists to exhibit their pieces. Also‚ it supports many different types of artwork and artists‚ which essentially allows for this broad and unique display to be shown. Dia is open many hours during the week‚ which allows

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    Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the character King Lear The character of King Lear is essentially a destructive character in this play due to his weaknesses but he reveals some strengths in character in acts four and five of the play. The weaknesses portrayed by Lear are his inability to see reality and his misconception of love. His strengths are his renewed optimism and his ability to become humble. Although Lear reveals these strengths the damages his weaknesses cause override his positive

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    In the novella ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ John Steinbeck uses strengths and weaknesses by using the characters to show both their strengths and weaknesses. Irony and foreshadowing play a large roll on how the story ends. Lennie and his habit of harming soft things‚ not on purpose‚ but he is a victim of his own strength. George trying to pretend that his feelings for Lennie mean nothing. The entire novel is repetitive in themes and expressed views. Loneliness and companionship are one of the many themes

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    this self assessment I will talk about my strengths and weaknesses in not only writing but researching and synthesizing complex texts. I will point out my weaknesses and strengths of understanding the nature of writing and research‚ to perform a recursive inquiry based writing process and produce meaningful arguments addressing specific community. By writing down my weaknesses and strengths I can change my weaknesses into to strengths and reinforce my strengths in writing and research. For analyzing

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