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    know if acetaminophen dissolves faster in the form of tablets‚ gelcaps‚ or caplets in order to get the fastest pain relief. The purpose of this experiment was to find out which of the three tested forms of acetaminophen would dissolve the most over a time period ten minutes. The hypothesis stated that the tablets would dissolve the most over the ten minutes. The hypothesis was tested by dropping ten of each of the forms of the acetaminophen into two thirds a cup of boiling water and observing how

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    Utilitarianism is a moral theory that is considered to be influential in a society. A moral theory is an explanation of how the paradigms of right or wrong associated with actions‚ simultaneously explaining how one’s character can be considered good or bad. Through this moral theory known as utilitarianism‚ one’s actions play a key role. An individual who practices the utilitarian moral theory has right actions as long as it promotes happiness for the maximum number of people possible leading to

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    In this essay I will discuss Utilitarianism by first explaining how Utilitarians are consequentialists who base their actions on the pleasure of pain of their consequences. Secondly‚ Jeremy Bentham will be discussed as the propagator of the Principle of Utility which determines human self-interest and voluntary action to achieve the greatest good or greatest pleasure. Thirdly‚ I will discuss John Stuart Mills and his more complex version of Utilitarianism. To clarify the Utilitarian theory I will

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    Utilitarianism and Business Ethics Utilitarianism is a normative‚ consequentialist‚ empirical philosophy which links the idea of a good action to one which promotes maximum pleasure or happiness‚ found by adding up costs and benefits (or pains and pleasures). It has two classic formulations - Bentham’s hedonistic (pleasure-based) act utilitarianism and Mill’s eudaimonistic (happiness-based) rule utilitarianism. In this article we make some preliminary comments on Bentham and Mill before analysing

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    Stacey Jones Barbara Schiffler Composition 1 01 Sep 2007 Two friends with different lifestyles I have heard on many occasions that “opposites attract.” There may be some truth to this statement‚ if opposites did not attract‚ what could bring two people with different lifestyles together? My good friends Shaneka and Carolina are perfect examples‚ “very different lifestyles‚” but their friendship is inseparable. May be they developed respect and trust for each other‚ and that made them inseparable

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    culture that I live in now. Both countries have very different factors which make up their culture; starting from their food and values. The cultures are also similar in the way that they enjoy similar forms of entertainment like music. In Mexico‚ my home country‚ their culture can be expressed by many factors like the food they eat. The same can be said about the United States. My home country has many different plates made up of different foods like shrimp‚ rice‚ beans‚ chicken‚ pork‚ and many

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    Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that assesses an action as morally right and just if it produces the most amount of net happiness. There are two forms of utilitarianism: act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism. Act utilitarianism is the standard form‚ which considers all paths of the action that lead to immediate and long-term happiness‚ as well has the magnitude and how long the happiness will last. Furthermore‚ if all paths lead to the same amount of net happiness‚ each

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    Primates There are two different suborders of primates such as strepsirrhini and haplorrhini. All non-human primates are divided by these two suborders; in other words‚ primates with having moist nose are strepsirrhini‚ and primates with dry nose are haplorrhini. In modern day‚ lots of primates still exist in specific regions. For instance‚ ring-tailed lemur is one of non-human primates from strepsirrhini‚ and chimpanzee is one of primates from haplorrhini. Because of living in different environment‚ these

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    Barry Allen is the fastest man alive. During the day he is a forensic scientist for the Central City Police Department‚ but when he isn’t working he is known as The Flash. He gained his super speed when the particle accelerator exploded and sent a wave of energy throughout Central City. The energy mixed with lightning which was struck Barry while he was holding onto a chain trying to close the roof to his lab. This lightning contained the speed force which is what gave him super speed. With his speed

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    Sparta and Athens was totally different form of government. In Sparta we had a military system and in Athens a first form of democracy. The only things in common are that both cities were class-based society‚ but between them the classes were totally different. In fact in Sparta we had several class of population like: Sparta’s “Neighbors” or Periokoi. They were not Spartan citizens but they were free men‚ and were able to have autonomy domestic affairs‚ but were inferior to Spartans. Periokoi

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