Arguments on Utilitarianism Which is more valuable: a game of push-pin or the study of Latin? Which has greater worth: the life of a single young girl or the lives of an entire community? These are the sorts of questions raised when dealing with the matter of utilitarianism. According to Jeremy Bentham‚ the father of the theory‚ the ultimate moral goal of human beings should be to increase pleasure and to decrease pain. To maximize the amount of time spent in content‚ and minimize the times of
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Landon Summers Creative Writing Period 8 Argument #2 Final draft December 29‚ 2012 The Unfortunate Accident Arthur McArthur‚ husband to Queenie McArthur‚ was pronounced dead on June 6‚ 1954 from a head injury which he sustained from falling down his stairs. Arthur’s lifeless body was discovered by his wife Queenie around 1:30 AM‚ when she had arrived home late from a party dressed in a decadent black dress. During the autopsy of Arthur’s body it was discovered that he copious amounts of
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LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE WORKPLACE CHRISTOPHER KNAPPER We live in times of unprecedented technological and social change that have profound implications for the nature of work‚ the workplace and our working lives. Adaptability to shifting circumstances and readiness to learn new workrelated knowledge and skills have become almost more important than competence at the tasks for which we were hired. Workers must now be able to deal not just with issues for which they were trained‚ but also to
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Overview of Learning Theories Students are all individuals from different backgrounds and stature‚ as such all learn in different ways. Much study and research has been carried out by many philosophers‚ psychologists and great minds in the area of education of animals and humans from children to adults and indeed how they learn. Their findings‚ and time itself‚ has given us varied techniques to pass on knowledge and awareness to others. No learning style is the one that works for all as they all
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John Self English 101 Prof. DC 4/4/2014 Should We Have Homework Ok class don’t forget the homework that’s due next class. Homework. The word that almost every child hates along with what its connected to. Homework assignments refers to tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class. Homework isn’t as well accomplished as people might think. Students or children should not have homework because it can cause depression. Teachers and parents rather have their
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Running head: Paradigm Evaluation of Learning Environments Paradigm Evaluation of Learning Environments Judarrah Hawkins Grand Canyon University: EDA 575 June 22‚ 2011 Belief|Operationalized|Opposing Belief|Operationalized| State assessments measure students learning|Standardized testing initiated by NCLB helps ensure all public school students‚ no matter where they go to school‚ receive a quality education|Students learning cannot be assessed by state test.|Students create year long portfolios
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Italian theologian and philosopher. He was also a priest who became the Archbishop of Canterbury. He too achieved sainthood‚ like St. Augustine his influence is significant in the study of western thoughts. He believed: That God exists by priori argument. God exist in reality and in the understanding of men but not physically. To him natural theology and science have no connection. God’s existence is not to discover God’s existence by reason but just to use reason to understand what one believes
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There are three major themes‚ or key perspectives‚ that occur throughout the field of Psychology. One such theme concerns stability versus change. The question asked is: “To what extent do we remain stable over time‚ and to what extent do we change?” Psychology addresses changes over time in cognitive abilities‚ physical functioning‚ and personality. A second theme is nature versus nurture. The question asked is: “To what extent are various aspects of our behavior shaped by inherited tendencies
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Introduction: This paper is written about "learning in an organization"‚ in other words‚ how to transfer knowledge between people who work in the organization. The authors of this study propose that knowledge has two perspectives; one is tacit knowledge and the other is explicit knowledge (Nonaka and Takeuchi 1995)‚ and these two kinds of knowledge can be managed in an organization‚ which Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) called SECI model. The theory is put on a situation which I joined. I managed business
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Writing Assignment Number 2: The Ontological Argument Through the ontological argument‚ Anselm seeks to prove that God exists and he attempts to refute the fool who says in his heart that there is no God. This fool has two important characteristics: he understands the claim that God exists and he does not believe that God exists. Gaunilo plays the role of the “fool” and challenges Anselm’s ontological argument. I will argue that Anselm’s response to Gaunilo’s attack is not adequate
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