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    "Nicomachean Ethics"‚ Aristotle focuses on different types of actions. He divides actions into three categories: voluntaryinvoluntary and nonvoluntary. Aristotle makes this distinction mainly because his evaluation of someone’s actions depends primarily on whether their actions are voluntaryinvoluntary‚ or nonvoluntary. Aristotle describes voluntary actions as those actions driven by an individual’s ambition‚ passions or desires. "It is only voluntary feelings and actions for which praise and

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    The Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle goes in depth on the differences between voluntary and involuntary actions. Aristotle poses and the question‚ as humans‚ what makes our actions voluntary or involuntary‚ and when should we be held responsible for our actions? Are there exceptions to the differences between voluntary and involuntary actions in certain scenarios? When can we truly hold an individual responsible for their actions‚ and are there exceptions for this too? Aristotle makes it apparent that

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    The two migrating group‚ voluntary and involuntary‚ is also known as immigrants and refugees. Even though they both have permanent residentship‚ their human capitals have huge differences. From the economy‚ voluntary group can have their money save in the bank as preparing to start a new life in the United Stated. However‚ involuntary group can’t. Most of them are leaving their country in an emergency situation. They can’t prepare for it. Some of them might have some gold‚ but the amount is very

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    individual is recognized is by their actions. The actions of an individual will say a lot about their character. Or so we think. Typically‚ someone who volunteers is recognized as a good person who gives back to society. While on the other hand‚ someone who commits a fallacy‚ is recognized as a criminal. Aristotle looks deeper into this in the third book of the Nicomachean Ethics. He divides actions into two main categories‚ the voluntary and the involuntary. Through this‚ he explains the difference

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    to discern who is at fault in a given situation. This is most evident in cases regarding the issue of whether or not the individual involved voluntarily committed the offending action. However‚ the question then arises of what‚ exactly‚ qualifies as a voluntary action. According to Aristotle‚ a voluntary action is any action an individual performs that is neither due to force nor ignorance. This in turn evokes two more concerns: firstly‚ what defines a force and secondly‚ are there any exceptions to

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    Aristotle on Causality 1. Introduction Aristotle was not the first person to engage in a causal investigation of the world around us. From the very beginning‚ and independently of Aristotle‚ the investigation of the natural world consisted in the search for the relevant causes of a variety of natural phenomena. From the Phaedo‚ for example‚ we learn that the so-called “inquiry into nature” consisted in a search for “the causes of each thing; why each thing comes into existence‚ why it goes

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    Distinguishing the line between the offences of murder and involuntary manslaughter is a hard one in this case. Murder and manslaughter are two that are contemplated as serious offences and are offences that constitute homicide. However‚ taking into consideration that David had no purpose of hurting Gamma it’s clear that this has became a involuntary manslaughter. The act of manslaughter arises when one commits the actus reus (guilty act) of homicide but cannot be liable for murder as they do not

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    Introduction The simple question on the distinction between management and leadership is common‚ yet there are so many different answers that create confusion by academic research. In my research‚ I use Kotter’s definition because I find it clear and consistent with the definition by most researches that I will discuss later in the paper. Management is to provide order‚ consistency and stability so mangers are task oriented. On the other hand‚ leadership is to produce change and movement‚ seeking

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    DISTINCTION BETWEEN BETWEEN ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION BY: ADELEKE‚ R. S. UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN sanrasheed@yahoo.com +234 8161377164 INTRODUCTION In the last fifteen years‚ much has been written about assessment

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    1. Makadok (2001) emphasizes the distinction between capabilities and resources by defining capabilities as “a special type of resource‚ specifically an organizationally embedded non-transferable firm-specific resource whose purpose is to improve the productivity of the other resources possessed by the firm” [4](p389). “[R]esources are stocks of available factors that are owned or controlled by the organization‚ and capabilities are an organization’s capacity to deploy resources”:[3] p. 35. Essentially

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