contract implies that the people give up some rights to a government or other authority in order to receive or maintain social order through the rule of law. It can also be thought of as an agreement by the governed on a set of rules by which they are governed. Two theorists that had very strong views on the social contract were Thomas Hobbes and Immanuel Kant. Although both of these theorists believed in a social contract they both had different views on what it exactly meant. Hobbes was a different
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10 Golden Rules of Writing Email at the Workplace Presently‚ email has become a pivotal tool in business. In workplace‚ email correspondence should professionally treat differently than personal emails. When using email in workplace or for business purposes‚ email shall always clear and concise to avoid unintended damage to relationships and image of yourself or company. Following are some rules for email writing. 1) Keep messages brief and to the point. Write email in short‚ brief and to the
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eight golden rules Shneiderman proposed this collection of principles that are derived heuristically from experience and applicable in most interactive systems after being properly refined‚ extended‚ and understood (Shneiderman & Plaisant‚ 2009). To improve the serviceability of an application‚ it is important to take in a well-designed interface. Shneiderman’s "Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design" are a guide to good interaction design (Shneiderman & Plaisant‚ 2009). The first golden rule is strive
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The 3 Golden Rules of Marketing Golden Rule #1: You Must Be Remembered FIRST How many of you have heard a friend say‚ "I just bought/listed a house with Bob from XYZ Realty‚" followed by "Oh‚ I forgot you were in real estate." Your marketing must stay in your potential client’s mind so that WHEN they do decide they want to list or sell a property (or buy whatever you’re selling)‚ that they will remember you first (vs. simply the last person they called) and call YOU. Golden Rule #2: You
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Kant Ethics: Outline I. Introduction A. An overview of Kant Ethics II. Discussion A. Discussion on Kant ethics III. Conclusion A. Significance of motives and the role of duty in morality Kant Ethics Introduction Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher born in 1724 and died in 1804. He is considered one of the most influential people on modern philosophy for his intensive research in the subject. This paper
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philosophers for centuries and many theories have been presented to answer the question of whether morals exist. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)‚ the great German philosopher is one who has contributed profoundly to the world of philosophy and especially in regards to his thought on the subject of morality. Kant disagreed with Hume that morality is objective and not subjective. Kant wanted to propose a pure moral philosophy‚ one of absolute necessity and independent of all human feelings‚ because if it
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talking about philosophy‚ there are many different theories of ethics. Some philosophers believe different things‚ or they expand on previous philosophies. Two theories in particular are Immanuel Kant’s deontological theory. This deals with the categorical imperative‚ and Elizabeth Spelman’s theory which discusses the ethics of care‚ and the ethics of justice. Although these theories are separated by centuries‚ they complement each other. Both theories discuss how to make ethical decisions. Kant’s theory
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4.2 Shneiderman’s eight golden rules Referring to Appendix 1‚ the assembly robot user interface violated each and every golden rule in multitudinous ways. I shall only discuss a few instances of rule violation in this paper‚ leaving a more detailed discussion of these violations for future articles and my forthcoming book. I will emphasize those violations which were relevant to this particular accident. 1. Strive for consistency There were many violations of consistency in the Robbie CX30 user
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be considered "right" in accord¬ance with this personal duty. The effects of things are produced as per the universality of laws and it is called Nature. Accordingly‚ the universal imperative of duty may be expressed thus: Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a universal law of nature. Kant starts with the simple proposition that it is unfair for a person to do something that others don’t do‚ can’t do‚ or won’t do. If every individual refuses to do the some action which
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Professor Bosco World Politics September 27‚ 2013 Hans J. Morgenthau v. Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant and Hans J Morgenthau were pioneers in their separate schools of thought referring to the nature of world politics. Both men contributed to the important debate on how to best decipher how the many different political players of the world interact with each other and why. In Morgenthau ’s Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace‚ he states that politics have
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