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    THE AFTERMATH OF THE TSUNAMI AND CONSEQUENTIAL POVERTY SUBJECT: LAW AND POVERTY SUBMITTED BY: NISHANT K PRASAD 2010-50 SUBMITTED TO: PROFESSOR AMITADHANDA DEAN(ACADEMICS) NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW‚ HYDERABAD A large number of people to the extent of 220‚000 people were killed in the tsunami which hit South Asia in 2004. There were disastrous consequences of this natural calamity. Loss of millions

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    One might ask the question what is the risk‚ or what is the cost? Consequential based ethics breaks into two major schools of thought those are: Egoism‚ and Utilitarianism (Hollinger‚ 28). Consequential Egoism‚ is always looking for what is the highest good for ones experience. Epicurus held to these particular ideas and thoughts that‚ we naturally pursue personal pleasure or greatest good. Where as Consequential Utilitarianism represents the moral good or decision that is made for the greatest

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    your family or your friends use consequential‚ nonconsequential‚ and virtue theory? The consequential theory is when a person is concerned what the consequences would be after they do something or make a choice that was not right. Consequential theory is the nature of a secondary result‚ meaning that it can have significant consequences. “The two major consequentialist ethical theories are ethical egoism and utilitarianism” (Otto‚ 2014‚ p. 30). These two theories state that people should act in

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    Theories are belief or policy followed as the basis of action and nursing theory is an organized framework of concepts and purposes designed to guide the practice of nursing (Nursing Theory Definition‚ 2016). There are many non-nursing and nursing theories that are used in the practice of nursing. Non-nursing theories used in nursing are concepts borrowed from different disciplines and applied in nursing. One of the many nursing theory used in practicing is Virginia Henderson Need theory. Her theory

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    A consequentialist theory of value judges the rightness or wrongness of an action based on the consequences that action has. ... A non-consequentialist theory of value judges the rightness or wrongness of an action based on properties intrinsic to the action‚ not on its consequences. Consequentialist means behaving in a manner that positive consequences which in a sense the ends justifies the means as well as what the rules say. However‚ when it comes to Non-consequentialist it is not based on

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    is a factual causal connection between the injuries inflicted upon X during the fight and the eventual loss of X’s business‚ we need to look at the method of the conditio sine qua non theory and determine if there was actually a factual causal nexus. According to Van der Merwe and Olivier‚ conditio sine qua non theory is when an act is the cause of a result if the act cannot be thought away without the result also disappearing. This means that for an act to be the cause of a result‚ the result must

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    Now that you know about the history behind the ethics we can go into the different ethical theories. There are quite a few but the ones we’re going to talk about are egoism‚ consequentialism‚ nonconsequentialism‚ rule-deontology‚ and non-moral value. Egoism is view that you are all that matters and so you make your choices based on you and what’s best for you. Egoist don’t care about anyone other than themselves and it shows in the choices that they make. Consequentialism‚ or utilitarianism‚ is when

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    communication theories that you have researched and applied‚ provide most insight into understanding the dynamics of the observed event? In all communication events‚ unless there is a relationship between actions and words‚ the message can be wrongly interpreted. I observed a conversation between a bartender and a customer in busy and crowded bar. The customer wanted the buy one more double bourbon but the bartender refused to sell to him. This resulted in a series of communication theories‚ which will

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    to Duff and Garland‚ what are the central differences between ‘consequentialist’ and ‘non-consequentialist’ (often referred to as ‘retributivist’) theories of punishment? Consequentialists believe that whether an act is right or wrong depends only on the overall consequence of that act‚ where punishment should serve to promote good‚ contributing to crime prevention or societal welfare. On the other hand‚ a non-consequentialist believes that an act is either intrinsically good or intrinsically bad

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    A non-essentialist view of identity approaches the concept as both a transitory process of becoming and a spatiotemporally fixed product‚ specific to the lived realities of individuals and groups. When analyzing conflict‚ it is most useful to understand the process of identity as manifesting in specific places and times‚ within particular relationships‚ to achieve discreet ends. Identity entails a series of negotiations between individuals‚ groups‚ structures‚ and cultures. Maintaining critical awareness

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