of an action for all those people affected by the action. If the overall balance of happiness over unhappiness is its consequence‚ the action is right; unhappiness over happiness‚ it is wrong.(Chan Chun Fai’ s notes‚ Moral Theories‚ p.2) Also‚ the principle of utility applied to it is generally expressed as “Always act to produce greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. “ (Chan Chun Fai’s Power Point) For example‚ Betty has made a false promise to Peter. She borrowed some money from
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Conversely‚ Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) was developed by B.F. Skinner and is a science devoted to the understanding and improvement of human behavior (Cooper‚ Heron‚ & Heward 2007‚ p. 3). Skinner reasoned that operant behaviors are influenced by stimulus changes that have followed the behavior in the past and used the basic principles of operant behavior to develop the empirical foundation for applied behavioral analysis (Cooper et al.‚ 2007‚ p. 10. Applied Behavioral Analysis postulates a
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In 1988 Nelson Mandela was still in South Africa’s apartheid prison system‚ where he had been incarcerated for a quarter of a century. He would turn 70 that July and his friend‚ the doughty president of the Anti-Apartheid Movement‚ Archbishop Trevor Huddleston‚ C.R.‚ had suggested that the world should celebrate this birthday. Many young people started pilgrimages from various parts of the United Kingdom‚ and they converged on Hyde Park Corner in London on Nelson’s birthday. The crowd that gathered
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Hussam Hasan Karim University of Basrah College of Arts/ Department of English Contrastive analysis as Applied Linguistics Contrastive analysis is a branch of linguistics. It is a linguistic enterprise aimed at producing inverted (i.e. contrastive‚ not comparative) two-valued typologies (a CA is always concerned with a pair of languages)‚ and founded on the assumption that languages can be compared (Carl James‚1983( . contrastive analysis includes all fields of linguistics such as phonology
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Fiedler ’s Contingency Model Introduction The purpose of this paper is to analyze the leadership styles of Coach Krzyzewski and Coach Knight using Fiedler’s Contingency Model. The author will also state a personal opinion regarding whether the coaches were effective based on this theory. Coach K “Coach K was named ‘America’s Best Coach’ in 2001 by Time magazine and CNN‚ and earned nearly
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ENGLISH 4.1 NELSON MANDELA‚ A MOST ADMIRED HERO Nelson Mandela is one of the best examples of heroes in contemporary times. He devoted his life to end the apartheid in South Africa. His struggle and devotion to this cause was so important that we could say that the international movement of solidarity with the struggle for freedom in South Africa was arguably the biggest social movement the world has seen. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on the 18th of July 1918 is a South African anti-apartheid
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Discuss how motivation theories can be applied in your work-place in order to get your work done successfully? Quote with examples to support the answer? Organizations and their managers are understandably concerned about motivation. Every manager and leader should know and work to make sure they keep their employees motivated no matter what place those employees are in their careers. Motivated employees are happy‚ productive and loyal. Motivation is a temporal and dynamic state that should
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Academic year 2013/14 LM Economics and Market Policy Applied Microeconomics C Benassi corrado.benassi@unibo.it Office hrs: Mon 11-12 6 hrs per week - 10 weeks ————————————————————— Course outline: 1. General introduction 2. Consumption and Demand Theory: (a) Basic issues in the theory of consumer’s choice: preferences and budget constraints‚ demand functions and their properties; (b) Duality in consumption; Applications: (a) Applied analysis and expenditure systems; (b) Separability
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What is the scientific method ‚and how is the theory applied to fingerprint analysis? The complete friction ridge identification process involves using the "identification philosophy and scientific methodology" in determining whether or not an "unknown friction ridge impression"(herein‚ called latent) came from the same source as a "known inked print (herein called print)to the exclusion of all others. (1) David Ashbaugh refers to this identification process as‚ "a guide of how friction ridge quantative-qualititive
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Contingency planning ("always have a Plan B") will help small business owners avoid many complex problems. But when it comes to commercial loans and commercial mortgages‚ working capital strategies often fail to include adequate attention to contingency plans that anticipate what can go wrong with business financing. One of the most effective and entertaining portrayals of contingency planning is a movie called "Rare Birds". This movie stars William Hurt and includes variations of the line‚ "Always
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