For Rachels and Rachels‚ "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism‚" in Abel pp. 397-409. All of your responses should be written in complete sentences. What is the “Cultural Differences” argument? Different cultures have different moral codes. Therefore‚ there is no objective "truth" in morality. Right and wrong are only matters of opinion and opinions vary from culture to culture. Why do Rachels and Rachels think it is a bad argument? The conclusion does not follow from the premise that is‚ even if
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Conventional bonds are debt securities issued by governments or corporations that promise to make payment periodically for a given period (Mishkin and Eakins‚ 2012). Islamic Bonds‚ referred to as Sukuk‚ is a certificate of a debt instrument which complies with Islamic law (Thomas‚ Cox & Kraty‚ 2005). Both conventional bond and Sukuk bears profit and are traded over the stock exchange market and over the counter (OTC). They are used to raise capital of a company on a normal yield price with a
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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND ISLAMIC ACCOUNTING ABSTRACT The concern of this project paper is to explore the differences between Islamic accounting and its conventional counterpart. The distinctions need to be addressed as both accounting is presently thought of many people as synonymous. There is danger for such kind of perception because the basic building blocks for respective accounting are worlds apart. As for professional accountants who have been taught on the idea for accounting
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The avoidance of economic activities involving speculation (gharar); * The introduction of an Islamic tax‚ zakat; * The discouragement of the production of goods and services which contradict the Islamic value (haram) On the other hand‚ conventional banking is essentially based on the debtor-creditor relationship between the depositors and the bank on one hand‚ and between the borrowers and the bank on the other. Interest is considered to be the price of credit‚ reflecting the opportunity
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SAIKAT MONDAL MINING ENGINEERING 7th SEMESTER Exam Roll No-110912001 Subject- Seminar Abstract The importance of mining is definitely significant to human civilization. In India many of the underground coal mine operated by conventional bord and pillar system. Main disadvantage of this system is that percentage of recovery is very less. These loos can be minimized by adopting shortwall method of working at the time of pillar extraction. In India some of the underground mine adopting
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The question of what moral relativism is‚ in the kind of society that we live in today all comes down to what we as individuals ought to believe as morally right. As there are many individuals that live on the face of this planet‚ which means there will also be many varying answers as to what can be deemed just/right and what can be deemed wrong. By definition moral relativism is the view that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint (for instance‚ that of a culture
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significantly‚ collaboration between learners can easily take place‚ and allowing for the building of a learning community which allows learners to work and socialize in group‚ as they would in a face-to-face course. How is it different from Conventional Tutoring? Conventional tutoring is one of the most effective tutoring options. It involves a child meeting with a personal tutor who is more than well qualified in the subject area(s) that your child finds challenging. Sometimes‚ an experienced teacher can
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THE COMPARISON BETWEEN ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL FARMING SYSTEM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS | COMPARATIVE COSTS OF INPUTS | This part indicates the financial challenges or problems posed by conventional farming system that are making agriculture progressively uneconomical. This can be understood by the findings of Dr. Y. M. Upadhya [Wheat Research Station Indore - 1996] that the input output ratio for wheat is becoming lopsided every year [fifteen years back the
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The Problem with Conventional Cancer Care Nicholas James Gonzalez‚ M.D.‚ is a New York-based physician‚ and he’s gotten a lot of attention for his “controversial” cancer therapy. He’s been investigating and using individualized nutritional protocols and pancreatic enzyme therapy since 1981. As an introduction to this treatment approach‚ he and his partner‚ Dr. Linda Isaacs‚ recommend a 1-hour lecture originally presented as part of a podcast. In this talk‚ Dr. Gonzalez discusses 8 patients diagnosed
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Ethical Perspective In the following paper I am going to describe the four different ethical perspectives. I will start by describing my own personal ethical perspective as described by the University of Phoenix Ethical Awareness Inventory. After I describe my personal ethical perspective I will evaluate all four of the ethical perspectives starting with character/virtue based. I will then continue with obligation/ deontology based and results/utilitarianism based. I will conclude with a brief description
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