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    For example‚ the privatisation of foster care in the United Kingdom‚ which is becoming increasingly popular (Steen and Smith‚ 2012) can be argued as a deontological approach from the government’s point of view. The deontological ethics theory focuses on the morality of the action and not the consequences of that action (Encyclopædia Britannica‚ 2015). Caring for vulnerable members in society is a duty‚ privatisation meets the increasing demands of re-homing children‚ therefore the English

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    Critically examine the claim by states to be the legitimate governing authority in a territory. This essay will first define ’the State ’‚ and then look at evidence to examine the above claim. The state is a set of institutions that possess the authority to make the rules and laws that govern the people within a defined territory. Max Weber‚ cited in “Exploring Social Lives”‚ defined the state as claiming “a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory”‚ (Bromley

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    JANE: Hi‚ Zach! ZACHERY: Hello‚ Jane. JANE: So‚ I was wondering‚ you just finished covering moral relativism in CRA‚ right? ZACHERY: Yup. JANE: Alright‚ well‚ John was talking to me the other day‚ and I was telling him about the work I’ve been doing to support education for women in Africa. And he told me that‚ according to some guy named Mackie‚ that people’s right to education isn’t actually a moral fact and me trying to increase the education of women isn’t justified‚ cuz I’m just forcing my own

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    Ethical Theories in Business Environment Patriot Rustani Kaplan University Ethical Theories in Business Environment The Energy Corporation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing to the community. Our organization is made of 400‚000 members as I am a part of the board of directors. One of the directors has asked to address himself as a director of the Energy Corporation to personal potential clients. I have been asked to review this matter. Before giving the rest

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    Review Questions: 1. What is ethics‚ and how can it be distinguished from morality? Morality can be defined as a system of rules for guiding human conduct and principles for evaluating those rules and ethics is "the good life"‚ the life worth living or that is simply satisfying‚ which is held by many philosophers to be more important than moral conduct. 2. What is meant by a moral system? What are some of the key differences between the "rules of conduct" and the "principles of evaluation" that

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    Cultural considerations in moral and ethical reasoning The sound development of moral reasoning and ethics is an integral part of the growth and maturation of a healthy and productive human being. Without morals and ethics‚ a person cannot exist within society’s boundaries and would be doomed to be forever barred from its hallowed walls for as long as that person did not conform to the societal norms of having the ability to morally reason and implement a set of ethics. But morals and ethics

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    In A Defense of Moral Relativism‚ Ruth Benedict argues that normal behavior varies from society to society; therefore‚ what’s morally right for one society can be morally wrong for another. To support this argument‚ Benedict mentions how certain cultures practice what’s “abnormal” to us without any difficulty. She goes further to give examples of traits that are abnormal to us such as‚ “sadism or delusions grandeur or of persecution” (Benedict‚ 1934‚ p.1) and concludes saying that “these abnormal

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    Critically evaluate Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development Piaget has been described as the father of cognitive psychology (Shaffer‚ 1988) and his stage theory as the foundation of developmental cognitive psychology (Lutz & Sternberg‚ 2002). It is not possible to describe Piaget ’s empirical findings and theory in only 1‚500 words. Instead‚ I will briefly review the theory ’s scope‚ comprehensiveness‚ parsimony‚ applicability‚ heuristic value and methodological underpinning. I will then evaluate

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    entails having a weak economy with a large unemployment rate. In terms of ethical relativism‚ both personal and social relativism share the same notion when it comes to homelessness‚ and the responsibilities that are involved. As ethical relativism holds that there are no universally accepted ethical standards for individuals‚ there cannot be an objective standard that would be forced onto all of us.

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    Critically examine the geopolitics of humanitarian aid within the 21st century. How have responses to famine changed over time and what are the key challenges to famine prevention today? Geopolitics have played a huge role in humanitarian aid in the current century. Because humanitarian aid is largely sponsored by western countries it poses a huge problem in the form of a “parochial form of theorizing"1 that supports the interests of the richest countries of the world. For the purpose of this essay

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