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    Race is a social and cultural construct based on groups of people ethnically identifying with each other. The Critical Race Theory is an aggressive theory that deviates from the modern liberal ideal of ‘colourblindness’ in acknowledging that racism is ingrained in human society by recognising race as a physical or biological characteristic. Racism maintains that race is actually a biological categorisation of humans‚ despite tens of thousands of years of humans of varying skin colours reproducing

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    1. In the Belmont Report‚ there are three basic cultural ethical principles. The first principle is respect for person. The respect for person requires the researchers to state clearly the information of participation. The information‚ including the range of potential risks and benefits that the research would generate‚ the research procedures as well as the alternative procedures‚ and the purposes of the research‚ should be provided to the participants before the participation of them. It also requires

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    Objectivism is the idea that morality is objective. Objective morality tells us that there is a set of natural rules or laws for how we as humans must treat one another and it cannot be changed or altered. This idea contradicts the theory of moral relativism‚ which supports the belief that the ideas of morality of being right or wrong are not firm but can be open to interpretation through cultures‚ people and situations. A great example of these two ideas causing dispute in todays society would be

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    Semiotics‚ Communication‚ and Cultural Theory: Basic Assumptions 1. Cultures are formed through language. Language is public‚ social‚ and communal‚ not private or personal. (If anyone used a private language‚ it would be very uninteresting to the rest of the world.)  2. Users of a common language form what is called a "speech community‚" though we use "speech" in this context to include many kinds of communication communities (subcultures‚ dialects‚ ethnic groups‚ social-class specific communities

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    The ethics theories table is a discussion of several ethical theories. In this paper I will discuss the duty-based ethics‚ goal-based ethics‚ right-based ethics‚ and human nature ethics. I will define each theory and match the real-world examples and establish workplace examples. Ethics Theories Table Real-World Examples: a. I believe people should be able to eat sand if they like the taste of it. Answer: Goal-Based Ethics. b. I believe that if sand is going to be eaten‚ then it should be available

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    IMMANUEL KANT’S THEORY Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) discussed many ethical systems and reasonings. Some were based on a belief that the reason is the final authority for morality. In Kant’s eyes‚ reason is directly correlated with morals and ideals. Actions of any sort‚ he believed‚ must be undertaken from a sense of duty dictated by reason‚ and no action performed for appropriateness or solely in obedience to law or custom can be regarded as moral. A moral act is an act done for the "right" reasons

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    illegitimate use. Do drug manufacturers have any moral responsibility to ensure that their products are not put to such use? In this paper I am going to discuss the six different ethical theories‚ including utilitarianism‚ kantian ethics‚ natural law theory‚ virtue theory‚ care ethics‚ and symphonology. The first theory that will be discussed is

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    RELATIVISM AND MORALITY Lenn Goodman offers a very good argument about his idea of the things that are wrong. I agree with his argument that four of the things that we should look to in whatever being we worship are “(1) genocide‚ politically induced famine‚ and germ warfare; (2) terrorism‚ hostage taking‚ and child warriors; (3) slavery‚ polygamy‚ and incest; and (4) rape and female genital cutting.” (Goodman‚ Project Muse‚ pg 88) When Goodman talks about genocide‚ famine‚ and germ warfare

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    Utilitarianism‚ yet another ethical theory between right or wrong. If everyone acted in an effort to promote the greatest good for the greater number of people our universe would exist with a utilitarian state of mind. Although‚ when one looks at this statement on the surface without further analyzing it‚ most would assume that existing in a universe where everyone seeks the happiness for the greatest amount of people that it would be greater one to live in. Although‚ surface wise we can make

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    Recent events in the banking sector have brought the issue of bonus payments into the spotlight. With reference to appropriate motivation theoriescritically evaluate the statement that “money motivates”. Some people suppose that money is a main and the only one motivator‚ which influence on workers and their productivity‚ but it is not always completely true as there are many others factors on which working capacity depends. For instance‚ it is working conditions‚ environment and the peoples

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