expressed beliefs‚ hence making his position somewhat illogical and not as convincing. For instance‚ Singer supposes that "the basic principle of equality does not require equal or identical treatment; it requires equal consideration." Later he follows this idea by asserting that "equal consideration for different beings may lead to different treatment and different rights." Naturally‚ my question to Singer would be‚ what is the use of hypothetically applying "equal consideration" towards all species‚
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Reference. Taylor‚ A. (2008). Examined Life: Peter Singer on our obligation to alleviate suffering [video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVViICWs4dM Content. Peter Singer‚ discusses applied ethics in regard to poverty and affluence‚ animal rights and the radical nature of applied ethics. He challenges the viewers on what is moral and ethical behaviour in society as a whole in regards to money and spending‚ how we treat other beings and that we have a moral responsibility
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Peter Albert David Singer is an Australian moral philosopher who was born in 1946‚ one of his main goals is to end world poverty by donating to charities and convincing others to do the same‚ and he believes that affluent people should donate all disposable income to charity. Nel Noddings is an American philosopher born in 1929‚ and her view on ethics focuses on a natural sense of caring and a flexibility of principles‚ she rejects Singer’s argument saying that we have obligations to those around
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A singer I admire As we grow older‚ we find someone to looks up to. Some of us admire celebrities‚ family‚ and friends. I admire Andy Lau. A star of over 100 films and one of Asia’s most popular singers‚ Andy Lau was born on September 27‚ 1961 in Hong Kong. He grew up in a very poor area where there was not even running water. The young Andy had to make up to eight trips a day to collect water for his family. Despite financial problems‚ Andy’s parents encouraged him to do well in school‚ and upon
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apparent problems with Sippican’s cost system‚ should executives abandon overhead assignment to products entirely and adopt a contribution margin approach in which manufacturing overhead is treated as a period expense? Why or why not? Answer: Consider Sippican is a manufacturer company with multiple products‚ using simple cost accounting system that directly allocate factory overhead to unit of product entirely through one single allocation base (i.e. 185 % of production run direct labor cost in
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Executive Summary The business world is very competitive‚ so every business decision should be taken carefully. When a company is facing a problem‚ it usually uses a problem solving process to identify a problem and analyze pros and cons among possible solutions. This paper is an analysis in regard to Citigroup Inc in order to identify possible problems that the company is facing. We are going to set out the problem-solving process based on PSU SBA framework. PSU SBA represents six steps in problem-solving
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terminal value of cash flows by assuming a constant 4.14% growth rate in perpetuity and a constant D/E ratio for the years after 1984. Thus‚ these cash flows were initially discounted under WACC-ME. From there‚ we factored in prior debt and cash that Congoleum had generated to calculate the total equity value of the firm after the LBO had taken place. Background Congoleum is a firm active in three product market segments: home furnishings‚ shipbuilding‚ automotive‚ and industrial distribution. In the
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The album hits stores and tickets go on sale via ticketmaster.com or at event centers in cities where tour hits starting November 1‚ 2012. The all female group who has been together for four years consists of band members Brenna Doughertry‚ lead singer‚ and sisters Linda Bannon‚ Laura Bannon‚ and Lisa Bannon. “I Hit a Boy” is their debut album following well-known and highly successful singles such as‚ “So Over You‚” and “Never‚ Ever Looking Back.” Solely written by the collateral effort of the
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Never Stop Trying My favorite Korea pop singer is Ailee because she is a talented person and she is my role model. Whenever I’m feeling down‚ her music makes me happy and relaxed. I accidentally heard her song few months ago in a coffee shop and I love her singing right away. She has an amazing voice. Her voice sounds like an angel sings. She also has been studying how to rap on her own. She is not just can sing well but she is also a pretty good dancer. She started her singing career by making
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Altex Corporation was elated when it learned that it had just been awarded the R&D phase of the Advanced Tactical Missile program (ATMP). The terms of the contract specified that Altex had to submit to the Army‚ within 60 days after contract award‚ a formal project plan for the two-year ATMP effort. Contracts at that time did not require a risk management plan be developed. A meeting was held with the project manager of R&D to assess the risks in the ATMP effort. PM: "I ’m in the process of developing
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