Situation Ethics is an agapeistic ethical theory; the Christian concept of unconditional love is the guiding principle of this theory. This theory was devised by Joseph Fletcher in the 1960s as a radical Christian ethic. It argues that agape is the only guiding principle in morality. This is taken from the golden rule in Christianity (love your neighbour as yourself). Agape is different from all other types of love like sexual love: it is unconditional. Situation Ethics rejects legalistic ethics
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in a life or death situation due to the fact of making the wrong decision.A life or death situation is something that has affected many‚ some people face this problem due to the fact that they were doing something dangerous that they weren’t suppose to do or thought they could handle and ended up hurting themselves for choosing to do the wrong thing.people should be accountable for their own actions in a life or death situation. People face life or death situations for many reason one
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Is embryonic testing applicable in situation ethics? (30 marks) Embryonic testing allows people to clarify any disabilities or diseases which their child/children may suffer in the future. From this‚ couples can contemplate whether or not they would prefer to terminate the pregnancy or to continue with the procedure. There is conflict between individuals in society‚ as well as people from different teachings. Christians would be prohibited to terminate their pregnancy regardless of whether their
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American revolutionaries. They provided funds‚ manpower and leadership to the Latin American cause. The French Revolution which promoted enlightenment ideas of freedom and equal rights also played a role in shaping the events which helped the colonies to gain independence and significantly through influencing Simón
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“Our Mutual Joy: The Religious Case for Gay Marriage” Judging by the title of this article written by Lisa Miller‚ readers would tend to believe that this would be a piece of work written to support the religious side of the war on gay marriage. However‚ when reading through just the first paragraph‚ it becomes apparent that the essay is actually contributing to the discrimination of the Bible. This instantly detracts from the author’s argument because this places a biased predecessor on
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CURRENT SITUATION OF INDIAN’S ECONOMY DUE TO INFLATION India’s inflation could accelerate in the current fiscal year due to the rupee’s sharp depreciation‚ said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Indian rupee touched record low of 65.52/dollar on Thursday and is down 16 percent so far this year despite efforts by policymakers to prop it up. "The pass-through of the depreciation of the rupee exchange rate by about 11 percent in the four months of 2013-14 is incomplete and will put upward
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summaries This document is part of the requirements of the Foundations of marketing course‚ the University of Newcastle. It is the first part of the marketing plan for Red Bull‚ the leader of energy drinks market. The business overview‚ current situation analysis and marketing objectives are reviewed in this document as the following briefly details. The current objectives of the Red Bull are to stay in the same position as the leader‚ to be the brand icon of the extreme sports and to expand the
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The contact situation is best defined as the initial contact that two or more groups may encounter‚ which can lead to long lasting affects/outcomes in their lives (Healey‚ 2011‚ pg. 151). The Noel hypothesis states that there are three segments to the initial contact situation that groups can come to experience; ethnocentrism‚ competition‚ and differential of power (Healey‚ 2011‚ pg. 152). When the contact between groups are distinguished by all three segments of this hypothesis‚ it may lead to the
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Mutual Fund Flows and Performance in Rational Markets Jonathan B. Berk University of California‚ Berkeley and National Bureau of Economic Research Richard C. Green Carnegie Mellon University We derive a parsimonious rational model of active portfolio management that reproduces many regularities widely regarded as anomalous. Fund flows rationally respond to past performance in the model even though performance is not persistent and investments with active managers do not outperform passive
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Current Situation of Pakistan Economy There are genuine fears prevailing in Pakistan that its economy is in a bad shape. Whereas some expert economists of the country comment that Pakistan’s economy is near collapse‚ others are of the view that although our economy is still away from the verge of immediate collapse it is so fragile that unless serious and urgent efforts are made to survive the economy‚ it can move to a dangerous stage within about next six to 12 months. These views of experts cannot
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