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    INTRODUCTION This essay will compare and contrast the characteristics of two of America’s female leaders. In analysing the effectiveness of their leadership‚ this essay will evaluate the traits‚ personality‚ history‚ experience‚ and values of each leader. The ability to bring people together around shared beliefs and a common organisational purpose to create a sense of belonging is a prerequisite for an effective leader and will formulate the basis of defining an effective leader for the purpose

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    academics for centuries. While both sides have their merits‚ I strongly believe the philosophy of Kant carries more weight in determining the morality of action. However‚ like any philosophical theorydeontology becomes flawed when pushed to extreme scenarios. In this essay I will argue for general affirmation of deontology‚ understanding that there are cases in which the logic becomes flawed. Furthermore‚ this essay will be from the perspective of a state actor rather than an individual‚ which is

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    obligation‚" "a set of moral principles or value" or "a theory or system of moral values." Ethics assists individuals in deciding when an act is moral or immoral‚ right or wrong. Ethics can be grounded in natural law‚ religious tenets‚ parental and family influence‚ educational experiences‚ life experiences‚ and cultural and societal expectations. Ethics in business‚ or business ethics as it is often called‚ is the application of the discipline‚ principles‚ and theories of ethics to the organizational

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    Utilitarianism is the ethical viewpoint that every decision should be based on trying to create the most amount of “good” for the most people. The “good” in this case is the utility – the positive consequence we should strive for. Utility is the foundation of utilitarianism‚ as the name suggests‚ and it keeps the welfare of people as its highest consideration. Jeremy Bentham‚ an English philosopher‚ proposed his own idea of how utilitarianism should work. He determined that utility could be measured

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    mostly restaurants abundant with delectable taste and economical prices. ‘’Banderas’’ and ‘’La Gorda’’ is where people compare and contrast to know which the best is. Even though both are Mexican restaurants‚ they have different contrast. "La Gorda" is considered best by their incomparable flavor in each saucer on the menu and prices appropriate which makes it considerable for any person. In my opinion‚ I believe in this. First‚ ‘’Banderas’’ is a local business in a little town called Clint. Its

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    Compare/Contrast  research  report   New  Year’s  traditions  in  another  country     Now  let’s  write  a  research  compare/contrast  essay/report  based  on   our  findings  or  evidence.         Introduction:       *Explain  what  New  Years  is‚  and  what  country  you  researched.     *  Tell  where  that  country  is  in  the  world

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    A quirky and highly intelligent detective who does not fit in with society is a common genre convention of crime fiction. The detective’s techniques of crime investigation often differs from the average police detectives and observes and discovers clues everyone else overlooks. In the first short story “A Study In Scarlet” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‚ Sherlock Holmes is the detective who solves the crime through the art of deduction. R. Austin Freeman’s short story “The Case of Oscar Brodski” features

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    HEAD: A COMPARISON OFTWO COUNSELING THEORIES 1 A Comparison of Two Counseling Theories: Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory and Adler’s Theory May 2013 PCMH688/Counseling Theory Instructor: John Evans Student: Leopold Ndayisabye Southern New Hampshire University RUNNINH HEAD: A COMPARISON OFTWO COUNSELING THEORIES This paper is my first step in counseling theories. I’ll be looking at and comparing Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory and Alfred Adler’s theory. It has been hard as a beginner to

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    According to deontology‚ actions is considered moral or immoral based on the adherence to duties‚ or rules It is described as “duty” from the word “deon” from Greek (CVP‚ p.10). The thing that determine what "right" is its settlement with a moral standard based on this theory is the rightness part of the action have to be greater than the good of it. Deontology got its foundations from Immanuel Kant. Kant’s theory is considered deontological for numerous reasons. Starting off‚ Kant states that in

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    Deontology focuses on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves whereas utilitarian focuses on rightness or wrongness of the consequences of those actions. Utilitarianism is the idea that the action’s moral value is based on its degree of maximizing pleasure and happiness as a consequence of the action. Hence‚ greater happiness the more beneficial or morally right it is based on this theory. It is a form of consequentialism compared to deontology which only takes into account of the moral

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