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    Ethical theories are the foundations of ethical analysis because they are the viewpoints from which guidance can be obtained along the pathway to a decision. Each theory emphasizes different points such as predicting the outcome and following one’s duties to others in order to reach an ethically correct decision. There are three main kinds of ethical theory; deontology‚ utilitarianism and virtue ethics. Deontology meaning ’obligation’ or ’duty’ is an approach to ethics which says that the act of

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    According to EP Thompson: The English common law rests upon a bargain between the law and the people. The jury box is where the people come into the court‚ the judge watches them and the jury watches back. A jury is the place where the bargain struck. A jury attends in judgment not only upon the accused but also upon the justice and humanity of the law. The role of the jury is the jury make decision based on the fact while matters based on law is the signory of judge. The jury makes decision based

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    People who adopt the Neutral Parties model believe that we should keep theology out of psychology for many reasons. In the Neutral Parties model‚ theology and psychology are to be separated. According to Entwistle (2015)‚ the Neutral Parties model encourages the exploration of the unique content of both disciplines and the methodologies that they apply. Entwistle (2015) states‚ “not only does this model require an unwarranted faith in human objectivity‚ but it sacrifices the role that one’s worldview

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    1.1 Why Do People Communicate? People communicate in many different ways and also for many different reasons. There are a wide variety of ways in which people communicate however there are specific reasons as to why each individual does. For example: to give information to another individual to receive information from another individual to give instructions to another individual to retrieve information from another individual to discuss certain situations among individual(s) to make individuals

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    We have the same question that ‘why do we have to do homework every day?’. Most people explain about the harms of homework‚ but why don’t they explain about the goods too? I think we have to change our way of thinking because homework does more good than harm. Firstly‚ homework helps us to allocate our time because of our research; we have to find more extra knowledge in order to do our homework. When we do homework‚ we can’t waste the time with the ridiculous things‚ and homework motivates us to

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    Why Do Marriages Fail? In the world today‚ there are a lot of people wanting to marry the first person they fall in love with. However‚ many married couples realized that this kind of marriage is not what they want‚ so they turn to divorce as an answer. Even though there are many ways to fix the problems that occur in a marriage‚ sometimes‚ nobody wants to use them. It is certain that the causes of divorce vary from couple to couple. The most common reasons marriages fail are communication‚ the

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    There is no use denying the fact that nowadays people have the best quality of life in its history. Great number of various scientific discoveries and new technologies lead to the significant increase of the level of comfort available for people and introduce many new possibilities for the further progress. It is quite obvious‚ that in the age of progress great attention is also given to the healthcare sector as it is one of the main actors which has the great impact on the quality and length of

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    characteristics carry over even to today’s society‚ and popular people are often regarded higher than those who may seem a little “different” or social outcasts‚ because one may not be like someone else. Isaac of York‚ and Rowena have proclaimed themselves to be Jews. During the time of the crusades‚ everyone seems to dislike Rowena and Isaac. The question that is raised by this topic is‚ of course‚ why? Why do people dislike Isaac so much? Why was Rebecca put on trial to be potentially

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    2.1 and 2.2: What to do if there are suspicions or if someone alleges they are being abused Recognise Recognise the signs and symptoms or believe what you are told Respond Comfort - warm and caring Reassure the person that you believe them and that it is not their fault/they are in no way to blame Do not promise that you will keep it secret (may need to pass on to help them‚ important not to say one thing and do another) but only to people who need to know and will help Protect the individual

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    Death is one of the most feared thing as a human. Humans do some very dangerous things as well. Rescue from death is something that many humans need when the awesome/stupid thing they do ends up failing. Humans should have the right to rescue services even when they put someone else in danger. Humans should have this right because some things people try are very dangerous‚ some people don’t know their limits‚ and some of the time‚ if the rescue service wasn’t there‚ they would die. The first reason

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