In this section we will look at deontology and consequentialism A Consequentialist theory is if the consequences are good‚ the action is right‚ if they are bad‚ the action is wrong and it base on the outcome of the action it is maximise happiness and minimise pain and it will depend of the consequences of the action it will get the greatest number even if the action is immoral but it can get a greatest number of happiness. Go back to AWB scandal in this case nothing forces them to do that they can
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abilities to invoke supernatural powers-shamans‚ medicine men‚ and other religious leaders-held positions of respect and authority. Unlike the Christian world from which European newcomers arrived‚ Indian religion did not pose a sharp distinction between the natural and supernatural‚ or secular and religious activities. In some respects‚ however‚ Indian religion was not that different from popular spiritual beliefs in Europe. Most Indians and Europeans held that a single Creator stood atop the spiritual
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he murdered Alexander Hamilton. Burr‚ motivated by years of political rivalry murdered Alexander Hamilton. After the Revolutionary war‚ Hamilton and Burr became lawyers and Hamilton knew Burr was a better lawyer than himself‚ this caused tension between the two because Hamilton was always asking Burr questions. Then Burr ran against Thomas Jefferson in the presidential election. Jefferson was also Hamilton’s rival‚ but Hamilton respected him for having beliefs unlike Burr. When it was time for the
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which was supposed to help people understand better and their pension system work efficiently. It seems to be achieved for the first part that people now understand the pension system better. For the second part‚ however‚ there are always fights between governments and the public‚ because some governments attempt to cut pension payment in order to balance the budget that the government need in the year. One of the example that people fights against the government for cutting the pension payments
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Kant‚ and David Hume. Rousseau believed in a social contract‚ while Hume had a more pragmatic approach focusing on the usefulness of the state‚ and Kant focused on an individuals moral obligation to the state. Rousseau‚ describes the relationship between the state and a person as contractual‚ thereby explaining the state as a place with no law or morality‚ and has been left for its benefits and necessity of cooperation. As society evolves and develops‚ the needs of society increases such as‚ having
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The government that our country operates under in modern times is quite different than the government in place at our country’s conception. However‚ they do share many of the same practices and ideologies. The Articles of Confederation were founded on the basis of a very limited national government‚ and the idea that states should interact with each other through a “loose league of friendship”. In this friendship‚ the states would work and trade together‚ but no form of central government was
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This reading is so confusing‚ I read it three times and still have some confusion about the Socrates statements. Basically‚ it is a conversation or arguments between Socrates and Euthyphro. Socrates is in the court because a man whose name is Meletus prosecuted him about corrupting the youth. Therefore‚ Euthyphro is in the court to prosecute his father for the murder of the servant. It is not proven that his father is killer but Euthyphro is trying to get justice on behalf of the servant. Euthyphro
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Massachusetts Bay was founded by the Puritans for religious beliefs. The church of England didn’t accept the beliefs of the Puritans. So then‚ the puritans left as families on boats. The puritans wanted religious freedom yet they were not very tolerate any other religions. Anne Hutchinson challenged the puritans beliefs and gender roles. She was trialed and later banished from Massachusetts. William Penn was also banished for not believing the puritans beliefs. Pennsylvania was founded by William
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The right to vote was introduced to Britain by the Whigs‚ a political organisation now known as the Liberal Party. It was first granted to a small number of the male middle class‚ but the Parliamentary Reform Acts of 1867 and 1884 extended the necessary requirements. These acts allowed men who owned properties or earnt a certain income to also vote. During the Edwardian era‚ many British citizens‚ along with Emmeline Pankhurst‚ fought to change the basic criteria needed to vote‚ so that it included
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is the definition of what a kernel is). Because UNIX treats everything as a file‚ it provides greater security for users. An example of a UNIX distribution is posix. (note: actually POSIX is a set of standards for interoperability of applications between UNIX and UNIX-like systems). Linux uses a the UNIX architecture as its basis and provides more facilities and applications. Linux could be considered to be a GUI to the UNIX
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