Ethical language is meaningless. Discuss. Twentieth Century ethics has been highly dominated by linguistics. Ethicists now worked to discover the meanings of terms such as “good” or “bad”. This goes beyond normative ethics such as Utilitarianism‚ Kantian ethics or Virtue ethics but rather looks at the usefulness and meaningfulness of ethical language‚ known as Meta ethics. It also tries to understand the meaning of terms used in descriptive ethics usually used by sociologists. Ethical language
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Discuss the concept of cultural capital Pierre Bourdieu developed the concept of cultural capital in order to attempt to explain the differences in educational outcomes in France during the 1960’s. Cultural capital is theorised as the forms of knowledge‚ skill‚ education; any advantages a person has which‚ give them a higher status in society‚ including high expectations (Nick Stevenson‚ 1995.pp.46-48). This differentiates economic and social status from the class agenda which‚ is rigidly
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Critically discuss the case for counselling to be evaluated through randomised controlled trials. In the following essay a critical discussion for the case for counselling to be evaluated through randomised controlled trails will be discussed. A randomised control trial requires firstly finding a collection of individuals who are all in search of help and who have a comparable problem. These can be identified through the use of a questionnaire for example‚ by comparing outcome scores. These
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Topic: “Advertisements do more harm than good.” Discuss. In general‚ advertisements promote products or services to the public. Advertisers use all sorts of gimmicks to promote their own product. For example‚ fast-food restaurants promise attractive toys and prizes in “scratch and win” competitions. As a result‚ children badger their parents to take them to that particular fast-food restaurant. Many advertisements make misleading claims and promise instant solutions to people’s problems. For example
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Discuss Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia [8+16] AO1: The cognitive approach acknowledges the role of biological factors. Frith 92 found a disconnection between frontal areas of the brain concerned with action and the posterior areas of the brain that control perception‚ explaining auditory hallucinations. This causes a split from reality where sz are unable to distinguish between actions brought by external forces and those generated internally this then causes the positive symptoms of
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Is an invitation to treat an offer? Discuss? Answer: Section 2(a)‚ Contracts Act 1950 provides that ‘when one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything‚ with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to the act or abstinence‚ he is said to make a proposal’. Case: M N Guha Majumder v R E Donough [1974] 2 MLJ 114 Facts: Property owned by the defendant was advertised for sale‚ and written offers to purchase were invited. The plaintiff viewed
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2011 Discuss Hamlet as a revenge tragedy Revenge has caused the downfall of many a person. Its consuming nature causes one to act recklessly through anger rather than reason. Revenge is an emotion easily rationalized; one turn deserves another. However‚ this is a very dangerous theory to live by. Throughout Hamlet‚ revenge is a dominant theme. Fortinbras‚ Laertes‚ and Hamlet all seek to avenge the deaths of their fathers. But in so doing‚ all three rely more on emotion than thought‚ and take
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DISCUSS SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH Social science research is refers to any scientific study of human action and Interaction focusing on element of thought and behavior that are in some sense Social‚ as such social scientific aspire to science‚ they intend to study human action and interaction‚ and thought and behavior in a systematic‚ rigorous evident-based‚ generalizing replicable and cumulative fashion. social science is more specifically a truth seeking activity aim at contributing to existing knowledge
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History Homework Neville Chamberlain was an idiot. discuss. Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister of Britain from 28 May 1937-10 May 1940. He is famous for using his appeasement foreign policy against Adolf Hitler. His actions today are widely criticized for allowing Hitler to grow more powerful‚ the most famous example being the Munich Agreement of 1938 in which Hitler not only took over the agreed Sudetenland but went on to take over the rest of Czechoslovakia. One hand Neville Chamberlain was
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Since 1986‚ Vietnam has been conducting a process of economic innovation. It has been steadily opening its economy to be able to integrate into the global marketplace more and more. During this time‚ Vietnam has greatly changed. This essay will discuss the effects of globalization on Vietnam with 2 forces: Economic and sociocultural. Firstly‚ the development of Vietnamese economic has changed rapidly. Until 1986‚ Viet Nam had operated as a centrally planned economy with significant inputs of aid
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