Australia and many other common law countries (e.g. England‚ Canada) have been reluctant to impose upon bystanders a general duty to aid the proverbial baby drowning in a puddle of water‚ ’ though there have been several exceptions to the general rule which the courts have distinguished‚ usually where some sort of prior relationship exists between the parties. Protagonists of a duty to rescue ’ tend to base their arguments around the idea that contemporary morality demands the law impose some sort of
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What role does duty play in ethics? Based on this‚ do you resonate more with the utilitarian‚ virtue ethics‚ Kantian‚ natural rights‚ or egoist theories? Provide an example if you choose to answer this question. While‚ I tend to agree more with the Kantian principle of categorical imperatives which tend to say that morals should come not out of desires or wants but out of duty as desires and wants are hypothetical Imperatives. Duty should be the deciding factor for what is ethical or not. I tend
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certain duties to his country an nation. A citizen should have duties and responsibilities for his country. He should try to do the public good. He should control his conduct on the light of the good of his country. He should exercise his rights with proper judgment and obey the law of road and the like. He should try to build himself to do the best service for the country. He should have patriotism and fellow-feeling. As a citizen‚ he should know his responsibility to discharge his duties. Conclusion:
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though it causes an injury to the rights of third person. (VIII) RIGHT OF STOPAGE OF GOODS IN TRANSIT: He has right of stoppage of goods in transit. DUTIES OF AN AGENT: Following are the duties of an agent. (I) OBEY THE INSTRUCTIONS: He should obey the instructions of the principal. (II) CONDUCTING BUSINESS: It is the duty of agent to conduct the business of principal. (III) SHOWING OF ACCOUTNS: He should maintain the accounts and show to principal on his demand. (IV) RETURN
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Additional Duties of the Phlebotomist Chapter 16 Additional Duties of the Phlebotomist providing instructions and materials for specimen collection Collecting throat and nasopharyngeal swabs Performing sweat electrolyte collection Assisting physicians in bone marrow aspiration Interviewing blood donors Blood donor collection Transporting/receiving non-blood samples Delivery of samples to appropriate sections/shipment to reference lab Use of laboratory information system Patient Instruction
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would you propose to be included to the existing list to demonstrate the potentials and expand the services of the quantity surveyor. Tips: Highlight the key points Identify duties/ roles/ responsibilities/ obligations/ steps to be taken in each case – as a QS Relate to reasonable standard of skill and care Relate to expected standard (if below expected standard may cause negligence) Cite relevant cases A Quantity Surveyor (QS) is a professional which is essentially construction
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INTERIOR GUARD DUTY Composition of Main Guard An interior guard system is installed by commander of all military installations to preserve‚ protect property‚ and enforce military regulations. Security is part of the composition of the interior guard system. Separate units are responsible for posting interior in their areas. The elements of the interior guard system are classified according to their purposes. They include the main guards and special guards. The latter category consists
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In Abd Al-Salam Faraj’s pamphlet The Neglected Duty‚ he indirectly justifies his part in the murder of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. The duty that Faraj is referring to as neglected is that of the jihad‚ which‚ according to him‚ is the fight for God’s cause. He says that the establishment of an Islamic state is mandatory for the Muslims and is made clear in the Koran. Furthermore‚ he claims that if the state cannot be established without war‚ then war is mandatory also. He then explains the
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Duty over Friendship Sometimes we are approached by a dilemma which makes us question what is more important‚ duty or a friendship that might become destroyed by the decision. Frank O’Connor wrote “Guests of the Nation” in the early to mid 1900’s during an Anglo-Irish war. In this short story friendships grew over a misconception were in the end it was ultimately sacrificed for the duty to one’s country. The Second Battalion appointed Noble and Bonaparte to guard the British prisoners. The prisoners
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Duty Comes First Do your duty without his fear There was once a minister for railways. He had a very good reputation.He was known to be an honest man who always did his duty.One‚day he was on his way to an impotant function.He was getting late for it.His car reached a railway crossing.They had to stop there.The gate closed just as they arrived.The driver of the minister’s car quickily ran to the gaurd on duty.He said firmly to the gaurd‚"The minister is in the car.Raise the gate to let us pass
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