HUMA1000: Cultures and Values (L3): Love‚ Death and Human Nature Prof. Simon Wong Division of Humanities hmmhwong@ust.hk Introduction • This course has defined “narrative as a perception” as the specific aspect of humanities perspective to form the contents of the Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs). Within this framework‚ three basic values will be explored: Love‚ death and human nature. Lectures and readings will be built upon selected texts of Chinese philosophy and religion. Through studying
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formatted in-text citations when applicable and list all references at the bottom of the page. Ethical Theory Utilitarianism Deontological Virtue ethics Definition A consequentialist theory which one decides an ethical decision should maximize benefits to society and minimize harms. Concerned with moral obligation (the right) rather than ends or consequences. Moral obligation relates to duty‚ the ought‚ rightness‚ or appropriateness. Moral obligation has priority
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investment alternatives. The ultimate goal is to invest in projects yielding higher returns than amount of financing used to invest‚ so profits can be used satisfy claims and increase shareholder wealth. The issues facing financial managers are therefore to 1) increase sources of financing from investors and 2) increase shareholder wealth while maintaining a balance of short term and long term profit. When potential investors look for organizations to invest in‚ they access the environmental conditions
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professors‚ but all so your peers. This feedback is helpful for me to learn about the others views as well as mistakes or corrections I need to make. With my busy schedule the part of the University of Phoenix that best suits me is that your course work falls under the Asynchronous communication model. This way I am able to complete my course work at anytime during the week no matter what part of the world I am in. It gives me the flexibility to be able to attend college unlike the traditional Synchronous
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Chapter 1: Limits‚ Alternatives and Choices The fundamental economic problem Scarcity: – The basic economic problem arises because resources are limited‚ but human wants are unlimited. – Scarcity. . . means that society has limited resources and therefore cannot produce all the goods and services people wish to have. What is economics? • Economics is the study of how individuals and economies deal with the fundamental problem of scarcity. • Scarcity forces individuals‚ firms
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Week 1 Homework 2.3 The U.S government subsidizes flood insurance because those who want to buy it live in the flood plain and cannot get it at reasonable rates. What inefficiency does this create? This creates an inefficiency because the high deductibles insurance companies have. If the coverage for flood insurance is at a reasonable rate but the deductibles are high than the inefficiency would be people have a choice to not buy the insurance. If a persons intent is to lower their deductible the
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Eco Terrorism Paper one According to the Shorter Oxford dictionary the term terrorism is define as “the systematic employment of violence to coerce a government or community into acceding to specific political demands”. But this definition can be somewhat misrepresentative of someone or some organization that was been labeled as an eco-terrorist. The reasoning behind this is because in most cases there is little to no actually violence that takes place‚ and what little
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Name: Marquetta Turner Lab‚ Week #1 BALANCE LAB Introduction: Using the direct weighing and weighing by difference methods to find weight and mass of chemicals. The purpose of this lab was to be familiar with the different balances and methods used to find the weight and mass of chemicals. In the lab it used different types of balances and direct weighing and weighing by difference methods. In the lab we used the centigram balance‚ the mass in grams and slugs to determine both weighing
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and how it affected Panasonic. It discusses how Japan’s postwar mentality‚ versus their 1990’s mentality were very different. As the times changed so did their train of thought. As Japan become more Western influenced‚ the majority went from depending on working for a company for the entirety of their career to wanting more freedom and preferring more pay over that job security. Panasonic tried to tailor their benefits packages with the changing trends of the time to continue to try to make their
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Grade Details - All Questions Question 1. Points Received: 0 of 1 Comments: Question : In the liberalism of John Locke‚ political authority is based on Student Answer: might makes right. conquest. divine right of kings. popular sovereignty. Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in the section “Locke’s Influence on Jefferson.” Question 2. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question : Indirect democracy
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