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    decided what to do based on his intuition for this moment. At the same time‚ since they downplay the consequences‚ and utilitarian’s usually say that what is moral in any given situation is to maximize the good effects…so if Valjean was following this theory he would have not turned himself in. Since the greater good for the community and himself would have been to not tell the truth. I think that Rule utilitarian’s would say‚

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    others may completely freak out in the spur of the moment and go to extreme measures in order to get out. Some of these extreme measures include doing things you may regret for the rest of your life. An example of these extreme choices is killing. Suppose you’re being held hostage. The only way to survive is to kill your holder and run away. If you’re desperate‚ you’ll probably do it. Another example of these extreme measures is cannibalism. People usually resort to this when they are stranded and

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    wide array of deceptiveness within the play "Measure for Measure." While some of the reasons for deception are good‚ other reasons are filled with evil and only for personal gain. Angelo is a perfect example of one of the characters within this play who uses his deceptive nature for evil and only for the gratification of himself. He is given a very superior and authoritative role by Vincentio‚ the Duke‚ and extends his powers to the most extreme of measures. Unlike the Duke‚ Angelo is stern and goes

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    of the MAOA gene are much more prevalent in populations with a history of warfare. These individuals are also more likely to join gangs and to use weapons in committing crimes than other persons” (Hickey 48). Beaver and Schwartz believe that the theories proposed over the past half-century have focused entirely on environmental explanations of criminal and antisocial behavior. The explanation of criminal and antisocial behavior is their biggest concern of all the literature available. According to

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    Adaptations of Living Organisms to the Antarctic’s Extreme Conditions. The Antarctic‚ also called the south pole‚ is one of the world’s seven continents and lies at around 60° south of the equator (Singh et al..‚ 2010). The Antarctic is an example of an extreme environment. An extreme environment is a habitat that most life-forms find intolerable‚ or even‚ sometimes‚ lethal (Rampelotto‚ 2013). It is the Antarctic’s average temperature of minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit‚ average ice depth of 6‚500

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    Ethical theory resides in the analysis layer of thinking for the reason that analysis is the elevated or educated form of thinking. A mixture of critical thinking and moral judgment‚ ethical reasoning raises itself to a form of analysis that boils down to developing arguments in light of discovering how we ought to live in order to express and apply it fully in our lives. One example that applies to this is the ethical situation is the issue on life support. Say that a family member‚ specifically

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    Accounting Theory and Practice: the Ethical Dimension M. Gaffikin University of Wollongong‚ michael gaffikin@uow.edu.au This working paper was originally published as Gaffikin‚ M‚ Accounting theory and practice: the ethical dimension‚ Accounting Finance Working Paper 07/04‚ School of Accounting Finance‚ University of Wollongong‚ 2007. This paper is posted at Research Online. http://ro.uow.edu.au/accfinwp/2 07/04 University of Wollongong School of Accounting & Finance Accounting Theory and Practice:

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    deeply‚ I thought I would find ways to challenge these misconceptions. Key Concepts and Misconceptions of Area When defining area‚ Koshy et al (2000) discuss that it is a two dimensional concept and relies on comparison with a square due to measures of area being in centimetres squared (cm2) or metres squared (m2). Due to the nature of these measurements‚ it is easy to see why children misconstrue these concepts. The National Numeracy Strategy requires that teachers ’identify mistakes‚ using

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    Name: ADITYA VATS MBA (LSCM) Sem I Batch 2013-15 Measures of Dispersion – Comparison of Cargo shipped via Airline Vs Rail Sector for last five years In statistics‚ dispersion (also called variability‚ scatter‚ or spread) denotes how stretched or squeezed is a distribution (theoretical or that underlying a statistical sample). Common examples of measures of statistical dispersion are the variance‚ standard deviation and interquartile rang..

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    employing more than five people will have a safety policy and this states the emergency procedures in case of a fire and what to do in the event of some major incidents such as a child who has gone missing‚ an unwelcomed intruder in the setting or very extreme weather conditions. Now I am going to identify eight non emergency incidents and then for LO 3.2 I will outline the actions to take when there is a Fire‚ A Missing Child and Unauthorised Entry. Missing Child A child should never go missing from

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