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    specific ethical theory utilized. Some theories dictate that only humans should receive moral consideration‚ while other wish to extend this consideration towards not only animals but inanimate objects as well. For the purpose of this essay I will examine the issue of animal rights from both a utilitarian and a Kantian perspective. I intend to show that ultimately a utilitarian outlook is

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    Features of A Successful School Introduction The way in which U.S. schools are ran today are not adequate for the growing needs of students in the 21st century. According the Darling-Hammond (2010)‚ if these trends continue‚ by 2012‚ America will have 7 million jobs in science and technology fields‚ “green” industries‚ and other fields that cannot be filled by U.S. workers (p. 3). Other nations have figured out how to educate their youth‚ and those students will take the jobs of their U.S. counterparts

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    the link below the excerpt. Ethics Theories- Utilitarianism Vs. Deontological Ethics There are two major ethics theories that attempt to specify and justify moral rules and principles: utilitarianism and deontological ethics. Utilitarianism (also called consequentialism) is a moral theory developed and refined in the modern world in the writings of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806-1873). There are several varieties of utilitarianism. But basically‚ a utilitarian approach to morality

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    THESIS Optimization of Texture Feature Extraction Algorithm Tuan Anh Pham Abstract Texture‚ the pattern of information or arrangement of the structure found in an image‚ is an important feature of many image types. In a general sense‚ texture refers to surface characteristics and appearance of an object given by the size‚ shape‚ density‚ arrangement‚ proportion of its elementary parts. Due to the signification of texture information‚ texture feature extraction is a key function in various image processing

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    ICRA Rating Feature POULTRY INDUSTRY - BROILER MEAT AND TABLE EGG Analyst Contact Anjan Ghosh aghosh@icraindia.com +91-22-3047 0006 Overview  The domestic poultry market size is estimated at more than Rs. 47‚000 crore and the growth trend is likely to continue for the present decade as demand has been growing steadily on back of favourable socio economic factors like healthy GDP growth‚ rising purchasing power‚ changing food habits‚ and increasing urbanization. The poultry sector in India

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    Utilitarianism is a prominent theory‚ which is defined as an action that is considered to encourage happiness and pleasure within a social context‚ and if it fails‚ then it tends to promote harm to the environment. However‚ John Mills disagrees with this definition and instead he believes that everyone’s happiness is intrinsically good for them. This‚ in brief‚ is the argument from Mills. The following shall be an examination of his theory. I will then examine defences to his opinion as presented

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    Statement: “I believe that the key to a successful Nursing home is quality focus‚ open and honest communication and partnership working.” – Hannah Parry Introduction I am currently Acting Manager of a 49-bedded nursing home. I manage a team of nurses‚ carers‚ domestic staff‚ kitchen staff‚ administrator and activities coordinator. Before being promoted to Acting Manager I was a trained Registered General Nurse (Clinical Lead/Deputy Manager) within the home. During this time I have gained

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    Utilitarian Utilitarian must rely on each individual and feeling‚ each of which individuals are considered to have the same weight‚ and happiness and pain can conversion‚ pain is only negative happiness". Contrary to the general doctrine of ethics‚ Utilitarianism does not consider the motives and means of a person’s actions‚ considering only the consequences of an act’s effect on the maximum happiness. It is good that is the greatest increase in happiness; vice versa. Even if these children do not go to

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    Examine different sociological views on changes in the experience of childhood over the past 50 years. There have been many changes in society that have affected children over the last 50 years‚ however there are several different sociological views on whether these changes have been beneficial to children or not. Functionalist sociologists have the ‘march of progress’ view‚ as they believe that the experience of childhood has massively improved over the last 50 years. They believe that society

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    Jedda: Racist Relic or Ahead of its Time? Jedda: Fifty years ago the movie Jedda broke new ground in its portrayal of the indigenous inhabitants of this land. Andre Greenhalgh examines its rich legacy. In the 1930s‚ 40s and 50s‚ government‚ Charitable and church groups moved many mixed-race children into orphanages and in some cases helped adopt them into white families. It was felt that part-white children could be integrated into white society. Some Aboriginal and part-Aboriginal

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