Explain the difference between rule‚ act and preference utilitarianism (25 marks) Utilitarianism is the ethical theory behind justifying an action for being for the greater good. This is a teleological theory because it looks at the consequences of an action. Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory. There are three types of utilitarianism: Act‚ Rule and Preference. Jeremy Bentham began the Utilitarianism theory. Utilitarianism is a hedonistic theory because it is based on pleasure and happiness
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Leibniz describes as monad as the basic foundation from which everything else is composed. With monads being very simple‚ Leibniz suggests that a monad is a substance that neither has extension‚ nor shape‚ nor can it be divided. He argues that a monad is one thing with no individual parts. He also contends that monads cannot be changed from anything externally but can only be changed from something internally. He maintains that monads have to have properties because if they didn’t‚ they would not
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run is meant a length of time which is not enough to change the level of fixed inputs or the number of firms in the industry but long enough to change the level of output by changing variable inputs. In short period‚ a distinction is made of two types of costs (i) fixed cost and (ii) variable cost. The fixed cost in the form of fixed factors i.e.‚ plant‚ machinery‚ building‚ etc. does not vary with the change in the output of the firm. If the firm is to increase or decrease its output‚ the change
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Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Selective Mutism SARA P. DOW‚ B.A.‚ BARBARA. C. SONIES‚ PH_D.. DONNA SCHEIB‚ M.S_C.CC.lS.P-‚ SHARON E. MOSS‚ PH.D" AND HENRlETT A L. LgONARD‚ M.D. ABSTRACT Objective: To provide practical guidelines for the assessment and treatment of children with selective mutism‚ in light of the recent hypotnesis that selective mutism might be best conceptualized as
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- A supportive environment is one that promotes health and assist people in making healthy lifestyle choices. Today’s societies are extremely complicated and interrelated. The inseparable connections between individuals and their surroundings or environment constitutes the foundation for a socioecological way to deal with wellbeing. The general controlling standard for the world‚ countries‚ communities and regions alike‚ is the need to energize equal upkeep - to deal with and take care of one another
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. The basic difference between DES and AES is that in DES plaintext block is divided into two halves before the main algorithm starts whereas‚ in AES the entire block is processed to obtain the ciphertext. Let us discuss some more differences between DES and AES with the help of the comparison chart shown below. Comparison Chart BASIS FOR COMPARISON DES (DATA ENCRYPTION STANDARD) AES (ADVANCED ENCRYPTION STANDARD) Basic In DES the data block is divided into two halves. In AES the entire data block
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There are three types of market efficiency: Ø - when prices are determined in a way that equates the marginal rates of return (adjusted for risk) for all producers and savers‚ market is said to be allocationally efficient; Ø - when the cost of transfering funds is “reasonable”‚ market is said to be operationally efficient; Ø - when prices fully reflect all available information‚ market is said to be informationally efficient. Bachelier (1900): In the opening paragraph of his
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Explain the main differences between absolute and relative morality (25 marks). Absolute morality is morality with fixed rules. An absolutist argues that moral actions are right or wrong in themselves – regardless of circumstances‚ cultures or intention. They believe in ethical absolutes – rigid moral rules true for all time in all places and situations; they are facts – morality is objective. Most absolutists follow a set of rules that they view as universal truth – a religious person may see their
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Parenting styles The 3 types of parenting styles include authoritative‚ authoritarian‚ and permissive according to Diana Baumrind. The first parenting style is authoritative which also tends to be the most successful type of parenting. Authoritative is when a parent is not being sheltering of a child but making sure the child has an understanding of the rules and regulations the parent has set in place but they explain the reasoning behind the decisions they make. Many of these children grow up
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someone who is stuck in a desolate place” (Yankoski). There are three different types of homelessness in our world today: chronic homelessness‚ transitional homelessness‚ and episodic homelessness. There are many different reasons that people become homeless. The chronically homeless are those who use shelters as long-term housing rather than as an emergency arrangement. They are categorized as people who have been homeless for at least three years. Paul Curtis was once one of the chronically homeless
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