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    Evaluate What You Believe Are Your Main Roles And Responsibilities As A Teacher / Trainer In Relation To The Teaching And Learning Cycle And In Particular When Meeting The Needs Of Learners. How Far Do Your Responsibilities As A Teacher / Trainer Go And How Do These Work In Relation To Other Professionals You May Encounter‚ Both Internally And Externally? What Boundaries Are There With Your Role And Between That Of Other Professionals? Identifying Needs My first priority is I need the subject

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    consideration relevant to the rightness of an act is the amount of goodness it produces’. 1 (McNaughton and Piers Rawlings pg32) from David McNaughton and Piers Rawlings essay on Deontology. Versus the Kantian and Rule Consequentialism of utilitarianism which would believe that this is morally wrong‚ despite of the lives that could be saved. Rule Consequentialism and Deontology are very similar in their beliefs. For example‚ this was said in regards to Rule Consequentialism: ’In particular

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    perform better when the actual situation occurs. Imagined Interaction theory is an intrapersonal theory in which people imagine scenarios‚ how their actions in the scenario will affect the outcome‚ and which course of action will lead to the best outcome. This theory can be justified‚ explained‚ described‚ applied‚ revealed to be important‚ and used in a Christian context. Justification I chose to study Imagined Interaction theory because

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    In his book‚ The Right and the Good‚ W.D. Ross defends the theory of moral pluralism‚ which is “the idea that there are several values that may be equally correct and fundamental‚ and yet in conflict with one another” (New World Encyclopedia). In accepting this approach‚ we must assume that our ideas of right and wrong are influenced by multiple sources. According to Ross‚ in order to act morally right‚ we must be able to maintain a balance between our conflicting duties‚ or prima facie obligations

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    drugs and whether or not it should be legalized. To solve this moral dilemma‚ a person can simply use and apply the concepts of utilitarianism. When deciding on whether or not something is considered to be a moral problem‚ it’s extremely important to differentiate the assumptions that people have made to support their claims. The situation that is being examined is utilitarianism and how it would view the problem of drugs. First when looking at this issue‚ a person must use what utilitarianism’s use to

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    handout DBQ test part A Students will analyze 6 sources‚ identify main ideas and answer questions asking them to identify democratic and undemocratic aspects/features of colonial America and how American democracy was a work in progress in colonial times. Assessment: tests 7th Grade OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to create an outline for a DBQ essay. Students will be able to identify democratic and undemocratic features of colonial America and how American democracy was a work in progress

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    I will argue for the truth of utilitarianism. In my opinion‚ the most interesting version of utilitarianism is hedonistic utilitarianism. It is the most interesting because it defies logic and rationale in favor of impulsion decision making. Hedonistic utilitarianism is the most interesting version because it is tied more intrinsically into the wellbeing of an organism‚ specifically humans‚ than any other alternatives of utilitarianism. Other forms of utilitarianism are wide-ranging and in my opinion

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    distributive justice. One distributive justice approach used in the healthcare field looks at the quality adjusted life year (QALY). The effectiveness of a treatment is based on an increase in the length and/or quality of life. This uses the utilitarianism theory which supports taking the action that results in the most good for the largest number of people. The end result is justified even if there are some undesirable actions to be taken to reach that end. Some argue against the use of this approach

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    Downloaded from www.AnnaUnivEdu.Org Follow Us on : http://facebook.com/annaunivedu.info Applicable for all colleges affiliated to anna university. SEMESTER VI (Applicable to the students admitted from the Academic year 2008–2009 onwards) CODE NO. THEORY CS2351 CS2352 CS2353 CS2354 COURSE TITLE L T P C Artificial Intelligence Principles of Compiler Design Object Oriented Analysis and Design Advanced Computer Architecture Elective – I Elective – II Object Oriented Analysis and Design

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    Jeremy Bentham’s Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is one of the most powerful and persuasive approaches to normative ethics in the history of philosophy. Though not fully articulated until the 19th century‚ proto-utilitarian positions can be discerned throughout the history of ethical theory. Though there are many varieties of the view discussed‚ utilitarianism is generally held to be the view that the morally right action is the action that produces the most good. There are

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