Choral Singers- This is a subculture that I have been a part of for the majority of my life. From being in the Springfield Showstoppers show choir at the age of 9 to being in the Illinois Music Education Association’s All State Chorus‚ I have always felt like I belonged in this subculture. Everything about performing‚ whether that be for fun or for competition‚ I love. There are quite a few different style groups that I have been a part of‚ my favorite being Madrigals (Renaissance
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In his article on famine‚ affluence‚ and morality‚ morally Peter Singer states that people who live in rich countries are morally obligated to ease the burden of famine and overpopulation for poorer countries. Singer states that rich countries can alleviate unnecessary suffering and death in poor countries by giving famine relief‚ and at the cost of a “morally insignificant” lessening of standard of living for the rich country. Singer also notes that this giving of famine relief should not only occur
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GERMANY: FAMOUS PLACES AND CITIES Germany‚ officially the Federal Republic of Germany is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea‚ Denmark‚ and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France‚ Luxembourg‚ Belgium‚ and the Netherlands. Germany is a federal parliamentary republic of sixteen states (Länder). The capital and largest city is Berlin. Its landscape is varied‚ from castles
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Many people have been searching for a solution to combat poverty; one person‚ Peter Singer‚ believes his argument for prosperous people to donate whatever money they are spending on luxuries would give much needed aid to people lacking food and medicine. While having prosperous people donate their money to organizations would help provide necessities to people around the world‚ Singer fails to realize that asking people to donate all of their extra money is not as simple as it sounds. Adopting
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Two singers: 50 cent and Jay Sean In the present time‚ it is without a shadow of a doubt‚ partly a fashion trend to listen to music vocalized by highly professional singers. The youth‚ counting me‚ listen to beloved singers on portable mp3’s on a constant basis. In other words‚ new fans of singers are emerging and gathering up as the singers gaining popularity. Bluntly put‚ the singer with the best song‚ image and with the highest spectators perceived as the top one. Like millions of thousands of
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Zehra Dada Philosophy essay-Is consequentialism a defensible theory of ethics? Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with morals and the difference between right and wrong‚ good and bad‚ vice and virtue. Consequentialism is a complex theory of ethics which states that the consequences of an action are the only criteria which determine its moral correctness. Utilitarianism is an extension of consequentialism in that it says that the moral worth of an action is determined solely by its usefulness
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Tuskegee Research Project • 1. What were the ethical implications of the decisions taken at the time of the study? In reading and doing some research on the subject above I believe that some of the ethical decisions of this case were that there was never an informed consent from the men that this study was conducted on. The participants were not informed of all the known dangers‚ participants had to agree to an autopsy after their death‚ in order to have their funeral costs covered
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Consequentialism and Utilitarianism Consequentialism‚ as its name suggests‚ is the view that normative properties depend only on consequences. This general approach can be applied at different levels to different normative properties of different kinds of things‚ but the most prominent example is consequentialism about the moral rightness of acts‚ which holds that whether an act is morally right depends only on the consequences of that act or of something related to that act‚ such as the motive
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The textile industry in Bangladesh employs three million people and makes up 80% of the country’s exports (ABC News 2013). However‚ there is a history of unsafe working conditions and deaths (Ahmed and Peerlings 2009; Ahmed 2004‚ 38). A factory collapse recently killed over 1000 workers and as a result‚ various companies are signing a safety accord (Ferguson and Jolley 2013). This is an ethical decision that can impact those company’s stakeholders. The decision can be made under various ethical models
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Occupy Wall Street Movement Sherron. L. Moore Professor Diane McGeehan Business Ethics February 2‚ 2013 Occupy Wall Street is a movement that started in New York in 2011. The movement was started as a means to rise up against political and economic corruption and injustices. There slogan “We are the 99%” refers to how the rich are the 1% and everyone else is paying the price for the mistakes and selfishness of the 1%. Some of the moral and economic implications are fairness‚ care
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