There are two standard moral codes for interacting with others‚ the widely popular Golden Rule and the lesser known Platinum Rule. The Golden Rule‚ which seems to be almost a moral standard as variations of this rule are found amongst various religions which we sum to “Treat others as you would like to be treated.” The platinum rule is the idea that you should “Treat others as they would like to be treated ”. The Golden Rule encourages an egocentric based morality which cultivates a distorted and disconnected
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The Golden Bird A certain king had a beautiful garden‚ and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted‚ and about the time when they began to grow ripe it was found that every night one of them was gone. The king became very angry at this‚ and ordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree. The gardener set his eldest son to watch; but about twelve o’clock he fell asleep‚ and in the morning another of the apples was missing. Then the second
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Greece’s Golden Dawn: Firebrand right-wingers accused of being criminals CNN) -- They raise their arms in a fascist salute‚ waving flags in a show of fervent national pride. It is a scene reminiscent of Nazi Germany but this is the Golden Dawn party faithful‚ and they’re in a far more modern setting: Greece‚ the cradle of democracy. Golden Dawn’s firebrand leader‚ Nikos Michaloliakos‚ captured the fury of an exhausted constituency and won his party 7% of the vote in the last Greek elections. Now
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Introduction Back in the early 1980’s‚ a man named Gordon Gecko summed it up in 3 words. “Greed is good.” Golden Parachutes are a perfect example of greed in motion. Before the economic collapse of 2009‚ golden parachutes were not something that everyone knew about. The government bailout of the banks and the automotive industry brought them to the forefront of everyone mind. Golden Parachutes‚ by definition‚ are a clause in a contract of a CEO or other executive officer of a corporation‚ which
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Narrator: there was once a very wise man. He lived on a high mountain and was called Pundabi. With him lived a young boy. The boy’s name was Ali. (the camera is on a man with a long beard‚ with a boy sitting beside him) narrator: each morning ali would come down the mountain. He would sit on a shade of a fig tree . Many people would come to him. They brought him loavesof bread. In the bread were peices of fine linen. (the camera is on a bread that is cut from the middle‚ and a linen paper is showing)
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The Golden Number 1.61803 39887 49894 84820 is by no means a number of memorization. However‚ it is a recognizable one. Never will you find a combination of numbers that is more significant than this one. This ratio is known as the Golden Number‚ or the Golden Ratio. This mystery number has been used throughout different aspects of life‚ such as art‚ architecture‚ and of course‚ mathematics. One may wonder where the Golden Ratio came from? Who thought to discover it? When was it discovered? And
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Golden Parachutes Often in a stack of current newspapers‚ the front page topics that will catch your attention are ethical issues behind upper management compensations; in this case‚ on March 30th 2009‚ the issue that surfaced was Rick Wagoner’s leave from GM and his retirement package and how his actual/ base compensation doubled in his last year from approximately $7M to $15M.(7) With the current economic crisis‚ many people outside the business society have become aware of the ridiculously
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Irrawaddy Literary Festival (Myanmar) 3-2-2013 The Role of Myanmar Poems in Environmental Conservation I would first like to express my thanks to the organizers of the Irrawaddy Literature Festival for this opportunity to discuss my “view on the significant role of Myanmar traditional Literature and culture in environmental conservation and sustainable development”. The topic I have chosen is on how Myanmar traditional poems can contribute towards environmental conservation and sustainable
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Golden rice Vitamin A is one of the most important vitamins to humans‚ and it plays an inevitable role in our daily life‚ thus Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) affects millions of people‚ causing serious health problems. Therefore‚ scientists are searching for the most effective method to let people obtain enough Vitamin A as possible. As a consequence‚ the scientific program of cultivating Golden Rice has attracted people’s attention. “Golden Rice is a new type of rice that contains beta-carotene‚ a
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The Golden Ratio Body‚ art‚ music‚ architecture‚ nature – all connected by a simple irrational number – the Golden Ratio. According to Posamentier & Lehmann in their work The (Fabulous) Fibonacci Numbers‚ there is reason to believe that the letter φ (phi) was used because it is the first letter of the name of the celebrated Greek sculptor Phidias (490-430 BCE). He produced the famous statue of Zeus in the Temple of Olympia and supervised the construction of the Parthenon in Athens
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