(2) The Buddhists hold that every creature fears death‚ and suffers in it (or in the thought of it)‚ and that therefore it is wrong to kill any living thing. On the other side it can be argued that every living thing dies anyway‚ and that suffering is unavoidable except for trained Buddhists. Does this undermine the case for the Buddhist doctrine of non-injury to living things‚ or is there still a case? The Buddhist doctrine of non-injury to living things is‚ of course‚ a natural consequence
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experience of a person who is a member of the general populace and are not within the field of common knowledge. (B) If a person is charged with an offense involving the use of force against another and the person ... raises the affirmative defence of self-defence‚ the person may introduce expert testimony of the ’battered woman syndrome’ and expert testimony that the person suffered from the syndrome as evidence to establish the
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World Environment Day (WED) World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Commemorated on 5 June each year‚ WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The agenda for WED is to give a human face to environmental issues; empower people to become active agents of sustainable
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influenced a group of early Greek scientific and religious thinkers‚ the Pythagoreans. They believed that the soul was immortal and separable from the body. Because they believed that the soul was reincarnated in different animal bodies‚ they practiced vegetarianism. The group was almost cult-like in that it had symbols‚ rituals and prayers. In addition‚ Pythagoras believed that "Number rules the universe‚" and the Pythagoreans gave numerical values to many objects and ideas. These numerical values‚ in turn
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A lawsuit filed October. 31 2014 in the U.S District Court in New Jersey has a lot of people in the consumer world talking. The Makers of Hellmann’s and Best Food brands of Mayonnaise‚ is accusing Hampton Creek Inc. of falsely advertising for calling its eggless spread‚ ‘mayo’. The corporate giant is demanding Hampton Creek change its labels of its Just Mayo products (which is currently an egg with a plant growing over it). Founded three years ago‚ Hampton Creek uses yellow peas instead of eggs in
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These people were faced with discriminating laws‚ for example the Salt March of 1930 which oppressed the Indian’s lifestyle. Gandhi followed the “Hindu principles‚ which included vegetarianism as well as alcohol and sexual abstinence‚ he found London restrictive initially‚ but once he had found kindred spirits he flourished‚ and pursued the philosophical study of religions‚ including Hinduism‚ Christianity‚ Buddhism and others‚ having
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As well as believing religion is “ritual” as Pi states‚ he emphasizes through that word that religion should always be apart of a persons life in order to survive; although his beliefs are hazed as the reader progresses. “A lifetime of peaceful vegetarianism stood between me and the will of beheading a fish”(p.231). Pi was in a struggle between his prior commitments of a no meat diet‚ yet faced with a solution to his hunger concerns. Piscine‚ although faithful to his beliefs‚ made the impulsive decision
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MBA_PGDM ADMISSIONS - 2013 MICRO PRESENTATION TOPICS (SELECTION PROCESS - SESSION 1 ) Sl. No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Topic The patent war between Apple and Samsung Sl. No 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 Topic Healthy minds are happy minds Flashmobs are entertaining Inflation has caused an economic slowdown The impact of global warming on
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The Branch Davidian Compound was established as living-worship center for the members of the sect to reside. The residents of the compound lived‚ worked‚ learned‚ and worshipped in the isolated community. Because of the nature of the isolation and basis of the belief system of the Branch Davidian church created a unique way of life for the residents. Life in the compound was mostly dictated by David Koresh because he was a self-proclaimed messiah (equip.org) in which the members followed. Because
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DEFENCES IN TORTS The word “defence” bears several meanings in the tort context and a great deal of confusion has been spawned of a general failure by courts and commentators to make their intended meaning clear. Although conventionally the word defence is used to refer to those arguments which when used persuades the court to conclude that the defendant in a case is not guilty. So‚ they basically include “absent element defences” which are denials of the components of the tort that the plaintiff
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