------------------------------------------------- Through different methods of justification‚ we can reach conclusions in ethics that are as well as supported as those provided in mathematics. To what extent do you agree? This essay clearly takes into consideration two of the main areas of knowledge in everyday’s life: Ethics and Mathematics. Even if these two branches of knowledge may seem really different in reality they share many things in common. For a better understanding of the topic
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I agree with the statement “Technology has made the Accounting process easier”. The advancement of information technology and the implementation of user friendly computer system have transformed most processes in the accounting cycle into an automated process which improves the accuracy‚ speed‚ efficiency and the convenience of accounting procedures. Accounting software such as UBS and Peachtree is developed with the development of information technologies that make the Accounting process easier
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** Consider the play as a tragicomedy Shakespeare’s ’The Merchant of Venice’ is a comedy with a difference. It was written almost certainly between 1596 & 1598. The play is classed as one of the 16 comedy plays but it is also a ’problem’ play due to the tragic elements woven throughout the intricate plot. The play concludes with a harmonious ending but all through the plot‚ reoccurring themes of sadness and tragedy are included. In terms of dramatic structure‚ "The Merchant of Venice" is undoubtedly
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Cognitive learning is based on how students process new information in a way that makes it meaningful to them. Fitts and Posner (1967) describe this as a three stage theory to cognitive learning. These three stages include cognitive‚ associative and autonomous. The cognitive stage is when the student is given verbal instruction on the task in hand which includes the student to use personal perception and decision making how to perform the skill correctly. The second stage‚ associative being when
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confliction with other countries. Is it normal? Is it ok to be committing all these war crimes? Honestly there isn’t any reasonable answer for that. Several people argue differently about the situation on war crimes. The author of “Thinking about Torture”‚ also film critic for National Review‚ and author of many other books; Ross Douthat talks about what he thinks about war crimes‚ which he believes they are not correct but the war crimes could be justified. In the other hand the author of “Committing
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“enhanced” interrogation policies in Guantanamo Bay. Despite having signed and ratified the UN Torture Convention‚ which clearly underlines that torture is never justified regardless of emergency situations‚ the US Department of Justice argued that self-defense and national security justified the President’s powers (without checks and balances) to give permission to the officials at Guantanamo to torture enemy detainees for
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The Ethics of Capital Punishment ‚ 2011 Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF)‚ "Death Penalty Deters Future Murders‚” November 15‚ 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF). www.cfif.org. Reproduced by permission. When discussing moral justification for capital punishment‚ one of the main issues is whether the death penalty actually deters criminals from committing murder. To answer that question‚ two professors from Pepperdine University in California conducted a research study‚ and their results indicated the answer to be yes
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convention against Torture has not brought an end to states horrific abuse of their citizens. Far from it. Although the convention has not achieved its lofty goals‚ it has contributed to the almost universal view that torture is an unacceptable practice. The aim of this essay is to critically analyse how the Committee against Torture and the Human Right Committee have both generated a rich jurisprudence on the extent of state obligations related to the prohibition of torture and other cruel‚ inhuman
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An example of the Ford Pinto scandal‚ where organizational leaders mad bad decisions are related to the Ford Pinto catching fire when involved in a rear-end crash where a defect in design or manufacturing could lead to death or serious bodily harm. Ford had access to a new design which would decrease the possibility of the Ford Pinto from exploding‚ the company chose not to implement the design‚ which would have cost $11 per car‚ even though it had done an analysis showing that the new design would
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were the only ones that were using torture. It was always the French torturing the Algerians and never the other way around. The French seemed to believe that the Algerians should be thankful to be “French Citizens” and show their love and support for France but instead the nationalist of Algeria were sent to internment camps (Lazreg‚ 137). The French’s justification for the torture was that it “saves lives” (lazreg ‚ 133). For the German’s their justification for killing the Jews was that the it
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