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    Monetary Policy

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    INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY According to the Oxford Dictionary of Economics‚ monetary policy is the use by the government or central bank of interest rates or controls on the money supply to influence the economy. The Central Bank of every country is the agency which formulates and implements monetary policy on behalf of the government in an attempt to achieve a set of objectives that are expressed in terms of macroeconomic variables such as the achievement of a desired level or rate of growth

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    Moral Theory of Kant

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    Immanuel Kant is a German deontologist in the eighteenth century. He believed that the only test of whether a decision is right or wrong is whether it could be applied to everyone. Would it be all right for everyone to do what you are doing? If not‚ your decision is wrong. Kant sees that people ought not to be used‚ but ought to be regarded as having the highest intrinsic value. From here‚ I see that Kant believes that the intrinsic value of an act determines what is morally right or morally wrong.

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    Abortion is Morally Wrong

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    Is Abortion Morally Wrong? Abortion is the intended termination of a human pregnancy‚ many think that it is morally wrong in all cases‚ but can it be considered as morally permissible? Thou shall not kill‚ but what is really considered murder? Who draws the line on which murder should be permissible and which should not? You might want to get rid of bugs that may appear in your house and you squash them‚ which is not morally wrong but killing another human being with a cruel intent to harm them

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    Kant and Sexual Morality

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    German Philosopher Immanuel Kant claimed that it is morally wrong to use a person merely as a means to your end. This judgement helps us to understand and determined sexual morality. Thomas A. Mappes supports Kant’s claims and helps to further explain Kant’s statement by defining it and introducing the idea that one must give their voluntary informed consent in order for certain actions to be moral. Mappes also illustrates that voluntary informed consent can be undermined through both deception and

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    Heilbroner Vs Kant

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    According to the philosophers Heilbroner‚ Kant‚ and Mill ethics can be beneficiary to the human race; for in the instance that ethics can make you a better person in society. Mill believed that the things (events‚ material items‚ choices‚ etc.) that made the most people happy were the most morally good thing to do (par 1). Kant believed that if your intentions are good‚ your morals are good. Kant also had his Categorical Imperatives which is his view on how one’s maxims (subjective principles of

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    Is euthanasia morally permissible? Euthanasia has been hotly debated among the general public in society for many years and it has not reached the mutual agreement in many countries yet. However‚ the true value of life could not be replaced by anything. If people have any wrong decision on euthanasia‚ it would be an irretrievable regret. I am going to analyze euthanasia with Utilitarianism‚ Kantian ethics‚ Liberalism‚ Confucianism and religious values. Then‚ I will draw a conclusion to see

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    questioned‚ even opposed theories the church had been teaching for centuries. Alexander Pope‚ a philosophical poet‚ wrote a very controversial poem that changed a lot of people’s views on God’s divine role in human kind‚ as well as inspired people to think for themselves. What made Pope’s ideas so unique? How did Pope incorporate the belief of God with the new scientific discoveries of his time? Exploring these questions gives a better understanding of the conflict between science and religion in the

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    Addiction and Human Life

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    Addiction and Human Life Human addiction can come in many forms and can affect our very way of life. Addiction can be something as small as playing video games excessively or as threatening as taking heroin. The truth behind addiction starts at the source of how we cope with the everyday stress and boredom in our lives. Drug abuse is a chronic‚ often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use‚ despite harmful consequences to the drug addict and those around them. (WebMD

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    Monetary Policy, In

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    Monetary Policy‚ Inflation‚ and the Business Cycle This page intentionally left blank Monetary Policy‚ Inflation‚ and the Business Cycle An Introduction to the New Keynesian Framework Jordi Galí Princeton University Press Princeton and Oxford Copyright © 2008 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press‚ 41 William Street‚ Princeton‚ New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press‚ 6 Oxford Street‚ Woodstock‚ Oxfordshire OX20 1TW All Rights Reserved

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    Opposing Ideas in Life of Pi In Yann Martel’s novel‚ Life of Pi‚ he explores how the human belief system can be mutated and misinterpreted due to different perspectives. The way Martel exposes a common faith is by incorporating opposites. Martel incorporates opposites throughout the novel to portray that what is believed to be different on the surface is actually the same underneath‚ as can be seen by the two Mr. Kumar’s‚ Pi and Richard Parker‚ and the two opposing stories. The reader

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