NOTRE DAME UNIVESITY SHOUF CAMPUS Research about: EGOISM NATURALISM UTILITARIANISM Presented to: Dr. Charbel Orfali Done by: Firas hamadeh Semester: Spring 2012 Egoism Egoism can be a descriptive or a normative position. Psychological egoism‚ the most famous descriptive position‚ claims that each person has but one ultimate aim: her own welfare. Normative forms of egoism make claims about what one ought to do‚ rather than describe what one does do. Ethical egoism claims that
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(Redirected from Utilitarian) Jump to: navigation‚ search This article discusses utilitarian ethical theory. For a discussion of John Stuart Mill’s essay Utilitarianism (1861)‚ see Utilitarianism (book). The Utilitarianism series‚ part of the Politics series Utilitarian Thinkers[show] Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill Henry Sidgwick Peter Singer Forms[show] preference utilitarianism rule utilitarianism act utilitarianism Two-level utilitarianism Total utilitarianism Average
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LINCOLN AND THE ABOLITIONISTS History records Abraham Lincoln as the Great Emancipator‚ yet ardent abolitionists of his day such as William Lloyd Garrison viewed him with deep suspicion. That the 16th president eventually achieved the abolitionists’ most cherished dream‚ says biographer Allen Guelzo‚ happened through a curious combination of political maneuvering‚ personal conviction‚ and commitment to constitutional principle. One of the ironies of the Civil War era and the end of slavery
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1. Introduction Philosophy‚ psychology‚ and the social sciences have not yet produced a consensual theory about the nature of norms. As is often the case with categorization‚ some authors approach the phenomenon as “lumpers” and others as “splitters.” Lumpers tend regroup norms under a comprehensive definition‚ generally centered on the way in which norms match actions with permissibility judgments. Heath (2008‚ 66)‚ for instance‚ considers norms to be social rules that “classify actions as permissible
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Journal of Public Administration and Policy Research Vol. 4(2) pp. 23-31 March‚ 2012 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/JPAPR DOI: 10.5897/JPAPR11.049 ISSN 2141-2480 ©2012 Academic Journals Review Ethics in Public Administration D. Radhika Ph.D. Research Scholar‚ Post-Graduate and Research Department of Public Administration‚ Anna Adarsh College for Women‚ (affiliated to the University of Madras) Chennai-600040‚ Tamilnadu‚ India. E-mail: radkaanekal@yahoo.com. Accepted 23
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Chapter 1: Introduction to accounting Multiple Choice 1. Which of these is a decision relevant to the accounting function of an entity? a. Whether debts can be repaid b. Finding the most cost effective way to produce goods c. The investment prospects of the entity d. None of the above e. All of the above 2. Under the Framework describes the qualitative characteristic of relevance as: a. information that is of value to users in decision making. b. information that can be classified. c.
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Humanities The humanities are academic disciplines that study human culture‚ using methods that are primarily analytical‚ critical‚ or speculative‚ and having a significant historical element‚ as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences. The humanities include ancient and modern languages‚ literature‚ philosophy‚ religion‚ and visual and performing arts such as music and theatre. The humanities that are also sometimes regarded as social sciences include history
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International Studies Review (2008) 10‚ 667–679 I: ETHICAL ISSUES IN IR THEORY AND RESEARCH What Lies Ahead: Classical Realism on the Future of International Relations Murielle Cozette Department of International Relations‚ Australian National University Realism contends that politics is a struggle for power and ⁄ or survival‚ and consequently depicts international politics as a realm of recurrent conflicts among states with very little prospect for change. It is therefore not traditionally
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Branches of philosophy The following branches are the main areas of study: • Metaphysics investigates the nature of being and the world. Traditional branches are cosmology and ontology. • Epistemology is concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge‚ and whether knowledge is possible. Among its central concerns has been the challenge posed by skepticism and the relationships between truth‚ belief‚ and justification. • Ethics‚ or ’moral philosophy’‚ is concerned with questions of how
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The normative claims of Brazil’s democratic ethos: Bourdieu’s habitus‚ critical theory‚ and social philosophy As exigências normativas do ethos democrático brasileiro: O habitus em Bourdieu‚ teoria crítica e filosofia social Nythamar de Oliveira* Abstract: This paper argues for an interdisciplinary interlocution between social theory and social philosophy in order to recast the problem of normativity in social practices‚ especially within Brazil’s democratic ethos. By resorting to insights
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