define the time period of the "long run" to begin with. A particular problem with Utilitarianism stands out to me - that totally immoral acts can be justified if they are seen to benefit the greatest number of people. For example In the early 1800’s in South America‚ slave labour took place because it was seen to produce the most amount of good for the most amount of people. Slavery was an efficient way for Southern farmers to produce goods at a cheap price and these goods brought a lot of pleasure
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were mostly regarded based on stereotypes of the time‚ it does not mean that they weren’t in constant danger. Some soldiers completely rejected the chivalrous attitudes of the time and treated women with abuse and belligerence or outright violence. Margaret Skinnider‚ who fought in St. Stephen’s Green alongside Countess Markievicz‚ was shot three times revealing that “British soldiers do not appear to have been too chivalrous to shoot at women.” Unarmed women weren’t in danger of being shot‚ but “because
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Writing Task C Rationale I chose to write an extra chapter for the book ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood. This book is about the Republic of Gilead‚ a dictatorship‚ where most women are infertile due to nuclear waste. The few fertile women become ‘Handmaids’‚ birth-mothers for the upper-class. The main character is Offred‚ who became a Handmaid after attempting to escape Gilead with her daughter and husband‚ Luke. She was separated from them became a Handmaid in the house of the
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The plaintiff‚ Margaret Hollar was not employed at the time of the accident in question. The plaintiff had a history of having an L4-S1 discectomy and laminectomy. Ms. Hollar testified that she had a history of severe headaches‚ which began when she was 20 years of age. The plaintiff was involved in an accident in 2001 in which she slipped on ice and injured her neck and back. That injury led to her back surgery‚ as a result of her chronic back pain she was unable to return to work. The plaintiff
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with grit daily‚ after reading this article Duckworth helps understand that “Grit is sticking with your future‚ day in‚ day out‚ not just for the week‚ not just for the month‚ but for years‚ and working really hard to make that future a reality.” Margaret M. Perlis‚ author‚ explains in this article her opinions and some research studies of the 5 characteristics (Courage‚ Conscientiousness‚ Perseverance‚ Resilience and Passion) of grit that some students have today. Perlis spoke with a few close friends
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Margaret Visser writes about fasting in her short story “Running on Empty”. Visser effectively presents her writing style as expository and her thought process as deductive with denotative diction through the use of objective writing only to persuade the reader to her way of thinking. Visser’s writing is in fact persuasive‚ connotative and inductive. After a careful analysis of the story‚ one must conclude that Visser intentionally attempts to convince her audience that fasting is wrong by appealing
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I have a mutual share of strength and also weakness in a really and rarely main subject in school‚ although schools only focuses on Maths and Vietnamese‚ and usually left the other main subject in Award-winning. That subject‚ is English. People in my country rarely have young talented English Expert. My country doesn’t have schools that trains student to English Genius‚ because through many years‚ Vietnam has some trouble with the other countries or maybe Vietnamese and Maths has a long history
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INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD (IAS) 11: CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS a) DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION OF IAS 11 IAS 11 Construction Contracts was issued by the International Accounting Standards Committee in December 1993. It replaced IAS 11 Accounting for Construction Contracts (issued in March 1979). In May 1999 a paragraph was amended by IAS 10: Events after the Balance Sheet Date. In April 2001 the International Accounting Standards Board resolved that all Standards and Interpretations
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College Gwent Mission and Aims • To deliver an outstanding‚ responsive and flexible service‚ meeting the changing demands of the economy by: • Widening and extending participation in learning • Creating sustainable partnerships with communities and businesses • Driving up standards‚ our own ambitions‚ and those of our learners • Providing inspirational teaching and learning opportunities • Having strong finances to allow investment in staff and resources • Celebrating the diversity and
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In offering supplemental health and life insurance for U.S. and Japanese markets‚ the insurance firm American Family Life Assurance Company (AFLAC) seeks to stay competitive in finding‚ retaining‚ and delivering quality service to 4‚500 employees‚ and cost containment is a major concern in a competitive environment. To help control employee costs‚ AFLAC used monetary and nonmonetary rewards as direct and indirect compensation to balance benefits and costs. As such‚ AFLAC’s total compensation plan
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