Present value is where the value on a set date of a future payment is discounted to reflect the time value of money and other factors. This can also apply to a series of future payments. Present value calculations are commonly utilized in business and economics to provide a way to compare cash flows at different times. Present value can be described as the current worth of a future sum of money or stream of cash flows given a specified rate of return. (http://www.getobjects.com) Future cash flows
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Autumn Bullins Graham Mitchell Religion 4 April 2013 What Is Your Belief? Why does religion even exist? The most evident answer is that it actually serves human needs. The primary need is because we and our loved ones most die‚ and facing with that pain is something hard to deal with. People often go to religion for answers‚ or better yet something to lean on. Why wouldn’t you go to a “higher power” when you’re feeling lost and alone? I mean who wouldn’t pray to something or someone
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Japanese Medical Beliefs Alison Sorrells ANT 101 Instructor Patel July 28‚ 2010 Japanese Medical Beliefs Medicine is all around us. It comes in all forms and all types of beliefs. Each person has their own beliefs on what medicine can do to or for the body. No matter what country one visits‚ there will be a medical office to assist‚ however their views may vary that what one may be use to. In Japan‚ things are no different; however‚ Japan has some beliefs that contrast other countries. The Japanese
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My moral beliefs also correspond to the philosophy that is taught by Aristotle. In my opinion‚ happiness comes from within ourselves‚ not from our surroundings. I think this is a very important part of Aristotle’s teaching. I believe that in order to accept others and enjoy life‚ we must first learn to accept ourselves and be proud of who we are. If we are constantly ashamed with who we are‚ then we are not free to live a happy life. I think this is the main idea in Aristotle’s teaching. He
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Philosophy of Education Making changes beliefs When I started the class of philosophy of education‚ I didn’t know what important it is to know about it. This importance for me is more for others because there are people that strongly believe in the impact that philosophy of education has in society. As Noddings words (1995)‚ philosophy of education is “the philosophical study of education and its problems...its central subject matter is education‚ and its methods are those of philosophy “. In
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and at the same time prove a point. His colorful descriptions of historical events along with the rhyming scheme of his poems tend to produce writing that could be classified as funny. 5. Anne Hutchinson’s view did gel with most of the religious beliefs and behaviors of the Puritans except with respect to the Holy Spirit. She believed that the “Holy Ghost” was within people who were chosen for salvation (Winthrop A: 179). In an article by Francis Bremer in The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American
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My Ethical Beliefs As I sat down to write this paper‚ I really struggled to get it started with this definition. It is one of those things that if spoken about‚ you know what it is‚ but the minute you are asked to break it down‚ the task is not easy. I guess I will begin by saying that ethics is what is generally accepted as right‚ or correct. Even though ethics are usually use simultaneously with morals‚ I think morals are more inherited and personal while ethics are what the majority of people
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Socially‚ the Puritans differed from the Anglicans’ orthodox beliefs of alcohol consumption and paganrelated practices; religiously‚ the Puritans called for change in the structure and abolishment of certain traditions in the Anglican Church; ideologically‚ the Puritans demonstrated their unique way of thinking with their idea of their “City on a Hill;” therefore‚ the Puritans professed change‚ rather than following the orthodox beliefs of the Church of England. The Puritans inspired social change
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Is Belief in God Rational? I believe that God is good‚ the one Supreme Being‚ the creator and the ruler of the universe and belief in God is rational. God to me is a higher power and an entity that is above and beyond the universe. He created the universe and the physical laws that govern it. “The Lord made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.” (Jeremiah 51:15) The verse tells us that the earth was made by His power‚ established by His
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Schommer-Aikins‚ M. (2006). Explaining the epistemological belief system: Introducing the embedded systematic model and coordinated research approach. Educational psychologist. In Schommer- Akins’ embedded theory of epistemological beliefs where five factors of personal epistemology would be analysed in conjunction with other cognitive and affective learner characteristics. She suggested that personal epistemology is comprised of five distinct factors that exist on continua. Stated from their
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