being.”2 As an example‚ Heidegger interprets this problem as the reason Plato understood why the soul‚ along with its logos‚ was a different being from that of a sensible one.3 It is from this preliminary starting point that Heidegger explores the Kantian contention that the ontological argument fails‚ because “being is not a real predicate.”4 In this essay‚ I will discuss the basic history
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Part 1: Provide a detailed description of what worms and Trojan horses are. Viruses‚ worms‚ and Trojans are malicious programs which enter to your computer without your permission and knowing that can cause damage‚ information losses‚ and privacies leak to your computer. They can also slow down the Internet connections‚ and they might even use your computer to spread themselves to your friends‚ family‚ co-workers‚ and the rest of the internet. A worm‚ like a virus is designed to copy itself from
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(Indianapolis‚ IN: Hackett). Machiavelli‚ N. (1989) The Prince‚ trans. L. P. de Alvarez (Long Grove‚ IL: Waveland). O’Donovan‚ O. (2003) The Just War Revisited (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). Orend‚ B. (2000) War and International Justice: A Kantian Perspective (Waterloo‚ ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press). War and the Virtues in Aquinas’s Ethical Thought 261 Orend‚ B. (2006) The Morality of War (London: Broadview Press). Patterson‚ E. (2008) Just War Thinking: Morality and Pragmatism in the
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Philosophia (2008) 36:141–150 DOI 10.1007/s11406-007-9094-4 A Dilemma for Rule-Consequentialism Jussi Suikkanen Received: 30 April 2007 / Revised: 23 July 2007 / Accepted: 7 August 2007 / Published online: 3 October 2007 # Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2007 Abstract Rule-consequentialists tend to argue for their normative theory by claiming that their view matches our moral convictions just as well as a pluralist set of Rossian duties. As an additional advantage‚ rule-consequentialism
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forum: 1. Given the nature of their product‚ do pharmaceutical companies have ethical responsibilities that other corporations don’t have? In your view‚ are the large U.S. drug companies good corporate citizens? (Hint: Remember Chapter 2 and the Kantian good will‚ do no harm‚ always promote good‚ categorical imperative‚ or the utilitarian view of the greatest good for everyone involved.) 2. Assess the motivations of drug companies that do their testing overseas. Do you think test subjects are
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Utilitarianism Utilitarianism examines overall happiness and can deduce whether it is ethical for Ming to tell customers about Condoitin. The happiness scale selected was -10 to 10‚ where -10 is unhappy‚ and 10 is happy. The stakeholders identified excluded those not relevant to Ming’s decision (like the air-conditioning company). There are approximately 100 elderly customers requesting advice per week‚ so Ming’s decision would impact 1200 over three months. Customer awareness of Condoitin’s lower
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Reflection Paper # 1 – Is Wal-Mart Good for America? Brandon A. Grossberg University of Redlands School of Business “The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want. And really‚ if you think about it from your point of view as a customer‚ you want everything: a wide assortment of good-quality merchandise; the lowest possible prices; guaranteed satisfaction with what you buy; friendly knowledgeable service; convenient hours; free
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A worm is a program than can make copies of itself from one disk drive to another. It is self contained and can also spread by copying itself using email or another form of transport. Worms can compromise the security systems of computers and can cause damage in the process. Worms sent via email usually comes in the form of a joke program or some type of software. They can cause thousands of dollars in damages. A worm would be a weapon of choice for an electronic attack that could cause widespread
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terms of business ethics‚ this could lead to companies doing good things (such as endorsing Fair Trade) in order to look good as opposed to doing it because it is fair or right. Is this the most useful approach to business‚ when theories such as Kantian ethics and virtue ethics‚ in particular‚ will oppose this view and suggest that business shouldn’t simply blindly follow this idea of the Invisible Hand? This put certain pressure on businesses‚ which in turn led to the Invisible Hand Theory‚ as proposed
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and the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh‚ observed as modern day slavery‚ having a “race to the bottom” characteristics‚ occurring as a consequence of globalisation. This essay will analyse differing ethical approaches including Virtue‚ Kantian and Utilitarian ethics. An overview of the findings will be given‚ using the Rana Plaza Factory in Bangladesh as a case study‚ along with an analysis of Primark’s supply chain. Bangaldesh has for many years has been used for outsourcing‚ attractive
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