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    Contains statements/info furnished recklessly o Omits/obscures info req to be included = misleading • When aware‚ PA shall take steps to be disassoc from that info OBJECTIVITY • Not allow bias‚ conflict of interest or undue influence of others to override pro/business judgments • PA may be exposed to situations that may impair objectivity • Impracticable to define and prescribe all such situations • PA shall not perform a pro service if circum/rship biases or unduly influences his judgment with respect

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    write a nonfiction novel in an objective and sympathetic manner‚ especially one concerning a topic such as murder and the death penalty‚ is no easy task. In Cold Blood was true to Capote’s intent as it was very much a sympathetic novel‚ but some objectivity was sacrificed in order to make the novel both sympathetic and interesting. Overall‚ In Cold Blood was a very sympathetic novel. Capote manages to capture Perry Edward Smith as a whole person rather than a one sided killer. Though throughout the

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    indescribable. Stevenson‚ in his‚ The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms‚ disagreed with Moore and said that moral judgements can’t be true or false they simply can inspire certain feelings of approval or disapproval in humans. Mackie‚ in his‚ The Subjectivity of Values‚ would disagree with both and say that there are no moral facts and that all moral judgments are simply wrong. It seems to be the case‚ on soundness alone‚ that Moore has

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    Kierkegaard’s statements “the crowd is untruth and truth is subjectivity” are applied and are seen throughout modern day society each day. His argumentative statements are related because of their emphasis on the crowd and their misguided opinions based on particular events. Kierkegaard argues that his type of behavior leads the crowd to formulate their opinions based on other peoples’ analysis of a certain situation. He also implies that the crowd develops a sense of arrogance about their opinion

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    intermediate between male and eunuch‚ which is described as feminine.” - Simone de Beauvoir‚ The Second Sex (1952)‚ p. 249. Feminine Subjectivity: From Possibility to Reality During the past forty years‚ theories of subjectivity were common in art and social science discourses. All of these different theories‚ as opposed to the past Cartesian model of subjectivity‚ were almost agree on this hypothesis that the subject is not a complete self-contained being who flourishes in the world as an expression

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    Discuss some Problems in Establishing Objectivity in Social Science * Scientists have heralded ‘objectivity’ as their shibboleth‚ warranting a perceived superior or privileged position relative to other forms of knowing. George Simmel‚ (1858 – 1918) for example‚ saw objectivity as the greatest achievement of Western cultural history. In recent decades however‚ the ‘magnificent Minotaur’ of objectivity (Gouldner‚ 1961-62: 1) has been pushed back into its lair‚ accused of acting as a subterfuge

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    Nagel’s subjectivity argument appears fairly straight-forward – Nagel asserts that there is a unique and subjective component of consciousness‚ and this component defeats any attempt to define consciousness in objective terms. Nagel believes that it is impossible to fully understand consciousness without the subjective experience. Intentional states cannot explain a subjective experience; therefore‚ the only to understand consciousness using reductionist theory would be to remove the subjective component

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    subjects’ (Louis Althusser). Interpret Althusser’s statement in relation to the Marxist understanding of the relationship between subjectivity and ideology. You should refer in detail to the Althusser essay‚ as well as other relevant extracts concerning Marxism and ideology in the Norton Anthology. Louis Althusser advances Karl Marx’s account of the relationship between subjectivity and ideology in his essay Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses. There are some similarities between both Althusser’s

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    Reliability and Objectivity of Accounting Measurement‚ Author: Y.Ijiri and R.K.Jaedicke‚ The Accounting Review‚ Vol.41. No.3‚ 1966‚ 474-483 Summary: Accounting is a measurement system in which number of alternative measurement methods are available. Criteria for choosing best measurement alternative is an issue over the life of accounting. The user groups and the purpose for which data will be used are important‚ however‚ the use or purpose of the data is simply too broad and general a criterion

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    Introduction to Journalism End of Module Assessment Module leader Prof. Frank MacMahon Student: Fabio Scarpello Student number: 10182824 Report title: Is Journalistic objectivity really possible in British society. | | |Notes: Words 2‚275

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