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Case Facts: • WikiLeaks is an international‚ online‚ self-proclaimed not-for-profit organisation that publishes submissions of undisclosed and secret information‚ news leaks‚ and highly classified media from anonymous sources and whistleblowers. • The head of the online organisation‚ which was founded in 2006‚ is Australian born‚ Julian Assange. • Its purpose is to provide whistleblowers with a domain to publish their case to the public and preserve their identity (Lennon 2010). • Exposes various
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Act-Utilitarianism V.S. Deontology: Jimmy’s Fund Ethics can be seen as an understanding of the nature of dilemmas that arise from imperatives human beings hold as moral agents. It serves as a guide to how best we may deal with conflicts in regard to duties and obligations or with potential outcome. The ethical theory of act-utilitarianism places the locus of right and wrong solely on the consequence of choosing one path of action over another as it weighs a ratio of benefit to harm. Thus‚ the moral
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stated that action on a maxim should only be taken if the maxim should be universally applied. For example‚ “I should not lie” could be considered a maxim that should be universally applied. This principle is similar to the “Golden Rule”: Treat others the way that you would want them to treat you. In practice‚ I think this principle could cause issues to arise. The specifics of each situation are not discussed‚ and do not matter according to the law. Consider the following maxim: I should not speed.
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than that of the second wife. Rebecca left a long-lasting impact on the characters surrounding her‚ from the caretaker of the house‚ to every acquaintance of the husband. The only one who seemed to notice or bother about the new wife was the husband‚ Maxim de Winter. Rebecca is also the apple of the eye of Mrs. Danvers‚ the caretaker of the de Winter household. She respects the first wife highly‚ to the point where she loathes the unnamed wife simply because she can’t compare to Rebecca. She doesn’t
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narrator is traveling in the cart along the military road back from Tiflis. On the road he is meeting an old captain of the Russian army. Through their discussion the old captain‚ Maxim Maximich‚ starts to narrate the story about a young soldier‚ Pechorin who was sent to Caucasus as a punishment for his duel with another man. Maxim Maximich and Pechorin became good friends. One day Pechorin came to assist on a Caucasian wedding. In this wedding he falls in love with a little sister of the bride‚ Bella.
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SEX! Many magazines‚ such as Cosmopolitan and Maxim‚ use sex and sex appeal in order to sell their magazines. These are two very different magazines that cater to different audiences. While flipping through each‚ an individual would notice that the articles are written differently‚ the styles of each are completely opposite‚ even the advertisements are dissimilar. In each magazine‚ there are several ads depicting the same product‚ but being sold in two totally different ways. An ad for Skyy Vodka
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In regards to Kant‚ we as people should come across our maxims of a specific action. Kantians consider “human life is important because humans are the carriers of rational life” (Scholar/Oneill). By stating this it means that society is competent of withholding rational behavior and should not be used on the
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Bentham it’s his teleological moral theory answered through the use of the principle of utility and the hedonistic calculus (Bentham 126-132). As for Kant it would be his deontological theory that’s answered through the categorical imperative using the maxim to create a universal law (Kant
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SEMINAR ON LINGUISTICS AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH ACT AND MAXIMS OF CONVERSATION USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST MOVIE INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Language has a social function as a tool to make connection between human beings. Without language‚ it seems impossible for people to interact with others in their daily life because language can express people’s feeling‚ willing‚ and opinion
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