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    physical distance between the sender and receiver. Non-verbal communication plays an essential role when people are exchanging information (Newman J‚ 1998). Non-verbal communication can be portrayed by gestures‚ eye contact‚ facial expressions‚ politeness‚ posture‚ touch and physical distance. There are many advantages using non-verbal communication‚ such as; the health care professional can save on time and use it as a tool to communicate with people who don’t understand the English language. The

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    THE MAXIM IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO DEFENCE‚ SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE GHANA LEGAL SYSTEM SINCE MANY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE RURAL AREAS ARE ILLETREATES. IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO DEFENSE This maxim can also be translated as ignorance of the law is no excuse. When one is found guilty of a crime the accused tends to hold unto the saying that he did not know that what he did is unlawful thereby ignoring that fact that ignorance of the law is no excuse or defense. This maxim can

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    Explain the first formulation of the Categorical Imperative The first formulation of the categorical imperative states; “Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it would become a universal law.” Kant invented a phrase‚ “categorical imperative‚” that makes the above point in a different way. He distinguishes “the categorical imperative” from so-called “hypothetical imperatives.” A hypothetical imperative is a directive to the effect that if you wish to

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    unconditionally. Kant would have said that Gekko’s speech and ideologies were immoral. He would have said that greed was immoral as it was morally wrong intrinsically. As per Kant’s formula of universal law if the world population had to live with the maxim that “greed is good” the planet would soon run out of all its resources as everyone will be fighting to amass all the wealth and love there is to get hold of. It is not conceivable to state that greed is good in a world ruled by universal law. This

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    In the service of social harmony‚ politeness often discourages the expression of negative emotions even if they are felt and encourages the expression of positive emotions even if they aren’t felt. I completely agree with this statement as I have often observed people responding in this manner. We have been always taught to be nice to others even if they do us bad or say something nasty but I feel that it limits the freedom of speech and also you are not being true to yourself and to the other person

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    is to will your maxim to be a universal law or universally valid and accepted. ¡°Having a right intention is to do what is right (or what one believes to be right) just because it is right¡±. Kant believed that acts done from the motive of duty are the only ones with moral worth. For example‚ you borrow money from a friend‚ and your options‚ or maxims‚ are to either return the money‚ or not to return the money. To return money is of good will‚ and if you choose this to be your maxim‚ you are in accordance

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    complete a job for his company as well as an imperfect duty to report their wrongdoing. As James did admit to completing the job of aiding Volkswagen cheat the emissions tests‚ the maxim can be stated as the decision to agree to complete a job for one’s company despite its obvious legal and environmental implications. If this maxim were to become universal law‚ that is if everyone were to ignore the legality and negative environmental impact of a task given by their employer‚ would that be bad? In this

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    The Development of Common Law and Equity Common Law has been functioning in England since the 1250’s‚ two centuries after William the Conqueror defeated Earl Harold Godwinson in the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and became King. It was then in 1066 that Law began to be standardised. There were‚ however‚ problems with the Common Law system and people were becoming dissatisfied with the remedies distributed by the Court. As a result‚ the Court of Chancery was established and could provide whatever

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    Americans respond when they are offered something‚ she tells her own story which was happened when she went to visit her advisor two days after she arrived in America. That story shows that people from eastern cultures usually esteem the so - called politeness which is never showed in Americans. "Americans are very direct. When they want something they say "yes" and when they don’t they say "no"" (Polite but Thirsty 5). One thing I do not like about the essay is the author’s work on the tipping part.

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    Ethical issues: “The Rain Man” The movie “The Rain Man‚” is a movie with a big ethical issue. Tom Cruise plays Charlie Babbitt‚ who just discovered his dad died and left him hardly anything in his will‚ while leaving his brother 3 million dollars. Charlie never knew he had a brother until this happened. His brother‚ Raymond‚ is an autistic man who is capable of computing difficult mathematical problems but is psychologically attached to daily habits and routines. This makes him thus unable to adapt

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