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    Same-sex Marriage

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    oppose it? I attest that the two are‚ in fact‚ not mutually exclusive. Same-Sex Marriage is ethical by any conventional standard. It is ethical under Consequentialism‚ ethical under Deontological theory‚ ethical under virtue ethics‚ and ethical under Pragmatic Ethics. It is also succeeds in non-maleficence. Consequentialism‚ incidentally my favorite of all the theories‚ contends that the way to decide if an action is moral or not is to examine the consequences. The consequences of two consenting adults

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    Sculpture garden also has the Buddha‚ which is of religious significance. This reminds us of Buddha’s teachings like enabling us to experience lasting happiness and conveys the message of truth‚ peace‚ humanity and equality. Buddhism is as a very pragmatic religion. There is no theology‚ no worship of deity. It takes a straightforward look at our human condition‚ nothing based on wishful thinking‚ at all. Everything that Buddha taught was based on his own observations of the way things were.

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    Theses of the scientific paper “Semantic‚ social pragmatic and functional characteristics of anthroponyms (based on the novel John Updike “The Centaur”)”; Viktoriya Melnychuk; Khmelnyts’kyi regional MAN department; Shepetivka educational complex #1; form 11; Tarnavska Olena Myhaylivna‚ the candidate of philological sciences‚ associate professor of department of English philology of the Volynskiy national university named after Lesia Ukrainka. The purpose of this

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    of association between the rules and how they produce output that is relevant to users of financial statements. 2.A pragmatic theory of accounting involves observing the practices and techniques of working accountants and teaching these to successive accountants. (a)Argue the advantages and disadvantages of such an approach. (b)Do you believe this method of teaching accounting is ‘correct’? (a)A pragmatic theory is where we observe the behaviour of practising accountants and thencopy their accounting procedures

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    Three Theories of Truth

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    Position Paper #1 Which of the three theories of truth—correspondence‚ coherence‚ and pragmatic—is the strongest? LW contends that there are “three major theories of truth among philosophers: the correspondence theory‚ the coherence theory‚ and the pragmatic theory” (35). The correspondence theory of truth‚ according to LW‚ states that “a proposition is true if and only if it corresponds to the way things actually are” (36). The coherence theory of truth‚ according to LW‚ states that “a proposition

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    philosopher named William James who was concerned with the theory of truth. William James wrote a book called The meaning of truth and spent most of his life ’’worrying about the whole problem of truth. James is the leading pragmatist who developed the pragmatic theory of truth-referring to the pragmatist. James did not create a new definition of the nature of truth‚ but only a new interpretation of what it means to say that the truth of our ideas consists in their agreement with reality as their falsity

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    problem. In response to it‚ many schools have implemented a “zero tolerance” approach to bullying which defines the phenomenon widely‚ and which punishes purported offenders seriously. In contrast‚ the previous paradigm for dealing with bullying‚ pragmatic in nature‚ sought to only punish cases of purported bullying when

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    actually help to facilitate comprehension of the book. As has been mentioned above‚ since the theory has its obvious advantages in this field‚ I believe that the study on the application of relevance theory in analyzing verbal irony can be useful to pragmatic studies on literature work. It can help to explain how to study ironic utterances with the help of relevance theory‚ and to grasp the essence of ironic utterance‚finally‚ have a better understanding of ironic utterance. In the following parts‚ the

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    signifies the love style that is most characteristic of myself. My lowest mean was Pragma. Pragmatic love emphasizes trust and tolerance and develops with greater deliberation and self-control than do other types of love. Pragma is rational. I would agree that I am rational because I like to think about relationships in terms of benefits and setbacks and how they will affect my future before I fully get involved. Pragmatic love focuses on desired attributes of the lover. In fact‚ “love planning” might be

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    conduct of business operations‚ the significance of information quality has increased tremendously. Information quality can be defined significantly in two ways: inherent quality and the pragmatic quality. Inherent quality is mainly concerned with the accuracy and correctness of information whereas the pragmatic quality involves the value the correct and accurate data possesses that could support in the business operations (Ravichandran and Lertwongsatien‚ 2005‚ pp. 237–276). It should be noted

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