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    (the agent) may act on behalf of another party (the principal) and bind that other party by words and/or actions. The etymology of the word agent or agency says much. The words are derived from the Latin verb ago‚ agere (the respective noun agens‚ agentis). The word denotes one who acts‚ a doer‚ force or power that accomplishes things.1 Agency is the exception to the doctrine of privity under the law of contract. 2. LIABILITY OF A PRINCIPAL AGAINST THIRD PARTIES Lord Alverstone CJ in THE QUEEN

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    “All men by nature desire understanding.” This is how Aristotle opens his famous Metaphysics‚ one of the greatest philosophical works ever produced. The thirst for knowledge has always occupied Western man at least since the time of Thales‚ and even though many different views and opinions about what knowledge is and how it can be gained have abounded throughout Western philosophy up to this very day‚ the fact that so many men have dedicated their lives to seeking knowledge on all sort of different

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    In Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals‚ he sets forth to explain the relationship between actions and their moral worth. In this paper‚ I will begin by explaining what determines the moral worth of actions based on the three types of motivations‚ distinguishing particularly between actions from duty versus in accordance with duty. Then‚ I will explain the seeming contradiction set forth in Kant’s examples of actions from duty. Finally‚ I will describe how Kant believes that most actions

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    To appear in: Moutinho and Hutcheson: Dictionary of Quantitative Methods in Management. Sage Publications Principal Components Analysis Introduction Principal Components Analysis (PCA) attempts to analyse the structure in a data set in order to define uncorrelated components that capture the variation in the data. The identification of components is often desirable as it is usually easier to consider a relatively small number of unrelated components which have been derived from the data than

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    In his publication‚ Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Immanuel Kant supplies his readers with a thesis that claims morality can be derived from the principle of the categorical imperative. The strongest argument to support his thesis is the difference between actions in accordance with duty and actions in accordance from duty. To setup his thesis‚ Kant first draws a distinction between empirical and "a priori" concepts. Empirical concepts are ideas we reach from our experiences in the world

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    If you were the Principal of your school... The Principal of your home school has taken a leave of absence and you have been appointed to fill in during his absence. What are the three main changes you would make to your school to make learning easier for you and the students? I would make some classes shorter. I would have lots of fun. I will let some things go if the kids are getting their work done. DA The first thing I would do is make my classes smaller. At my home school it is about

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    Aristotle published Metaphysics and Alexander the Great was not content with him doing so. Alexander believed that by publishing the book‚ Aristotle believed that he was uncovering all the secrets to the masses.  Alexander thought that knowing the secrets of metaphysical knowledge was what made him unique‚ and is should not have made its way to the light and everyone’s acknowledgement.   Based on the reading of “The Metaphysics‚” I believe Alexander the Great was upset at the fact that Aristotle

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    The Principal Agent-Theory as a base for the organization of company innovation process There are many settings in which one economic actor (the principal) delegates authority and/or responsibilities to an agent to act on his behalf. The primary reason for doing so is that the agent has an advantage in terms of expertise or information. This informational advantage‚ or information asymmetry‚ poses a problem for the principal—how can the principal be sure that the agent has in fact acted in her

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    Jimmy Chung 500 415 174 PHL 710 Philosophy and Film Second Film Analysis David Ciavatta April 17‚ 2015 In Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ Kant establishes what it means to be moral. Kant in his paper explains the requirements for something to be moral in the following propositions: But now in order to develop the concept of a good will‚ to be esteemed in itself and without any further aim‚ just as it dwells already in the naturally healthy understanding‚ which does

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    In Kant’s Foundation for the Metaphysics of Morals‚ he acknowledges the recommendation from the earlier that whatever instrument is found in man‚ it must be the most fitting instrument for it. Accordingly‚ it can’t be that joy is the most astounding characteristic since reason is not favorable for it. Nature would have constrained man’s reason from the domain of satisfaction and depended man’s bliss to impulse alone. Rather‚ Kant brings up that reason in the domain of satisfaction really prompts

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