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    The Pros and Cons of the “Technological Imperative” March 20 2011 Technological advances have been gaining more and more information over the past years and by doing so‚ they are able to advance their technology each and everyd ay. These improvements have helped but they also have the potential to hinder society. The Flying Machine‚ Locks‚ Computers and Why we Play God‚ and‚ Zap! It’s the Future are all written examples of how technology can be positive and how it can also be negative. The

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    Functional Area Interrelationships This paper will state the primary reasons for our organization‚ Kudler Fine Food’s existence as it relates to their mission‚ vision‚ values‚ and goals. We will examine the organizational structure employed by Kudler Fine Foods‚ and identify the key positions that supports their structure. Identify and explain the steps of the collaboration process among the functional areas that must be employed to achieve organizational goals‚ and prepare an action plan to implement

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    Kant’s Categorical Imperative What is a categorical imperative? A categorical imperative is a moral obligation which is absolute and necessary in any moral situation and isn’t reliant on a singular person’s desires or wills. For Kant‚ categorical imperatives are the foundation for morality because they invoke “pure” reasons for our moral actions and decisions since each rational being reasons to act outside of their own personal desires or will which may cloud judgments or impose a biased verdict

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    Illiteracy and its effects. Intro Illiteracy is defined as the inability to read or write. There are purely illiterate; persons who cannot read or write at all and functionally illiterate; persons who can read and possibly write simple sentences with a limited vocabulary. In Malaysia‚ the government provides education in free public school for its citizens but many remain uneducated and illiterate. Illiterate persons are always typically labelled as stupid but in reality some of them are smart

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    Functional Areas of Business MGT/521 February 27‚ 1014 Ronald Polk   Functional Areas of Business In an organization‚ there are many functional areas of a business. These functional areas include management‚ law‚ human resource management‚ leadership‚ accounting‚ finance‚ economics‚ research and statistics‚ operations management‚ marketing‚ and strategic planning. A manager’s role is never the same in these functional areas. Within the paper‚ the writer will analyze the role of a manager

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    These are the types of questions philosophers attempt to answer with logic‚ reason‚ and knowledge. Some philosophical ideologies that have similarities in how they solve these types of questions are Pragmatism‚ Utilitarianism‚ and The Categorical Imperative. Pragmatism is the philosophical ideology that states if a person believes in something and it is practical in their everyday life then it is found to be in the practical consequences of accepting that person belief. Pragmatism can be applied

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    Kant’s idea of hypothetical and categorical imperatives.

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    Categorical Imperative The basis of Categorical Imperative has dominated the study of human reasoning and morality. This idea behind Categorical Imperative can be described as the root principal or morality according to Immanuel Kant. Philosophers define human reasoning as a process of guidance of symbols and sentences‚ while morality is founded on the principles of right and wrong decisions that are accepted by an individual. Kant believed that the only thing of crucial moral worth is a good will

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    its seems. There will always be a gray area. Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative is when you behave a certain way because that behavior is universal law. It is what is believed to be the right course of action. Cheating on your exam is not categorical imperative because the majority chooses not to cheat. If everyone cheated it would make test scores invalid. Tests would also become useless. Compared to categorical imperative the golden rule isn’t as limiting to your actions. With the

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    every rational mind follows through reasoning. He argues moral duties are generated by the moral law‚ which he distinguishes as two types of imperatives. An imperative is a conformity with a law and he argues that a “hypothetical imperative” plays no significant role in ones moral behaviour‚ as it causes an inclination in the person‚ whereas a “categorical imperative” is innate and occurs unconditionally as one is to do so without question. Kant states that the moral law is irrevocable and is not open

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