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    these relate to the Holland Hardware and Wichita Supermarket case. The first philosophical perspective is Teleology. Teleological philosophies assess the moral worth of a behavior by looking at its consequences. In the Supermarket case Matt Holland is really concerned about himself‚ his family and the community if Wal-Mart would move into Wichita‚ Kansas. The concern is a type of teleology called utilitarianism which seeks the greatest good for the greatest number of people and which achieves the

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    Hollie Cooper 10079944 Principles of Professional Practice NMC Report Introduction For this report I have been asked to compare and contrast the principles of regulations of two care professions. I have decided to choose Nursing and Social Work because I am currently training to be a nurse and I would like to see the difference between Nursing and Social Work education‚ training and codes of conduct as this is a field I don’t know much about. NMC- Nursing & Midwifery Council Follows-

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    idea of “natural selection” or “survival of the fittest.” (When environment favors one trait on animal so animal can live) 1) The New Challenges - Teleology – The study of final causes or purposes. Refers to any system that interprets nature/ universe having design or purpose. Supports existence of God. - Evolutionary theory proposed no teleology. - Archeology flourished because humans wanted to find out where we came from and if there were any link between humans and apes. II. Fossils and

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    Teleology‚ an explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than postulated causes‚ has found its place in the construction of many systems of morality such as John Stuart Mill’s theory of Utilitarianism. In teleological approaches to morality‚ questions of right and wrong‚ or the notion what an individual ought to do‚ are determined by the consequences of a given action. One thinker to reject this idea of consequentialism was Immanuel Kant. In his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of

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    | |opinion | | |Love |Absolute Beauty‚ Perfection |Absolute Beauty‚ Perfection |Happiness‚ virtue‚ teleology | |Existence |Making or actions conform to our |Thought‚ Appearance and reality |Substance and accidents‚ Matter| | |thoughts | |and form‚ essence

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    Ford Pinto Ethics Case Analysis Dickey L. Sours Jr. Business Ethics Course The Ford Pinto designs had the placement of the fuel tank behind the rear axle. The fuel tank position has allowed the projecting bolts to puncture the tank when the vehicle was struck from the rear. The Ford Motor Company had decided not to change the fuel tanks design location in order to reduce the production costs. Ford Motor Company determined there would be a savings of approximately $20.9 million dollars. Between

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    Classical economics started of Adam Smith’s the Wealth of Nations in 1776. The central idea of classical theories is on the ability of the market to be self-correcting as well as being the most superior institution in allocating resources. The central assumption of classical theories implied that if all individuals maximize their economic activity. On the other hand‚ marginal revolution that occurred in Europe in the 19th Century‚ led by Carl Menger‚ William Stanley Jevons‚ and Léon Walras‚ gave

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    Ethical Analysis Of Case Study Name University Class Date In this case‚ the three important ethical issues to consider are ethical distress‚ ethical dilemma‚ and locus of control. I believe that ethical distress is one of the main ethical issues in this case since the patient desires to remain on a ventilator to avoid losing her life. She makes it very clear to the staff that she wants to live by interacting with them and answering “no” when asked if she wants the tubes to

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    It is rightly seen that in contrast with Spinoza’s concept of virtue as social and political‚ the virtue of the Stoic sage is indifferent to the social and the political. It involves teleology‚ and perfectionism implying total control over the passions‚ and self-sufficiency‚ all of which Spinoza rejects. Spinoza identifies social ethics with the struggle to render the passive affects as active affects stating “ethics is a matter of continual

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    CARL GUSTAV JUNG Carl Jung was born in Kesswyl‚ Thurgau‚ Switzerland on July 26‚ 1875. His father was kind but weak‚ while his mother was an insecure woman but with two personalities: (a) kind and loving (b) harsh and aloof. Jung was lonely at childhood making him introvert. In 1906 he published The Psychology of Dementia Praecox‚ a psychoanalytic treatment of schizophrenia. He first met Freud in 1907 and Freud regarded Jung as his son and they travelled and worked together that lasted until

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