2. Define “virtue” as found in Aristotle’s “Doctrine of the Mean.” “For instance‚ if ten be too large‚ and two be too small‚ if we take six we take the mean relative to the thing itself [or the arithmetical mean]; for it exceeds one extreme by the same amount by which it is exceeded by the other extreme: and this is the mean in arithmetical proportion.” In the passage from the text he is talking about the mean in terms of logic and reasoning. He is talking the mean in math or science‚ but in real
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trustees are to hold all of my shares on Trust for Zeke‚ except that for the period of 5 years after my death my Trustees are to give 1000 of my shares (or whatever lesser number my trustees think fit ) in whichever Company they shall think fit to any of my University classmates who ask for it and they in their discretion think fit. I submit to the court that my client is the sole beneficiary under a fixed trust and as such owns equitable rights in the trust property. His interest should be given
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Concept of TRUST analysis Concept: Trust | Definition: Dictionary‚ thesauruses‚ within nursing/medical/behavioral science/social science/other literature‚ from colleagues | Thi Bui | Oxford English Dictionary: 1) firm belief in the reliability‚ truth‚ or ability of someone or something; acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence or investigation; the state of being responsible for someone or something; a person or duty for which one has responsibility 2) An arrangement whereby
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A trust is simply a legal body which allows holding of property.With a few exceptions‚ a trust may be created by any person who owns certain property. A trust may be created either during ones’ lifetime‚ also known as ‘Inter Vivo (IV)’‚ or after death by will. There are two ways of creating a trust‚ by transfer in shares and by declaration. On one hand‚ the settlor may opt to transfer property to a trustee who is meant to hold the property on behalf of the beneficiary. The obligations of the trustee
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Anti-trust laws in the United States have been effectively used to prevent monopolies in industries like telecommunications‚ oil and gas and computer software. Anti-trust laws are enforced in order to maintain free competition in the marketplace‚ which generates lower prices and incentivizes the development of high quality products. Today‚ hospital systems are experiencing an era of heavy consolidation‚ which include mergers and acquisitions and physician practice buy-outs. According to the Wall
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This doctrine became known as the Natalegawa Doctrine which is focusing on improving economic relations and strengthening internal consolidation of ASEAN connectivity Natalegawa doctrine is quite unique since this is a continuation pattern of the diplomatic process. Where in diplomacy‚ we usually use a variety of tricks in order to attract partners
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Trust is a complex emotion because of all the variables involved: variables from the person who is trying to earn trust as well as from the people who are dispensing the trust. The first law of leadership according James Kouzes and Barry Posner is belief in the message requires belief in the messenger. At the core of credibility is trust and this is essential for effective leadership. Why is it so hard to gain trust from others? Malphurs offers insight in this matter. He states that trust
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Anti-Trust Act Fear is usually associated with dogs or drowning; however‚ the fear that over took America over a century ago was the fear of big companies . Big companies were a huge threat to American economy. Anti-Trust acts were initiated to dissolve and prevent monopolies from forming in America. A monopoly is when a company or a group of people get so powerful that they control the market of a specific product or industry. This issue started in America in the 1800s after the civil war; the
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3.3 In God We Trust Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is life‚ the strength‚ the vitality‚ without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God. – Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)‚ the Indian Spiritual leader of the Hindu religion (Vedanta). He was a disciple of the 19th century Indian mystic-saint Sri Ramakrishna. He was the founder of the Ramakrishna Order of Monks. Trust is independent. God said it – I believed
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capitalism wasn’t working so they were going to switch over to communism. While Kennan was writing this telegram he had the economic and political policies in mind which then triggered Truman to expand on this as well. The main purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to give the United States a role in stopping the spread of communism. Then‚ George Marshall suggested offering financial aid to help European capitalistic economies to be recovered. So
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