Kant’s Moral Theory: The Flaws One of the most controversial aspects of Kant’s moral philosophy is his theory regarding the concept of duty. Duty is the moral necessity to perform actions for no other reason than to obey the dictates of a higher authority without any selfish inclination. Immanuel Kant states that the only moral motivation is a devotion to duty. The same action can be seen as moral if it is done for the sake of one’s duty but also as not moral (Kant distinguished between immoral and
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In the 1900s‚ the life of a typical Canadian teenager would be very different from a teenager today. Firstly‚ they are to be expected to behave by their gender‚ class‚ and race. This could include what they dress in and what they would say in public. Secondly‚ in their schools‚ they will likely rise for the British National Anthem as the National Anthem of Canada has not yet been invented. Thirdly‚ communication would be very different from today; communication systems is mostly through mail and
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Vanessa Thompson Theory Comparison FHS-2600-042 October 25‚ 2011 I believe there have been a wide variety of theories and methods pertaining to early childhood learning and development throughout time. In chapter four of our text‚ Introduction to Early Childhood Education‚ six prominent psychologists‚ Erikson‚ Maslow‚ Piaget‚ Vygotsky‚ Skinner and Bandura‚ are introduced and discussed. I would like to compare these theorists’ similarities and differences and address their views on early
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Question 1 There are many principles and theories involved in the practice of assessment. Many of these concepts can be used as a guide to help both the candidate and assessor to plan the assessment process and assessment activities. Communication is a vital principal as it is used throughout the practice of assessment. It will be continuously used by both the assessor and candidate and others who will be involved in the assessment process. A variety of methods could be used to communicate with
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Typical Travelling Types From the www.alah.com website there are three main types of travellers. The first would be the business traveller‚ another would be the persons who travel for leisure‚ and the last would be the international traveller. From what I have learned there are different lodgings for each type of traveller. The business traveller is typically alone. From what the statistics show this type of traveller is usually a male‚ between the ages of thirty five and fifty four. They are
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Motivational Theories The motivational theories works on the development of a healthy relationship between managers and workers to create a conducive working environment as well as satisfying each of the individual’s need in the workplace and to motivate them (Rozalin‚ 2013). The motivational theories include the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and McGregor’s Theory X and Y. The Hierarchy of Needs is a five-stage model with respect to employee’s motivation‚ including physiological needs‚ safety needs‚ sense
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people now can research human brain and learn more about the drives (including the drives to acquire‚ bond‚ comprehend and defend) which underlie human actions. It had many researches mentioning how these drives affect employee motivation in organizations. One of them is the article “Employee Motivation: A powerful new model”‚ written by Nitin Nohria (the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration)‚ Boris Groysberg (an associate professor at Harvard Business School in Boston) and Linda-Eling
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Is the principle of fairness a sound moral principle? Reflection on John Rawls’ theory. The theory of justice as fairness was one of the most important elements of John Rawls’s philosophy‚ the one frequently discussed and significant for the twentieth-century political philosophy. To answer the question stated in the topic I would like to divide my dissertation into two major consecutive parts. First‚ I will examine what the principle of fairness implies and what are‚ in accordance to Rawls‚
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is a way of punishing someone for a heavy offended crime. In this essay‚ I will discuss both sides of this ethical issue using the consequentialist theory. The C1 theory states that punishment as a response to crime is morally justified if compared to any other response to crime‚ will likely produce as much overall intrinsic value as would any other response. The C2 theory states that a specific punishment for a certain crime is morally justified if it would produce at least as much overall intrinsic
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find out the actual reasons behind turnover and its damaging affects on the productivity of different industries in Bangladesh. Relationships among Turnover and Productivity Turnover deeply related with the productivity of an organization. Employee turnover can hamper the overall productivity of an organization and is often a symptom of other difficulties. Productivity is the measures of an organization to achieve its targeted production with the means of workforce‚ authority’s strategies
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