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    Eddie Mabo is one of the most famous and significant Australian Aboriginals. He is famous for campaigning for Indigenous land rights. He was born on the 29th of June‚ 1946‚ on Murray Island‚ in the Torres Strait. Eddie Mabo married Bonita Newhow and together they had ten children. In 1982 Eddie Mabo and four other Torres Strait Islanders initiated action against the Australian Authorities calming ownership of their land on Murray Island. Eddie Mabo was exiled from Murray Island when he was sixteen

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    questions; “What is Justice?” and “Why should we be just?” Book I of The Republic sets up the challenges that these questions will face. In a group setting of friends and foes‚ Socrates asks “What is Justice?”. While multiple of the men were throwing out ideas and answers‚ Socrates came up with contradictions that disproved their ideas and argued to why their answers do not make sense in defining what justice is. This is when Thrasymachus interrupts with his sophist opinion of what justice is. He tells

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    explain this behavior‚ and their efforts will be outlined in this research. As a subject of philosophical interest‚ the study of justice dates back to the times of Plato and Socrates (Ryan‚ 1993). However‚ research on organizational justice started with Adams’ work on equity theory (Adams‚ 1963‚ 1965) and has progressed steadily over time. Greenberg (1990b) explained organizational justice as a literature “grown around attempts to describe and explain the role of fairness as a consideration in the

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    Plato Concept of Justice

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    © Kamla-Raj 2011 J Soc Sci‚ 29(2): 183-192 (2011) The Nature of Justice Uwaezuoke Precious Obioha Department of Philosophy‚ Faculty of Arts‚ Olabisi Onabanjo University‚ P.M.B. 2002‚ Ago-Iwoye‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria Telephone: +234-803-3950-443‚ E-mail: unclepees@yahoo.com KEYWORDS Rights. Distributive. Equality. Fairness. Difference Principle. Commutative ABSTRACT Since the Renaissance period in history initiated the act of free thinking and independent thought‚ there have existed and still

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    Special Interest Tourism

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    report includes detailed study on tea tourism in Darjeeling‚ different types of  tea‚ advantages and disadvantages of tea tourism.  Special Interest Tourism  Tourists looking for products that will fulfil their particular need are the special  interest tourists referred to as ``niche market.’’. Brotherton and Himmetoglu  (1997) suggest that people who decide to take such holidays are people‚ who  already have an interest in a specific activity as a`` dabbler‚ an enthusiast‚ an  expert or a fanatic.’’ Though the market is small

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    Glaucon's View Of Justice

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    In the excerpts of Plato’s‚ The Republic a crucial concept that became presented was the concept of justice. While carrying a conversation with Socrates‚ Polemarchus‚ Thrasymachus and Glaucon‚ each presented polarizing beliefs on justice. Though Socrates badgered‚ refuted‚ and worked to find fallacies within their ideas‚ the one that fits our current society is that of Glaucon. His position on justice can be summarized with a quote saying‚ “People love it‚ not because it is a good thing‚ but because

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    The subject matter of the "Republic" is the nature of justice and its relation to human existence. Book I of the "republic" contains a critical examination of the nature and virtue of justice. Socrates engages in a dialectic with Thrasymachus‚ Polemarchus‚ and Cephalus‚ a method which leads to the asking and answering of questions which directs to a logical refutation and thus leading to a convincing argument of the true nature of justice. And that is the main function of Book I‚ to clear the ground

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    concept of “justice”‚ but defining what the concept really is can be very difficult. According to the “Merriam-Webster” dictionary justice is “the quality of being just‚ impartial‚ or fair.” Within that definition there are things that must be taken into consideration like moral codes‚ religion and the set of beliefs a person is raised on‚ all of these things differentiate for each person. In the constitution’s preamble it is stated that to form a “more perfect union” we must “Establish justice”. Justice

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    Bones Broken Become Stronger Johannes Kieding Simmons School of Social Work In order to develop into fully functioning adults‚ children need to pass through a series of developmental stages and milestones. An optimal developmental trajectory results in an organism capable of great complexity – of the ability to satisfactorily manage internal and external demands‚ contribute to the world‚ while also leaving room for play‚ creativity‚ and enjoyment. In a perfect word the organism experiences just

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    Interest Rate Risk (IRR) Management What is Interest Rate Risk : Interest rate risk is the risk where changes in market interest rates might adversely affect a bank’s financial condition.  The management of Interest Rate Risk should be one of the critical components of market risk management in banks. The regulatory restrictions in the past had greatly reduced many of the risks in the banking system. Deregulation of interest rates has‚ however‚ exposed them to the adverse impacts of interest rate

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