country a difficult task. A democratic model is needed that respects the fundamental rights and freedoms of various diverse cultures‚ and unites these cultures over a huge land mass as Canadians. To do this the Canadian government is one which is pluralist. Pluralism is the ideology that groups‚ (in Canada’s case political parties)‚ should rule in government. These parties help protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of everyone living in Canada‚ regardless of their ethnicity‚ or religious beliefs
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Alvin Plantiga. And what the idea of Religious Exclusivism represents is that whatever religious belief you hold to be true‚ must be true exclusively‚ which then deems all other religions to be false. To put plainly‚ what Hick and other religious pluralists believe is "Belief is highly contingent‚ therefore we can’t assume our beliefs are any more or less legitimate than other people’s beliefs." And the belief that Plantiga has‚ and that other Religious Exclusivists hold is that‚ "Belief is highly
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performed by the primary stakeholders of the UK based retail store‚ RetailCom and its frontline manager. Hard and Soft HRM practices focus upon the interdependent organisational issues of a business and its management. Human resource management is a unitarist approach which is used to emphasise the connection between an individual and its organisation. To assess this‚ we must distinguish between ‘hard; and soft’ management approaches to employee engagement. The hard approach contrasts the close incorporation
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mix of skills * But they bring organizational and personal risk in individualistic cultures (personal career risk) * A critique of Katzenbach and Smith: Little empirical evidence of enhanced performance (methodology unclear) * Hard unitarist HRM approach (Storey 1995) * Ignore evidence of the drawbacks of teams * Ignore issues of motivation and job satisfaction‚ feelings and personal reflections Masculinist discourse of control and performance (Metcalf and Linstead 2003 Belbin
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1. Please explain Pluralism. Pluralism is a theory that centers on the idea of how power is distributed. The pluralist model indicates that power is distributed among many groups within society‚ a system of government‚ or an organization. These groups may include coalitions of like-minded people‚ unions‚ professional associations and business lobbyists. The Pluralists believe the following: Power is spread and disjointed or divided. Groups provide a more effective means of representation. The larger
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answer to the most common criticism of his Theory of Justice as Fairness where critics argued that it was just another conception of justice that is incompatible with other doctrines. It failed to clarify the concept of the good in a reasonable pluralist society by not distinguishing between an independent political theory and a comprehensive moral theory addressing the problem of Justice. This leads Rawls to refine his initial theory in Political Liberalism and ground it in a political structure
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Assignment #3 The importance of industrial relations is the key to the progress and success of an organization. The important benefit of them is to ensure continuity of production. This means continuous employment for all from the managers to the workers. Disputes are the reflections of the failure of basic human urges or motivations to secure adequate satisfaction or expression that are fully cured by good industrial relations. Strikes‚ lockouts‚ unfair tactics‚ and grievances are a few
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are thus able to make decisions more quickly with a view toward the public interest. What are some arguments in favor of our Pluralist (interest group–driven) type of government? On the other hand‚ what are some ways that interest groups impede democracy? Which system would you prefer: one with many groups or one with few? Some arguments that are in favor of our Pluralist type of government is that a good government would encourage this. Interest groups mobilize and educate the public. It is felt
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Wayne Davis‚ Question 1: Describe how and why prudential arguments for religious belief‚ and in particular Pascal’s Wager‚ are affected by considerations of religious diversity. Answer: To make this point clearer‚ it may help to consider the following argument: Rationality requires either that you wager for an orthodoxly conceived monotheistic god or that you do not wager for an orthodoxly conceived monotheistic god. Rationality requires that you hold: 1. The unity of wagering for an orthodoxly
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PHIL 171 19 September 2013 Homer and the Presocratics Throughout time‚ philosophy and it ’s philosophers have evolved and changed. Just like anything else in the world‚ it started off as just a mere thought. Philosophy is the fundamental nature of knowledge‚ reality‚ and existence. Everyone throughout history has had a different view on things‚ though. Homer and the Presocratics weren ’t any different. They‚ like many others‚ had differences in the way they thought about life and how things
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