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    forms are defined and justified as valid moral theories . Initially pacifists such as Albert Schewerzer considered it wrong to kill and this was their central concept ‚ over time the ideas by which pacifists are defined became more specific in some cases‚ while more broad in others. Famous visionaries such as Mahatma Ghandi and Leo Tolstoy have gone down in history for their peaceful and somewhat passive moral theories. In their theory these universal pacifists specified that it was immoral to take

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    Universal or Core Values

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    Universal or Core Ethical Values Trustworthiness‚ respect‚ responsibility‚ fairness‚ caring‚ and citizenship — are six core ethical values. Using core ethical values as the basis for ethical thinking can help detect situations where we focus so hard on upholding one value that we sacrifice another — eg we are loyal to friends and so do not always tell the truth about their actions. 1. TRUSTWORTHINESS Trustworthiness concerns a variety of behavioral qualities — honesty‚ integrity‚ reliability

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    English is one of the most widely used languages in today’s world and has a great impact on a successful career. Due to rapid modernization and westernization‚ the popularity of the English language has increased. It is internationally used and globally accepted. “English is being recreated every minute of every day‚ in billions of conversations in every country on earth; in countless books‚ films‚ television and radio programs‚ on the internet—recreated organically: that is‚ in ways that grow out

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    The Universal Serial Bus (USB) The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a device that was created to standardize the connection types of computer peripherals‚ such as the keyboard and mouse‚ which traditionally had their own ports which they were plugged into. The USB was created in the mid 1990’s ‚ with an official release of the “USB 1.0” in January 1996 and since then the design has been improved as well as other types of USB connections available‚ such as type A and B‚ Mini A and Mini B‚ as

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    Plato vs aristotle theory of knowledge The theory of knowledge (Epistemology) is the philosophical study of the nature‚ scope and limitation of what constitutes knowledge‚ its acquisition and analysis. The fundamental issue that remains unsolved in epistemology is the definition of knowledge. Philosophers are divided on this issue with some analyzing it as justified true beliefs while others differ and say that justified true belief does not constitute knowledge. The objective of this paper is to

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    Out of Africa vs. Multiregional Paleoanthropologists have been searching for decades‚ looking for signs of early human life throughout Africa Asia and Europe‚ trying to find clues that tell them where the human race originated. These scientists have found overwhelming evidence of early human life across different continents‚ but are always working to attempt to explain what they have discovered‚ and try to piece together the earliest signs of human civilization. Two main theories have emerged

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    This essay argues that contingency theory is a useful guide to the design of contemporary organizations. In particular‚ the essay claims that contemporary managers can draw upon the contingency theory research literature relating to relationship between organizational structure and technology‚ size‚ the environment‚ and strategy to design an organization that is well suited to its situation and circumstances and hence more likely to survive and prosper in the long term. This essay’s structure

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    health care are going to continue to rise dramatically and millions more people will either be inadequately insured or completely uninsured as a result of this. Referring back to other countries‚ Canada guarantees everyone free health care along with universal child care‚ where each child under age six puts a hundred dollars per month towards their families income. Canadians pay a third less to doctors‚ less for prescriptions and cut paperwork all in the hopes of saving money. It works and as a result

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    The Fiedler Contingency Model was created in the mid-1960s by Fred Fiedler‚ a scientist who studied the personality and characteristics of leaders. The model states that there is no one best style of leadership. Instead‚ a leader’s effectiveness is based on the situation. This is the result of two factors – "leadership style" and "situational favorableness" (later called "situational control"). Fiedler created the least preferred co-worker (LPC) scale‚ where a leader is asked what traits can be

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    Newton ’s Law of Universal Gravitation Gravity if one of the four fundamental forces in the universe. Though the fundamental principles of it eluded scientists until Sir Isaac Newton was able to mathematically describe it in 1687 (Eddington 93). Gravity plays a serious part in everyday actions as it keeps everything on the ground; without gravity everything would be immobile unless a force was applied (then it would move infinitely because there would be no force to stop it). Perhaps‚ the

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