they applying Utilitarianism and the difficulties of measuring utility. Case 1 When Ford motor company was having dilemma of modifying pinto’s gas tank or keep the original design‚ they chose to use Utilitarian approach to calculate the utility of both options and the result is cost over benefit‚ so they chose to risk their customers’ lives rather than correcting their poorly designed cars. Case 2 Lawrence summers The director of the white house wrote a memo that proposed shipping wastes form rich
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capital of the Eastern Roman Empire or “New Rome.” For 1‚100 years‚ Constantinople remained the capital of one of the world’s largest empires‚ the Byzantine Empire. Constantinople’s location is in modern day Istanbul‚ Turkey. So why is Constantinople important to history? Constantinople became the cultural center of the east. It preserved Greek classics and promoted Christian principles. Christianity emerged and became a dominate religion. Art The Byzantine style of art mainly characterized
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If rulers from the past were to be sat down and asked what their reaction was and what they had to say about Niccolo Machiavelli’s statement‚ “it is far better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both‚” one would hear many different statements and answers. Rulers who want complete and total power would lean towards being feared and those who wanted to be powerful without exerting utter fear would disagree with Machiavelli’s comment. Rulers such as Louis XI‚ Charlemagne‚ Ferdinand and Isabella
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Even though animals can be beneficial‚ animal testing does not always predict reliable results in humans since most experiments involving animals are flawed and waste animal lives‚ while alternative testing methods are more accurate. Many people believe that animal testing is unethical and unnecessary since we have discovered medical breakthroughs without the help of our furry friends. In this case‚ Alois Alzheimer first described the main features of Alzheimer’s disease in 1906 by studying brain
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Running head: ANALYSIS OF LITERARY CONTEXT Analysis of Literary Context James O. Montford‚ Jr. Grand Canyon University: (BIB 355) August 24‚ 2011 Analysis of Literary Context The intent of this paper is to analyze the literary context of the book of James‚ by giving an outline and summary of each chapter found in the book of The Epistle of James. This paper will give historical background and cultural information for the purpose that James the author wrote the book. This paper will attempt
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There is nothing impossible to him who will try - Alexander the Great If you set your mind to something than anything could happen. Alexander the great was a very accomplished person. He is remembered by many people still to this day. A lot of people today tend to give up on things when they become difficult and challenging. I think this quote written by Alexander shows that he doesn’t want people to be giving up on themselves because times get hard‚ he wanted people to try their very hardest
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Is Technology Helpful Or Harmful For Students? The first technology in the world was fire and tools. People of the Stone Age did not have the luxury of turning on the TV and watching the news‚ texting on the phone and playing video games at the computer. Living in the Computer- Driven Information Age‚ we don’t necessarily think of fire or tools as technologies. So we learning how to use fire were the human development’s first try in the world.（From http://www.ushistory.org/civ/2d.asp） Many people
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Does history matter? This question is one of the most popular questions in today’s society. History is the reason we as kids or adults are here today and are communicating the way we are. If it was not for the history we would not be communicating‚ and according the guardian.com we a peple talk roughly 2000 words a day.If history gets taken out of schools curriculium kids will become a lot less aware about the past. Imagine school with one less period and getting out of school earlier‚ you could
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CRITICAL STUDY OF SOURCES OF HISTORY To study the culture and heritage of a region‚ it is important to know the history of that place‚ for history contains answers to the questions like how did the civilisation started‚ how did a particular custom and tradition arise‚ how did the art and aesthetic values of the region developed‚ etc. The answers to these questions lie within the study of history. However‚ studying history is a complicated process. It is generally not easy to give a very clear
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By Any Means Necessary Brittany Heil June 23‚ 2013 “We declare our right on this earth…to be a human being‚ to be respected as a human being‚ to be given the rights of a human being in this society‚ on this earth‚ in this day‚ which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.” Theses are the words of Malcolm X‚ a civil rights leader and political activist in the 1960s. Malcolm X was perhaps one of the most controversial elements in the civil rights movement. His life was full
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