Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio is a collection of tales dating back to the Ming dynasty‚ that paints a descriptive picture of what daily life was like during this time period (Sung-lingPu‚ Tzu-Ch’uan. Strange stories from a Chinese studio. Translated by Herbert Allen Giles. London: T.W. Laurie‚ 1916.) Tzu-Ch’uan P’u Sung-ling uses supernatural and the paranormal to criticize both the political system and violence‚ and to communicate his Taoist’s beliefs. The Chinese Empire was an immensely
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TUTORIAL 1.Compare and contrast civil legal system and common legal system Legal system is a legal framework which relates to the rules set by the government of a state to the citizen. DIFFERENCES | CIVIL LEGAL SYSTEM | COMMON LEGAL SYSTEM | Origins | -Arbitrary (berubah2)- origin in Roman law‚as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian‚ and as subsequently developedmainly in Continental Europe | -Evolutionary-the legal tradition‚ which evolved in England from the 11thCentury onwards
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Midterm Revision Ben Franklin and his character "Poor Richard" differ greatly from Rip Van Winkle. For instance‚"Rip was ready Rip was ready to attend to anybody’s business but his own; but as to doing family duty‚ and keeping his farm in order it was impossible." pg 457. I chose this passage because Ben Franklin has always taken his hard of ambition to the next level.In contrast‚ Rip has proven to be lazy and also pays more attention to other people jobs than
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Outline the development of common law and equity. Before common law and equity came into existence‚ there were only customs that protected the people and their rights. Customs can be divided into general customs and local customs. General customs are said to be the basis of common law because it is thought that after the Norman Conquest‚ judges who travelled around the land making decisions in the King’s name based at least some of their decisions on the common customs. Local customs
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Subcontinent and of the whole region inspired directly or indirectly by Indian culture‚ values‚ rational and religious concepts. In the era of rapid globalisation‚ the importance of Indian as well as Oriental studies——stated jointly‚ in keeping with the maxim of ‘the cattle and bulls’: —has become more fundamental than customarily recognized it is the competence to comprehend manifold cultural phenomena and traditions‚ none of which are taken to be absolute or privileged‚ as well as the incentive to pursue
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[A]Explain Kantian ethics. Immanuel Kant was born in 1724 and was a renowned German philosopher with huge influences on modern philosophy. He was perhaps most known for his work ‘Critique of Practical Reason’ which looked at the way we as humans use reason to arrive at result. This work with reason was his most significant‚ aimed as a response to empiricism and rationalism. Kant’s ethical standpoint was also extremely significant and was based strongly around the idea we are duty bound to do
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shifts 4- The ------------can be defined as words or phrases used to indicate that we are not really sure that what we are saying is sufficiently correct or complete. 1. Quantity maxim 2. Hedge 3. Co-operative principle 4. Quality maxim 5- Expressions such as ‘sort of’ or ‘kind of’ refer to the maxim of -----------------. 1. Quantity 2. Quality 3. Manner 4. Relation 6- This is a type of speech error in which one word is used instead of another with a similar beginning
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head of the church‚ and England became a protestant nation. However religious philosophy wasn’t properly explored until later when the Tyndale Bible was handed to the king. Tyndale had translated to bible from Latin to English‚ which was a distinct maxim of Martin Luther‚ the reformer. Henry sentenced Tyndall to be executed for heresy. It was later that Thomas Cranmer; Henry’s self-appointed archbishop of Canterbury said that the bible should be written in English and that all church services should
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This is because only in this way is my maxim (of beneficence) qualified for the universal legislation on which every law of duty is founded (Ms.451). Hence‚ benevolence must be practicable. In the end‚ after we have considered moral matters and universalization‚ benevolence must act. So‚ referring
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individual situations. Situation ethics maintains that it’s the consequences of actions which determine whether an action is right or wrong‚ so it is very much a consequentialist position. Situationists enter each decision making situation with ethical maxims of their community and culture‚ each they treat with respect. Fletcher proposed that not only the situation guides an individual on what they should do but also the principle of agape (love). In Fletcher’s book he suggests that Christians should make
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