When talking about philosophy‚ there are many different theories of ethics. Some philosophers believe different things‚ or they expand on previous philosophies. Two theories in particular are Immanuel Kant’s deontological theory. This deals with the categorical imperative‚ and Elizabeth Spelman’s theory which discusses the ethics of care‚ and the ethics of justice. Although these theories are separated by centuries‚ they complement each other. Both theories discuss how to make ethical decisions.
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Pragmatic equivalence in the English translation of a selected literary work Sara Muhammad Abdul El Mohsen Hefnawy Al-Alsun Faculty _ Ain Shams University Department of English Dr. Zeinab instructor February 23‚ 2015 I. Introduction One of the prominent obstacles that face translators mostly in literary translation is the quandary of detection the differences in utterances‚ including figurative devices such as irony
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Linguistic discourse analysis 1.1Defining discourse Discourse is the creation and organization of the segments of a language above as well as below the sentence. It is segments of language which may be bigger or smaller than a single sentence but the adduced meaning is always beyond the sentence. The term discourse applies to both spoken and written language‚ in fact to any sample of language used for any purpose. Any series of speech events or any combination of sentences in written form wherein
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An Ethical Analysis of the Customer Data Breach in Target Corporation Introduction to Target Corporation Target Corporation‚ which is one of the leading retail companies the United States‚ was founded in 1902. The first target store was opened in 1962. Through the 52 years rapid development‚ Target stores are now located in over 1‚924 places. About 90% of the stores are located within the United States‚ the other 10% stores are in Canada‚ Australia‚ and other countries
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Outline the development of common law and equity. A The Law in England didn’t come about all at once‚ but has developed over the centuries. There are 5 different sources of law: Customs‚ Judicial decision‚ Acts of Parliament‚ Delegated Legislation and‚ most recently‚ European Law. However‚ new law is still being created today. The law as we know it today all started in 1066‚ when William the Conqueror invaded England. He found a country with no single system of law‚ just sets of customary
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Kant proposes an ethical system in which an individual forms maxim‚ subjective principles of action‚ from which the principle of the categorical imperative is derived. This categorical imperative is the supreme moral law‚ and according to Kant‚ it is absolute. For example‚ a maxim like “I must not lie” might be extrapolated into the imperative “Do not lie” according to Kant’s formulation. However‚ the concept of absolute moral law faces a problem in a case in which multiple moral laws run counter
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making a false promise as immoral because it involves a contradiction in conception. The same applies to lying in general. If you lie‚ you are following the maxim to tell a lie when you want to. If everyone told lies when they wanted to‚ people would stop believing each other. But you can deceive someone with a lie only if they believe you. So the maxim cannot be universalized‚ and lying is wrong. In the occidental case‚ an example of deception would be how Deborah implicitly acknowledges Wayne’s claim
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In this essay I will be addressing the problems associated with deterrence and retribution‚ whether consequentialism is adequate for justifying punishment and whether our view on human nature effects our view of social justice. I will also be discussing whether we are inherently good or evil and how that informs our view of punishment. In any society people transgress but the attendant sanctions differ. The question of whether man is inherently good or evil has vexed humanity since its appearance
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Hotel Rwanda is based on a the massacre that happened in the 1900s in the country of Rwanda. In the movie‚ Paul Rusesabagina played by Don Cheadle was a hotel manager for Hôtel des Mille Collines (Hotel Rwanda. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5‚ 2015.) during the genocide. In the 1990s the population of the Rwanda was overtaken by Hutus; about 85% and 14% of Tutsi‚ A number of Hutus believed they were the superior race over the Tutsi. The Hutus considered the Tutsi as “inhuman” and wanted to get rid of
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portrays all the characters as being very careful to observe social norms‚ especially those of civilian obligations to the military. This creates a mask of politeness that slowly dissipates throughout the play until by the end there is nothing but directness of speech left. However‚ the first exchange between Leonato and Don Pedro is a model of politeness‚ with each man dismissing the problems of having guests for a month as being meaningless. Don Pedro further catalyzes the entire plot by carefully maneuvering
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