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Peter Singer's ethics and the Invisible Children documentary

Rationalization becomes easy for most people as they grow into adulthood; the simplicity of sharing in childhood -- though still sometimes resisted -- gives way to the hems and haws of security, necessity, and more complex notions of "fairness" such as independent responsibility.

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Care ethics and Uganda's invisible abducted children

The plight of the Ugandan children forced to hide or risk abduction by the rebel army for conscription as young soldiers is almost unimaginable in a country like the United States.

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Ethical frameworks and the Gallipoli campaign in warfare

The campaign at Gallipoli is not one of the better-known features of the First World War, especially outside Australia and Turkey.

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Rational expectations theory, competitive equilibrium, and information accuracy

Monetarism and Economic Theory by F.H. Hahn, focuses on the Rational Expectations theory and it's relation to the competitive equilibrium based on accuracy and bias.

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Hydrogen fuel cells: production methods and environmental implications

Hydrogen is one of two natural elements that combine to make water. Hydrogen is not an energy source, but more an energy carrier because it takes a lot of energy to remove it from water. It is helpful as a compact energy source in fuel cells and batteries.

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Promoting academic achievement among African-American students through cooperative learning

One strategy for promoting academic achievement and well-being within the classroom among African-American students is to create a collective environment in which the students are achieving together.

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The term race: beneficial and detrimental in American society

Race has long been controversial issue in American society. The history of the country has established certain notions about race that are both beneficial and detrimental. These notions have also affected the manner in which people interact with one another.

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Humor and taboo subjects in Seinfeld and Friends

Although humor has become more complex across time, it did not change in its basic form, as it continues to trigger laughter when it is put forward in the right way.

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Empirical evidence for the link between bullying and child well-being

Bullying, a term that is generally broadly defined as ill-treatment through verbal insults, physical aggression, or psychological torments such as leaving an individual out of a group on purpose or spreading rumors about that person, is known to have adverse effects on short-term psychological and…

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Self-directed work teams at 3-M: implementation and organizational culture

Source (publication name or URL): Quality Digest, http://www.qualitydigest.com/nov95/html/self-dir.html Williams focuses on a real life application of self-managed teams at 3-M, where "employees join together to manage their daily work through self-directed work teams" (Williams, 1995).

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