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Utilitarian and Kantian ethics in academic course assignment decisions

Utilitarianism applies to the utility of the end result. There are, at least, two models that are similar in content: Mill and Benthams's Principle of Utility.

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Gender equality and promotion opportunities at Walmart

division have a procedure, process or practice specifically designed to encourage female members to participate in the promotional process?

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Group dynamics and decision-making in college team experiences

According to Robert Harris, (2009) decision making is the process or the study of identifying and choosing the best alternatives and best fits the goals, values and the desired outcome.

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Colonel Oscar Koch's intelligence analysis during World War II operations

What were some of the issues regarding the enemy situation that Koch had to face in various operations during World war Two?

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Sexual orientation identity development and social acceptance

Anderson, M.Z., Croteau, J.M., Chung, Y.B., & DiStefano, T.M. (2001). Developing an assessment of sexual identity management for lesbian and gay workers. Journal of Career Assessment, 9(1), 243 -- 260.

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Cultural relativism and the definition of abnormal behavior

Human culture varies tremendously from society to society and establishes what behaviors are considered normal within each given community (Henslin, 2008 p. 130).

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Mental illness and incarceration in the U.S. penal system

It may sound unbelievable, but on any given day, scholars estimate that almost 70,000 inmates in U.S. prisons are psychotic; and up to 300,000 suffer from mental disorders like depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders. In fact, the U.S.

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Congressional authorization and the war on terrorism post-9/11

Bradley, Curtis A. And Jack L. Goldsmith "Congressional Authorization and the War on Terrorism," Harvard Law Review 118.2047 (2004): 2047-2133.

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Galileo's challenge to authority in the advancement of science

"In question of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual" (GALILEO).

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Science can help us distinguish between right and wrong

Many people argue that moral concepts allowing us to distinguish between right and wrong come from religion, humanities, philosophy, law, and ethics -- but not science. Science, they argue, does not deal with morality because it does not make any value judgment.

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