Descriptive vs Normative Statements

that the same criteria applies to infants, suicidal teenagers, temporary comatose adults as well as the foetus. In order for the argument to work on all these cases, Boonin creates the analytical distinctions between the occurrent vs dispositional desires and actual vs ideal desires, as presented earlier, to say that it is the property of only “present ideal dispositional conscious desires” that is a morally significant property for personhood. Once the foetus meets the conditions necessary of conscious

Compare and contrast normative and positive accounting approaches: Definition of PAT: Watts and Zimmerman (1986) defined Pat as a theory that seeks to explain and predicts particular phenomenon. It is concerned with explaining accounting practice. The three basic hypotheses as outlined by Watts and Zimmerman (1978) underlying PAT are: 1. Bonus plan hypothesis: The bonus plan hypothesis is that managers of firms with bonus plans are more likely to use accounting methods that increase current period

Deontological moral systems are usually primarily by a focus upon adherence to independent moral rules or duties. In order to make the correct decisions, we just have to know and understand what a moral way to think or act, and what is the right way to act and respect the rules that exist which regulate those duties. When we follow our way of living, then we are behaving morally. When we fail to follow our duty, we are behaving immorally. It is very important to know that in deontological moral

concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice, etc. Major branches of ethics include: Meta-ethics, about the theoretical meaning and reference of moral propositions and how their truth-values (if any) may be determined; Normative ethics, about the practical means of determining a moral course of action;

Explanation, Understanding, and Subjectivity ABSTRACT: Many theorists of explanation from Hempel onward have worked with the explicit or implicit assumption that considerations of the subjective sense of understanding should be kept out of the formulation of a proper theory of explanation. They claim that genuine understanding of an event comes only from being in an appropriate cognitive relation to the true explanation of that event. I argue that considerations of the subjective sense of understanding

representation of the firm’s performance. The perspective taken is that security prices reflect the information content of publicly available information and this information is not restricted to accounting disclosures. a. Efficient Capital Market vs The Accounting Method The prices of security will not react to the release of the accounting results if the market anticipation matches with the accounting information released by the organization. b. The choices of managers under the Efficient Market

Behind every action that a person makes is an underlying question about what that person will get out of it. For this paper, I am going to be using The Fundamentals of Ethics by Russ Shafer-Landau and Psychological Egoism and Hobbes by Hun Chung in order to talk about and give more insight on psychological egoism and ethical egoism. There are many things to know and learn such as what these theories are and how they are different and alike as well as other components supporting each theory. Psychological

in the market 5 The company’s current strategic approach 6 Potential Strategic Developments 6 Financial Statement analysis 7 Profitability 7 Liquidity Ratios 8 Risk/Debt ratios 9 Market ratios 9 Activity ratio 10 Issue analysis and recommendations 11 Future expansion 11 Production of boats for stock 11 Sales offices 12 Accident at work 12 JKL-Time Spent on charitable events 12 Ethical issues vs. Business issues 13 Conclusion 15 Bibliography 16   Introduction Merbatty is a company that specialises

analytic philosophy. Nevertheless, we encounter-even if only in a very few specific publications-a vague image of it. This is due on the one hand to the problem of the intentions of application, i.e., of the normativity of rational reconstruction (descriptive/prescriptive-ambivalence). It is also due on the other hand to the problem of

Chapter 1: Research in the real world Ways that we know what we know and their problems Tradition What we’ve been told, what we’ve been socialized to believe (ex) mom says you need to brush your teeth or else you’ll get cavities pros: you don’t have to do the experiment yourself; very efficient cons: you don’t think abt doing it yourself; we never question it so it becomes mindless of the world; constrained, tunnel-vision Authorities individuals who have the right to direct others (ex) police