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    Stranger Things is a show that is inspired by science fiction. This series takes place in Indiana around 1983. Will a 12-year old boy who is currently a resident of Indiana suddenly goes missing. Joyce, Will’s mom and Will’s friends: El (Eleven), Dustin, Lucas, and Mike all set out to investigate the disappearance of Will, in hopes to bring Will home. Along the way the clan discovers a series of unusual events all leading up to the discovery of extraterrestrial beings. The following characters are

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    The Nature of Altruism The general theory of altruism is caring about the welfare of others before one’s self, it is an end in itself. Acting altruistically is a necessary development for human evolution as a whole because it gives humans a sense of unity through social connection and an understanding that helping others over oneself will ultimately bring more satisfaction to the group as a whole. Sober and Wilson explain their reasoning for psychological egoism as, all of our ultimate desires

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    The American Counseling Association (ACA) According to the ethical and legal principles of the counseling profession, it is our morally professional responsibility to break confidentiality in order to eliminate the possibilities of chaos, to the best of our ability. The American Counseling Association (ACA) code of ethics explains adherence to confidentiality in a number of instances. In standard A.2.e., Mandated Clients, it describes the requirements for informing mandated clients of the limitations

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    According to the Oxford Dictionary, “Ethical Leadership” is leadership that is directed by respect to embrace the ethical beliefs and values as well as the dignity and rights of others. However, not all leaders are driven by their moral principles given that authoritative people can often be selfish and inconsiderate of the people under their control. In The Island, a film directed by Michael Bay, Dr. Merrick, the founder of Merrick Biotech, is in control of secretly bred clones. Similarly, Kurt

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    indirectly, from doing so. Psychological egoism is a non-normative or descriptive theory in that it only makes claims about how things are and not how they ought to be. The theory is, however, related to several other normative forms of egoism, such as ethical egoism and rational egoism. The following essay seeks to determine the practicality of psychological egoism as a

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    nurses must address the psychosocial challenges and ethical conflicts associated with caring for critically ill patients and their families. More often Nurses are left with dilemmas when it comes to decision making and trying to up holds the ethics of autonomy, who to listen to, the client or the family? Ethically the patient has the right to choose what’s best for self, but is powerlessness when one is brought to hospital in a critical condition. Ethical dilemmas are the main common challenges faced by

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    David Shoemaker provides two theories of egoism in the text--psychological theory and ethical theory. Psychological egoism is the claim that all actions are done solely for the sake of one’s own self-interest. Ethical egoism simply states that all actions ought to be done for the sake of one’s own self interests. Shoemaker elaborates stating ethical egoism is the more attractive theory. According to Shoemaker psychological egoism fails due to the “is/out fallacy.” He states that just because

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    Ethical Leadership Craig and Gustafson (1998) maintain that ethics is a matter that requires significant consideration to those in leading positions. Trevino, Hartman, and Brown (2000) affirmed that individuals with power must be strong morally and prove their strength in management to be considered as ethical leaders to those in their work environment (as cited Brown & Mitchell, 2010). In this article, the reader will be enlightened on (a) two definitions (explanations) for ethical leadership

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    In “Psychological Egoism”, Feinberg responds to argument 4b with examples. In this paper I restate that argument and present how he argues against it. The argument Feinberg tries to refute is that: when one satisfies his desire he would gain pleasure, thus for everyone the real motive of every action is to achieve his own happiness and anything else he is pursuing is just an approach toward his pleasure. At first, he attacks the premise as not rigorously being true since achieving what one wants

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    Atlas Shrugged Analysis

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    Ethical egoism is the doctrine that right actions are those that promote one’s own best interest (Pojman and Vaughn, p. 492, 2012). According to this theory of morality, it claims that all humans are intrinsically selfish. Moreover, the theory one should do what is best for his or her self-interest and no one else. The theory says that no matter the cost and action one ought to pursue his or her self-interest exclusively. In The Virtue of Selfishness and Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand argues that selfishness

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