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    Interest groups generate a great deal of controversy. Some people blame interest groups for many of the problems in America. Other people see interest groups as a vital component of the American democratic system. Pluralism consists of various interest groups working against each other, balancing one another out so that the common good is achieved. President James Madison first put forth this idea in an essay called Federalist Paper No. 10(1787), which urged New Yorkers to ratify the Constitution

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    Assignment One: Closing The Deal Student Name: Christopher Wells Student ID: 10122074 Word Count: xxxx Jean McGuire works as a sales representative for Sunrise Land Developers selling land to potential customers (hot prospects). Jean’s role as a land salesperson is to help the prospect make a decision to buy the property. When she is told by the Sales Director Wright Boazman to use a variety of effective “deal-closing techniques”, Jean realises such techniques are nothing

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    good for a person (p. 5). I cannot agree with you more that the court did not uphold its duty to Nancy Cruzan. This ruling of the court was clearly based in teleological theory, or considering a decision based on the consequences that would result (Summers, 2014). However, what I find quite intriguing about this case, is that there are a few ethical theories that continue to show that the court was in error. Virtue ethics would look at the potential of the individual, or how that person may life

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    equal interests should be considered equally. Singer makes three claims about equality to support his position; equality is based on equal consideration, speciesism is unjustified, and the ability to feel pain makes one worthy of moral consideration. He believes equal interests deserve equal treatment, and guidelines for having interests concern sentience; the ability to experience suffering. Comparing to the ideas of Mill, both are utilitarians and have a similar ideology around interests and moral

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    include personal conflicts of interest by Board Members, Officers, and Directors, questionable investments, improper use of funds raised (especially for personal inurement), expensive and inefficient fundraising practices, failure to meet legal requirements and similar offenses. The Board Members, Officers and Directors of Sinai Free Synagogue (hereinafter, the "Corporation") have adopted the following policy designed to avoid any possible conflict between the personal interests of Board Members, Officers

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    worried about the amount of pain and suffering it could cause and disregards being a just person. This is a weakness because it requires one to assume what is in someone else’s best interest and that they will indeed be happy if a certain action is completed. An example of this would be if an act utilitarian were to lie in order to maintain someone else’s happiness. Sure, at the time of the lie that person may be happy but if he were to find out you lied he would become upset and that would cause

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    Before answering the question, it would be vital to distinguish the difference between legal ethics and general ethical behaviour. Legal ethics can be defined as special responsibilities that lawyers recognised in which they should adapt to “higher” ethical standards than laypersons whereas general ethical behaviour can de described as rules of conduct that demonstrates how our society are expected to behave and act as guiding principles behind creation of laws. The question of whether a behaviour

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    Constitution encompasses a due process liberty interest in controlling the time and manner of one’s death”, therefore the state’s assisted suicide ban was unconstitutional. In 1997 the case went before the United States Supreme Court. After review, the United States Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendments forbids the government to infringe on fundamental liberty interests unless the infringement was tailored to serve a compelling interest to the

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    The author and I share the same perspective on how a person can live a good life without focusing all of their energies and efforts into helping others while remaining thoughtful and impartial their entire life. Someone without hobbies or without personal ambitions is certainly missing out on an important part of life and while it can make a person happy to be able to help others, it also is important to find ways to make yourself more well rounded

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    depends on how much fund raises in the campaign, how much does it cost to have a candidate vote and significantly how many votes they get in the ratio of spending money. It not only depends on the fund but also depends on person who stands on election, if he or she is well known person who is likes by the mass of people then the chances of

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