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    St. John Baptist de La Salle +JMJ+ Saint de La Salle was born in Reims, France on April 30, 1651. De La Salle’s parents are Louis de La Salle and Nicolle de Moet de Brovillet. He is the oldest of seven children, four brothers and two sisters. His full name is Jean Baptiste de La Salle. He was named after John the Baptist. When he was a child, he decided to become a priest. At age eleven, De La Salle received the tonsure. And at age fifteen, he became a canon of the Cathedral Chapter in Reims. On July 10, 1669, he took the degree of Master of Arts. At age twenty, his parents died. De La Salle decided to return home and educate his brothers and sisters. He completed his studies and was ordained into the priesthood on April 9, 1678. Two years later, he received the Doctorate of Theology. In the 17th century, education was mostly for the rich and wealthy. The lack of education for the poor concerned De La Salle. He helped the Sisters of the Child Jesus, home for sick and poor girls. Then de La Salle came into contact with wealthy people, urging him to build a similar orphanage for boys. He met a lay teacher, Arien Nigel, and doors opened to homes and schools alike. Another institution was set up in the diocese because John was so successful. He devoted his life and energy to the cause of the education of the poor. But he needed a lot of teachers to teach in the schools, so he invited them into his own house. But his brothers objected, so De La Salle moved to more…

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    Fairness: Failed Principles The battle to achieve a sense of fairness and equality has been relevant amongst humans since the beginning of time. Advocates who effortlessly argue the need for an equal socioeconomic system recognize that little to no change has been made throughout time. Philosopher John Rawls’s principles of fairness and equality state that everyone has a right to basic liberties and the greatest social and economic privileges are granted only if the greatest social and economic…

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    Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Jeremy Bentham puts forward his principle of ethics. Bentham Believes that mankind is governed by pain and pleasure and views his principle of utility as the superior moral principle and puts forward alternatives to his principle, one that is opposed to utility for the sake of being opposed to utility and another which is opposed for another reason, in Bentham’s view inferior to the principle of utility never the less Bentham manages to…

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    responsible for criminal actions or not. There are four principles of freedom and determinism: The principle of universal causation (PUC) Every event has a cause The Freewill Thesis (FWT) Sometimes people act freely The Principle of Availability and Freedom (PAF) If a person acts freely, then he or she could have done something other than what he or she in fact did The Auxiliary Principle (Aux. P) If every event has a cause, then no one could have done anything other than what he or she in fact…

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    Relevant Ethical Principles Numerous ethical principles, such as religious injunctions, personal virtue, and distributive justice prove that keeping our manager will positively affect our reputation, productivity, and overall bottom line of sales for SkyHawks. The ethical philosophy that our team at SkyHawks believes in is what should manage and guide our employees. This can affect their morale and loyalty, along with our customers in the community. We are dedicated to conducting our business…

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    ethics refers to interdisciplinary field of study and practice that seeks to specifically comprehend the values of undergirding decisions and actions in the healthcare. Health research and policy aim to grant guidance for action when these values conflict. Runzhemer J.MD and Larsen L.J 2011, argues that medical ethics are the guidelines and behaviors that medical professionals with moral integrity exhibit. Ethics is therefore concerned with values underlying decisions and actions whose values…

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    of a liberal egalitarian. Similar, yes. Moreover, liberal egalitarianism is more encouraging, if you will. Why? Fairness. Rawls provides a theory called justice as fairness. Within this theory, he presents two principles of justice. Principles in which, human beings can refer to when decisions are to be made, for instance, decisions on the constitution, laws, so on and so forth. The first principle can be sought of as the principle of rights, equal basic liberties. “Each person has the same…

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    people expect to be treated justly and with fairness. There are many principles that are found within the principle of distributive justice. One of those principles, it the principle of equality. In this case all benefits of healthcare are to be distributed equally among individuals. It can be argued that distributing healthcare equally among individuals will benefit everyone, but in the case above, does the basic healthcare policy benefit the patient? In addition, there is the principle of…

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    might also hurt my performance in the medical field. The SFE is testing to see if the students have learned what they need to have a job in this profession. I would rather pass on my own and be successful in the medical field than cheat and be subpar. If I am unable to pass the test I can keep studying and trying until I succeed or change my career path to better fit my person. The only issue I find in following through on handing the exam in, like deontology says we should do, is because it…

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    single principle. Kant principle being the categorical Imperative in three formulas closely related to the golden rule, states that one should always act in accordance with the outcome that has the best outcome, Mil is utility. Mill argues that human principle of morality is that one can will to be a universal law of nature, Mill principle proposes the consideration of the case of kind actions for all human and creatures. Mill makes it known that individuals desire pleasure an Kant believes…

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