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    Critically assess the view that the word “good” has no real meaning (35 marks) Meta ethics looks at ethical language and helps us to identify whether the word good is meaningful. Analytical statements are sentences that are true because of the relationship between the subject and the predicate. Analytical statements are usually self-explanatory, e.g. all carnivores eat meat; we know what a carnivore eats which is meat, the subject is the carnivore and the predicate here is the meat. Analytical statements

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    Introduction This paper will attempt to compare two systematic review articles on the topic of restraints and seclusion (S&R) and its implications within the child adolescent population and developmentally impaired persons. The articles should present evidence to address claims on reduction while the results of the studies provide evidence on rationales to these practices. Aggressive behaviors by both of these populations in inpatient psychiatric facilities at some point become a safety issue

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    Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences Department of Occupational Science and Therapy Paper Name: Evidence & Practice Paper Code: 537333 Assignment Title: Family- Centered Play-Based Interventions of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Student ID: 1383124 Word count: 2748 Declaration - This assessment has been written by me and represents my own work. - This work has not previously been submitted by myself or anyone else. - All sourced information has been appropriately acknowledged

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    comes to actually doing them. Now if this person exist then this negates all of expressivist teaching, because to an amoralists, emotions are not a factor in the reason why they believe things are right. If Error Theory is correct ethics is in a lot of trouble. Ethics is the knowledge of moral principles, and if error theory is correct this knowledge is nonexistent and now false. The Knowledge that has been obtained is now just said to be emotional ties and nothing more. So if expressivist are right

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    Philosophy is one of the most interesting subjects. Many people assume and confuse it with psychology. Philosophy is completely different from psychology. Psychology is how a person feels about a topic, while philosophy is how you ought to feel about the topic. The purpose of philosophy is to understand an argument, not emotional, but logically. Only by truly understanding an argument, one can improve his/her thinking. Within philosophy, there are many ethical theories. Such theories include: the

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    Some find this view appealing because it assures objectivity to ethics (thus avoiding Ethical Relativism, Ethical Emotivism, and Ethical Subjectivism). This gives ethics a stability, clarity, and universality that many find attractive. This theory sufficiently gives a clear moral direction and an adequate sense of duty. The bible clearly states that human life was originally created in the womb, so why do those precious babies not have rights to their own life? Are they or are they not God’s creation

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    successful. My findings changed the way I look at ethics. When I began this project, I wanted to talk about ethical realtivism, which is a branch of absolute morality, however I quickly found that it could be disputed very quickly, and that many examples that I found seemed to go father than a simple misconception about what an absolute moral is. i then discovered anti-realism, and I found that this fit in better with my project and also changed my opinion on ethics. At first I liked the ethical relativism

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    A Meta analysis on the association between Long term exposure to urban air pollution and the risks of Myocardial infarction and Coronary heart disease. Definition of Meta analysis A meta-analysis is a type of research study in which the researcher compiles numerous previously published studies on a particular research question and re-analyzes the results to find the general trend for results across the studies, Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault, (2010). Introduction Robert D. Brook et al. (2004)

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    ABSTRACT This experiments looks at the relationship between repetition and the belief in Extrasensory Perception (ESP). People who believe in ESP are referred to as ‘sheep’ and those who do not are referred to as ‘goats’. This is the sheep-goat effect. The sheep are more likely to avoid giving repetitions than the goats that have a low belief in ESP. A total of one hundred and eighty five participants took part in this study by imagining that they had a dice that they had to roll. They had to provide

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    PICO question: How does the use of incentive spirometers compare to the use of deep breathing exercises in the prevention of pulmonary complications in post-operative, hospitalized patients? Background and Rationale: Currently, postoperative pulmonary complications “account for about 25% of deaths occurring within 6 days of surgery,” (Yoder, M 2015). Post-operative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are of major concern due to the increased length of hospital stays and high rates of occurrence and

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