Philosophy

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Can Computers think and understand? Some have thought that if a computer can pass the Turing test, then it has thoughts and can understand language. What is the Turning test? And is passing the Turing test sufficient for showing that a computer can think?  Explain and discuss the Mayan room argument, and discuss its relation […]

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Philosophy

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Can Computers think and understand? Some have thought that if a computer can pass the Turing test, then it has thoughts and can understand language. What is the Turning test? And is passing the Turing test sufficient for showing that a computer can think?  Explain and discuss the Mayan room argument, and discuss its relation […]

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brain structure & functions

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1). How might you feel with two separate brain hemispheres, both of which controlled your thoughts and actions but one of which dominated your consciousness and speech? How might that affect your sense of self, as one indivisible person? Provide a personal example of a way of thinking/action that is hemisphere-dominant (something that you think/do […]

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Albert Camus: life is ultimately meaningless and any attempt to find or give meaning to life must fail. Once we recognize this futility, we are freed from the anxiety or stress of searching for meaning. Despite the fact that human life has no meaning (nor

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Albert Camus: life is ultimately meaningless and any attempt to find or give meaning to life must fail. Once we recognize this futility, we are freed from the anxiety or stress of searching for meaning. Despite the fact that human life has no meaning (nor even, perhaps, value), we should still live intensely moral lives […]

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Albert Camus: life is ultimately meaningless and any attempt to find or give meaning to life must fail. Once we recognize this futility, we are freed from the anxiety or stress of searching for meaning. Despite the fact that human life has no meaning (nor

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Albert Camus: life is ultimately meaningless and any attempt to find or give meaning to life must fail. Once we recognize this futility, we are freed from the anxiety or stress of searching for meaning. Despite the fact that human life has no meaning (nor even, perhaps, value), we should still live intensely moral lives […]

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unit 4 assignment 1

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Ethics case 1: Carillion Bankruptcy: A Nightmare That Challenged the Foundations of the U.K. Accounting Profession Read the ethics case Carillion Bankruptcy at the end of Chapter 6 of your text and answer the following questions: What are the responsibilities of auditors to management, to the board, and to the public up to the following […]

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unit 4 assignment 1

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Ethics case 1: Carillion Bankruptcy: A Nightmare That Challenged the Foundations of the U.K. Accounting Profession Read the ethics case Carillion Bankruptcy at the end of Chapter 6 of your text and answer the following questions: What are the responsibilities of auditors to management, to the board, and to the public up to the following […]

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unit 6 Discussion

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Global Ethical StandardsIn recent years, there has been an effort to develop a common set of accounting standards for nations and firms doing business around the world. This has increased the motivation, or need, to establish a global set of ethical standards, as well. For this week’s discussion, you are required to respond to one […]

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unit 6 Discussion

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Global Ethical StandardsIn recent years, there has been an effort to develop a common set of accounting standards for nations and firms doing business around the world. This has increased the motivation, or need, to establish a global set of ethical standards, as well. For this week’s discussion, you are required to respond to one […]

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unit 5 assignment

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Read the ethics case listed below and answer the questions associated with it. Then, think critically and answer the additional questions posed that relate to doing business internationally and the potential conflicts between domestic and foreign cultures. Ethics case 1: Rio Tintos Bribes in China Read the ethics case Rio Tintos Bribes in China at […]

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