![]() ![]() ![]() Towards a strong virtue ethics for nursing practice. An empirical study of factors affecting accounting students’ career choice in New Zealand. The application ultimately provides an alternative philosophical perspective through which accounting can be examined and further research into accounting ethics pursued.Īhmed, K., Alam, K. ![]() Secondly, it identifies areas in which MacIntyre’s scheme supports the existing approach to professional accounting ethics as articulated by the various International Federation of Accountants pronouncements as well as areas in which it provides a critique and challenge to this approach. It contributes, firstly, by providing a more accurate and comprehensive application of MacIntyre’s scheme to accounting than that available in the existing literature. 14 and 15 of AV, this paper considers and applies the key concepts of practices, institutions, internal and external goods, the narrative unity of a human life and tradition, and the virtues associated with these concepts. Since After Virtue’ s ( AV’s) publication, this scheme has been applied to a variety of activities and occupations, and has been influential in the development of research in accounting ethics. ![]() Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue presented a reinterpretation of Aristotelian virtue ethics that is contrasted with the emotivism of modern moral discourse, and provides a moral scheme that can enable a rediscovery and reimagination of a more coherent morality. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Unfortunately, you can’t enter the Temple just yet. Once you’re at the island, keep going north and you’ll make it to the steps of the Temple of Time. ![]() Keep in mind that making the leap will lock you into this archipelago, so you’ll want to thoroughly explore and scour for resources before moving on, and maybe grab some apples from the nearby tree for cooking. ![]() Go to the area with the stone gates and dive to the islands below. Head north toward the massive structure, and speak to the Steward Constructs along the way, who provide helpful hints and tutorials. The Temple of Time is impossible to miss. Again, you’ll speak to Rauru, who will point you in the direction of the Temple of Time. You’ll need to make another jump into a large, oval-shaped pool full of lily pads. (Pro tip: If you see his ghost apparition appear, it generally means you’re going in the right direction.) Image: Nintendo EPD/Nintendo via PolygonĪfter following Rauru through a series of linear tunnels, hang right after you’ve taken a pretty deep plunge into a small pool of water and you’ll be outside. Leave the room to trigger another series of cutscenes introducing Rauru, your ghastly guide for this segment of the game. After a series of cutscenes, you, as Link, will awaken in a room full of roots. ![]() ![]() It's at that crucial junction that "Last Train to Memphis" ends and "Careless Love" begins. ![]() According to Guralnick, those two distinct acts were separated by a curtain that fell in 1958, when Presley's beloved mother, Gladys, died, and he went into the Army for two years. ![]() But the more he investigated the parameters of Presley's life, the more apparent it became that the story was best told as a two-act drama in which an initial arc of triumph and invention gives way to musical diminution and social dissolution. Guralnick says he never intended to write two books totaling more than 1,300 pages. ![]() The book delineates the decline and fall of an American icon with musical, social and psychological details that will appeal to both Presley die-hards and doubters. What started for Peter Guralnick as liner notes for the 1987 CD reissue of "The Complete Sun Sessions" has ended 12 years later with the publication of "Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley." The new book, the second volume of Guralnick's massive biography, is a sobering follow-up to his 1994 critically acclaimed "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley." Like its predecessor, "Careless Love" is assiduously researched, meticulously assembled and beautifully written, equal parts Shakespearean tragedy and psychological mystery. ![]() ![]() ![]() But as Nefertiti learns of the precariousness of her reign, she declares that her sister must remain at court and marry for political gain, not love. Her greatest hope is to share her life with the general who has won her heart. She yearns for a quiet existence away from family duty and the intrigues of court. Observant and contemplative, Mutnodjmet has never shared her sisters desire for power. The only person wise enough to recognize the shift in political windsand brave enough to tell the queenis her younger sister, Mutnodjmet. ![]() The love of the commoners will not be enough, however, if the royal couple is not able to conceive an heir, and as Nefertiti turns her attention to producing a son, she fails to see that the powerful priests, along with the military, are plotting against her husbands rule. Her charisma is matched only by her husbands perceived generosity: Amunhotep showers his subjects with lofty promises. It is hoped by all that her strong personality will temper the young Amunhoteps heretical desire to forsake Egypts ancient gods, overthrow the priests of Amun, and introduce a new sun god for all to worship.įrom the moment of her arrival in Thebes, Nefertiti is beloved by the people. Ambitious, charismatic, and beautiful, Nefertiti is destined to marry Amunhotep, an unstable young pharaoh. Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. ![]() ![]() The Cold Cold Ground is a razor-sharp thriller set against the backdrop of a country in chaos, told with style, courage, and dark-as-night wit. ![]() The Cold Cold Ground confirms McKinty as a writer of substance.A crime novel, fast-paced, intricate, and genre to the core. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. 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We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() ![]() Carl’s parents are realistically flawed, and his mix of feelings around their constant fighting ring true as a candid third-person narrative follows the mostly presumed-white characters through Borba’s whimsical, sincere debut. ![]() Together, the four work to save Pittsburgh’s bridges and the food truck’s future. ![]() When confident principal’s son Teddy and vivacious Bee (cued as of Korean descent) team up with shy Carl, forming the Midnight Brigade, they meet Frank, a 25-foot-tall troll with a mysterious past involving bridge protection. While Carl’s ever-arguing parents navigate this decision’s financial fallout, Carl begins to notice that the increasing bridge damage looks to be the work of steel-hungry monsters. Seeking “a new noble profession,” Carl’s dad spontaneously mortgages the family’s home to buy a rusty food truck and a spot of land under a bridge. ![]() Since “few places remain for new bridges to be built,” Carl’s engineer father is stuck repairing them-lately, at a bizarrely high rate. Carl Chesterfield loves his parents, his home of Pittsburgh, and the city’s 400 bridges-which the men on his father’s side have engineered for generations-but his shyness prevents him from speaking up much at home or at school. ![]() ![]() At the end of Season 1, his apprentice Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell) finds herself thrust into the future, and face-to-face with her genetic daughter, Salvor Hardin (Leah Havey), the de facto leader of the First Foundation on the planet Terminus. Several twists and turns in Season 1 revealed there was more to Seldon’s plan than what he said outright. ![]() But, if given enough resources, he could mathematically help future generations reduce the amount of time the new dark ages lasted by several thousand years. Quick recap: In Season 1, Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) predicted a new dark age was coming to the Imperium. ![]() Although the Season 2 trailer for Foundation doesn’t reveal much, we do get a sense that things across the galaxy are unraveling in a way that is much bigger than Season 1. ![]() ![]() ![]() Heavner isn’t exactly mollified when Tempe, aided by retired police detective Skinny Slidell and a host of experts, puts a name to the dead man. Nettled by several errors in Heavner’s analysis, and even more by her willingness to share the gory details at a press conference, Tempe launches her own investigation, which is not so much off the books as against the books. ![]() Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her department’s earlier practice ( The Bone Collection, 2016, etc.), she has no intention of calling in Tempe as a consultant and promptly identifies the faceless body herself as that of a young Asian man. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.Ī week after the night she chases but fails to catch a mysterious trespasser outside her town house, some unknown party texts Tempe four images of a corpse that looks as if it’s been chewed by wild hogs, because it has been. ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s not a morsel of judgment, just the conviction that even hilariously different creatures can find a way to love each other. Other used books of this title have arrived with discard stamps and papers glued to the inside back covers -therefore ruining the conclusion picture at the end of the story which is found on the inside back cover. ![]() ![]() Gordon was invited to Tapir’s party, and of course he said yes.” Drawing with his own sublime blend of wit and intelligence, Meschenmoser warmly evokes the mathematical precision of Gordon’s pantry, the jungle-like chaos of Tapir’s room, and a silent supporting cast of birds, a hippo, and other zoo animals. This author ends this books story on the back inside cover. “From then on they called each other a lot. Tapir’s dirty dishes teeter precariously in the sink Gordon’s fishy garbage “stank to high heaven.” After Gordon moves out, readers may expect that it’s the end of their friendship. Explore Related Books by Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo and K.G. ![]() Following a suspicious trail into the bedroom of his housemate, Tapir, he discovers the room festooned with toilet paper and the rest of the roll piled on Tapir’s head like a turban. Grade PK-5 Genre Realistic Fiction + Show More Details Our Original Resources 3 About the Author 2 Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2 Awards & Distinctions 1 Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their Twitter handles. This odd-couple story from Meschenmoser ( Waiting for Winter) starts as Gordon the penguin, perched on the loo, reaches out and discovers that the toilet paper is gone. ![]() ![]() ![]() that ruins the concept of guardian angels who do just that. I also find it hard to believe that angels land in an area and live undercover to watch humans. If it were another angel I wouldn't have minded. Like he had nothing better to do than go live as a music teacher in a high school. It bothered me that one of the angels was the archangel Gabriel. There should be consequences but there are none. I find it hard to believe that an angel without free will can so easily ignore a mission and do things she shouldn't- like fall in love with a human. ![]() The plot is simple and the characters are a bit shallow. For Audience B: anyone over 16 looking for a Twilight substitue. Not much fowl language - I'd definately give this to my 13 year old neice. It's cute, and it's guarded enough that it touches on subjects like sex but doesn't show any. ![]() This is a lovely story about an angel who falls in love with a boy. For Audience A: older kids and young teens or moms looking for something their kids can read. So I split this into two reviews to be honest about the book. For a someone so young, she pulled it off. There are a few problems with this story that was about it get it rated 3 stars but then I read that the author was 17 years old. ![]() |