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  • 71Trust (social sciences) — Trust is a relationship of reliance. A trusted party is presumed to seek to fulfill policies, ethical codes, law and their previous promises.Trust does not need to involve belief in the good character, vices, or morals of the other party. Persons …

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  • 72Michael Benjamin Bonheur — Infobox Politician name = Michael Benjamin caption = Michael Benjamin at a 2004 Support the Troops Rally in New York City s Times Square. birth date = November 1 1969 birth place = New York City, New York residence = New York City, New York death …

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  • 73Kareem Irfan — became Chairman of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC) in January 2001 and currently holds the position as of December 2007. The CIOGC is a broad based federation that serves over 400,000 Muslim Americans. Prior to… …

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  • 74Hume: moral and political philosophy — Rosalind Hursthouse INTRODUCTION Hume’s moral and political philosophy, like his epistemology and meta physics, originally appeared in A Treatise of Human Nature, (henceforth [7.1]), Book III of which, ‘Of Morals’, was published in 1740. He… …

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  • 75Utilitarians (The early) — The early utilitarians Bentham and James Mill G.L.Williams Jeremy Bentham was born in 1748 in London; his prosperous father, a lawyer who became wealthy from property rather than the law, planned out for his son a brilliant legal career. After an …

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  • 76philanthropy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. altruism, humanity, humanitarianism; benevolence; generosity, liberality. See unselfishness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. benevolence, humanitarianism, beneficence; see generosity 1 , patronage 1 . III… …

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  • 77charity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Kindness] Syn. benevolence, magnanimity, compassion; see kindness 1 , mercy 1 , tolerance 1 . 2. [An organization to aid the needy] Syn. charitable institution, philanthropy, foundation, fund, welfare organization,… …

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  • 78charity — 1 *mercy, clemency, grace, lenity Analogous words: love, affection, *attachment: benevolence, humaneness, altruism (see corresponding adjectives at CHARITABLE): benignity, benignancy, kindness, kindliness (see corresponding adjectives at KIND):… …

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  • 79Confucianism — The Dacheng Hall, the main hall of the Temple of Confucius in Qufu …

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  • 80Natural law — For other uses, see Natural law (disambiguation). Natural law, or the law of nature (Latin: lex naturalis), is any system of law which is purportedly determined by nature, and thus universal.[1] Classically, natural law refers to the use of… …

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