Ethos shares a root with the word "ethics." This is helpful to remember because speakers often try to establish their own strong moral character by using ethos. The word "ethos" is also often used to refer to a community or organization's characteristic belief or spirit, as in the senten...
selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors. [1615–25; < Latinanalecta< Greekanálekta,neuter pl. ofanálektos,v. adj. ofanalégeinto gather up =ana-ana- +légeinto gather] an`a•lec′tic,adj. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010...
Types of Intertextuality Intertextuality Examples Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions Why is intertextuality used? Different authors have wildly varying reasons for including instances of intertextuality in their works. Some use intertextuality to situate themselves in a particular literary genre. Others...
The Definition of Ethics Ethics. Most of you are probably familiar with this term‚ but what does it mean? Ethics are the rules we follow to decide what is right‚ and what is wrong. So‚ in this class we’ll be asking ourselves what is ethical in different situations? How do we...
Related to meta-ethics:Applied ethics,Normative ethics,Descriptive ethics n (Philosophy) (functioning as singular) the philosophical study of questions about the nature of ethical judgment as distinct from questions of normative ethics, for example, whether ethical judgments state facts or express attitu...
definition of collaboration in the different frameworks respond to the act of working together to achieve a common goal. Achieving a common goal is not spontaneous and mechanical—it is not a mere assembling of parts—but it is a process that calls for the personal engagements of the actors [...
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basic concept, ‘product differentiation’, was left open. At the same time the instructions made it clear that, from the consumer’s point of view, attention should be paid primarily to the means used by firms to sell identical or very similar products as though they were different products...
The first version of this paper was written to introduce new students and fellows of my laboratory to the mysteries of herpesviruses. Consonant with this design sections dealing with well documented data were trimmed to the bone whereas many obscure phen
In the early stages of an outbreak, the term ‘pandemic’ can be used to communicate about infectious disease risk, particularly by those who wish to encourage a large-scale public health response. However, the term lacks a widely accepted quantitative d