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  2. Principle of least interest - Wikipedia

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    Appearance. The Principle of Least Interest is the idea in sociology that the person or group that has the least amount of interest in continuing a relationship has the most power over it. In the context of relationship dynamics, it suggests towards which party the balance of power tilts. The principle applies to personal, business, and other ...

  3. Willard Waller - Wikipedia

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    Willard Waller. Willard Walter Waller (July 30, 1899 – July 27, 1945) was an American sociologist. Much of his research concerned the sociology of the family, sociology of education and the sociology of the military. His The Sociology of Teaching (1932) was described as an "early classic" in the field of the sociology of education.

  4. A Theory of Justice - Wikipedia

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    A Theory of Justice is a 1971 work of political philosophy and ethics by the philosopher John Rawls (1921–2002) in which the author attempts to provide a moral theory alternative to utilitarianism and that addresses the problem of distributive justice (the socially just distribution of goods in a society). The theory uses an updated form of ...

  5. Occam's razor - Wikipedia

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    For the Australian radio program, see Radio National. In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements. It is also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of ...

  6. Compound interest - Wikipedia

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    The force of interest is less than the annual effective interest rate, but more than the annual effective discount rate. It is the reciprocal of the e -folding time. A way of modeling the force of inflation is with Stoodley's formula: δ t = p + s 1 + r s e s t {\displaystyle \delta _{t}=p+{s \over {1+rse^{st}}}} where p , r and s are estimated.

  7. Maxims of equity - Wikipedia

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    Maxims of equity are legal maxims that serve as a set of general principles or rules which are said to govern the way in which equity operates. They tend to illustrate the qualities of equity, in contrast to the common law, as a more flexible, responsive approach to the needs of the individual, inclined to take into account the parties' conduct and worthiness.

  8. Power (social and political) - Wikipedia

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    The principle of least interest suggests that if a difference exists in the intensity of positive feelings between partners, the partner who feels the most positive is at a power disadvantage. There's an inverse relationship between interest in a relationship and the degree of relational power.

  9. Principle of least privilege - Wikipedia

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    The principle (of least privilege) is widely recognized as an important design consideration towards enhancing and giving a much needed 'Boost' to the protection of data and functionality from faults ( fault tolerance) and malicious behavior . Benefits of the principle include: Intellectual Security. When code is limited in the scope of changes ...