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  2. Derek Parfit - Wikipedia

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    Derek Antony Parfit FBA (/ ˈ p ɑːr f ɪ t /; 11 December 1942 – 2 January 2017 [3] [4]) was a British philosopher who specialised in personal identity, rationality, and ethics. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential moral philosophers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

  3. Reasons and Persons - Wikipedia

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    Reasons and Persons is a 1984 book by the philosopher Derek Parfit, in which the author discusses ethics, rationality and personal identity.. It is divided into four parts, dedicated to self-defeating theories, rationality and time, personal identity and responsibility toward future generations.

  4. Women in business - Wikipedia

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    Corporate support for women in business is also on the rise, with small business grants [46] made available to help women in business. [47] [48] Affirmative action has been credited with "bringing a generation of women into business ownership" in the United States, following the 1988 Women's Business Ownership Act and subsequent measures. [49]

  5. Women leaders face 30 types of bias in the workforce ... - AOL

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    The new study surveyed more than 900 women in leadership roles in four industries where women comprise a large share of the workforce — health care, higher education, law and faith-based nonprofits.

  6. Feminine style of management - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, a year-long study conducted by Caliper, a Princeton, New Jersey–based management consulting firm, and Aurora, a London-based organization that advances women, identified a number of characteristics that distinguish women leaders from men when it comes to qualities of leadership: [12] "Women leaders are more assertive and persuasive ...

  7. First lady Jill Biden shines a light on vast funding and ...

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    Business and philanthropic leaders, academic researchers, women's health advocates, investors, and federal agency representatives come together to continue making progress on improving women's health.

  8. On What Matters - Wikipedia

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    The economist Tyler Cowen has expressed admiration for Parfit's style ("Reading him is an unforgettable and illuminating experience") in On What Matters, but argues: . I see the biggest and most central part of the book as a failure, possibly wrong but more worryingly "not even wrong" and simply missing the questions defined by where the frontier – choice theory and not just philosophic ...

  9. 10 States Where Thanksgiving Turkeys Are the Cheapest - AOL

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    10. Indiana (tie) A bird in Indiana will set you back $25.85, just as it would in Kansas. And while these prices are lower than the average, you might be surprised by the how cheap the lowest is.