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  • 31Giri (Japanese) — Nihongo|Giri| is a Japanese value roughly corresponding to duty , obligation , or even burden of obligation in English, but one with a far more pervasive influence on the Japanese world view and culture than its English equivalent. It is defined… …

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  • 32responsibility — I (accountability) noun accountableness, amenability, answerability, bounden duty, boundness, burden, chargeability, commitment, compulsion, culpability, duty, encumbrance, engagement, imperative duty, liability, obligation, obligatoriness,… …

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  • 33Conscience — • The individual, as in him customary rules acquire ethical character by the recognition of distinct principles and ideals, all tending to a final unity or goal, which for the mere evolutionist is left very indeterminate, but for the Christian… …

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  • 34law, philosophy of — Introduction       the formulation of concepts and theories to aid in understanding the nature of law, the sources of its authority, and its role in society. In English speaking countries the term “jurisprudence” is often used synonymously and is …

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  • 35History of Marriage —     History of Marriage     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Marriage     The word marriage may be taken to denote the action, contract, formality, or ceremony by which the conjugal union is formed or the union itself as an enduring condition …

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  • 36gratitude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Thankfulness Nouns gratitude, gratefulness, thankfulness; indebtedness; acknowledgment, recognition, thanksgiving; thanks, praise; paean, Te Deum, worship, grace; thank offering; requital. Verbs be… …

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  • 37Criticism of atheism — Part of a series on Atheism …

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  • 38Confucianism — • An article by Charles F. Aiken. Reviews the key teachings and history of Confucianism, and its relation to Christianity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Confucianism     Confucianism …

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  • 39George Washington: Farewell Address — ▪ Primary Source       Washington s Farewell Address was never delivered by him. It appeared first by his own arrangement in a newspaper at Philadelphia, then the seat of the national government. Designed in part to remove him from consideration… …

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  • 40Gratitude — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Gratitude >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 gratitude gratitude thankfulness feeling of obligation sense of obligation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 acknowledgment acknowledgment recognition thanksgiving thanksgiving giving thanks …

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