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  2. John Dalton - Wikipedia

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    John Dalton FRS (/ ˈ d ɔː l t ən /; 5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. [1] He introduced the atomic theory into chemistry. He also researched colour blindness ; as a result, the umbrella term for red-green congenital colour blindness disorders is Daltonism in several languages.

  3. Development ethics - Wikipedia

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    Development ethics is a field of enquiry that reflects on both the ends and the means of economic development.It typically takes a normative stance, asking and answering questions about the nature of ethically desirable development and what ethics means for achieving development, and discusses various ethical dilemmas that the practice of development has led to.

  4. Law of multiple proportions - Wikipedia

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    These compounds are known today as tin(II) oxide (SnO) and tin(IV) oxide (SnO 2). In Dalton's terminology, a "protoxide" is a molecule containing a single oxygen atom, and a "deutoxide" molecule has two. [3] [4] Tin oxides are actually crystals, they don't exist in molecular form. Example 2 — iron oxides: Dalton identified two oxides of iron ...

  5. Dalton's law - Wikipedia

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    Dalton's law (also called Dalton's law of partial pressures) states that in a mixture of non-reacting gases, the total pressure exerted is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the individual gases. [1] This empirical law was observed by John Dalton in 1801 and published in 1802. [2] Dalton's law is related to the ideal gas laws.

  6. Moral development - Wikipedia

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    Moral affect is “emotion related to matters of right and wrong”. Such emotion includes shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride; shame is correlated with the disapproval by one's peers, guilt is correlated with the disapproval of oneself, embarrassment is feeling disgraced while in the public eye, and pride is a feeling generally brought about by a positive opinion of oneself when admired by ...

  7. History of atomic theory - Wikipedia

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    These compounds are known today as tin(II) oxide (SnO) and tin(IV) oxide (SnO 2). [10] [11] In Dalton's terminology, a "protoxide" is a molecule containing a single oxygen atom, and a "deutoxide" molecule has two. The modern equivalents of his terms would be monoxide and dioxide. [12] [13] Example 2 — iron oxides: Dalton identified two oxides ...

  8. Moral absolutism - Wikipedia

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    Moral absolutism is not the same as moral universalism.Universalism holds merely that what is right or wrong is independent of custom or opinion (as opposed to moral relativism), [1] but not necessarily that what is right or wrong is independent of context or consequences (as in absolutism).

  9. Axiological ethics - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy, axiological ethics is concerned with the values by which people uphold ethical standards, and the investigation and development of theories of ethical behaviour. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Axiological ethics investigates and questions what the intellectual bases for a system of values .