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Utilitarianism is a consequentialist ethical theory which argues for fundemental commintments to maximising happiness for the greatest amount. As a consequentialist theory only the outcomes of the action ...

If osmosis is the movement of water across a partially permeable membrane, then chemiosmosis is the same, but for chemicals. Let's consider the mitochondria, which has a double membrane envelope, and let'...

The tax increases costs of production, moving the supply curve to the left by the amount of tax. There has been a fall in the equilibrium quantity and a higher price paid by consumers. The burden of tax o...

The housing market is not a perfectly competitive market as it fails to fulfil the necessary characteristics of a perfectly competitive market.
Firstly, in a perfectly competitive market, all the pr...

Protein digestion begins in the stomach by the secretion of gastric juice, a combination of Hydrochloric acid and the enzyme Pepsin. Food then passes into the duodenum, or small intestine, where pepsin wo...