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Within general constraints of not wishing to invest large amounts of money in capital equipment, the companies were not especially concerned about potential negative financial impacts of the changes.
Indeed, wishing well for the other as an end in himself is an essential component of philia or friendship understood broadly, and this sentiment, Aristotle believed, provides the necessary foundation for all virtuous behavior.
Let me report that more than once last week, I was wished a Happy New Year's , though I am sure that my friends were wishing me to be happy for more than one day.
Perhaps Gawande's own prejudices are showing when he simply assumes that the elderly or terminally ill, in wishing to escape from constant pain or degeneration through suicide, are--if not actually addicted or mentally ill--then "obviously" irrational.
Not wishing to be left out, the law school faculty voted unanimously to expand the scope of McKinsey's work to include faculty governance issues.