(See the Introduction to the collection for more background information.) DSS texts are identified by a number and letter combination, indicating the cave from which they were recovered: 1Q indicates the text was found in Qumran cave 1; 4Q means found in Qumran cave 4.
ETHICS IN A NUTSHELL. Ethics: A branch of philosophy that comes from the Greek word ethos (ÎµÎ¸Î¿Ï ) meaning habit or custom. In common English usage, it refers to a code or set of principles by which people live righteously. Ethics are the principles that regulate a just society and prescribe how one ought to behave.
A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment.Such fact-supported theories are not guesses but reliable accounts of the real world. theory can be normative (or prescriptive), meaning a postulation about what ought to be. It provides goals, norms, and standards. A theory can be a body of knowledge, which may or may not be associated with particular explanatory models.