Ethics. are a set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong.

Being ethical means you will do the right thing regardless of whether there are possible consequences—you treat other people well and behave morally for its own sake, not because you are afraid of the possible consequences. Simply put, people do the right thing because it is the right thing to do.

Which statement is true concerning moral principles and self-interests? Morality serves to restrain our purely self-interested desires so that we can all live together. According to divine command theory, if stealing is wrong then it is wrong because: Stealing is wrong only because God commands us not to steal.

Service Corps Of Retired Executives; a nonprofit organization committed to educating entrepreneurs and assisting small businesses to start, develop, and succeed.

SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, is dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals. SCORE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

Because SCORE receives government funding, and thanks to our more than 10,000 dedicated volunteers, we are able to deliver most of our offerings at no cost. Our network of 10,000+ expert volunteers offers business mentoring and workshops at more than 250 SCORE offices across the country.

1 : a record of points made or lost (as in a game) 2 : the number of points earned for correct answers on a test. 3 : a group of 20 things : twenty. 4 : harm done by someone and kept in mind for later response I have a score to settle with you.

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it’s “presumably from the practice, in counting sheep or large herds of cattle, of counting orally from 1 to 20, and making a score or notch on a stick, before proceeding to count the next 20.”

Lincoln’s address starts with “Four score and seven years ago.” A score is equal to 20 years, so he was referencing 87 years ago — 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed.

twoscore – being ten more than thirty. 40, forty, xl.

The root is a Norse word “skor” meaning “incision”, referring to cuts made on a stick so that a tally can be kept. Twenty cuts fills the stick, so the older English term “score” meaning “twenty” comes directly from this. “Four score and seven years ago” is 87 years ago.

A score is twenty years.

Score is also a standard term, and it’s equal to twenty (20). And, the word gross in English is basically used to mean 144.

Twelve dozens are called a ‘gross’. Ten dozens are called a ‘small gross’ and twelve grosses are called a ‘big gross’.

1. an old word meaning ‘sixty’ threescore years and ten (=70 years): He had lived for threescore years and ten. Synonyms and related words.

What’s the origin of the phrase ‘Three score and ten’? Threescore used to be used for sixty, in the way that we still use a dozen for twelve, and (occasionally) score for twenty. The use of threescore as a name for sixty has long since died out but is still remembered in this phrase.

A score is equal to 20 years, so 4 score and 7 years is 87 years. This phrase comes from the Gettysburg Address, a speech given by US President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863.

Etymology. From four + score (“a grouping of 20”) + and + seven + years + ago, literally “87 years ago”, the beginning of the Gettysburg Address made on November 19, 1863, by United States President Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865).

Here, the four score and seven years means eighty-seven years, and it refers to the amount of time that had passed at the time of the speech since our country was founded in 1776.

100 years

: being four times twenty : eighty.

: being three times twenty : sixty.

From the Bible, Psalm 90, verse 10: “The days of our years are three score and ten.”

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address begins with the words, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” A score is another way of saying 20, so Lincoln was referring to 1776, which was 87 …

In the Bible, Jesus himself never promises that a person’s life lasts threescore and ten, or 70 years. However, Psalm 90:10 does make a reference to that period of time, saying, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten.” Since a “score” means 20, “threescore and ten” refers to the number 70.

In verse one of Psalm 90, God is introduced as both a refuge and the Creator. The time of God is also brought into the picture—His time is eternal, “from everlasting to everlasting.”2 In contrast, verse three states that man will be destroyed, giving reference to inevitable death.