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    A Case Against College

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    In the case against college Linda Lee makes a valid argument that its not necessary to acquire a college degree to have a successful career. However< it can also be argued that you need a college degree in order to have a successful career. Both arguments can be true based on different factors such as socio-economic‚ career goals and desire. If you want a professional career‚ like a lawyer‚ Psychologist‚ or doctor‚ then you will definitely need a degree to be taken seriously in those professions

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    SUNSTEIN & VERMEULE 58 STAN. L. REV. 703 1/9/2006 10:51:05 AM IS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT MORALLY REQUIRED? ACTS‚ OMISSIONS‚ AND LIFELIFE TRADEOFFS Cass R. Sunstein* and Adrian Vermeule** Many people believe that the death penalty should be abolished even if‚ as recent evidence seems to suggest‚ it has a significant deterrent effect. But if such an effect can be established‚ capital punishment requires a life-life tradeoff‚ and a serious commitment to the sanctity of human life may well compel‚ rather

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    Violence Against Women

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    fact of being human. These are called “human rights” rather than a privilege (which can be taken away at someone’s whim). They are “rights” because they are things you are allowed to be‚ to do or to have. These rights are there for your protection against people who might want to harm or hurt you. They are also there to help us get along with each other and live in peace. Many people know something about their rights. Generally they know they have the right to food and a safe place to stay. They know

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    Against marital cohabitation: Cohabitation: an intimate sexual union between tow unmarried partners who share the same living quarters for a sustained period of time with or without the presence of children.(the role of cohabitation in remarriage‚ national council on family relation journal). 1.one of the most clearly defined correlates is marital dissolution(Jay techman‚premarital sex‚ cohabitation‚ jstor) 2.50%of marriges preceded by marital cohabitation are ended by divorce.(1) 3.its associated

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    Pollination Against Bees

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    some of these plants grow fruit‚ nuts‚ and vegetables. The pollination process happens when bees transfer pollen from one plant to another so that the plants can make seeds and reproduce. Bee populations are rapidly declining. There are threats against the bee colonies which are causing a decrease in the population‚ including : pesticides‚ habit loss‚ wildfires‚ and monoculture. Some ways to stop the decrease is to make a pesticide that does not harm bees‚ decrease the amount of habitat loss‚ and

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    Stereotypes Against Women

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    apart’ (Kennedy‚ cited in Jones and Wardle‚ 2008: 58) as they are thought to be more threatening to the social structure that is centred on the production and reinforcement of the narrow boundaries surrounding gender. They are continually judged against the ideology of the ‘ideal woman’ which regards nurturing and maternal characteristics as symbiotic of femininity. As children are held to be in need of nurturing and protection (Jewkes‚ 2004: 58)‚ the assigned gender roles of women place them in

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    Theology-Common Good

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    COMMON GOOD The common good is understood as the collection of social conditions that make it possible for each social group and all of their individual members to achieve their potential. It means that each social group must take account of the rights and aspirations of other groups‚ and of the well-being of the whole human family. The rights and duties of individuals and groups must be harmonized under the common good. The common good comprises the sum total of social conditions which allow

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    The Plot Against America

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    Fear is defined as a feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger. This emotion is expressed immensely throughout the novel‚ The Plot Against America. By reading the first paragraph‚ the reader can’t imagine what horrifying events could lead one to have such a fear. "Fear presides over these memories‚ a perpetual fear. Of course no childhood is without its terrors‚ yet I wonder if I would have been a less frightened boy if Lindbergh hadn’t been president or if I

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    PHIL 432 Anscombe on consequentialism Anscombe is against the notion of consequentialism (refers to classical utilitarianism). Consequentialism is the view that there’s no moral difference between the results of an action‚ which was brought intentionally and actions that was foreseen but not intended. In this essay I will establish Anscombe’s notion of post Sedgwickian consequentialism and why she refers to the Ethicist philosophers such as Moore and Ross as consequentialists. For Anscombe‚

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    A Stand Against Wikipedia

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    A STAND AGAINST WIKIPEDIA As Wikipedia has become more and more popular with students‚ some professors have become increasingly concerned about the online‚ reader-produced encyclopedia. While plenty of professors have complained about the lack of accuracy or completeness of entries‚ and some have discouraged or tried to bar students from using it. “As educators‚ we are in the business of reducing the dissemination of misinformation‚” said Don Wyatt‚ chair of the department. “Even though Wikipedia

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