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    story "Shame"‚ Dick Gregory relates an early lesson learned in school in the nature of hatred and shame. His fantasies of an ideal home life and future are publicly dash and ridiculed. His anger at this expense prevents him from helping another human being‚ the story’s most valuable lesson. Poverty brings Richard‚ the actor in "shame"‚ a lot of troubles‚ including the lack of clothes‚ food‚ and bad living conditions. Firstly‚ poor Richard had a set of clothes only. In the article‚ the author mentioned

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    Critique of “What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You?” by Peter Singer “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood”. This extract represents the first article of the declaration of human rights which states that people from all over the world should gain the same benefits of life and struggle hand in hand to reduce imbalances and disparity between them. However

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    No. Books Authors 01 My experiments with Truth Mahatma M.K.Gandhi 02 Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 03 Geetanjali Rabindra Nath Tagore 04 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch Alexander Solzhenitsyn 05 The Merchant of venice William shakespeare 06 The Moon and Six pense Somerset Maughan 07 Pilgrim’s Progress from this world to that which is to come John Bunyan 08 A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens 09 Utopia Sir Thomas Moor 10 Origin of species charles Darwin

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    those suffering from famine:‚ I will discuss the three premises and the conclusion of this argument. I will explain why I either support or chose not to support this argument in my conclusion Singer is a Utilitarian a who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility‚ so Singer believes that everything and everyone has to be morally useful. Singer’s argument is simple. He has three premises that are the basis of his argument the first‚ that starvation and the suffering and

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    Synthesis Tom Regan‚ Carl Cohen‚ Peter Singer Animal rights are one of the most controversial issues today. There has been endless debate about whether or not animals have rights. Philosophers attempt to come up with the moral conclusions by taking in account the many different standpoints and presenting their related arguments. In his essay “The case of animal rights”‚ Tom Regan‚ a professor of philosophy at North Carolina State University‚ defends his view that the center of our moral concern

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    HONOUR AND SHAME IN THE MED. By the end of the 1950s a group of anthropologists‚ led by J. G. Peristiany‚ started a discussion about the existence of the Mediterranean as a territory characterized by some common features that assured its cultural homogeneity. One of the main publications that contributed to found the anthropology of the Mediterranean was the anthology Honour and Shame: The Values of Mediterranean Society edited by Peristiany (1966). Even if Peristiany and Pitt-Rivers have claimed

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    especially difficult to maintain when modern principles that conflict with their beliefs are taught on a much larger scale. In “The Son From America” by Isaac Singer‚ this struggle is shown to still be present when there is a conflict between religious beliefs and modern-day beliefs. In the Jewish culture there

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    Rhetorical Essay: Shame is Worth a Try Dan M. Kahan’s “Shame is Worth a Try” was first published in the Boston Globe on August 5‚ 2001. In this essay‚ Kahan contends that the use of “shame” as a penalty of low level crimes is not only effective‚ but is an economical and humane alternative to imprisonment. It ’s difficult to ascertain who Kahan’s intended audience is. However‚ because he uses examples of shame being used as an alternative sanction around the country; “Drive drunk in

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    The Rise of Industry In America By the 1900’s the United States had emerged as the leading industrial power in the world‚ with a manufacturing output that exceeded Great Britain‚ France‚ and Germany. There were many factors that helped to accomplish the rise of America. Those factors include natural resources‚ immigration‚ new inventions etc. On May 1862‚ the Homestead Act let any American‚ including freed slaves‚ to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of land. In exchange‚ homesteaders paid

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    must ask‚ however‚ is: “was America ever great?” To answer this question we must determine what greatness means. According to Merriam-Webster‚ the definition of greatness is “remarkable in degree‚ magnitude‚ or effectiveness.” If we can say that America was great at its founding in 1789‚ and we can also say that it was great in 1950‚ then how must we change our definition of greatness in order to account for the difference between the country at these two times? America was great at both of these

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