OBSERVATIONS AND PROPOSED REBUTTAL TO STEVEN PINKER’S PRESENTATION IN “THE GENDER AND SCIENCE DEBATE BETWEEN PINKER AND SPELKE” Steven Pinker’s presentation on the gender and science debate brings into foray the controversial and the somewhat touchy topic of under representation of women in the field of physical sciences‚ mathematics and engineering concentrating on the elite universities like Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University. In a niftily presented staging of
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The Debate about Censorship Censorship‚ the control of the information and ideas circulated within a society‚ has been a characteristic of dictatorships throughout history. In the 20th Century‚ censorship was achieved through the examination of books‚ plays‚ films‚ television and radio programs‚ news reports‚ and other forms of communication for the purpose of altering or suppressing ideas found to be objectionable or offensive. There have been assorted justifications for censorship‚ with some censors
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Alcohol and Age of consumption Debate Being as young as we are alcohol can affects us in more ways than one. It can affect our behaviour‚ body and emotions‚ and we can see this in our generation of teenagers. So why is our alcohol consumption legalized to age 18? As well as the effect of alcohol on a teen’s body‚ it can affect a community in many ways‚ as they are the people dealing with the commotion of drunken teens. I strongly believe that the legal age for alcohol consumption should be
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Nike: The Sweatshop Debate MGT/448 May 31‚ 2010 Instructor: Adrianne Ford Nike: The Sweatshop Debate The purpose and intent of this paper is to describe the legal‚ cultural‚ and ethical challenges that face the Nike Corporation in their global business ventures. This paper will also touch on the roles of the host government and countries where Nike manufactures their products and the author will summarize the strategic and operational challenges that Nike managers face in globalization of
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The controversy between freewill and determinism has been argued about for years. Freewill is defined as the belief that our behaviour is under our own control and do not act in response to any internal or external factors. Freewill has been found to have four different conditions and to have freewill at least two conditions must be obtained‚ these are; people have a choice on their actions‚ have not been coerced by anything or anyone‚ have full voluntary and deliberate control of what they do. One
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one fit to be the child’s mother. Clearly‚ we must indeed recognize this side of the argument. But to those with that viewpoint‚ that is the end of the argument. They do not see any reason for the issue to be continued further; rather‚ to end the debate and declare anyone who disagrees to lack morals or values. But have those who preach this anti-surrogate moralism ever experienced what it would be like to be those on the other side of this issue? Suppose‚ for a moment‚ that they were the ones who
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The debate on selling Organs Patients on a waiting list for organ transplant live under tremendous emotional stress‚ physical limitations‚ continuous medical care‚ and in some cases‚ under daily medical attention. Family members and close friend are also affected by watching their love one day-after-day live with limitations and medical needs that a simple pill can’t fix. Furthermore‚ the financial medical hardship creates even more unwanted stress. So it’s easy to see why family members would be
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Good evening chairman‚ ladies and gentlemen. The topic for our debate is that we should ban academic streaming in schools. We the negative team believe that this should NOT happen. Before I get into the topic at hand I would just like to rebut some of the opposition’s points: Our first speaker Nevin has already stated the academic benefits of streaming
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Good morning‚ one and all! Today’s debate is quite interesting‚ as we are the victims‚ rather the part of the society who sees it very closely than the rest. Now‚ frankly speaking‚ within each one of us‚ somewhere or the other we feel‚ very strongly feel ‚ that board exams are a curse or rather some dangerous‚ ferocious animals. Truly the very spirit of examination aims at something noble‚ but unfortunately the implementation process is very unrealistic. The present examination systems‚ as I said
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of Christianity are by far the majority‚ about seventy percent of the U.S. population as of 2001‚ other groups still retain considerable numbers of followers (Farrell). Doctrines of many religions‚ Christian doctrines being the most often used in debates‚ clearly classify abortion as immoral‚ a form of murder‚ and not allowed. This fact‚ however‚ does not mean Christian women never undergo abortions. In fact‚ studies show that twenty percent of 2002 U.S. abortions were obtained by Catholic women‚
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