just for pride or for the well being of the State. Creon admitted that his decision was faulted “That is true… It troubles me. Oh it is hard to give in! But it is worse to risk everything for stubborn pride‚” (Ode IV 863-865). Creon admits that he is wrong for forbidding Polyneices to be buried. He caused unnecessary harm to Antigone and Polyneices who (as the greeks believed) was suffering in the
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Philosophy 101 12/8/2011 An Argument That Abortion Is Wrong. The purpose of this essay is to set out an argument that abortion is wrong. Some claim that only in “rare” instances‚ such as rape or within a few days of contraception‚ abortion is acceptable. I will agree that there are certain circumstances that abortion is more “acceptable” than other times‚ albeit however few and far between these instances arise. Instances that make abortion more “okay” are rape‚ and once it is discovered that the
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= Voting For the Wrong Reason Natalya Hill Ivy Tech Community College I have to argue the fact that people who vote for the wrong reason‚ are just as at fault as the president of the United States of America. When citizen of the United States of America vote for president because of their own personal beliefs and views‚ they should think twice about voting for those reasons. When a presidential candidate is campaigning to become president and they express their personal views‚ people should
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Capital Punishment is Wrong “ For hundreds of years people have considered capital punishment a deterrence of crime. Seven hundred and five individuals have died since 1976‚ by means of capital punishment; twenty-two of these executions have already occurred this year at Death Penalty Information Center”‚ exclaims Tara Volpe in her article‚ Capital Punishment: Does Death Equal Justice? In another article written by Coretta King‚ the author states that‚ “In recent years‚ an increase of violence
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Bullying in school has been a problem from the days of yore. Many feel that although bullying is tragic‚ it is inevitable and facing up to bullies is a part of growing up. However‚ accepting bullying in any way is wrong‚ as it can be a traumatic experience that leaves long scars on children. According to The National Safe Schools Framework‚ bullying can be defined as repeated verbal and physical harassment in any form which involves misuse of power by a group or any single individual. Physical fights
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“Killing is always wrong” This statement can be seen as very controversial as many people could believe that certain aspects of killing can be justified‚ however there’s a vast majority of the population who would not believe that killing is acceptable in anyway because it is against the law. Killing is also frowned upon by society as at an early stage of primary socialisation children are taught to deal with anger or pain in a nonviolent manner. In a typical movie scene and even in reality
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and some think that stealing is bad. Stealing is wrong because you could get in serious trouble or get hurt and somethings you can get killed or go to jail just for stealing something that doesn’t belong to you. That’s why you shouldn’t steal from one‚ because that is very dangerous to you and the people you did it with or by yourself. The reason why stealing is wrong because you could get hurt for stealing some else stuff that’s not yours. It is wrong to steal because so many dangerous things can happen
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Cheating is Wrong Cheating is wrong in many ways and is unfair to those who to achieve the grade they strive for. Also cheating students pass with the grade but not with the knowledge that the other students do‚ they undermine the value of knowledge. Cheating is also a betrayal of trust between the student teacher relationship‚ after the incident of being caught cheating the student will no longer have the teachers trust. Cheating overall is a bad habit and a disgusting trait in a student that
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1: Go to the website http://www.politics1.com/issues.htm. Pick an issue like affirmative action or immigration and open a variety of interest group websites and their take on one reform effort underway in Congress. In a 3-5 paragraph Word document write a summary of the reform effort. Issue: EUTHENASIA ("Right to Die") Pro-Euthanasia This can be a very touchy subject matter to different individuals. I honestly don’t even know if I would consider myself pro or con to the subject matter. Depending
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Animal Testing Is Wrong All over the world‚ many popular companies are producing our favorite products‚ ranging from cosmetics‚ to food‚ medicine‚ and to cleaning supplies. When you use your favorite products‚ they may pose no threat to you‚ but don’t be fooled‚ your favorite products may have been the cause of death for many helpless and innocent mice‚ rabbits‚ rats‚ primates‚ hamsters‚ (Unknown‚ beaglefreedomproject) guinea pigs‚ fish‚ birds‚ frogs‚ even cats and dogs. Right now‚ thousands
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