of innocent people. Immediately following those bombings‚ Japan surrendered to the United States. The following essay summarizes the defense of the atomic bomb and its use‚ the arguments against the use of atomic weapons‚ and includes my personal opinion on the subject. As the war with Germany grew closer to the end‚ the United States had their hands full with an increasingly effective war with Japan. The defeat of Japan became
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Philosophy Providing Answers for Questions & Questions for Answers Kristen Riso 5250378 PHIL 1F91 Professor: Dr. Lightbody TA: David Corman Word Count: 1941 The Apology written by Plato’s is an excellent piece of philosophical literature that can teach us many things. Most importantly this fine literature gives us the utmost insight into the philosophy of Socrates’. As well it teaches us the idea of asking questions and probing
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Edmund Gettier challenged the classical analysis of knowledge as justified true belief‚ demonstrating two cases where a true and justified belief is held‚ but not necessarily knowledge - Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? (1963). Showing that justification is insufficient for demarcating mere true beliefs from knowledge as belief and truth can correlate by luck. In what follows‚ section-one will outline the classical analysis of knowledge and Gettier’s challenge to it‚ focusing on Gettier’s first
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Alice Berlin December 18‚ 2013 Social Studies- Period 9 DBQ Introduction Restate Thesis. The Navigation Acts were issued in 1763 soon after The Proclamation of 1763. The Navigation Act required the 13 colonies to only use British ships‚ and any goods the 13 colonies bought had to go through England first to be inspected. This was one of the first acts that really got the patriots into the rebellion mode. Restated Thesis. Taxation without representation was common in the 13 colonies. Colonists
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argue that it is important to study at university. Discuss both these views and give your opinion Nowadays I.T progress provides a new way concerning education : the possibility of online university’s courses‚ which is an advantage for some students‚ who prefer study at home. Whereas attending lectures is more favorable for others. I would try to discuss these two points of views and I would give my opinion. First of all‚ Internet based-courses allow a considerable flexibility because the students
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Maia Johnson AP Language & Composition‚ Period 4 Mr. Bangs April 30th‚ 2014 Corn-Pone Opinions Outline I. Title and Author a. Corn-Pone Opinions b. By Mark Twain II. Speaker a. Famous Novelist‚ Reporter‚ and Editor b. Social Critic III. Audience a. College kids b. Labor Union Leaders c. Managers and Executives d. All of Society IV. Subjects a. Trends and fads b. Social conventions c. Herd Mentality d. Independent thought II. V. Context a. In this time period public education
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Was the dropping of the atomic bombs justified? I have carefully selected six different sources which are either for or against the USA dropping the bombs on Japan. I have tried to find ones which support or oppose the dropping for their own separate reason. Source 4 is against the dropping of the bomb. It is an eye-witness account from a five year old girl; I think this is a reliable source because a five year old girl has no reason to lie about the events. It is sad because a girl of that age
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lMy Opinion about Cultural Imperialism First‚ I would like to tell you‚ the meaning of cultural imperialism. Based on www.wikipedia.com‚ Cultural imperialism is the practice of promoting‚ distinguishing‚ separating‚ or artificially injecting the culture or language of one culture into another. In a simple way‚ cultural imperialism refers to the forced acculturation of a subject population created by someone’s free will. Cultural imperialism can bring both negative and positive impact to cultural
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Global Warming: Fact or Opinion? If you were to leave your front door open in the winter time‚ would you heat up the outdoors? Or perhaps someone told you that a cow ’s fart increases the annual temperature. It is just as ridiculous to say that humans cause global warming by releasing carbon dioxide into the air‚ puncturing the atmosphere and allowing solar flares burn our earth. However‚ while no drastic changes in the climate have happened to be of concern‚ media wants the gullible masses to
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best intentions. It is my opinion that even though there were some mistakes made in the determination to invade Iraq‚ it was a just decision on both a security and a moral basis. This paper will briefly look at the background behind the start of the war with Iraq and then examine the rationale of both the pro and con side of this determination. In the following arguments‚ this paper will concentrate not on security issues as much as whether the war was morally justified. On January 17‚ 1991 the
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