Piracy‚ is it morally wrong‚ or right? Through our recent history there have been a rise in the peer-to-peer sharing programs and the availability of many types of media on the internet being available and free. In order to understand and gain knowledge on this issue‚ we can apply some universal moral theories which include the Kantian‚ Utilitarian‚ and Rights ethics. With how technology has advanced‚ the internet has become easier to get access to. Most of these users participate in file-sharing
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people is so great. Slavery was and is wrong because the damage never truly dies‚ it truly never goes away.
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Dipsy Trejo Dr. Yvette de la Vega Florida National University Should Parents be Held Responsible for the Crimes of Their Children? A crime is an act committed that goes against all laws and policies. A person who commits a crime is subject to legal punishment. This is a fact that is known globally by all individuals; both children and adults and yet the percentage of crimes committed per year continue to rise. When it comes to children specifically‚ the number of crimes committed annually is exceedingly
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Hailey Simpson Government Paper African Americans Are the Most Widely Disadvantaged Race in the United States Did you know that there are twice the number of bathrooms as necessary in the Pentagon? The famous government building was constructed in the 1940s‚ when segregation laws required that separate bathrooms be installed for people of African descent. This building isn’t the only American icon that goes back to this embarrassing and hurtful time in our history. Across the United States
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and should be punished and dealt with in an appropriate manner. Murder itself is wrong because one person is taking away someone’s life and Murder is one of the most vindictive crimes in the world and can leave a big affect on many people. In the bible one of the ten commandments is thou shalt not kill‚ so when someone takes another person’s life they are breaking that commandment. The only time a person should be held accountable for a murder in a indirect sense is when the person is committing a
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Gambling --Is it Right or Wrong Gambling has been around forever‚ and I am sure it has always been a controversial issue. History and ethnography show us that‚ across societies of the past and present‚ gambling varies considerably with respect to its organization‚ social meanings‚ and how it is regarded in moral terms. (Binde‚2005). Since the time when the guards for Jesus cast lots for his clothes‚ when Las Vegas was built and now today with the availability
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The documentary film on Wal-Mart examines everything wrong with Wal-Mart that we do not see as consumers. I initially thought it would be good for a small town to get a large company like Wal-Mart to move in‚ but I now realize how wrong that thinking was. First we learn how Wal-Mart basically destroys the economy of a small town‚ putting everyone out of business‚ as they cannot compete. Family owned businesses that have been around for generations‚ a reflection of the American lifestyle and dream
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God determines what is right and wrong‚ and interpreting text from the Bible to make slavery not seem bad is wrong. Pro-slavery Southerner’s used everything they could to make slavery something that wasn’t frowned upon. Several Christian church fathers forbid slavery under their control and used their resources to free them. In my view‚ many preachers and leaders in the south took scripture out‚ context to justify their view of slavery. If I knew what I know now I would have stood
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good morning/ evening/ afternoon to all of you. The topic of our debate is : should parents be held responsible for their children misbehaviour? I’ll first start by defining juvenile crime‚ it the habitual committing of criminal acts or offences by a young person‚ especially one below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible. I am now going to discuss the points why parents should be held responsible for their children misbehaviour. First‚ the children’s behaviour is the direct result
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prostitution and one should think about them when making the decision to become a prostitute. Prostitution in itself is both morally and ethically wrong and there are many moral beliefs that can back this up. Regardless prostitution is ethically wrong because it is just the degrading of one’s body by offering it as a sexual service to others. In a Utilitarian point of view‚ prostitution can be either really morally right or not at all. A man pays for a service from a woman and both are happy. A Utilitarian
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