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    “What’s wrong with saying YOLO?” My real concern is due to the inane interpretation of this commonly used catchphrase. I understand that it can be a ‘cool’ and alluring term where one can spit out to conform to the majority. Unfortunately‚ most people have a perverted and distorted notion of YOLO. Due to its simplicity‚ the “YOLOers” think that this term can be used as a simple excuse –I’m doing this because I want to live my life –to their thoughtless action. Moreover‚ it is used so often that it

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    Why Surrogacy Is Wrong

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    surrogacy has had conflicting views and it seems to be highly debated even in our present day. In Catholic societies‚ surrogacy is immensely opposed. In an article written by Charles Camosy‚ he goes on to state that “the Church wants to push back against our culture’s understanding that children can be created with technology and distributed via a market. Children are to come as a gift from God via a sexual relationship —

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    Student and Youth Perspectives on Politics Gary Taylor and Liam Mellor Since the 1960s‚ students have had a reputation for being political. Student politics of that era challenged the old order and cast doubt upon the cold-war mentality dominant in mainstream political circles. Student radicals in Europe and in the United States were at the forefront of the peace movement and were generally regarded as left-of-centre on the conventional political spectrum. In Eastern Europe likewise‚

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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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    increasing wages are not increasing so therefore the american dream is harder to achieve than it was in 1800s. The american dream is opportunity but it also comes with a price‚ sometimes it is too expensive. In the quote‚ “Something is wrong‚ very wrong‚ when a single person in good health‚ a person who in addition possesses a working car‚ can barely support herself by the sweat of her brow. You don’t need a degree in economics to see that wages are too low and rents too high.” stated in the

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    This particular aphorism stuck out to me while reading the article because it is reflective of my life. Aphorism number three hundred and sixty is‚ “When good friends praise a talented man’s nature‚ he often appears pleased about it out of politeness and good will‚ but in truth it is a matter of indifference to him. His real nature is quite sluggish about it‚ and cannot be dragged one step out of the sun or shade in which it lies; but men want to give

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    Why Is Bullying Wrong

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    Bully Bully Most individuals understand that bullying is wrong. Calling someone names has no valuable purpose. Furthermore‚ beating somebody makes a bully feel virtuous in the moment while inflicting pain to the individual being abused. Though‚ now with technology people have even more chances and time to bully through social media. Cyberbullying has consequently driven to an escalation in an entirely new kind of victimization. This consist of sending crude images‚ posting false website‚ or messaging

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    Why Is Antigone Wrong

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    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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    killing is always wrong

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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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    Why Is Stealing Wrong

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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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