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    Is Cloning Morally Wrong

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    cloning is against God’s will. Some people believe that cloning animals is acceptable; however‚ cloning humans is against their morals. Cloning animals and humans should not be allowed‚ because it is morally wrong‚ fatal to the health of animals and humans‚ and the majority of society believes cloning is bad. Cloning humans and animals is morally wrong. The American Anti-Vivisection Society has studied cloning and has concluded that “Many feel that cloning is “not natural‚” or is “playing God”” (Fast

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    number of different functions and purposes. In Australia‚ the Melbourne Declaration of Educational Goals for Young Australians proposes that education is for ensuring intellectual‚ physical‚ social and other aesthetic development and wellbeing of children and support economic prosperity and social cohesion (MYCEETYA‚ 2008‚ p.11). In South Australia‚ the Department for Education states that education is for “the development of human intellect in all its dimensions – social‚ cultural‚ moral‚ emotional

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    attention. Should the drinking age be lowered down to 18? When your 18 years old you are considered an adult. You can be drafted‚ drive‚ and vote. You also have many of responsibilities. If eighteen year olds are responsible and mature then why can’t they buy alcohol? People say eighteen year olds can’t handle alcohol‚ because they make to many mistakes. If you start to drink at eighteen or twenty one your chances of making mistakes are still the same. No matter what age you start to drink

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    abortion is morally acceptable and permissible. If both the mother and the fetus have rights‚ then either the rights of the fetus have priority‚ or those of the mother have priority. If that didn’t complicate matters enough‚ we have those who argue that some fetuses have moral rights while others do not‚ making abortion sometimes morally permissible and sometimes morally impermissible. The purpose of this essay; to argue that abortion is either always morally permissible or it is always morally impermissible

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    circumstances where an employer can be held liable for the torts of his/her employees. And after that I will focus on some of the reasons why one person is held liable in certain situations for the torts committed by another person. And then I will finally finish the essay with a conclusion at the end. Vicarious liability is where one person is held liable for the torts of another‚ even though that person did not commit the act itself. For an employer to be held liable for the tort of her/his employees

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    Should parents smack their children? In this essay I am going to outline and assess the effects of smacking children and what the consequences are in later life. I will use evidence and statistics and evaluate the outcome of them. Do you want your child to grow up with violence‚ theft‚ drugs and bulling? Dr Phill Jones argues that children who were smacked as a child are more likely to bully‚ use drugs and get involved in violent crime. Children may not always feel safe out in the real

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    Is abortion morally justifiable? The issue concerning abortion is considered to divide many individuals‚ it tends to be fought over the point in which a foetus (an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception) becomes an independent life that has its own values: before birth or after conception. “To my mind life begins at the moment of conception‚ and to suggest otherwise seems to me just the sort of casuistry which an anti-Papist might describe as fesuitical. (Incidentally‚ I am

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    A parent driving their kids around until they are 18 is unnecessary. That is why the driving age shouldn’t be raised. If the driving age limit is set at 16‚ then parents don’t have to stop what they are doing to bring their child to work or school. The child will also learn to be responsible at an early age. Plus‚ 16-year-olds have stricter laws when it comes to driving. If you let 16-year-olds drive‚ the parents don’t have to worry about bringing them back and forth to work or school. The child

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    Should drinking age be increased to 21. It is no secret‚ that people drink alcohol before they turn 21. Stories about drinking on college campuses and high school parties are very easy to find. That is why underage drinking can be stopped if the law were changed. The major reason that people drink at an early age is because they feel it is fun and exciting to do something they are not supposed to. However‚ if it would be lowered to 18‚ then the trill of doing something illegal would vanish

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    "Romeo and Juliet" is one of Shakespeare’s most famous and classical tragic plays where two young lovers are destined to be together but their families bitter hatred towards one another force them apart. They soon realize that one cannot live without the other and would rather be dead than live apart; so they end up committing suicide under tragic circumstances. Shakespeare wrote the play in 1959 and it was set in Italy.To understand the extent of tragedy in this play‚ the social and historical context

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