truly been eliminated from all forms of discrimination? The above imaginary situation is in fact exaggerated‚ though upon careful scrutiny of the Human Rights matter‚ even nowadays Black girls are not even protected from barbaric‚ evil tradition; “Female Genital Mutilation[3]” (hereinafter referred to as ‘FGM’). Bearing in mind that there are around 130 million women worldwide affected by FGM (Amnesty International est.) and recognizing hundreds and thousands of girls still going through this
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Singer‚ Peter (1946- )‚ Australian philosopher and bioethicist. Born in Melbourne‚ Australia‚ Singer studied at the University of Melbourne and at the University of Oxford‚ in England. He began his career lecturing ethics at Oxford from 1971 to 1973. He subsequently worked at various universities in North America and Australia. In 1977 he became a professor of philosophy at Monash University‚ in Melbourne. Singer also became closely associated with the university’s Centre for Human Bioethics‚ which
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In a true egalitarian society‚ an individual’s innate talents and abilities‚ rather than circumstances of birth‚ would be the main determinants of life chances. Australia‚ despite popular rhetoric to the contrary‚ is not such a society. Studies have revealed various dimensions of inequality within Australia and the existence of a hierarchical class structure. Aspin defines life chances as ‘the chances an individual has in sharing in the economic‚ social and cultural resources of the society into
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CAUSES OF FEMALE FOETICIDE – WHY DO THEY DO THIS? Female foeticide is a pressing issue – which calls to be addressed at once. However‚ to get to the root of this issue‚ it is essential to understand the causes behind it. In India‚ however‚ there isn’t actually a need to investigate into the problem much. We don’t need to delve into any lengthy and detailed investigation or case study. The issue lies right on top‚ in front of our eyes – in fact‚ it is a very part of our lives. One of the simplest
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Roger Scruton and Peter Singer are two philosophers who have very different theories on animal rights and the relationships we have with them. I found points in both Scruton and Singer’s opinion that I agreed with‚ yet neither of them felt completely true to me. Singer speaks of an overall equality between beings based on their potential to feel and suffer‚ rather than cognitive ability. This theory prohibits any slaughter or consumption of animals. Scruton offers the notion of the many different
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Peter singer As already mentioned‚ Peter Singer’s "animal liberation" has promoted the development of animal rights theory. Singer called it “speciesism” ‚ which is the discrimination by people about non-human animals. He believes that speciesism and what people have said racism and sexism are all based on the prejudice of the product‚ only the object from the human change into an animal. Thus he believed that the past objected speech of racism and sexism will also be used to oppose speciesism. He
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of female education and considers the pathways through which women’s schooling leads to social gains. Female deprivation is particularly acute in the developing countries with high levels of poverty‚ though in affluent nations women also suffer low status due to conservative attitudes. The most dramatic and telling statistic of women’s status is the sex-ratio in the population‚ that is‚ the number of females per 100 males. It is a well-known fact that life-expectancy at birth favours females. This
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In the film‚ The Jazz Singer‚ the protagonist‚ Jakie Rabinowitz‚ goes through a major character change in becoming Americanized. That is‚ in leaving his family’s Jewish faith‚ he adopts the attitude and culture of the American way of life. However‚ there are many phases and steps he takes in doing this along the way. The first signs are the feud between Jakie and his father and goes as far as his name changing and meeting with a Gentile. Because of these changes he chooses to make‚ his Jewish way
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Female vs. Male Friendships Male and female friendships are different and alike in many ways. They differ in how men and women can relate to each other both physically and emotionally. Men and women also differ in the communication aspect. In both friendships‚ there is a certain level of competitiveness‚ and the friends obviously will have the same interest in common. Friendships will differ from person to person because of the different personalities‚ but there will be the same likes and differences
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something bad from happening at a comparatively small cost to yourself‚ you are obligated to do so.” Peter Singer is a philosopher who believes that we have an obligation to help those in need. I agree with his statement from the book Exploring Ethics that‚ “It is not beyond capacity of the richer nations to give enough assistance to reduce any further suffering to very small proportions.”(Singer pg.244 ) He believes that rich nations can help either as individuals or as a group‚ to prevent those less
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