constables‚ who lacked the tools to maintain order as the police do today. That said‚ to determine if the right to privacy is a threat to our national security‚ I reviewed the Fourth Amendment‚ the government’s use of surveillance‚ and arguments for as well as against its use. The Fourth Amendment provides that “no Warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by Oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized”. Its purpose
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Maria K. Philosophy Mar. 6‚ 2012 Arguments Against Moral Relativism Moral relativism is the belief that the morally correct decision to make‚ when faced with a moral dilemma‚ is the one that is acceptable within the context of a given culture. This means that the correct decision varies depending on the culture in which one makes it. Today‚ with great variability between societies and cultures‚ moral relativism is greatly accepted as a matter-of-fact‚ but this is not necessarily the case
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Gun ownership has the capability to positively assist a home occupant during a burglary. A burglar can be convinced to leave the home in the presence of a gun-wielding occupant‚ or a gun-owner can exercise his right to self-defence and harm the intruder‚ effectively ending the home invasion. With this in mind‚ it can appear to be a good idea to own a gun in the event of home invasion. But does this really mean that owning a gun will protect from home invasion? Or that having a gun at the time of
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In talking about stratification of genders and sexism‚ Okin proposes that the Rawlsian conception of justice is the first contemporary theory to consider family as playing “…a fundamental role in the stages in which [our] conception of justice is acquired.” (Okin 228). Thus‚ in order to have a just society‚ we must have a just family. Feminist writer Card proposes that marriage‚ the institution that forms the basis for the traditional family structure‚ is “…itself is an evil‚ to the extent that it
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The first premise is certainly false. “If we (everyone) minded her own business‚ and tended to their own needs‚ then everyone would be better off.” This premise‚ as it is‚ cannot hold up the self-reliance argument let alone ethical egoism. If John‚ an elderly man‚ was walking in the park and had a fall‚ would he be better off if Jill‚ a bystander‚ just continued on her way? She was running late to work and could easily tend to her own needs leaving John on the ground moaning in pain. The second
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Neil Armstrong once said "The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.". This quote shows how much humanity values space exploration for its symbolic and real value. But since Neil Armstrong said this there has been a change in the way people view space exploration. For example‚ during the height of the space race NASA’s budget was 4.4% of U.S. GDP but today
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Argument Analysis for The Argument against Headphones Virginia Heffernan who writes the article‚ "The Argument against Headphones"‚ talks about headphone use in the millennial generation. She tells us that‚ “one in five teenagers in America can’t hear rustles or whispers…” (Heffernan‚ 1). She also provides us with the history of headphones‚ starting with their creation over 100 years ago by Nathaniel Baldwin. It ends with what we know to be modern day models. While Heffernan does use ethos‚ logos
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The Ratification of the Constitution There were many arguments for and against the ratification of the Constitution of the United States. The people that wanted the Constitution to be ratified and people who opposed it were called federalists and anti-federalists. They would get into heated arguments whether or not the Constitution should be ratified. The worst thing about the Constitution is it has no Bill of Rights to protect the people’s rights. Though the Constitution doesn’t have a Bill
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legal in four (State-by-State Guide). The debate over the topic of euthanasia argues whether or not it should be legal for doctors to practice euthanasia on their patients in America. Those against euthanasia and assisted suicide argue that it should be illegal because‚ not only is it morally wrong and against many religions for someone to take someone else’s life‚ but it can pose danger by doctors beginning to get too
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Give arguments for or against the proposition that cloning is “playing God”. First I would like to point out What is Cloning? According to Medline‚ WebMD‚ and other resources cloning is defined by “the processes used to create the exact genetic replica of another cell‚ tissue‚ or organism”‚ a copy of the original cell‚ with the same genetic formation makeup as the original cell. Which is referred to as a clone. There are three main types of cloning: 1. Gene Cloning which implies
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