Birth Control: A History Throughout history people have tried to prevent pregnancy in many unique ways. Some methods were effective others were not‚ but as technology improved and more about the human body became known‚ the effectiveness of birth control steadily increased. The first evidence of birth control comes from ancient times‚ and once it begins great advancements were achieved that continue to today. There are thorough recordings throughout the Greek and Roman eras‚ the Middle ages‚
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In Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates outlines the ideal society‚ complete with workers to perform labor‚ auxiliaries to perform the military duties‚ and the guardians—or rulers—to set the laws of the state. The rulers‚ Socrates argues‚ are to be selected by their elders and groomed from a young age to assume positions of power. “…We must choose from among our guardians‚” he states‚ “those who appear to us on observation to be most likely to devote their lives to doing what they judge to be in the interest
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“Birth Control in schools” Birth Control in Schools Schools are the one institution in our society regularly attended by most young people-nearly 95% of all youth aged 5 to 17 years are enrolled in elementary or secondary schools (National Center for Education Statistics‚ 1993). Large percentage of youth attend schools for years before they encounter sexual risk-taking behaviors and a majority is enrolled at the time they initiate intercourse. Just as
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BIRTH CONTROL IS NOT MURDER Hormonal birth control has been a major form of pregnancy prevention since 1965. The prevention of the biological process of embryotic fertilization has been in practice since 3000 B.C.‚ and since then caused controversy among religious societies and pro-life advocates. Ethical reasons for this practice are that‚ personally‚ a woman has the right to control her own body‚ and generally‚ the mass control of population. Against the practice are those who believe in the
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Chapter 6: The Constitution and the New Republic By the late 1780’s most Americans were not satisfied with the deficiencies of the Articles of confederation. In 1787‚ they created the Constitution. It derived most of its principles from state documents. Americans agreed that the document was nearly perfect‚ but disagreed on how to interpret it. Framing A New Government Advocates of Centralization People thought that they had fought the war to avoid tyranny and now they wanted to keep
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Book VII of The Republic Book VII of The Republic says that Socrates says to imagine‚ humans living in a cave‚ their entrance is above them and open to the world. They have been there since they were children‚ their necks and legs are chained so that they can only see in front of them. There is a fire‚ behind them‚ which provides light. There is also a path behind them‚ a little higher than they are. Along the path there is a wall‚ like a puppeteer’s screen. People move along the
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17‚ 1787. In particular‚ the Founding Fathers wanted a Republic U.S. government instead of a democracy for the federal and state governments. The seven figures chose this because they believe in preserving a stable government that protects the rights and liberties of all citizens. To point out‚ keeping a republic secure the rights to individuals and the government is constitutionally or legally limited. The Founding Father believed in a republic because even if sovereign power is held by the people
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Plato’s The Republic By the beginning of Book II of Plato’s The Republic‚ many questions have been brought upon the table involving the definition of justice. Polemarchus argues that justice is doing good to your friends and harm to your enemies. Thrasymachus argues that justice is the advantage of the stronger. Socrates finds flaws in both of these definitions‚ but discovers another important question about the nature of justice. Socrates wants to know whether the just life or the unjust life is
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Edmund Gettier’s finest work‚ “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” explains the concerns he has with the way we have formed our conditions for knowing something to be true. Many philosophers had attempted to explain the necessary conditions for someone to know a given proposition to be true‚ which led to Chisholm and Ayer constructing the necessary and sufficient conditions for a justified true belief‚ knowledge. These attempts were stated in the following form: (a) S knows that P is true‚ if and
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Weimar Republic: 1919-1933 Even though it was obvious that Germany could not have won the war‚ a legend was created and spread amongst the German people that the undefeated German army had been stabbed in the back by the democrats (the November criminals). In July 1919‚ the new democratic constitution was passed with a 23 majority. When it was officially proclaimed in August‚ Germany became a parliamentary democracy. The fact that Germany was now a democracy was not taken into account at the Versailles
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