conduct. Ethical conduct is based on universal love and compassion for all humans and consist of three subcategories: Right Speech‚ Right Action & Right Livelihood. Right speech sees that one should speak with manners and should abstain from lying or hurtful speech. If someone has nothing nice to say then he or she should say nothing at all. The second subcategory is Right of Action. "Right of action involves the cultivation of moral‚ honorable‚ and peaceful conduct in oneself and others." (Stevenson‚
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14th‚ and 15th amendments in hopes that it would assimilate African Americans into society (Byington‚ 2016). Even though the 13th Amendment is less applicable to later controversies than its counterparts‚ the 13th Amendment has the greatest impact on post-Civil War America. It abolished slavery‚ influenced the economy‚ and it began the progress of what would become the civil rights movement in America. One of the main causes of the Civil War was slavery‚ which the 13th amendment ended. Before the
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Reflections on the First Amendment On December 15th‚ 1971‚ the first X amendments to the Constitution went into affect. The first X amendments to the constitution were known as the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment was written by James Madison because the American people were demanding a guarantee of their freedom. The First Amendment was put into place to protect American’s freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom of assembly and freedom of petition. The First Amendment was written as follows;
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The 19th Amendment The nineteenth amendment was an enormous step in history. It gave women the right to vote. For many years‚ women had been fighting for this. This amendment drastically changed the lives of Americans and others. It all started in 1848. In this year‚ the Women’s Suffrage Movement was organized. Some of the key leaders of this movement were Elizabeth Stanton‚ Lucretia Mott‚ and Susan Anthony. These three women‚ with the help of many others‚ were vital in swaying the public’s
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Good morning/afternoon Mrs Morgan and fellow class members. Good poetry makes you think and feel about issues and ideas raised by the poet. Judith Beveridge explores the beauty of nature and man’s relationship to it. Judith Beveridge shows the cruelty of humans towards animals and nature in her poems. The first poem I have chosen to talk about is “The Shark”. This poem is about a bunch of fishermen on a boat‚ who catch a shark and later discover that the shark has eaten a young boy. “The
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What are amylases? Amylases are enzymes that break down starch or glycogen. Amylases are produced by a variety of living organisms‚ ranging from bacteria to plants and humans. Bacteria and fungi secrete amylases to the outside of their cells to carry out extracellular digestion. When they have broken down the insoluble starch‚ the soluble end products such as (glucose or maltose) are absorbed into their cells. Amylases are classified based on how they break down starch molecules i. α-amylase
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Bill of Rights. This precious document outlined the basic rights sought after by all the nation ’s citizens‚ ranging from the freedom of exercising one ’s inborn rights to the constitutional rights given to each of the unique and individual thirteen colonies‚ now part of the United States of America. Specifically‚ the First Amendment includes the most important rights for a truly democratic society: the rights of religion‚ speech‚ press‚ assembly‚ and petition. Without these valued rights
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we hold to our amendments; however‚ like most things‚ some amendments are under scrutiny‚ as they can be such a controversial topic. One such controversial topic would be our Second Amendment under the Bill of Rights of the Constitution‚ wherein resides our first ten basic‚ natural rights‚ which are guaranteed to citizens of the United States. As stated by the Second Amendment of the United States: “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people
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slavery‚ war‚ and rights. The 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments to the united States Constitution are sometimes called the “Reconstruction Amendments.” They were passed in order to abolish slavery and to establish the rights of former slaves. It was tough for slaves during the Reconstruction Era because they had “no say” in things like voting‚ equality‚ or education for the children. However‚ I believe the “Reconstruction Amendments” will help free the slaves and protect their rights. I conclude that
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war with itself over slavery. This war is known as the Civil War. The Civil War amendments (13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th) deeply impacted both black and white people of America. The 13th amendments states‚ "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States‚ or any other place in their jurisdiction." The 13th amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States in 1865. The amendment freed an estimate of 3 million slaves when ratified. The now‚ legally free‚ former
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