Proposition 203‚ the medical marijuana initiative‚ has passed in Arizona as of the November 2010 elections. An amazing demonstration of how every vote counts‚ it passed by less than 5‚000 votes. This means that in Arizona‚ doctors can prescribe marijuana to patients and they can receive legal marijuana for medicinal use. Medical marijuana was a hotly contested issue. Proposition 203 specifically allows for doctor prescribed marijuana use in the following cases (source is the AZ Department of Health
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When it comes to Proposition 8 I would have voted against it all the way. I have often thought what gives anyone the right to take away civil rights from anyone gay or straight. I personally have struggled with this debate on so many different levels it still unbelievable to me that in court in the world would deny civil rights down to such a basic level. The fourteenth Amendment clearly has a double standard attached to it when it comes to Proposition 8. Basically saying that we can’t deny gays
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Research Paper Would California be more progressive with the legalization of Proposition 64? The problem that society is and has been facing is all about proposition 64. People still debate whether it should be passed for good reasons but still others oppose for bad reasons. Along the way there have been some initiatives that have been proposed but didn’t go as planned. Proposition 64 has to do with legalizing recreational marijuana for use of adults 21 and older under the state law. This means
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Kant’s Categorical Imperative and the Golden Rule Kant’s categorical imperative is to will without contradiction and is tested by universalizability. The golden rule is similar to this notion in that it is a universally moral principle that forces one to imagine both positions of an action. However‚ the two contrast more than they compare. The categorical imperative is an objective imperative‚ making one morally required to act according to it without exception. It addresses our maxims‚ the
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If Proposition 56 is passed during the Ballot of 2016‚ many lives will be saved from the wrath of tobacco products. Many consumers of tobacco products are slowly dying after every toke taken because of the chemicals in each cigarette. Now tobacco companies are spending millions to defeat Proposition 56 because in every other state that’s raised tobacco taxes‚ smoking rates go down (Yeson56). If smoking rates are going down because of the tax increase‚ that means that less smokers. The lower the rate
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Immanuel Kant famously made a distinction between hypothetical and categorical imperatives.Imagine that someone told you “John is a good serial killer.” Inherent in between twointerpretations of good. Either John is very good at killing people‚ he is an effective serial killer‚or John is a vigilante serial killer who only kills other serial killers. The first of these is ahypothetical good‚ while the second is a categorical good. A hypothetical is an if-then statement.In this case‚ we mean if you
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Calculating correlation values for categorical data In order to find the correlation values for the fields in our data set‚ The Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used. This requires that the data in both fields be quantitative. But what if we were looking to calculate the correlation on two given fields that were say‚ numerical and categorical‚ or even both categorical. The Point Biserial coefficient is a special case of The Pearson Correlation Coefficient; it is a branch of PCC although they
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Explain the first formulation of the Categorical Imperative The first formulation of the categorical imperative states; “Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it would become a universal law.” Kant invented a phrase‚ “categorical imperative‚” that makes the above point in a different way. He distinguishes “the categorical imperative” from so-called “hypothetical imperatives.” A hypothetical imperative is a directive to the effect that if you wish to
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Proposition 213 Exceptions In California‚ it is mandatory for drivers to have liability coverage when operating a vehicle. But insurance gaps can happen. Many don’t even realize their insurance is lapsed. Proposition 213 limits the damages an uninsured driver can recover. However‚ there are exceptions where you can still be compensated. What are the Exceptions of Prop 213? Proposition 213 does not affect your ability to recover medical costs‚ lost wages‚ or damaged property from a car accident
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Explain the main differences between the Hypothetical and Categorical Imperatives. (25) Kant believed in the Theory of Duty‚ and that one’s duty is to perform actions that are morally required of them‚ so to have the highest form of goodness (Good Will) one must always do their moral duty. Kant argued that all moral decisions should be made upon the grounds of reason and his moral precepts were rooted in rationality‚ he thought it was wrong for people to be governed by human emotion and feelings
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