Charity is about helping others. Charitable donations should be made with the idea in mind that others will benefit from the donations that one is making. However this does not mean that it is ethically wrong for incentives to be offered in exchange for charitable acts. While many argue that it is unethical to offer incentives for charity‚ I disagree. Offering incentives for charity is not unethical‚ and it does not under mind the morality behind being charitable. Offering incentives for charitable
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In The Philanthropic Revolution: An Alternative History of American Charity‚ Jeremy Beer succeeds in his two-pronged effort to delineate charity from philanthropy‚ both in their actual practice and in their distinct origins‚ and to expose the long-ignored skeletons of philanthropy’s deep‚ historical closets. All of this is achieved in no more than 110 pages‚ and amounts to nothing less than a sheer testament to Beer’s intellectual acuity. Delicately balancing descriptive‚ historical narration and
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Freedom of speech and expression The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ 1 adopted in 1948‚ provides‚ in Article 19‚ that: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek‚ receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.[1] Technically‚ as a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly rather than a treaty‚ it is not legally binding in its entirety
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There is not one person that would argue that the economy is struggling‚ and has caused many families to struggle within their everyday expenses. However‚ Colorado offers many assistance avenues for low-income families‚ but one that stands out in my mind the most is The Food Bank of the Rockies. The Food Bank of the Rockies is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization‚ recognized by the IRS‚ that helps struggling families everyday. This organization remains active in the community‚ and is constantly coming
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anything at all for anyone else without something in it for me?” that is the attitude of some people before doing a charity work. In today’s society we live in a world of opportunity but unfortunately not everyone get an opportunity. For those who are less fortunate‚ receiving donations may be the only way those people get to survive. In many high schools‚ clubs‚ and organization‚ charity drives are sponsored in exchange for incentives. In Randy Cohen’s column “The Ethicist” in the New York Times Magazine
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Hate Speech Codes: Ineffective and Unconstitutional Even though there has been a large increase in the number of hate speech codes in colleges and universities‚ the increase in the amount of hate speech incidents across the nation shows that these guidelines are ineffective. While hate speech codes attempt to create a safer more politically correct environment on college campuses by establishing principles and guidelines for students to follow‚ they are inherently ineffective because they are only
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Freedom of Speech With varying opinions and beliefs‚ our society needs to have unlimited freedom to speak about any and everything that concerns us in order to continually improve our society. Those free speech variables would be speech that creates a positive‚ and not negative‚ scenario in both long-terms and short-terms. Dictionary.com defines Freedom of Speech as‚ “the right of people to express their opinions publicly without governmental interference‚ subject to the laws against libel
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response to a rise in crimes against minorities‚ college and Universities in the 80’s and 90’s began to enact speech codes in order to protect and provide equality for all their students. Some people labeled these actions as a response to political correctness‚ however hate speech was real‚ and college administrators had a responsibility to their students. Since then‚ the debate over hate speech has grown not just on college campuses but throughout the United States‚ with the greatest concern coming
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Hate Speech Policy Since the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995‚ the number of hate sites has increased from one to many. “Today‚ Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Anti-Defamation League have documented about 2‚800 hate sites‚” and growing (Leet‚ 288). Since globalization took place in our world‚ the internet has become a place where anyone is able to expose all sorts of information to the billions of eyes of the public. Globalization has it’s positive effects and also‚ increasingly‚ it’s negative; Hate
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2011 Regulation of Hate Speech The idea that the government might cut off hateful or propaganda filled-speech is counter to the idea that America cherishes‚ that all people are created equal with unalienable rights‚ one of which is the right to voice unpopular ideas. Racist speech on campus or in the public square is uninviting‚ but acceptable‚ under certain circumstances. In Charles R. Lawrence III’s essay‚ “On Racist Speech‚” Lawrence argues against the regulation of speech that he deems inflammatory
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