Summer Reading Book The book I chose to read for my summer homework was In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. Pollan has written many books regarding what to eat and how the foods we consume affect us. In this book‚ he opens with simple advice‚ “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly Plants” (Pollan 1). As straightforward as it sounds‚ Pollan quickly demonstrates how complicated this can be. Food is all around us. However‚ there are whole foods‚ stuff you’d find at a farmer’s market‚ and then there are
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An argument I found problematic is that of Walzer’s in his work titled “In Defense of Equality.” He believes that redistribution undermines achievement and ability and distribution should be based on intrinsic value. As stated‚ “The difficulty here is that making money is only rarely a form of self-expression‚ and the money we make is rarely enjoyed for its intrinsic qualities. In a capitalist world‚ money is the universal medium of exchange” (Walzer 400). Furthermore‚ talent is distributed unevenly
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Sexual Morality Why Shouldn’t Tommy and Jim Have Sex? A Defense of Homsexuality 1. Homosexual sex is unnatural. I don’t recall anywhere in the Bible where God said it was okay for two males to conjoin in marriage or any other "activities." In fact in the book of Genesis‚ God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah by brimstone and fire for such homosexuality. I do not believe unnatural means that something is disgusting; something can be unnatural and disgusting‚ which homosexuality is. God did not
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Different types of causes‚ long-term causes and immediate causes for WW1. Long Term: Mutual Defense Alliances * Russia and Serbia (Russia joined in first after war started between Austria-hungary and serbi‚ Russia was Serbias alliance‚ we can say Serbia triggererd the chain reaction) * Germany and Austria-Hungary * France and Russia * Britain and France and Belgium * Japan and Britain Imperialism - Imperialism is when a country increases their power and wealth by bringing
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Arthur Titov English 1A 08/10/2013 Essay Paper #1 “In Defense of Elitism” Essay. College‚ why do we go there? Perhaps it’s to find a career you enjoy‚ or it’s to find a career that pays well‚ maybe even having the opportunity to be able to escape the “hard labor”. The comparison between college and money is not as simple as it seems. College graduates unquestionably do better wealth wise than those who don’t go at all. So could this be the reason we as people strive to go to college and get
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Socrates – “The Apology” or (Defense) Socrates had no written work‚ never had a job and there are questions of whether he was even literate. However‚ Plato was a student of Socrates and recorded what occurred at his death trial. Socrates asked lots of questions and made people with political power look stupid. At no time during his trial does he claim to be innocent. He (attacks his accuser instead) There were two types of charges brought against him. - The new or (Official) Charges
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is improving‚ using technology is irresistible to students’ later lives due to our society and technology combing together. The innovative technology is merely a neutral tool that we‚ students‚ can choose to use anyway we wish. In the article In Defense of Laptops in the Classroom‚ Rebecca Schuman states that banning laptops would not teach 13th-graders‚ college students‚
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that ensures their self-preservation. Rousseau argues that the individual in the minority may be forced to legitimately follow the majority decision and still retain his or her autonomy. Wolff is able to discredit this line of thought in his work In Defense of Anarchism by proving different parts of the theory invalid. However‚ anarchists desire to discredit authority‚ like democratic governments‚ for their philosophy of anarchy‚ but people need an authority over them that can ensure their well-being
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I feel that self- defense killing is not wrong. For an example‚ if I’m home alone with my kids and someone breaks into my house to try to hurt me or my kids‚ as a mother my job is to protect my kids or die trying. No‚ I wouldn’t want to kill anybody because even though he/she is not innocent it’s still a human life that has to be taken. But I have to protect myself and my kids by any means‚ even if I have to kill someone. So no I do not think that killing someone in self-defense is wrong because the
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The Insanity Defense : Crazy or Criminal1 Marina Reyes Criminology CRJ 102-120 Dr. Cooperman Fall 2012 The Insanity Defense : Crazy or Criminal BMCC The Insanity Defense : Crazy or Criminal2 When we think of insanity most people would refer to this word as a medical term but in reality it is a legal term. It is not a term used clinically to describe an individual ’s state of mind unless he or she has committed a serious criminal offense. The claim of a defendant in a criminal prosecution
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