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    Pheromone Products Recent studies have suggested that pheromones alter sexual behaviour. Fragrance companies have caught on to this and are funding research on pheromones in the area specific to sexual arousal (Delude: 2003). Fragrances offered by Vogue called ‘Chemical: Attraction’‚ for both men and women‚ alluringly display such messages as ‘Warning: Contains pheromones (wear if you dare!) May excite wild physical attraction’ (Delude: 2003). Although pheromones is said to cause an almost

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    The word rebellion describes “an effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country by the use of protest or violence”. In a more basic sense‚ rebellion is a refusal or opposition of what is perceived or enforced as a standard. A rebellion can be as simple as a child disobeying a parent‚ or as complicated as an entire population of people fighting a high power for what they believe in. The rebels which carry out any rebellion are often portrayed as selfish‚ ignorant and dangerous

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    Nature vs Nurture

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    Nurture 
Before psychology and sociology have dealt on the behaviour of man ‚ the 
dominant view concerning human behaviour was centered on the theory 
proposed by Charles Darwin . He explains that ‚ human nature and human 
behaviour are all natural . By this ‚ Darwin proposed that humans acted 
out of natural tendencies or instincts which are dictated by nature 
through ``genetic make up ’ as later discovered by Gregor Mendel .
However ‚ this kind of thinking was later on rejected through the 
knowledge

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    surroundings. The alliance made during the Games as well as the nightly pig activities show how the nagging desire to kill can soon become an amusing game. Cato and Jack‚ the two more savage characters in each story‚ learn to embrace their primitive instincts and accept their imminent success or failure. Peeta and Ralph act as complementing characters of the two books that represent the logical‚ logos part of the brain. Peeta is eager to stay pure as he enters the world of his impending death by telling

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    in such a situation? Life in extreme environments explained in the two texts‚ “Life of Pi” by Martel and “The Story of Keesh” by London‚ expresses that survival is translated through the characters instinct and intelligence that pushes them to triumph. In “The Story of Keesh”‚ Keesh’s primal instinct is to fairly apportion to others‚ as his father‚ Bok‚ was the greatest hunter and did the same. His instinctual thoughts drive his actions to restore fairness and prosperity in his village. So‚ when

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    to the animal and has become a part of its being. In the second stanza James Dickey says that even though animals have “no souls” they still pass on to heaven where their instincts are perfect. As the animals can be pardoned for committing human sins such as ‘murder’ as in the animal kingdom this is accepted as primal instinct and natural .This suggests Dickey views animals as superior to humans .It can be seen as animals have a form of innocence and naivety which grants them access and pardon into

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    People generally see themselves as autonomous meaning they have freedom from external control or influence‚ that they’re independent. We see ourselves this way because are able to make choices out of our own volition according to our own morals and values. But these morals and values have the same underlying framework. We define ourselves on the grounds of what we believe good and evil to be. It’s the values that we assign to these categories‚ Nietzsche says‚ that is detrimental to our being. Nietzsche

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    References: Darwin‚ C. (1958). The autobiography of charles darwin. New York‚ NY: W.W. Norton and Company. Lickona‚ T. (2004). Character matters: How to help our children develop good judgement‚ integrity‚ and other essential virtues. New York‚ NY: Simon and Schuster. Lickona‚ T. (1991). Educating

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    said that it’s not from an actual skill and doesn’t provide the world with a good or service. Why does Dante consider sodomy to be a separate sin from lust? Sodomy is different from lust in that you actually think about it verses lust is a primal instinct which people can’t help. Why do you suppose the subdivisions for intellectual sins are much more complex than the sins in upper Hell? Intellectual sins punishments are worse because they’re actually thought about verses the sins that land

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    taught. It is difficult‚ if not impossible‚ to account for this ability without assuming that the brain is genetically ‘pre-wired ’ for language. (2) One renowned researcher of language acquisition‚ Pinker‚ endorses language as being an instinct. The term instinct conveys the idea that: People know how to talk in more or less the sense that spiders know how to spin webs. Web-spinning was not invented by some unsung spider genius and does not depend on having had the right

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