In an argument that perhaps dates back to the founding of America‚ the debate over whether personal liberties or the welfare of the public takes precedent continues to rage on. This debate has taken form in many debates‚ from the Massachusetts smallpox outbreak in 1901‚ which sparked argument over whether the state should force people to be vaccinated against the disease to protect the welfare of the public‚ or if the personal liberty of Massachusetts residents was more important. This debate has emerged
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The Heated Debate: Illegal Immigration According to the Pew Research Center‚ approximately 11.3 million undocumented immigrants currently reside in the United States. Of this total‚ the top 3 countries the unauthorized immigrants derived from are El Salvador‚ Guatemala‚ and Mexico. The nation is divided due to the variances in perspective of illegal immigration; whether you are for it or against it. Subsequently‚ the propaganda concerning immigration reform continues to play a prevailing role in
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Kobi Massaro Ms. Wells English X Honors 21 October 2013 The Great Debate: Nature or Nurture Humans have debated for the longest time whether nature or nurture has had the most effect in how humans turn out to be and how they act in certain situations. The argument is over whether the genetics of persons determines everything about them‚ nature‚ or whether the environment and other people dictate what the original person’s makes of their lives. To prove that nature is the dominate cause‚ scientist
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The Innateness Debate & Language Acquisition Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature‚ origins‚ and usage of language. It is a philosophical topic that has a long history and has seen a great deal of interest since the beginning of the 20th century in particular. One of the lasting questions within the philosophy of language is the question of language acquisition. Is it acquired through innate ideas or through experience? There have been many notable discussions and ideas
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Yuching Lin ECON 395 The Affirmative Action Debate Affirmative Action has recently become the center of a major public debate in the United States‚ which has led to the emergence of numerous studies on its efficiency‚ costs‚ and benefits. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ended wage and employment discrimination based on gender and race‚ significantly decreasing the gap between minorities and non-minorities. Minorities made major progress from the 1960s
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Flat Taxation is Equal Taxation Tax rates in America have been changed and reformed to try and meet the needs of the current economy‚ or to make a politicians look good. Recent questions have been asked about whether we should reform the entire style of tax rates in America. Future generations are going to feel the burden or benefit from tax choices we make now because it takes time for things of this magnitude to take place. Also it is a possibility that the future generation may need new tax
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Dan Cartolin CST 2o Mr. Brennan Capital Punishment Today’s debate on Capital Punishment was well delivered by both sides‚ But the Pro side of the argument delivered better. The Pro side of the argument brought up many good arguments and delivered fairly well. The points that stuck out were those on deterrents‚ the twist on Aquinas‚ and the constitution. Its plain and simple that if the criminal is dead‚ he/she won’t be able to commit a crime again‚ and could possibly instill fear into other
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Educate Them In the debate over sex education‚ one thing is undeniable: the average kid today is immersed in sexual imagery. A generation that has grown up on the sordid details of the Starr Report‚ watched thong-clad teens gyrate on Spring Break cable specials‚ or see the cover of virtually any women’s magazine in the grocery checkout line is familiar with the facts of life. Young people face a barrage of confusing messages. Along with titillating images from the media‚ some kids are told to “just
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the “Warwick Debate on Nationalism” under the host of Edward Mortimer at the Warwick University. Each respected speaker presented thoughts and approaches to the study of nationalism that have laid the foundation for two separate‚ yet prevalent suppositions toward nationalism: Anthony Smith’s primordial approach and Ernest Gellner’s modernist theory. When reviewing the discussions of intellectual masters‚ it is important to establish the strengths and weaknesses of their arguments before determining
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Few recent scientific issues have stimulated so much media attention‚ public debate and government involvement as that of stem cell research. Stem cells offer people hope by promising to greatly extend the number and range of patients who could benefit from transplants‚ and to provide novel therapies to treat debilitating diseases such as diabetes‚ Parkinson’s‚ Huntington’s‚ heart disease and stroke‚ as well as accidental damage such as spinal cord injury. So why would anyone object to research in
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