would be treating him not as an end in himself. Not treating him with respect would thus be disregarding his right to live‚ which was what Captain Dudley did. Both maxims will thus prove Kant’s first formulation that we all have a perfect duty not to murder i.e. the act of murder will be morally wrong. Moreover‚ based on Kant’s quote‚ “Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law” (Kant 1993:30)‚ it shows that if there is an uniform
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Haley Stewart English 101 Marshall University Travelers: Fantasists‚ Conjurers‚ and Seers of the World What makes traveling to foreign lands such a coveted and memorable experience? What does one get out of exploring new cultures and atmospheres? In “The Shock of Teapots‚” by Cynthia Ozick‚ the quality and nature of traveling and travelers themselves is explored. Within this work of creative nonfiction‚ Ozick strategically uses genre‚ diction‚ and exemplification to effectively emphasize
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Social Disorganization Social disorganization is people having adverse social attitudes within an area. With a certain group being able to have control over a certain area. In the Dudley Street case‚ the goal was to get the neighborhood together. Also‚ let the next towns know that they are protesting being the dumping area anymore. The neighborhood also changed their attitudes about looking at their neighborhood as the “ghetto”. The main focus in the planning part was to get grant money and
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Alaa Elsirafy December 11‚ 2012 Pearl Harbor Paper Annotated Bibliography Books: * "A. A. Hoehling." (Open Library). N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2012. The author of this source was actually a member of the U.S Naval Reserve. He was on duty in Washington‚ serving in the public relations office and went back to his desk shortly before the attack. He witnessed the diplomatic and political background of the attack. He personally dealt with the agencies most responsible at the moment
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The letters of Dudley Marchant‚ a driver with the Royal Horse Artillery‚ to his mother‚ sister and brother all differ greatly in tone and content. Yet‚ what is highlighted in his letters is his description and understanding of health‚ as he states to all his correspondents that he is healthy‚ or ‘in the pink’. This gives us insight into contextual knowledge and the subsequent development of ideas and actions taken towards contaminated uniforms during
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Dudley Randall’s Ballad of Birmingham Dudley Randall’s Ballad of Birmingham gives a poetic account of the bombing of a Birmingham church in 1963. The poem was written in ballad form to convey the mood of the mother to her daughter. The author also gives a graphic account of what the 1960’s were like. Irony played a part also in the ballad showing the church as the warzone and the freedom march as the safer place to be. Writing the poem in ballad form gave a sense of mood to each paragraph.
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"The Ballad of Birmingham"‚ written by Dudley Randall‚ is a poem that commemorates the bombing of a black church in Alabama in 1963‚ at the height of the civil rights movement. The poem is written in a traditional narrative style form of a ballad‚ though the subject matter is far from traditional. The poem tells the story of a woman who doesn’t let her daughter go to play in town because she feels that it is too dangerous‚ but instead sends her to church where she feels that her daughter will be
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Dudley Street Neighborhood Name: Institution: Dudley Street Neighborhood Briefly describe social organization (also called social disorganization) theory and discuss at least two examples of what was done in terms of increasing collective efficacy of the community. Social organization theory links directly the rates of crime to the ecological traits of a neighborhood. The theory argues that the residential location of an individual is an important factor that shapes the possibility that
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The poem of “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall discusses African American girl who wants to join the march for the civil rights movement‚ but her mother insists it is too dangerous. As a alternative‚ the mother persauades her daughter to go to church for safety purpose; however‚ the white terrorists bomb the church. When the mother is desperately searching for her daughter‚ she finds only her daughter’s shoes to be remained at the shattered church.The form‚ the meaning‚ and the settling of
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Ballad of Birmingham 2 Dudley Randall was born 14 January 1914 in Washington‚ D.C. Randall led a life full of intellectual exploration‚ service‚ and literary entrepreneurship. He started writing poetry at an early age‚ and filled notebooks throughout his years‚ drawing on the civil rights movement‚ work experiences‚ travels‚ and personal experiences for inspiration. In addition to serving his country in the Pacific theatre during World War II‚ Randall worked for Ford Motor Company‚ the U.S. Postal
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