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    Karla Campos Prof. Harper ENC1101-123456 7/04/16 Discrimination against women in combat. Women in the military face stereotypical discrimination due to their gender. They’re often seen as weaker individuals compared to men in combat. In reality women are less strong and vigorous than men‚ but it doesn’t necessarily mean it will be a weaker military. Although‚ it can be challenging for women in the military to perform some of the training men acquire. The military can’t continue to

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    the grounds that it can’t be.’ Such a seemingly paradoxical statement‚ which exists within what I will call the ontological common-senseness of the human experience‚ represents my position with regard to dualism‚ as will be argued within this essay. Acknowledging but notwithstanding the natural attraction to some sort of dualism‚ I will i) state that my case rests on two suppositions‚ ii) argue that the problem of causal interaction deals a fatal blow to Cartesian dualism‚ iii) argue that other

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    mass population rarely uses guns to protect themselves. Without gun control‚ people could continue to harm each other in inhumanely terms. America is simply a caretaker to unnecessary violence nationwide. Another prominent use for guns is massacre against one’s own self and calamities. In addition to the thousands of annual murders‚ roughly 22‚000 people die accidentally from a gun or use one to commit

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    Holding animals captive and under cruel training might cause many dangers not just to the animals‚ but to the people and trainers as well. Dangers and problems are very unexpected especially when working with wild animals who at any time can turn against their trainers causing trouble and

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    Waste” ). It is kept underwater for a span of five to ten years until the radiation goes down to levels that can be recovered and brought up by large storage concrete casks. The final disposal of spent fuel is a often topic‚ and is often an argument against the usage of nuclear reactors (“Nuclear Waste” ). The options that are included are either deep geologic storage‚ or recycling. The sun will consume it

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    a time (Lin). Since animals cannot decide and vocalize their decision to be tested on‚ the decision is forced upon them. In testing labs across the world‚ “Discriminating against animals because they do not have the cognitive ability‚ language‚ or moral judgement that humans do is no more justifiable than discriminating against human beings with severe mental impairments”

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    Animal testing is the act of using non-human animals for scientific experimentation‚ usually to ensure whether a product is safe for humans or not. However‚ animal testing is used worldwide‚ and its purpose ranges from guaranteeing the safety of domestic products to aiding medical research‚ particularly in the areas of biology and chemistry. This has always been a very controversial issue‚ but it first became a concern of Great Britain when in 1822‚ the country passed the Martin’s Act‚ which outlaws

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    Argument against Standardized Tests Standardized testing is one of the most controversial and highly debated topics in the United States today. These tests are commonly used to measure the students’ academic achievements and act as yardstick for teachers’ effectiveness in academic delivery. A typical student sits for at least “112 compulsory standardized tests between pre-kindergarten classes and 12th grade” (Layton). Proponents of standardized testing believe that the practice provides accurate

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    Animal testing has been a topic of debate for many generations. It is difficult to imagine a common house hold pet subjected to extreme procedures of the mildest and painless form to the harshest form imaginable. I am talking about your average mouse‚ rabbit‚ cat or dog. At the same time‚ consumers want to be assured they are using the safest products available‚ and people want science to find cures for life-threatening diseases. Lately‚ science has tried to prove out theories and hypnosis through

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    Torture “To torture or not to torture” – the main topic in debate between Charles Krauthammer and Andrew Sullivan is whether torture should be permissible under certain circumstances or never at all. The debate of torture between Krauthammer and Sullivan began three years after the Bush administration defined “torture” in the narrowest terms – the permitted coercive‚ physical abuse of enemy combatants if the military necessity demands it. (317) Krauthammer discusses extreme situations that

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