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    is better than testing on an new animal that just entered the world. If you use an animal that is sick maybe the medicine or what is getting testing may help the animal get better or live longer. The con of animal testing is it is concerted animal abuse no matter how you put it. Your putting an animal though death without them even doing anything wrong. ‘It is only acceptable to test human medicines on human beings if they give their consent. Non-human animals are never able to give such consent.

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    Substance abuse during pregnancy is an ongoing problem. These poor infants can’t defend themselves or stop the harmful substances from entering their body it’s all the desion of the mother but the child is the one who has to suffer the consequences and deal with the long term effect that substance abuse can cause hopefuly this essay will educate about the different risk involved for the mother and for the baby when the mother chooses to smoke‚ drink alcohol‚ or use drugs during pregnancy. With

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    presents a case of abuse of power as well when he killed a rebel who fought for freedom. “Vader raised his blade‚ his breathing loud and steady. When he spoke‚ his voice was as deep and hollow as a funeral gong. I know precisely what you mean he said and slashed.” On the other hand Julius Caesar had kindness and set the leaders that he captured of the enemy army free. “He then turned to his guards and gave the order to set them free”. Lady Macbeth mirrors the characteristics of abuse of power in her

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    of Torture in Counterterrorism Robert Reitenauer Pennsylvania State University Abstract The use of torture in the world is not a new idea. The use of torture in the world dates back to the 530 AD Roman Empire where Roman jurists viewed the virtues of torture as “the highest forms of truth (Ross‚ 2005).” The United States though has a long history of humane practices of prisoners captured during war. In the Revolutionary War‚ General George Washington ordered that his troops never torture British

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    NOTES Beka lamb and the Chrysalids: Compare and contrast the novels in terms of prejudice and society: The Themes of beka lamb and the chrysalids are very simiiar especially when you look at the role of women in society and social prejudice. In Beka Lamb women are the ones who are seen as the care givers and the ones to take care of the home. The majority of them do not work and even having an education for the lower class is untold or unheard of. In The Chrysalids women are seen as the same

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    Psychological Abuse Presented by Psyche Cheung Celia Chan Jason Chan Kris Lee Monday‚ 21 January‚ 13 Abuse harmful‚ injurious‚ or offensive excessive and wrongful misuse of anything Definition • • Psychological Abuse caused by emotional abuse / mental abuse / physical abuse behavior that may result in psychological trauma eg anxiety / chronic depression / post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) happened in the situations of power imbalance abusive relationships / bullying / child abuse / abuse

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    Should torture be acceptable in our society seems to be the day old question. First‚ one must know what torture actually is; torture is the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment to force them to do or say something‚ or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. Torture is wrong and should not be acceptable in our society because it is ineffective‚ morally wrong‚ and it violates the rights of human dignity of the victim. The 1948 Universal Declaration of

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    Henry Shue’s "Torture" adresses the notion of torture ever being morally permissible‚ and‚ if so‚ when. He argues that torture is rarely ever morally permissible by considering diverging arguments. One argument he considers is that torture might be morally permissible because killing is‚ however‚ he argues that it is indeed not‚ because murder is often justified‚ especially in combat‚ and torture is universally generally opposed‚ because torture strips the tortured of the means to defend oneself

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    the Use Torture Ever Justified? According time in the follow Asian‚ Middle East and other countries have used torture as a tool of murder for over two thousand years. Dictators believed that torture is a way to rule their country. “Is torture ever justified?” this question was asked on ABC News in 2004. In that poll sixty three percent of respondent believed that torture should be abolished‚ thirty one percent agreed with torture but with limits‚ and seven percent agree torture without

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    Introduction In the novel “The Chrysalids” by John Wyndham‚ religion is the most important aspect of everyones lives. They believe in the true image of god‚ and that all else is the devil and must be killed. For most‚ they would sacrifice their own children for god‚ yet for some people their children are more important. Mothers love their children over their religion. Some examples covered in this essay are Sophie‚ Aunt Harriet and The Spider-Man. First Main Point: Sophie To start off

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