One common argument is that paternalism attack freedom of choice. That point seems reasonable‚ but actually doesn’t make any sense. According to “The New Paternalism: The Avuncular State” of The Economist‚ the state should repress a man’s a man’s acts only if they harm
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Oil Crisis When thinking about the 1970s‚ many words such as hippy‚ lava lamps‚ and tie-dye come to mind. However‚ there was much more going on during this decade than that. The 1970s‚ for those who lived in it remember having to wait in long lines at gas stations due to gas shortages. This became known as the oil crisis‚ which occurred in 1973 and 1979. Both of these crises caused a recession. As this comes with any recession‚ households and firms became uncertain about the future and weary of
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Oil and gasoline prices had been a problem since individual vehicles had actually entered the market. After the Katrina United States current economic growth is not even sustainable under the recent oil price surge. Even though the Department of Energy does not feel that oil prices are high enough to cause a recession‚ the consequence of high energy costs cannot go unaddressed. Government has to start looking and actually spending money on solutions to this consumption problem immediately. This
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The Gulf oil spill exploded on April 20th‚ 2010. It is known as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. 11 people died along with the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The oil pipe was leaking oil 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana and was estimated of leaking 3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. The well was located 5‚000 feet beneath the ocean surface. It took them 87 days to finally cap the well. At that point the damage had already been done. Oil reached the shores of Alabama‚
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in order to stop global warming. However‚ contrary to popular belief‚ a large number of distinguished scientists and engineers do not agree that drastic actions on global warming are needed. There are several points supporting both sides of the argument about global warming‚ however many of them that say global warming is indeed happening use facts that are very broad and that do not solely relate to global warming. For example‚ the director of the USDA’s Climate Change Program said that‚ “Global
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superpower‚ oil is an extremely important factor in maintaining that status. The United States and the entire world depend on oil to run their machines and engines. The Middle East produces over 60% of the world’s oil supply. Demands for this oil increases every year. The United States relies on the Middle East for about 14% of all oil needs‚ but that percentage keeps on growing. As disaster and lack of reserves damage our own oil reserves‚ the United States needs more options for obtaining oil. The
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In the face of death‚ science and rationale‚ is it unethical to safely assist those who are suffering and have the desire to die with dignity and purpose? Physician-Assisted Suicide has and will continue to be a very controversial topic of discussion when talking about the health and dignity of the terminally ill. Although none of us ever want to think of our loved ones becoming ill‚ rates of devastating diseases such as cancer are rapidly increasing around us. This makes the probability of one of
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1098765432109876543210987654321 ESSAY also Relevant for GS (Pre &Main) Dimensions of Indian Foreign Policy & the Growing Challenges Every sovereign country has its foreign policy. India too has one. Foreign policy refers to the sum total of principles‚ interests and objectives which a country promotes while interacting with other countries. Even though there are certain basic features of a foreign policy it is not a fixed concept. The thrust of foreign policy keeps on changing according to
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Advocates of prohibiting marijuana may argue that the law has been around for too long to be changed. They believe that it would be unfair to legalize marijuana‚ since numerous citizens have already been arrested and prosecuted for possession. This argument is an example of the logical fallacy‚ "argumentum ad antiquitatem"‚ or "appeal to tradition" (Walker)‚ because you cannot keep a law for the sake of it being kept without acknowledging the facts. For example‚ slavery was legal for thousands of years
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Henry Su December 12‚ 2001 Chapter Notes Chemistry 221 Chapter 13 Dr. Rahni Titrating Polyfunctional Acids and Bases 13A—Polyfunctional Acids -Phosphoric Acid is a typical polyfunctional acid H3PO4 + H2O ( H2PO4- + H3O+ Ka1 = [H3O+] [H2PO4-] = 7.11e-3 [H3PO4 ] H2PO4- + H2O ( HPO4-2 + H3O+ Ka2 = [H3O+] [H2PO4-2] = 6.32e-8 [H2PO4- ] HPO4-2 + H2O ( PO4-3 + H3O+ Ka3 = [H3O+] [PO4-3] = 4.5e-13 [HPO4-2]
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