Why Santa Doesn’t Exist Its winter and holiday season is upon us. For most people this means last minute shopping for gifts‚ unless you are a child and believe it’s actually Santa Clause who will deliver the presents to your Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Those of us‚ who know better‚ that Santa doesn’t exist‚ try not to spoil the fun for little kids. The question still arises as to whether Santa still exists or not. A child would definitely say yes‚ but those of us who say no‚ don’t know the
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Does True Altruism Exist? "Altruism describes a motive that makes people help because of genuine concern for others‚ to increase the welfare of others" (Fiske‚ 2010‚ p. 321). Altruism is when individuals are motivated to help others around them without expecting anything back in return; altruism comes from someone doing a good deed without having to be recognized for doing it. So the big question is "Does true altruism exist?" I think altruism does still exist‚ we can clearly see that it does
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James Romm wrote Ghost on the Throne with the purpose to inform the reader of Alexander the Great and the empire he established‚ with the ensuing chaos the came after when Alexander tragically died at a young age. The book was organized somewhat chronologically‚ starting from opening the tombs in which Alexander was buried and how he fell ill‚ to the closing of the tombs and a reflection of the fall of his empire. Romm tried to answer the question of how Alexander died‚ providing multiple theories
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Adam Hochschild’s riveting novel‚ King Leopold’s Ghost‚ delves the exploitation of the Congo Free State by King Leopold II of Belgium‚ as well as‚ the ample atrocities committed during the time period between 1885 and 1908. European interest I the African continent can be traced back to as early as the late 1400s‚ when an European explorer sailed the west coast and discovered the Congo River. The industrial Revolution sparked Europeans’ keen interest to explore Africa. Diamonds‚ gold‚ ivory‚ and
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As a human being‚ we all expect respect and regard at some level. However‚ in the world we live in torture still heavily exists. Most people will agree that torture is the ultimate form of hatred a person can receive‚ it violates one’s human rights greatly. In most cases‚ torture is described as an individual receiving inhumane treatment and negligence. There are many cases in which forms of torture is performed by state officials onto detained individuals or prisoners. An example of this is the
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Does Life Exist On Mars After the recent discovery of single-cell life forms from mars were discovered contained in meteorite that crashed to the earth 12 YEARS AGO. I have many doubts to believe that it is the case. There is still no proof after all these years that the sightings of flying sources moving across the sky at tremendous speeds do really exist in the first place. Many Photos and Videos are taken but with the amount that turn out to be forges‚ the possibility that one of them is real
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Death Penalty Should Exist The problem with death penalty is very controversial. People divided over how to punish criminal. When a person did something wrong or broke the law‚ he would get punished‚ such as warnings‚ fines‚ detention‚ fixed-time imprisonment‚ life imprisonment and death. According to his mistake how serious‚ he would be sentenced to which punishment. But some people thought that everyone has made mistakes. So we should just give a small punishment to criminal rather than death penalty
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is impossible for any being to be the efficient cause of itself because then it would have to bring itself into being‚ and to bring itself into being‚ it would have to exist before it existed. If a being exists‚ it is because some being prior to it was its cause. Therefore‚ if no first cause exists‚ neither will any other being exist. Therefore‚ there is a first efficient cause--God. Matter is just as suitable of a conclusion to us as a being and it answers the first efficient cause argument. Matter
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Adam Hochschild’s King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed‚ Terror‚ and Heroics in Colonial Africa presents insight into the nature of a Central-African fiefdom owned entirely by a single European man: Leopold II‚ King of the Belgians. Recorded history of the Congo began with Portuguese arrival on the west-coast of Africa in the late 15th-century; further colonization was limited to the coastline as equatorial diseases and terrain proved too hospital for Europeans‚ leaving the Congo Basin unobtainable
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Did Atlantis Exist? Known as one of the world’s greatest mysteries‚ Atlantis is a legend written by the Greek philosopher Plato. The legend was written thousands of years ago‚ but it is still talked about today (Smith Michael and Debora Smith). Scholars often argue that Atlantis existed‚ but those that do not agree remind those scholars that there is no evidence to support that Atlantis ever existed and that Plato “added fantasy and excitement to his writings” (“Atlantis”). The question is‚ how
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