There are laws “prohibiting genocide‚ land mines‚ biological weapons and other nasty things (Boot).” What good are laws if you do not have someone to enforce them? What good is an enforcer if they do not have the means to enforce? If for every infraction of the law America is expected to be the enforcer‚ and the policing is not divided up amongst all the countries that comprise the United Nations‚ then what is the purpose of the United Nations? Why is America constantly forced to take the lead
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from the animals most fit for their environment. If evolution is true why do animals do things that would be against the rules of natural selection? We can find the answer to this question by searching nature itself. Certainly all living things must seek out food and safety‚ and every animal must hunt for nourishment and become aggressive in its own defense. However‚ this is not the only thing at work. The great majority of animals display selfless acts of devotion for their offspring
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specific use of anthrax cannot be accurately quantified‚ the threat does exist and includes antibiotic-resistant strains of the organism rendering traditional antibiotic treatment‚ including all currently stockpiled antibiotics‚ ineffective.1‚2 In this worse-case attack scenario‚ post-exposure vaccination is likely to fail with infection rapidly progressing to sepsis and death before the vaccine is able to confer immunity to the exposed first responders.3 The best mitigation strategy for the threat
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"Heredity determines personality." (a) Build an argument to support this statement. (b) Build an argument against this statement. Personality is defined as the sum total of beliefs‚ behaviors‚ attitudes and values that distinguishes an individual. Each of us has unique personalities which distinguish us from the others. Even twins who look alike and are brought up in the same environment‚ differ in personalities. A number of factors determine a person’s personality. These include environment and
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outweighs the increase of resources and revenue. In order for fracking to be successful‚ millions of gallons of water are needed. The need for this much water is depleting our fresh water supply. Up to six hundred different chemicals are used in fracking‚ most of which are very toxic‚ including uranium‚ mercury‚ formaldehyde and ethylene. A lot of this now toxic water stays underground and could potentially contaminate a necessary resource‚ our water supply. Some of the chemicals used have been
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person with rights until they are affected by the world. Meaning that they don’t become a person until they come out of their mother and experience the world for the first time. The question of when does a fetus become a child is very important in this debate. According to www.prolifeaction.org‚ Life begins at conception. It states that‚ "Medical textbooks and scientific works consistently agree that human life begins at conception." We don’t consider an egg a chicken‚ or a seed a plant. If human
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as a developmental state. Others were skeptical on the almost mythical power of foresight attributed to industrial policy of the MITI (Okimoto‚ 1989). This essay will evaluate the extent to which the Japanese Government main planning agency - MITI has contributed to Japan’s economic success. Further‚ some counterarguments will be discussed in this essay. Positive impact of MITI The Japanese economic bureaucracy‚ particularly MITI has been the leading player in the performance of the Japanese
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vaccines has grown dramatically in the past several years in many developed countries. In some societies‚ this fear has led to considerably increased rates of vaccine rejection which are linked with increases in illness and death from vaccine-preventable diseases‚ and large economic costs for health care and society. Despite crushing evidence supporting the safety and benefits of vaccination‚ this fear has proven impervious to information drives‚ a spectacle well-explained by psychological research
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right or wrong. What would happen if we say two contradictory statements can’t coexist as Aristotle demonstrated? Through the law of non-contradiction from Aristotle and ethical absolutism‚ I will argue against ethical relativism. In ethical absolutism‚ there is only one answer on certain human actions‚ following an objective moral code. According to absolutists‚ this code has been the same ever since humans have existed. Logically‚ this code applies to everyone the same‚ even to a civilization that
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strongly to heart and plan on attending college after high school. I believe that for all high school graduates‚ college is a must to achieve a comfortable life. Most people do not want to be “just another statistic” but in this case‚ I would not mind at all. In “The Case Against College‚”an article written by Linda Lee‚ she discusses the expense and inconvenience of sending a child to college. I do agree with Lee that college is very expensive and not worth the money. In high school‚ I have worked
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