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    of corrections have evolved with society‚ moving from incapacitation which aimed to simply lock offenders up‚ to rehabilitation which aims to fix the offender‚ now restorative justice is gaining traction. The goal of restorative justice aims to “restore” the harm that was done to the victim by the offender. One of the main methods used to reconcile both parties and the community is through Victim-Offender Mediation‚ which offers a secure and structured environment that supports mediation with the help

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    Sam Black PHIL 120: Animal Rights Framing Question: The Nazi ‘researchers’ are at it again. A badly brain damaged human being subject A -- an adult with the permanent mental capacity of a one year old -- appears on your computer screen. He is thrashing around‚ spilling things‚ smearing food over his face‚ playing with the contents of his diaper‚ etc. ‘We will make him very uncomfortable‚ cutting down his food‚ refrigerating his room‚ depriving him of sleep‚’ the Nazi-researchers convincingly

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    Apple Inc. – Rational System Apple Inc. was formerly known as Apple Computer Inc for about 3 decades‚ but removed the word "Computer" in 2007‚ to show the company ’s ongoing progression into the consumer electronics market‚ in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers. Apple Inc is a corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics such as the iPod‚ iPhone‚ iPad‚ computer software such as the Mac OS X operating system‚ and personal computers such as the Mac Book and Mac Book

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    the confusion around the definition of faith. For example‚ it might be said that I have faith in the fact that the desk I place my textbook on will withstand the weight. However‚ this is not faith. A lifetime of experience with desks has made the theory that desks rarely collapse under the weight of a textbook very plausible in my mind. This is an example of inductive reasoning‚ and thus this belief rests on logical proof and material evidence and is hence not an act of faith. It is here that

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    "The key to National Health Improvement is more people making healthier choices more of the time." Discuss This essay aims to discuss making healthier choices in the socio-economic context of health. Health and public health will also be defined. Health has diverse meanings to various people; The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical‚ mental and social wellbeing‚ and not only the absence of disease and infirmity. (WHO‚ 1948) However‚ this definition has

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    pure practical reason to ‘‘frame the Rational with the Reasonable.’’ As seen in the Dewey Lectures Rawls emphasizes that ideal agents are not only rational‚ but must also reasonable. Rationality for Rawls carefully calculates the means which lead to certain ends‚ which may be traced to Kant’s hypothetical imperative or what Rawls terms empirical practical reason. Ideal moral agents not only learn how to achieve ends efficiently or rationally‚ but also how to achieve such ends by employing a moral

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    Tim. “Consuming Passions – Fashion and Consumer Society” of Consumption. Buckingham: Open University Press‚ 2000 New study: What you wear could affect how well you work * Grindereng‚ Margaret P. "Fashion Diffusion." Journal of Home Economics‚ 59 (March 1967)‚ 171-174. * King‚ Charles W. "Fashion Adoption: A Rebuttal to the ’Trickle Down ’ Theory." In Stephen A. Greyser‚ editor‚ Toward Scientific Marketing‚ Chicago. American Marketing Association‚ 1963‚ 108-125. * King‚ Charles W.‚ and L.J. Ring

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    older generations. This stigma posits that young people are exaggerating their struggles and that how youth feel is a regular part of development‚ therefore mental health and its treatment are not taken seriously. This stigma continues within the media‚ home life‚ schooling‚ and academia. Therefore‚ young people will

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    Violent revolutions have been the most effective way to bring about change dating back to the American Revolution in the late 1700s. While analyzing this ferocious rebellion‚ it is revealed that all of the American’s non-violent attempts to compromise with Britain failed‚ and that it took a bloody eight year war for the Americans to finally separate from Britain. Violent revolutions are not only more effective‚ but easier to pull off. The Iranian government was a well known institution that used

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    A Brief Introduction To Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy By Wayne Froggatt Third Ed.(this version Feb 2005) Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is based on the concept that emotions and behaviours result from cognitive processes; and that it is possible for human beings to modify such processes to achieve different ways of feeling and behaving. REBT is one of a number of therapies that come under the heading ‘cognitive-behavioural’. In the mid-1950’s Dr. Albert Ellis‚ a clinical psychologist

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