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    SUBJECT : ENGLISH 2 ABORTION IS MURDER Abortion is murder of an innocent unborn baby. It is murder at any stage in my opinion. People think that when you get pregnant‚ the "baby" isn’t really anything until a certain point in the pregnancy. If this is true‚ then what is it? Whatever it is to some people‚ in reality‚ it is a baby developing. If someone decided not to abort a pregnancy‚ it would turn into a human being. A person‚ with feelings‚ and sensation‚ and everything. Abortion

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    that try to explain the creation of the universe. Paley attempts to illustrate the creation of the universe through an analogy to argue for intelligent design. However‚ Hume disagrees with the analogy and believes that the universe and an object such as a watch or house are incomparable when looking at their formation specifically. Hume is able to demonstrate that the design analogy is somewhat incoherent. II. Paley Paley believes that if a person was walking and found a stone‚ then that person would

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    FYI (This is a biased written paper written if one were to defend Japanese Internment) The Necessity of Japanese Internment Much controversy has been sparked due to the internment of the Japanese people. Many ask whether it was justified to internment them. It is a very delicate issue that has two sides‚ those who are against the internment of the Japanese-Americans and those who are for it. With World War II raging in the East‚ America was still‚ for the most part‚ very inactive in the war.

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    Liberty or Death “Liberty or death!” This phrase was used by both Patrick Henry and Malcolm X in their speeches. Even though these men gave their speeches almost two centuries apart their goal was the same. They both wanted to convince their audience to fight for freedom. Through the use of rhetorical strategies‚ Patrick Henry was successful in convincing the colonies to fight for their freedom from Britain and Malcolm X was successful in convincing African Americans to fight for their rights.

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    From the origin of Western philosophical thought‚ there has always been an interest in moral laws . As Hume points out in A Treatise of Human Nature‚ ¡§morality is a subject that interests us above all others.¡¨ Originally‚ thoughts of how to live were centered on the issue of having the most satisfying life with ¡§virtue governing one¡¦s relations to others¡¨‚ as written by J. B. Schneewind in Modern Moral Philosophy. Nevertheless‚ the view that there is one way to live that is best for everyone

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    Liberty and Paternalism

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    LIBERTY AND PATERNALISM John Stuart Mill and Gerald Dworkin have distinctly opposing views on legal paternalism in that Mill is adamantly against any form of paternalism‚ whereas Dworkin believes that there do exist circumstances in which paternalism is justified. Both agree that paternalism is justified when the well being of another person is violated or put at risk. Mill takes on a utilitarian argument‚ explaining that allowing an individual to exercise his freedom of free choice is more beneficial

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    9500 Liberty Assignment Pg. 662 Comprehension: The argument Feinstein makes about current immigration legislation and border enforcement is that they haven’t worked. She gives examples and estates that today’s immigration world in America is very different from the 1990s‚ 1980s‚ and 1970s. Employers’ sanctions‚ which are the seed of current immigration laws‚ have failed. Naturalization takes years. Border control is spotty at best. In conclusion she says that the government has essentially failed

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    epistemology‚ meaning the study of knowledge. This is where the works or David Hume and René Descartes come into play. Hume was a Scottish philosopher whose epistemological work revolved around the idea that our senses relay the truth to us. Descartes believed did not trust

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    In this essay‚ based on the definition of necessity that I have given in the introduction‚ I have tried to incorporate the different sections in Thucydides History to justify my arguments of what is a war of necessity and in what circumstances would it be necessary for states to go to war with each other. By incorporating different sections into my arguments‚ I try to ensure that I have a more well-rounded understanding of Thucydides viewpoints and not take any of his viewpoints out of context. With

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    Philosophy 1301. 1002 Ayer‚ A.J. “Freedom and Necessity.” In the following paper I will talk about A.J. Ayer’s “Freedom and Necessity‚” and I will explain the dilemma of determinism and Ayer’s compatibilist solution to it. I will explain some of the examples Ayer uses to explain the difference between cause and being constrained‚ and how both affect one’s free will. I will also discuss on why Ayer’s compatibilism solution to the dilemma is the best solution so far. According to A.J. Ayer‚

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