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    How does social media affect the creation of news article in an American culture? In the twenty-first century‚ more than half of the world’s population spend most of their time online surfing the internet. Each person who spend a lot of time on the internet owns at least one social media account in the cyber world. The cyber world consists of many different websites but the most frequently used are facebook‚ twitter‚ and youtube and these websites all originate from the United States and happened

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    Mills's Social Contract

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    Mills believes the social contracts goes beyond a “blindness” society. He criticizes Rawl’s concept of a social contract‚ as he believes race is an important part of how the members of such contract is established. Mills believes our society only sees white male individuals as “full human beings” and anything other than that are “less” humans and therefore nor worthy of the benefits of the social contract. He believes we are sold in the idea our founding fathers established on the constitution‚ where

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    Jamal Hamilton 3/4/13 Explanatory Essay Explanatory Essay #5 In the Social Contract‚ Rousseau describes some rules of administration in the civil order in which I feel Rousseau distributes some solid effective prescription on how to deal with the emergence and prevalence of social disorder that he laid out in the Discourse. The main point from the Discourse that’s in the Social Contract which are Man is born free‚ and everywhere he is in chains. the Sovereign‚ having no force other than the legislative

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    discussed in this article is the criminal justice system of Latin America. It attempts to reveal how Latin American societies still demonstrate authoritarianism and exclusion (both economic and political) even though recent reforms encourage the ideals of democracy and free markets (Iturralde‚309). It also describes the people who are affected most by this‚ which is the underprivileged classes. Latin America has increasing crime rate‚ but no criminal justice systems to control the matter‚ which ends up

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    answer to the question: empiricism and rationalism. These ideas concerning the origin of ideas examine the ways in which we gain knowledge. John Locke’s “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” stands as one of the essential books for philosophers and non- philosophers alike

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    While I was reading John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government‚ I found many of the ideas that Locke had familiar. I find that the way many governments in this world operate resonates with many of Locke’s ideas. Locke argued that equality and freedom within the bound of law are two of the most important principles of government‚ which I agree. I think the pursuits of equality and freedom are universal‚ especially the pursuit of equality. The philosophical backbone of republics and democracy is the

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    Social Influence Essay Monkey see monkey do‚ a fair statement regarding Social influence. From the humble ant‚ through to modern man‚ social influence has been the driving force for both good and evil‚ progress and regression. Whether we look at Chen’s experiment with ants or Triplet’s study of cyclists‚ one thing shines clear‚ the audience effect is a social stimulus which cannot be denied. Remember the scene in “Pretty Woman” where Julia Roberts’ character‚ Vivian Ward‚ is overwhelmed at

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    The juvenile justice system and parents across America struggle on a day-to-day basis with their children and substance abuse. It is stated that four out of every five children arrested within the system are under the influence of a substance (alcohol or drugs) when committing the crimes that forced them to be detained and arrested (Alcoholism.about.com‚ 2010). It is reported within the textbook that seventy-three percent of high school seniors had used alcohol within the past year‚ which makes

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    The social contract theory Jean-Jacques Rousseau postulates a foundation of a governing goal in which is to protect equality and uphold individuality. It is to my readings Rousseau distinguished that‚ “All men where born free and but are put into chains by the societies in which they are born ( Bk 1; 1 ).” First law is to provide for his own preservation‚ first cares being those he owes to himself such as food‚ clothing and shelter. As soon as he can think for himself he now is the sole judge of

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    other. They pass laws in order to protect us‚ while trying to let people keep some of their freedom. As society progresses on‚ the more the government tries to take peoples freedom‚ the more they try to contain people like animals in a cage. The social contract and state of nature are two concepts that show how the government was created and how they make their rules in order for their people to be safe while still having freedom to do as they desire. A world that has not been introduced to civilization

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