must eat to survive. However‚ since becoming a vegetarian‚ I have heard many peoples’ justifications for eating meat. The most common excuse‚ “An animals’ taste coupled with its diminished cognitive capacity justifies our consumption of it” (Caouette). In other words “animals are stupid and they taste good‚ so I’m justified in eating them.” But if I thought human flesh tasted good‚ would there be any justification in killing and eating someone? Why is it in our society‚ eating meat is considered morally
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their bad side and get punished. Now that we science proves the “wonders of the World” we don’t use the Greek gods as an excuse anymore‚ they are now describe as an imaginative figure. “People all over the world and different time periods have used myths to explain the existence and workings of the natural phenomena. They used the gods and/or heroes for justification of social and political institutions. The Greek myths are still unraveled in the western world as sources and an imagination”(Greek
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Meir Ezra: The Benefits of Being Unreasonable You succeed when you are unreasonable. You neither give nor accept excuses. You insist on success. L. Ron Hubbard defines reasonableness as "faulty explanations." When you agree with faulty explanations‚ you are too reasonable. Examples of faulty explanations: "I can’t repair your furnace today as it might rain." The truth is‚ the repairman is going to a basketball game. "None of the staff will work past 5:00." The truth is‚ the manager does not want
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history. When we think of Manifest Destiny‚ we think of our nation’s unshakable quest to capture land from the Atlantic to the Pacific‚ pillaging Native American homelands and calling them our own. It’s easy to hear the term and look at it as a barbaric excuse to have all this land to ourselves. But was it really just a word to cover up the cruel reality of American imperialism‚ or was it something more to Americans? The term manifest destiny was widely used and interpreted‚ but it always seemed to outline
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Robert J. Samuelson’s article‚ “The Dangerous Debate over Cutting Military Spending”‚ is precise and to the point. The article states a clear view of the inaccurate reasons the government is cutting military spending‚ and how he believes they are just excuses. The reasons that the government is cutting military spending‚ according to Samuelson‚ breaks down to four contributing factors. The four factors are cuts to the military are a simple way to lower the U.S’s budget shortfalls‚ the U.S. can’t sustain
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"Salamander! Call it a Gerrymander." A federalist paper editor is said to have declared this after the signing of the 1812 redistricting law. Governor Elbridge Gerry had found a way to expand his political power by gerrymandering the districts. (Boston Gazzete) Even now‚ gerrymandering remains a threat as the power struggle sways back and forth between leading politicians. Is there a better way to redistrict? The answer is no. Gerrymandering will always involve politics since it in itself is
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exploit a cheap labor source and for society to subjugate females. This allowed both institutions to use female labor in a way that maximized capital. To cart them from the home to the factory and back as deemed necessary different perceptions and justification for female wage workers were used to mold public
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January 22‚ 1973 the U.S Supreme Court ruled and imposed the law of abortion‚ due to Roe vs Wade. However‚ the legalization of abortion does not‚ nor will it ever prove its justification.1 There are many reasons behind the illogical act of abortion‚ though they all seem to be nothing but poor excuses. The
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Most of the people of Maycomb in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee have experiences or stories that make them worthy of compassion. Mayella Ewell fears being shunned by society and commits an unvirtuous deed. Mrs Dubose causes Jem and Scout to suffer with her insistent rude and racist comments‚ but carries the weight of battling a morphine addiction on her frail shoulders. Though they may cause suffering to various characters‚ these individuals have suffered themselves‚ or fear a greater consequence
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value in between her legs? Because of the culture of images and actions that are presented to the public‚ society has come to accept sexual violence as a “norm.” The expectations created through the things we are exposed to every day desensitize‚ excuse‚ and even justify rape and sexual violence. Advertising is one of the biggest promoters of women as objects that we experience on a daily basis. Twenty-first century ads fall mostly into one of two camps: products for “Manly Men” that will help
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