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    briefing document to provide arguments for and against the UK joining the Euro The single European currency was established in 1999 and since then the topic of whether the UK should join the Euro has been at the centre of many debates. This document will look at the arguments both for and against membership of the single currency and then provide a critical analysis on whether the UK should join the single currency. Arguments for and against joining the Euro |Arguments for joining

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    Kant the Sublime

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    deconstruction. Kant differentiated the sublime between the vastness and greatness and the dynamic sublime. The vastness sublime is so great we can’t just use our senses like we normally do; it requires us to heighten our senses beyond comprehension. The dynamic sublime is the way in which rationalizes things and his perceptions. Lyotard describes the boundlessness of the imagination and reason as a ‘differend’ and this is ‘to be found at the heart of sublime feeling: at the encounter of two absolutes equally

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    The Importance of Not Lying To lie means to make an untrue statement with the intent to deceive‚ according to the Webster’s dictionary. It also means to simply create a false or misleading statement on purpose. There are also many synonyms to the word “lie‚” such as: prevaricate‚ equivocate‚ palter‚ and fib. The word lie happens to be the most blunt of this group. “Prevaricate” softens the bluntness of a lie by implying quibbling or confusing the issue. This form of lying is common in courtroomms

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    6/25/2014 Philosophy 201 Reaction to Kant Kant Kant first draws close to differentiating between a moral choice and a prudent choice. A prudent choice is a choice used in good judgment and is rational. Kant has no interest in morality being rational. A law is a law and thou shall obey it. The moral law is absolute. Thou shall not lie‚ means exactly what it says‚ thou shall not lie. No ifs‚ ands or buts about it. There is no reason why a person should lie because it is our duty as moral

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    willing to bestow upon them the title of Auteur. By regarding filmmaking as yet another form of art‚ Auteur theory stipulates that a film is the direct result of its director’s genius. With the emerging prominence of auteur based criticism in the 1950?s‚ the role of the director became increasingly integral to a film’s success. However most would argue that this form of criticism didn’t reach its apex until 1960s‚ when Andrew Sarris released his seminal works "Notes on the Auteur Theory" (1962) and

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    produces two separate sides that are either for or against whether or not it would be beneficial to rescind the guidance presented in this letter from 2011. As I did my research into this particular issue‚ it became apparent to me that most media‚ news articles‚ and forums were strictly against Secretary DeVos’ plan to remove the guidelines in place. It seems that there were two main reasons people were against her plan. According to civil rights attorney Alexandra Brodsky‚ most are against Devos’

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    hobbes and kant

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    contract implies that the people give up some rights to a government or other authority in order to receive or maintain social order through the rule of law. It can also be thought of as an agreement by the governed on a set of rules by which they are governed. Two theorists that had very strong views on the social contract were Thomas Hobbes and Immanuel Kant. Although both of these theorists believed in a social contract they both had different views on what it exactly meant. Hobbes was a different

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    As we all know‚ Abortions are very well known and controversial in society today. Abortion is the process of removing a living human fetus from the mother’s womb with an intention to end the life of that fetus preceding to its natural birth. Many people feel as though abortion is a huge crime; killing a human being‚ but just a different process. On the other hand‚ many other people may feel as though abortions are okay‚ and it should be the women’s decision on whether the fetus should continue to

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    Argument 1: Thousands of terminally ill patients suffer from untreatable pain.               *There is untreatable pain               *Thousands of terminally ill patients in pain Claim 1: A large part of what are improperly labeled as terminally ill patients do not suffer pain‚ and those who do suffer‚ it is definitely treatable by palliative care. Matthew E. Conolly‚ M.D. November 4 1989. Alternative to Euthanasia: Pain Management. Nightingale Alliance. www.nightingalealliance.org/pdf/Altern_to_Euthanasia

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    Some people are strongly against vaccinating their children. They feel it is unsafe and can even lead to autism. There have been many reported cases where vaccines have actually done a lot of harm. As the amount of vaccines being administered to children has risen‚ so has the percentage of children with autism. This is ground-breaking evidence to the anti-vaccine movement. They assume that the more vaccines a child receives‚ the higher they go up on the autism spectrum. It is believed that a child

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