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    Ethics of Lying

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    How can we morally justify lying/deception? Lying is a process that is carried out by people of all ages‚ races‚ nationalities and societies. However‚ even though it is a common act to the majority of the world‚ it is considered morally incorrect‚ due to the fact that it provides misleading information that usually causes someone harm. There are three main components of a lie: a statement needs to be made‚ the person telling the lie must believe that the statement is false‚ and the statement must

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    The four main rules of CPTED are natural surveillance‚ natural access control‚ territorial reinforcement‚ and maintenance and management. These rules classify all CPTED behavior into four categories that are easy to understand and follow. The first one is I think the most important‚ natural surveillance. Natural surveillance would be cases in which areas can be kept guard in a sense by people going about their daily business. For example a mall is highly protected by all of the people in it. If a

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    Argument Against Abortion

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    the Law The Convention is legally binding on ratifying countries. Although several articles imply a right to abortion‚ Article 12 is most relevant. Article 12 1. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate all discrimination against women in the field of health care in order to ensure‚ on a basis of equality of men and women‚ access to health care services‚ including those related to family planning. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article‚ States Parties

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    Arguments Against Torture

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    Arguments Supporting Torture to Protect America’s Security When at Risk Justifying the needs of implementing various methods of torture is strongly a recommended option to protecting America’s security and American citizens. While the debate of whether the use of torture is valid to protect the United States of America overall‚ supporters of the argument strongly argue that interrogating terrorists is only useful when various torture methods are involved. During one of the United States of America’s

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    who are willing to go above and beyond within a political party. There are many criticisms against caucuses and some would go as far to say that caucuses should be gotten rid of all together. One of the biggest arguments against caucuses is that in the general presidential election‚ these methods are not used. Why be inconsistent with our methodology (Hersh‚ 2011‚ p. 690)?

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    The four main rules of CPTED are natural surveillance‚ natural access control‚ territorial reinforcement‚ and maintenance and management. These rules classify all CPTED behavior into four categories that are easy to understand and follow. The first one is I think the most important‚ natural surveillance. Natural surveillance would be cases in which areas can be kept guard in a sense by people going about their daily business. For example a mall is highly protected by all of the people in it. If a

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    scientific‚ and philosophical explanations. In order to argue against evolution or defend creation a person must truly know they key components of their beliefs. In order to truly be in oppositions of evolution one must be aware of the principle‚ scientific‚ and philosophical arguments of evolution.

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    moral duty to fulfill (Kant 114). Kant believes that all people have intrinsic or inherent value. Which in simple terms mean that we as human beings are held to a higher standard; to know what is right and wrong (Kant 114). Kant states that there are only two principles for an action to be morally right. First‚ you must have done the action out of the motivation of good will. Kant defines good will as “To act out of duty‚ out of a concern and respect for the moral law”(Kant 114). Good will plays a

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    Argument Against Torture

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    Torture is Never Acceptable Torture is never acceptable because people harm animals and people. People harm people and animals; Why do you think people have more intense reactions to hearing about torture than they do to hearing about bombings or other acts of war. What does it mean when the President of the United States announces that America must reject the false choice between our security and our ideals? What is it about our founding principles that makes Americans feel so strongly about torture;

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    Kant

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    Explain the difference between transcendental realism (using Leibniz and Hume as examples) and Kant’s transcendental idealism. Why does Kant call his turn to transcendental idealism a “Copernican Revolution”. Transcendental realism claims that the world exists independently of human subjectivity. It also claims that the human thought or perception has no influence and does not effect the way world exists and cannot be interpreted by the way people interpret it. Transcendental realism relies

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