There have always been two groups of political thought: liberal and conservative. These two schools of thought can be applied to almost anything. This includes the thousand year old poem‚ Beowulf. Who better embodies the liberal traits than Beowulf himself. A liberal is a nontraditional person who is open to new behaviors and not afraid to discard their traditional values in order to better themselves and their community. This definition of liberal describes Beowulf. Beowulf was a fictional hero who
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is a BYU-Idaho student majoring in social work talks about controversial topic on the legalization of marijuana. He focuses in on few core topics that heavily impact individual’s views on this topic. The one fiery debate that he goes into how it’s surfaced again is the prohibition of marijuana‚ then he fires into the effects on the body mentally and physically. Then dives into the medical marijuana benefits‚ the effects on our society‚ and goes right into the impact on our economy with taxes and prison
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The Moral Roots Of Liberals And Conservatives Jonathan Haidt gives an interesting talk on TED where he eloquently discusses the origin of differences between the conservatives and the liberals. He mentions that being open to new experiences is the key to noting these divisions. Liberals crave new ideas‚ novelty‚ and travel while conservatives are full of routine‚ order‚ dependability‚ and are low on openness to new experiences. We are trapped in our own ways of thinking‚ notes Haidt; we are much
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During 1906-12 when the Liberal Party were in power started the Liberal Reforms‚ which were several programmes with the intent to help British citizens living in poverty. There is a debate amongst historians whether or not the Liberal Reforms were effective and helped the people living in poverty. The quote from the historian Martin Pugh suggests that the reforms were not introduced to create a welfare state but only focusing on solving specific problems that poor people have faced. There are other
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Attitudes on Legalizing Marijuana Black Hills State University Abstract With the differing views of political parties‚ the debate regarding the legalization of marijuana has been an ongoing controversy that has shown the ability to divide persona and social attitudes especially in regards to an individual’s political party affiliation and their political views. To determine the validity of the above given statement‚ data was gathered from the General Social Surveys ranging from 1994-2000
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Death of Liberal Arts”‚ by Nancy Cook‚ does make a valid point that students should not only know skills that will get them a job‚ but the skills to analyze and dig deeper into given information. Nancy Cook talks about how Centenary College in Shreveport‚ La. took out liberal arts classes and added new professional programs that teach about skills that students will need to obtain a job. After understand the article‚ one can disagree with Centenary College’s decision in cutting the liberal arts classes
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definition is inadequate and goes on to elaborate on liberalism in more depth. The liberal‚ in economic policies‚ demands that the inequalities of wealth be reduced through social programs such as "welfare and other redistribution financed by a progressive tax." Liberals also take a Keynesian policy toward the governments stabilizing intervention in the economy‚ such as controlling inflation and unemployment. And liberals support freedom of speech‚ racial equality and are "suspicious of criminal law
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value of liberal arts education comes from the diversity of subjects. As a liberal arts major‚ I can do anything I want with the degree. I believe that there are a lot of employers that would recommend a liberal arts education as the best way to prepare for success in today’s world. Some of my military retired colleagues say they would give hiring preference to college graduates with skill that enable them to contribute to innovation in the workplace. That’s because the degree in liberal arts provided
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still propagated by the industrialist framework‚ which we perceive as important to topple keeping in mind the end goal to genuinely accomplish balance. The absence of a class examination is completely deadly to build developments. It decreases liberal women’s activist developments to battling for arrangements that are disappointing contrasted with the state of mind and awareness driving forward these developments. It comes down to successfully characterizing states of mind as the issue‚ singular
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The issue of marijuana legalization has been a controversial topic for the past four decades. Over the past several years‚ many states within the United States have began to liberalize their marijuana laws‚ which has caused many to question whether or not marijuana prohibition should be ended. In reality‚ it is difficult to make a one-sided judgment on the legalization of marijuana because on one hand the drug can be widely used for medical purposes‚ and on the other hand it is still able to cause
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