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    “Diet for a Warm Planet” by Julia Whitty is an interesting article. Throughout this article‚ Whitty made her argument for her proposal about reaching a consensus that the earth is currently heating up because of human. According to the author‚ she also discusses many ways that can help people reduce the carbon by installing more efficient lighting‚ heating and cooling in the plants. However‚ Whitty noted that dieting and losing weight were able to reduce the amount of energy‚ which can reduce atmospheric

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    procreative liberty‚ freedom in activities and choices related to procreation. This article by Murray talks about the defects in the procreative liberty framework‚ a different starting point‚ and starting with one rather than the other framework. One of the arguments Murray makes is that there are confusions about procreative liberty. One confusion is the purpose of it; is it about morals of a family or is it about law and policies of reproductive technology? Does procreative liberty pay attention

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    The Sons of Liberty were much like modern day Isis. From burning houses to murder‚ they were the a group of people no one dared to provoke. The famous rebel group took a stand against the British Parliament for what they believed was right. They gave colonists hope in not only their future‚ but also America’s future. The Sons of Liberty are important because they secured America’s future‚ showed their bravery‚ and formed the Continental Congress. The Sons of Liberty organization consisted of only

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    between the author and anybody in the story‚ but when I read further into the Postscript I found a possible relationship. The Postscript says that Julia Alvarez "heard" about the story of the Mirabal Sisters when she was a young girl‚ therefore I knew she was not involved firsthand in the actions of the revolution because the times would not have fit. Alvarez mentions that she moved to New York‚ but made many trips back to the Dominican Republic. Also‚ she "sought out any information" about the sisters

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    In president Roosevelt’s speech “Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty” he describes the the promise of American as “...a unity in language and speech‚ in law and in economics‚ in education and in general purpose‚ which nowhere finds its match.’’ The promise of America is to have equal opportunity‚ unity‚ and liberty for all those who live in America. But only by the efforts and devotion of those who live in America can we make its freedom safer‚ make it richer

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    Liberty‚ Prosperity‚ Health and Happiness” Under the basic assumption that we are not constrained by the walls of imprisonment‚ liberty is an ever-present abstraction within our daily lives. Liberty is seen manifested within our realm with the availability of choices presented to us. Nevertheless‚ liberty is the engine that exerts choices. If we expand on the notion that liberty fuels choice‚ logic would guide us to the generalization that liberty is also encompassed with freedom. Woven all together

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    In the book “Religion in America” by Julia Corbett Hemeyer describes the various roles and feelings people have about religion within the United States. She goes into quite a bit of detail regarding how Americans display their religious beliefs‚ how they feel about people with different religious backgrounds‚ in particular after the events of September 11‚ 2001‚ and some of the contradictions regarding the leaders of some religious groups. The 1st chapter in the book was about how religion is studied

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    Richard Immerman’s Empire for Liberty focuses on the trajectory of six figures who are major figures in the era that they served. Using friends‚ family‚ and political associates to connect one figure to the following. All six were born into the same elite group that has been in power since the beginning‚ undergoing many political events‚ but always following the same message; the empire for liberty. In his book‚ Empire for Liberty‚ Immerman continually returns to the idea that America is and always

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    In Patrick Henry’s Shall Liberty or Empire Be Sought? (1788) He expresses deep concerns about the government’s ability to maintain its ideals over time. Henry starts off by saying “But how different is the genius of your new Constitution from this!” This statement begs the reader to question how long their current government will be maintained. He wants to show his worries about the future and what that would mean for others and himself. He is concerned about three things‚ the future of the loss

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    J.S. Mills had numerous examples when he proclaimed‚ “liberty is often granted where it should withheld‚ as well as withheld where it should be granted” (Mills 103). Everybody deserves liberty as long as they do not harm other individuals in the process. People should have the ability to do in their own concerns‚ but people should not be free to exercise power over another individual. In chapter five in On Liberty‚ this obligation is almost utterly disregarded in the instance of family relations

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