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    Cruelest animal

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    Crueler Than an Animal There are over a hundred of different animal species out there and yet the cruelest animal of all is man. Man has a very manipulative mindset that animals could not even begin to comprehend. Animals physically hurt their prey‚ while humans hurt their own kind mentally and physically. We watch TV shows such as Criminal Minds and Dexter that show how cruel one person can truly be. We watch those shows for entertainment‚ but what we fail to comprehend is that there are

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    Philosophy of Man

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    love of wisdom.  Webster’s dictionary defines it as: “the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics.”  It is the root of all knowledge; the mother of all sciences Origin of Philosophy  According to Aristotle‚ philosophy arises from wonder  Desire for knowledge arises from the rational nature of man  Philosophers ask questions and these questions try to understand the metaphysical and physical world of man. Early Philosophers 1. Thales (624-526 BC)     He lived

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    Abuse of animals

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    Seeing animals held captive for human amusement was part of life. We never questioned it. While it is assumed that all humans‚ unless they have committed crimes against society‚ deserve freedom‚ we are not used to making that assumption for members of other species. We should ask ourselves why not. What have the animals in a zoo or marine park done to deserve their jail sentences‚ or the elephants in a circus done to deserve lives spent mostly in chains? For thousands of years‚ animals have been

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    Save Animals

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    1007/s10806-008-9110-0 Vegetarian Meat: Could Technology Save Animals and Satisfy Meat Eaters? Patrick D. Hopkins Æ Austin Dacey Accepted: 24 June 2008 / Published online: 11 July 2008 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 Abstract Between people who unabashedly support eating meat and those who adopt moral vegetarianism‚ lie a number of people who are uncomfortably carnivorous and vaguely wish they could be vegetarians. Opposing animal suffering in principle‚ they can ignore it in practice‚ relying

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    Animal testing

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    big blue shiny eyes stare at the man with the long lab coat approaching it. As the man starts unlocking the small rusty cage‚ the animals around start getting unstable and it almost seems like a cry for help from their part as the rabbit is taken by the man with clamps. The purpose of this research task is to prevent cruelty to animals and to disseminate animal testing‚ a more specific group will be focused which are the Rabbits. Animal testing is the use of animals for experimentation and research

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    The Nature of Man

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    Written On The nature of man is a subject that dates back centuries‚ though it is one that is still highly debated today. Philosophers‚ sociologists‚ and even sociobiologists have brought evidence leading to various conclusions to the table‚ so the question still stands. Mencius said that man’s nature is good‚ while Hsun Tzu argued from the opposite side. Centuries later‚ John Locke published a theory relating the nature of man to a blank piece of paper‚ stating that man is neutral until he learns

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    Animal Testing

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    to deserve this cruel punishment? Well‚ neither have the animals tortured behind laboratory doors used for research and testing. These tests evaluate how toxic our consumer products may be. Other tests are for medical or physiological research. But Animal Testing isn’t just giving a mouse a pill to see what it does. It’s much more than that. Not only is Animal testing cruel‚ but with modern techniques it is completely unnecessary Animals in laboratories across North America are kept from public

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    Ideal Man

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    Ideal Man Ideal is a word with several different definitions depending on one’s interpretation. Marriam Webster Dictionary says that ideal is “a standard of excellence.” The Random House College Dictionary gives a slightly different meaning with the definition of “regarded as perfect of its kind.” Hence‚ society can interpret the words standard‚ excellence‚ and perfect as they please. Each individual may have a different perspective on the ideal man because of the way they understand the definition

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    Albert Ellis and the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Psychology‚ Period A December 10‚ 2012 Albert Ellis and the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Albert Ellis was born in Pittsburgh‚ PA on September 17‚ 1913. He was the eldest out of three children. As a child‚ he mostly took care of his younger siblings because his father was a business man and was mostly away on business trips. His mother was described as “self-absorbed” and “bi-polar” in his biography; so neither of his

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    Animal rights and animal welfare fall at different points on a continuum that runs from animal liberation at one end to animal exploitation at the other. The animal rights viewpoint can be defined as the belief that humans do not have the right to use animals for their own gainin the laboratory‚ on the farm‚ in entertainment or in the wild. The degree to which humans may benefit from any use of nonhuman animals is irrelevant to determine how animals should be treated. The animal welfare viewpoint

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