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    ‘The only reason to be moral is because it is the right thing to do’ Discuss. Morality is defined as the principles of distinguishing between good and bad behaviour. We call the murderer an immoral person because they have committed a ‘bad’ action. We also stereotype charity workers as moral because they are devoted to helping others. But what motivates our moral behaviour? In an attempt to answer this‚ I will assess several key theories and thinkers to prove that morality is a means of achieving

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    In a Free State‚ individual rights are important. The government administers laws and regulations that apply to all—the citizens‚ officials‚ law enforcement—to make sure these rights are authenticated. In the United States of America‚ the constitution serves as the Law of the Land‚ in which all Americans are held to the same laws; this “Rule of Law” that defines a Free State is meant to ensure equality for all (Framework). Based on these characteristics‚ the United States would rightly be deemed

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    Constitution under the Tenth Amendment‚ states have the right to govern within their state and according to the people. Although the national government withheld an enumerated powers over the United States‚ the states own the reserved power to pass laws within districts‚ such as the power to provide for public safety. The powers reserved to the states includes the ability to establish schools and local government‚ regulate trade‚ prosecute crimes‚ and issue licenses. The states greatly influence the lives of

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    discrimination‚ deportation‚ and segregation. These are all the things people of the latino community had faced during the early to late 1990s. American people used the latino community for cheap labor‚ which is basically legal slavery. Many families even if they were citizens of the United States were deported to their home countries. So why were people of the latino community treated so poorly in the 1900’s in America? During the 1900’s majority of schools were segregated in America. “By the 1940s‚ as

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    Assignment 1: MORAL REASONING Short Essay: Moral reasoning is individual or collective practical reasoning about what‚ morally‚ one ought to do. For present purpose‚ we may understand issues about what is right or wrong‚ virtuous or vicious‚ as raising moral question. When we are faced with moral questions in daily life‚ just as when we are faced with child-rearing questions‚ sometimes we act impulsively or instinctively and sometimes we pause to reason about what we ought to do. Much of our reasoning

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    RUNNING HEAD: Bill of Rights Bill of Rights Janet Zamora Grand Canyon University JUS 430 MOD 2 February 20‚ 2012 Bill of Rights Many people wonder why the Bill of Rights was made and why we have it. There are many reasons that we have the Bill of Rights and I think that we should all learn a little more about the Bill of rights and what it does for us that make it a very beneficial document for us. I will tell a little history of the Bill of rights‚ I will tell you what it

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    The Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s and 60’s Once upon a horrible time‚ the United States was a segregated country in which blacks were considered some sort of subspecies. Although the civil war addressed segregation it didn’t enforce it. While black and white citizens were becoming a group of equals in the north‚ the story was much different in the segregated south. Black citizens in the south still faced unequal treatment‚ wages‚ and were often persecuted by everyone from store workers to

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    The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline This timeline provides information about the gay rights movement in the United States from 1924 to the present: including the Stonewall riots; the contributions of Harvey Milk; the "Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell" policy; the first civil unions; the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ New York; and more. 1924 The Society for Human Rights in Chicago becomes the country’s earliest known gay rights organization. 1948 Alfred Kinsey

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    Historically the United States of America has been shaped by many social changes that have occurred throughout its time. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was one of the most notable social movements which attempted to root out all racial segregation‚ but most importantly to attain equality for African Americans. African American racial segregation has always been a part of American society‚ dating back to the Civil War‚ in which the North was victorious; this also led to the abolishment of

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    StatesRights v. Nationalism The debate over statesrights versus nationalism relates to the current political actors‚ issues‚ and conflicts; as can be seen through examination of William Jefferson Clinton‚ the issue of federal funding for public schools‚ and the conflict between the states and the Constitution over the "Full faith and credit" clause and whether it pertains to same-sex marriages. William Jefferson Clinton was recently in Norfolk‚ Virginia to promote what he believes will occur

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