recently decided to end its support of chimpanzee testing research. Dr. Collins‚ a director in the National Institute of Health has spoken on this decision stating that‚ “We find no evidence that there is a need to continue to do research of an invasive sort on chimpanzees‚ not now and not going into the future” (2). As what Dr. Collins has stated‚ there is simply no need to perform such tortuous experimentations on these innocent animals. One of the reasons as to why this decision was made was because
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Modifying genes could be a way of preventing unwanted traits or enhance characteristics (Against Designer Babies‚ Sheldon Krimsky). Unfortunately‚ CRISPR is a first generation tool‚ so there is no possibility no damage will be done to the baby. As well as no security‚ the baby will not have any life-threatening defects‚ as it is known that “curing” one disease causes another. In fact‚ this will create a bad relationship between parents and children (The Ethnic of ‘Designer
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This paper will first describe the racial distribution of serious and violent offending among juveniles in the United States. It will provide a picture of the short-term national trends for offending patterns by race and ethnicity and summarize research findings on racial and ethnic differences in chronic juvenile offending. Various explanations are given for the racial and ethnic differences. This paper will include recommendations for improving understandings of these differences and implications
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conscription were disrespecting or ruining the Catholic Church’s reputation by producing anti-Catholic pamphlets and cartoons against the Australian Catholic Community. This is depicted in the drawing in the bottom sector of the eye‚ evident in the closed fist and protestant anti-Catholic cartoon poster. The red background symbolises anger or tension and the people going against the Church’s will. Another evil was that soldiers were forced to join‚ with no freewill or being able to choose their own
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voting. Is compulsory voting the right electoral system for the United States‚ should the United States replace their current system of voting for compulsory voting? If the United States were to change the law so that citizen were obligated to vote what would be the consequences for those who chose not to vote? If the government fined those who didn’t vote wouldn’t that go against the constitution? The first amendment gives those the right to freedom of speech‚ free exercise of religion‚ the freedom
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Everyone has their own moral code to follow. Some are very complex. Some come across as a bit evil. And some are beautifully simple and extremely hard to argue against‚ such as utilitarianism. Utilitarianism is an ethical philosophy which seeks to maximize well-being for the largest amount of people. This means that if you can secure pleasure at no moral cost‚ you should do so. It also means that if you can prevent displeasure for others without sacrificing anything of equal moral value‚ you should
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There are a lot of bad things that happen in this world and Animal Testing is one of them. Doctors‚Scientists and other people test on these animals everyday. In my opinion there should be no animal testing at all. It is cruel. Right now there are millions of animals sitting in cold cages waiting for their next painful procedure. The stress‚ sterility and boredom causes them to develop neurotic behaviors such as‚ biting themselves and running around in circles. Most of these animals are killed after
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drug in the‚ United Sates behind alcohol and tobacco use. More than 14 million Americans use marijuana regularly regardless of the laws against its use or possession. The problems with legalization and criminalization of marijuana use have been an extremely controversial matter and have been a debatable subject over many years. Currently it is a crime and is against the law to posse and use the drug regularly known as pot‚ weed and mary-jane. However‚ the United States government has spent billions
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outlets for discriminatory behaviors. Considering the tension around racial concerns‚ the uproar against cultural appropriation is understandable (Yo‚ 2015). However‚ it needs to be made clear the definition itself does not imply negative intentions. Rather‚ the cause of its wrongdoings is the deeply rooted discriminatory views and habits of segregation still embedded in society. Cultural appropriation is one of the issues that exist differently in society today than in past‚ but is still affected by
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A fifteen year-old girl named Debbie is one of several children from a family in the Arizona area who was a straight A student. She would be the last person most would expect to be forced into the world of human trafficking. One day‚ one of Debbie’s so-called friends asked Debbie if she could come by Debbie’s house. Her friend drove up with two men in the car. Her friend was leaving after talking for some time and Debbie went to give her hug but Debbie’s friend pushed her into the car. She was
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