The Harmony Theory In Plato’s dialogue Phaedo‚ Simmias outlines his theory that the soul is like a harmony. Essentially‚ this theory claims that a lyre—or harp—is to harmony as body is to soul. The lyre must be tuned and played in just the right way‚ and if it breaks then the harmony ceases to exist. Therefore‚ harmony—and also‚ therefore‚ soul—does not exist on its own. Simmias argues that the same goes for body and soul‚ in the sense that the brain must be functioning in a certain way for the
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Argument Analysis of Gold Essay “Media Hype‚ Racial Profiling‚ and good Science.” Paul PENNER September 25‚ 2011 Summary: Gold begins his essay right away‚ without any sort of formality. The essay begins with Gold laying a foundation for the requirements of “good science.” After which Gold spells out the requirements of articles to sell large volumes of newspapers. This latter generates the term anecdotes. The term anecdote is analyzed‚ scrutinized and concluded as unacceptable due to the
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Finally after waiting in line for three hours‚ my cousin and I were next in line to meet Fifth Harmony. I was so excited and nervous. Walking quickly up to their security guard Big Rob‚ I gave him a high-five. Now walking into the room‚ my mouth dropped. Everything was in slow motion to me. Camila‚ a member from the band grabbed my arm. She asked me what my name was. Stuttering I said‚ “Ma-Ma-Makenzie” in a shaky voice. She wrapped her arms around me and called me her best friend. All of us posed
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individual and every country in world are facing with racial tension. Racial tension can be described as‚ groups of people or more than one race who live around the same area and they are facing a serious conflict with each other. The effect of racial tension can be a everybody’s worst nightmare‚ but the most important is to study the causes of racial tension. The reason to study the causes of racial tension is to understand why and how racial tension happens‚ rather than pointing finger with eye
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Introduction What is racial profiling? The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defines racial profiling as “the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race‚ ethnicity‚ religion or national origin” (2005). Do not confuse racial profiling with criminal profiling; criminal profiling is usually practiced by police in which they use a group of characteristics that are associated with crime to target individuals
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birth or descent rather than nationality; relating to race or culture. Therefore it is important for Malaysia to ensure the unity and the integration of this multi-ethnic in order all ethnics could live in this country with peace and harmony. The incident of major racial disputes on 13 May1969‚ is a good lesson learnt for Malaysia to take measures and steps to avoid theincident from repeated. One of the instrument used by the government is through mediaand information agencies which played a important
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Should Racial Profiling be a Legitimate Law-Enforcement Policy? Racial profiling is an act where all people of a certain race are treated as criminal suspects by those of law enforcement. This occurs when police investigate‚ stop‚ frisk search or use force against a person based on race instead of a person’s criminal behavior. It often involves the stopping and searching of people of color for traffic violations. One controversial issue in the discussion of racial profiling has been how to prove
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Racial Profiling A person should not be judged due to their appearance. Today skin color makes you a suspect in America. It makes you more likely to be stopped‚ more likely to be searched‚ and more likely to be arrested and imprisoned. When police officers stop or charge a person based on their race; that’s racial profiling. Racial profiling has been occurring around the nation for years. Statistics show that if a Caucasian man and an African American man are both driving a nice car and speeding
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arrests of over 1‚200 people in planned civil disobedience. In a trial that was moved out of the community where Diallo lived and to Albany in upstate New York‚ the four officers who killed Diallo were acquitted of all charges (“The Diallo” online). Racial Profiling is any police or private security practice in which a person is treated as a suspect because of his or her race‚ ethnicity‚ nationality or religion. This occurs when police investigate‚ stop‚ frisk‚ search or use force against a person based
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The amount of racial profiling in this country is an issue‚ which is why we should do are best in attempting to decrease it by requiring police officers to wear body cameras. Racial profiling is the use of an individual’s race or ethnicity as a reason to proceed with enforcement. The cause of racial profiling occurs every day‚ law enforcement all over target innocent people of another ethnicity or race and humiliate‚ scare‚ interrogate‚ search‚ and beat without evidence of criminal activity. Enforcement
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