During the Enlightenment‚ the Encyclopedia created a revolution that challenged people about their beliefs and trust on religion. Before and during the Age of Reason‚ religion was far more important than it is today. France’s first encyclopedia about all knowledge helped transform Christian beliefs into reason and philosophy; it was one of the first works that helped society question religion and authority. The Encyclopedia was a door that exposed people to all types of knowledge about the arts‚
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Kwong : Taking Sides‚ Unit 4 Response I’m answering question number2‚ as to why government agencies are getting more conservative regarding drinking during pregnancy. I personally believe the government wants to be stricter on the drinking-during-pregnancy matter because of the outcomes and effects towards the community. Pregnant mothers that drink during pregnancy are already at a small percentage of risk for a child with developmental-defects. The more at-risk children‚ the more attention these children
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Pain During Sex... | Is there Pain during sex? For experimentally delivered somatic stimuli‚ females have lower thresholds‚ greater ability to discriminate‚ higher pain ratings‚ and less tolerance of noxious stimuli than males. These differences‚ however‚ are small‚ exist only for certain forms of stimulation and are affected by many situational variables such as presence of disease‚ experimental setting‚ and even nutritive status.For endogenous Pain during sex‚ women report more multiple pains
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Embryos are essentially microscopic human beings. Regardless of what good they may provide to the field of medicine‚ the ethical controversies surrounding embryonic stem cell research are profound. Stem cells‚ the cells used by the human body to replenish damaged tissue‚ are found in both embryonic and adult form. At the adult level‚ stem cells can be extracted from bone marrow‚ but the real ethical debate arises when embryonic stem cells are introduced. “Pluripotent” embryonic stem cells are among
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were not built for mass incinerations and as the body count in the camps grew after 1941 became totally inadequate. The camps looked for larger and more efficient capacity. They therefore asked Kori and Topf to design more permanent structures with greater capacity that could also use a less expensive fuel than the oil. These companies designed cheaper and more cost effective ovens from the existing designs of the more expensive ovens used in the municipal crematoria. Any semblance of a correct cremation
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needs‚ and self-perceptions of the other in the service of developing an effective strategy for eliciting intelligence information. Effective interrogation relies on persuasion strategies used in everyday life‚ but produced with greater forethought‚ applied with greater deliberation‚ and maintained in the context of objectivity and social control” (Janoff-Bulman 431). This study also quoted one senior U.S. Army interrogator as saying‚ “Beyond the moral imperative‚ the competent interrogator avoids
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Exposure to illicit and non-illicit drugs during pregnancy is a significant issue in the United States. Each year‚ approximately 757‚000 pregnant women use alcohol and 820‚000 smoke cigarettes. It is estimated that 221‚000 pregnant women use illegal drugs at least once during their pregnancy and 1 in 5 of these women smoke crack cocaine. Additionally‚ 32 percent of women who use at least one illegal drug while pregnant also use both alcohol and cigarettes. Overall‚ 1 million children each year
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freedom from women as human being and sex-beings. “Heterodoxy was part of a new radical “bohemia” (a social circle of artists‚ writers‚ and other who reject conventional rules and practices). Its definition of feminism merged issues like the vote and greater economic opportunities with open discussion of sexuality” (696). Sigmund Freud talked about sexuality and it was becoming widely known in America. That helped women express themselves as sexual
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men to supplement the families income. During this time‚ women were not paid equal wages as the men. This is still an issue today‚ that women and men are completing the same task in the workforce‚ but the men are being paid a higher salary. During the Progressive era‚ women with a higher skill level were hired at a salary that would be given to a man with a much lower set of skills. Another demographic change during the Progressive era was urbanization. During the Progressive era‚ many people moved
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Starting into the 20th century the people knew that the Gov’t had to take more responsibility and they could’t have any more laissez-fare officers Well before 1900 and after‚ politicians and writer had began to pin point targets for the progressive attack The social Gospel promoted a brand of progressivism based on Christian based teaching to help get better housing and living conditions for the poor. many women improved the fight for their list of needed reforms The Progressive had their
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