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    Should teenager be given right to make decision on their own? Well according to me they shouldn’t be given this right and I would like to prove my point first scientifically by the quotation of a neurologist that “The brain is mostly developing during the teenager’s years i.e. until we reach the age of 20. Since this period is crucial as the brain is easy to manipulate it is important for parents to instill proper social norms into their minds to help their children to fit into the world. Now you

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    Atomic Bomb Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr.‚ who dropped the atomic bomb died in 2007. However‚ the dispute of his action continues and the atomic bomb does not disappear with his death. The main argument people are talking about is that whether it is a right decision for the us to use atomic weapons on japan to end World War 2. It is true that the atomic bomb totally destroyed two cities of Japan‚ causing millions of civilians dead directly. Moreover‚ the nuclear radiation is still influencing the health

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    the teacher advocate Timmy to punch the other child back? No‚ this is the type of example we are setting for our youth. As they grow up‚ they are faced with difficult situations in which they must use their best judgment. Do you expect them to make the right decision if their "role models" are being hypocritical? Secondly‚ how would you feel if an innocent man who had done nothing wrong died? Throughout the history of the death penalty‚ there were numerous cases in which it is determined that the

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    PSA 4: Rousseau Q1 Response: How does Rousseau’s conception of the origin of political society compare with that of Locke? Rousseau felt that for personal freedom to thrive‚ there must be a new society governed by a social contract. The separate rights and wills of individuals‚ collectively‚ form the general will. The general will of the population is governed by a social contract. Each individual is entitled to freedom and is equal to his peers under the social contract. It is the government’s

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    penalty should be abolished from every country around the world. Whether it is intentional or not‚ the death penalty is administered in an arbitrary manner. A first criticism of how capricious the law is‚ with respect to the death penalty‚ can be seen right from the beginning of the process. In a given court case‚ it is the prosecutor who has the option of seeking the death penalty or not. Therefore‚ there is no direct formula in determining when exactly to use capital punishment‚ making it fairly random

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    good?Jean Jacque Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes both answer these questions differently. Rousseau claims that human nature were naturally good but eventually became enemies with each other‚ he also believes inequality first occurred when population grew. Hobbes claims that we were born evil in the first place. These two authors go into depth with their arguments‚ but I agree more with Rousseau. Rousseau declares that when the population grew‚ needs and wants were accompanied (Rousseau‚ paragraph 2).

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    how is a citizen formed? Citizens of society can be defined in many ways from the political liberalist Aristotle to Rousseau the romantic and finally looking at empiricism by Locke. versions of citizenship we can decide what is a citizen. Aristotle explains what he believes is a citizen and how they can contribute to the society. Rousseau and Locke believe in free learning to develop the citizen and we are all equal. People think we should help children to become good citizens‚ but what is a good

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    Hobbes‚ who came before Rousseau had an opposing point of view on what humans in a state of nature would resemble. While Rousseau believed they would be compassionate‚ Hobbes equated the state of nature to being a “state of war”. Hobbes felt that society is what pulled humans out of this state of war by giving structure and rules to people’s lives so long as the social contract was upheld. This social contract gave people protection in return for them giving up the right to all things. Since there

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    this philosophy are Thomas Hobbes and Jean Jacques Rousseau. Their theories both appeals to the state of nature as a phase before the formation of a political society‚ however‚ their views of a man’s state of nature are quite different. With that being said‚ many will read William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ and will see what Golding’s view of man’s state of nature is like‚ but disagree with each other if it takes the side of Hobbes or Rousseau. To help identify which comparison is more well suited

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    unfortunately America is a very entertainment filled country‚ and almost everyone in the country has a favorite singer‚ band‚ athlete‚ team‚ or sport that they support‚ by either purchasing clothing‚ albums‚ tickets to the games or concerts‚ which makes the famous person earn that high amount of money. The music industry is a very large

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