From the reading‚ Should trees have standing‚ written by professor Christopher Stone in USC‚ analyzing and challenging the legal premise of nature should be treat as objects in the eyes under the law of rights. In the reading‚ the author argue the fundamental basis need to be rewritten for the destruction of nature. In the beginning of the reading‚ the author used the history of law to suggest a parallel development that there never was a pure state of nature. No “right” existed except in
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exception to this statement. An example of this very rare exception during this time period is a letter from Angelo Poliziano to an upper class maiden Cassandra Fedele. Angelo observes that she is one of the few educated women of her age. (Doc11.) One should approach this document with caution because the source is a humanist letter to a wealthy upper class woman. On the other hand John Knox once observed that it would be awful if women ever reigned supreme over men. (Doc1.) John Knox in some ways was
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Hobbes would argue that the insurgents should not have rebelled‚ that they have no right that they deserve whatever punishment the Sovereign wants to give them. Hobbes would have said that if it was not for the rebels‚ the Sovereign would have been able to fight the Islamic State when they first started. After defeating this other Commonwealth‚ the Islamic State‚ the Syrian government could have worked to improve the situation for all its subjects. But now that the Commonwealth is in a State of War
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Should teenagers have a tattoo? Having prevailed in the world for thousands years‚ nowadays‚ tattoos have been known in every corner of the world (Lawrence‚ 1999). The Food and Drug Administration estimated that 45 millions people in the United States have at least a tattoo (Israel‚ 2011) and then 17% of them regrets getting tattoos (Schulz‚ 2011) due to its health effects and the discrimination against it. Thus‚ in our opinion‚ teenagers should not be allowed to have a tattoo.
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our debt‚ it is okay to have stadiums but it does no good for our economy. That is the problem with our society they are too busy worrying about sports than politics. They care and worry about who is going to win the super bowl this year‚ than to how is our financing working out this year. I believe that the government should cut back on their spending‚ and work on getting more jobs out for the American people‚ than to be working on getting more stadiums that we already have. One problem the U.S. Government
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Students are more influenced by their teachers than by their friends. It is commonly acknowledged that people are easily influenced by circumstances‚ so the most influential people to students are their teachers and friends who accompany them for much of the time each day. But the different attitudes of students toward their teachers and friends that compared to teachers‚ they hold a feeling of more affinity and trust to their friends reveal that their friends have a greater impact on them.
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‘The Vikings Were More than Just Raiders!’ Anika Aziz‚ 2013 Throughout history‚ the Vikings have been depicted as the savage and somewhat barbaric pirates from Scandinavia. Conducting frequent‚ vicious raids upon countries across Europe‚ their reputation has always been‚ more or less‚ ruthless. Though this may be partially true‚ historical evidence also suggests the Vikings as being more than what we generally presume… —What were their motives?
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Why Are Males More Aggressive Than Females? All societies behave in a different way towards two sexes and distinguish two genders. Through innumerable indications‚ we are taught that men and women are different. In everyday life‚ it is commonly assumed that men are more aggressive than women. Statistics indicate that males are more likely than females to commit such crimes as murder‚ armed robbery‚ and aggravated assault which are the result of feeling aggressive. In addition men describe themselves
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working lives. When we get sick‚ most of the time we don’t have the choice of staying home and recovering from the illness. We have to go to work in order to pay for our bills and survive. Because of this‚ there is a chance of the illness spreading onto another employee causing the illness to spread rapidly and more frequently. This may cause the employers to lose money and additionally cause the person you spread it to have a chance of getting more severe symptoms that can possibly prevent them from going
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Waleed Smith AP Human Geography June 4th‚ 2015 Why Geography Matters More Than Ever Why Geography matters a book written by Harm de Blij a Dutchman born in Schiedam‚ Netherlands October 9‚ 1935. Mr. Harm received his Phd in geography from Northwestern University in Illinois‚ served as editor of several “National Geographic Magazine” articles‚ and was a renowned professor at Michigan State University. As a child‚ he moved from Europe to Africa to avoid the rising Nazi threat. While in Africa he
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