amazement at the all natural rock wall standing in front of me. My little sister‚ Samantha‚ clung sturdily about half way up the cliff face. My father’s jaw dropped as he came around the corner. His eyes fell on Samantha and he stumbled down the steep slope to rest beside me. Reaching his hand up‚ he assisted her on her way up before turning to me‚ an unspoken question shining in his eyes. I shook my head; I don’t need any help from anyone I thought stubbornly. I mounted the wall‚ fingers aching in protest
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Could you be justified in taking one innocent life in order to save the lives of many? “There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong‚ but the middle is always evil.” Ayn Rand‚ Atlas Shrugged The justification in taking the life of one to save the life of many - This is a philosophical dilemma that has been discussed and debated over countless decades by various philosophers and ethicists. It is a question of human morality and ethical decisions. Varied cases
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Should gay marriage be legal? Gay marriage should be legal because as woman and man‚ all individuals have the same right in society; because same-sex couples can constitute a good based family; because it is just a way to make official a common union nowadays‚ even with the religious issue; because it is not related to polygamy; and because love matters and it does not differ in nature according to the sex of its object or the person who experiences it. The first reason why same sex marriage
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same right of security as any Americans. ProConorg.‚(2007) stated Opponents argue that altering the traditional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman will further weaken a threatened institution and that legalizing gay marriage is a slippery slope that may lead to polygamous and interspecies marriages (p.1). Every person has the right to be a parent‚ no matter their gender. Being the same sex and wanting to adopt should not be a factor because it is against their moral rights. There is
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against using the tax exemption as a way to compel change in a nonprofit’s policies‚” Kris Lev-Twombly‚ the group’s director of public policy‚ wrote late Wednesday in an email. “Stripping nonprofits of tax exemption on ideological grounds is a slippery slope. Nonprofits are the embodiments of free speech in our society. When we disagree with a nonprofit’s policies‚ we should vote by moving our donation dollars and our volunteer feet elsewhere.” The association said it is difficult to estimate how
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should not be legalized. I believe that legalizing marijuana will move our communities in the wrong direction. Many people argue that marijuana will not have an effect on the safety of Americans but that is not the case. I realize this may be a slippery slope‚ but I must pose these questions. If pot is legalized what will be the impact? Does that mean that they will legalize substances like heroin some day? It seems to me that when people are given and inch they end up
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Levin’s analysis he states that‚ “Homosexuality is likely to cause unhappiness because it leaves unfulfilled an innate and innately rewarding desire.” This reasoning takes information from one fact and jumps to the conclusion of another. This slippery slope relies heavily on anatomy. Levin neglected human thought and pleasure‚ ultimately making his argument invalid. Nature made it possible for the human race to survive through the use of sexual organs. Levin’s description about the function of the
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Smith’s cessation. Dick Smith accused the Private Equity group Anchorage Capital of ‘destroying’ the business. They bought it off of Woolworths in 2012. Dick Smith is in deep dept with the banks and has claimed all limited creditors. Dick Smith’s slippery slope lead to cessation‚ induced by Ferrier Hodgson. Dick Smith has had to let off 3000 members of staff. The issue with Dick Smith is that they have officially shut down and put the entirety of their staff in unemployment. Ferrier Hodgson has listed
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Redefining marriage to include same-sex relationships is the culmination of this revisionism‚ and it would leave emotional intensity as the only thing that sets marriage apart from other bonds." [70]Gay marriage could potentially lead down a "slippery slope" giving people in polygamous‚ incestuous‚ bestial‚ and other nontraditional relationships the right to marry. [10] Glen Lavy‚ JD‚ senior counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund‚ argued in a May 21‚ 2008 Los Angeles Times Op-Ed‚ "The movement for
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nothing will ever be solved. History offers no modern examples of the effectiveness of harsh interrogation techniques. There are many other ways of interrogation that are available and more effective. Studies have also shown that torture is a “slippery slope” in that each act of torture makes it easier to accept the use of torture in the future. Torture violates the rights of human dignity of the victim. We all as humans have rights and we should all be respected. Torture treats the victim as
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