defending and supporting the barbaric deed. Even the strong main arguments in support of torture fall flat when stood up against its opposition. It is absurd to believe the ideas that supporters of torture come up with. Many of their arguments only work in very specific situations that may never happen. Should something as unspeakable as torture be allowed because of situations that most likely will never happen? The “ticking bomb” argument is the idea that in the case that there is a limited amount
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In Politics‚ Aristotle sets out an argument to suggest that in order for humans to flourish and achieve Eudaimonia we must actualise our unique and distinctively human faculties‚ particularly our intellectual and moral faculties. Aristotle argues not only that it is impossible to achieve this outside the construct of a Polis but also that‚ given man’s nature as a political animal‚ even if it were possible this would not instinctively be the preferred path of humans. Many translators often interpret
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Arguments on Utilitarianism Which is more valuable: a game of push-pin or the study of Latin? Which has greater worth: the life of a single young girl or the lives of an entire community? These are the sorts of questions raised when dealing with the matter of utilitarianism. According to Jeremy Bentham‚ the father of the theory‚ the ultimate moral goal of human beings should be to increase pleasure and to decrease pain. To maximize the amount of time spent in content‚ and minimize the times of
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close to forty years. You could make an argument that the slasher is lifeblood of the entire horror genre. Fanning that flame is writer/director Benjamin R. Moody’s (his wife Rachel produces) Last Girl Standing but Last Girl Standing‚ is not your typical fanfare. While it is a "slasher"‚ the film leans heavy elements of both a psychological thriller and early 90’s Indie romance‚ weirdly enough. The flick starts where the standard slasher ends. The Final Girl has watched all her chums meet grizzly
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HIST 136 Paper #1 Fall 2014 In Robert Trennert’s essay‚ “Educating Indian Girls at Nonreservation Boarding Schools‚ 1870-1920”‚ there is an argument on the federal government’s policy on sending young Indian girls to schools to be “Americanized.” During the 1870s‚ the government provided education for Indian youth of both sexes. The schools started in 1878 when Captain Richard Henry Pratt‚ in charge of a group of Indian prisoners at Fort Marion‚ convinced the government to educate eighteen of his
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Foundation Degree in Equine Studies Nutritional requirements of Specific Horses Contents Page 2 Contents Page 3 Contents Page 4 Contents Page 5 Task 1 Introduction Page 7 Case Study Page 8 Conclusion Page 10 Appropriate rations for a Laminitic Pony Page 11 Nutritional Management for a Laminitic Pony Page 12 Picture 1 Contents
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For this paper‚ I will be analyzing a very popular series ‘Gossip Girl’ that reflects many cultural theories like feminism‚ structuralism‚ Marxism‚ psychoanalytical etc. but I would mainly analyze the text through the lenses of two cultural theories namely‚ Marxism and Psychoanalysis. Gossip Girl presents the Marxist idea of class that uses a criterion of labor and wealth to differentiate between the public and the bourgeoisie (Meloy‚ 2009) and many such television shows revolve around the same
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“The Girls in Their Summer Dresses” Irwin Shaw’s short story “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses” talks about a young married couple who tries to enjoy a Sunday afternoon in New York City. Frances catches her husband looking at other beautiful women as they pass by which creates an argument between the two. During several rounds of Courvoisier‚ Michael confesses his hidden obsession with women and how he admires and loves to observe many different types of women. He does this in such a detailed
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Frank Zappa once said‚ ‘Music is always a commentary on society’. Since politics so greatly defines the society we all live in‚ it is only apt that music and politics mix. Throughout the years many musicians and bands have used their music as a vehicle to express their political views Time has shown again and again how music can be used in a variety of political expressions such as in protest themes‚ for example anti-war songs and at the other end of the spectrum‚ pro-establishment ideas such as
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The Ontological Argument: An explanation and critical assessment Phil 361 Lec 01 Professor: Reid Buchanan Ryley Braun‚ 10013764 April 16‚ 2010 The ontological argument is an attempt to refute skepticism of God and prove His existence through reason alone. The philosopher‚ Saint Anselm‚ presented his work on the ontological argument‚ or argument from reason‚ in his text the Proslogium. The argument‚ on the surface‚ is very logically convincing and attempts to allure even the skeptic of
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