Patton Stephen Graham Intro to Philosophy 11-7-2012 Ontological Status The purpose of this essay is to address the problem of the ontological status of the material world and review a number of possible solutions. The term “ontological” generally refers to the idea of reality or existence. All things have an ontological status. Even if we say something does not exist‚ we would still say that thing has the ontological status of non-being. Even things we are prepared to say are real in our eyes
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HIST104: Abortion in the 1930s. The economic situation during the 1930s drove some potential mothers to undergo illegal abortions. Opinions on this issue differed‚ as illustrated by these three documents. Doris Gordon‚ in her newspaper report Evil of Abortion’‚ argues that it is a woman’s duty to reproduce. She feels that the increase in illegal abortions has been contributed to by the advertising of contraceptives‚ high wages for women and lack of supervision of children by parents who
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division of labor -Agreeing to extend kinship bonds to your spouse’s relatives 4. Identify four methods of preventing pregnancy. -Not allowing adolescents to marry (especially boys)‚ using magic (protective jewelry‚ ritual acts‚ etc.)‚ practicing abortion (chemical or surgery)‚ adhering to a post partum sex taboo prohibition against husbands and wives having sexual intercourse for a period of time following the birth of a child. 5. In some culture cousins are preferred spouses. Bedouin Arabs are
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Title Amendment Act 1998 (Cth) also restricted the rights of Indigenous Australians. Since 1993‚ there have been 180 registered determinations of native title covering approximately 15 per cent of Australia’s land mass. Of those‚ 139 recognise the status of native title. An example of this is the Lovett (on behalf of the Gunditjmara People) v State of Victoria (2007) case which granted the Gunditjmara people native title ownership of over 4000 hectares of Crown land on the coast of Victoria and Deen
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Law and morals Part A Law has been defined by Sir John Salmond as the body of principles recognised and applied by the state in administration of justice. There are two theories on what law is‚ the natural law theory and the positivist law theory Lloyd a natural law theorist defined the law as the constant assertion that there are objective moral principles which depend upon the natural of the universe and can be discovered by reason Natural law theorists believe that for law to be valid it
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Speaking tearm 4 Thienhaxanh! 7.FASHION AND STATUS. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? One should never judge a person by external appearances. In general‚ some people tend to decide whether a person is good or not good just by his external appearances. However‚ I do not go along with the idea. For one thing‚ we may notice that a person is actually a good person by talking with him regardless of his external appearances. In addition‚ I think that it is more important to look
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The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia.[4][5] From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚[7] to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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In the novel Emma by Jane Austen and the film Clueless written and directed by Amy Heckerling‚ the importance of social status is a value that is represented in both texts. It is represented through a number of techniques which all reflect the changing contexts and values between Jane Austen’s time‚ and the 20th century. Social status was something that was important in the 19th century. People wouldn’t mix if they weren’t of the same class‚ and it was considered a large thing if they did. This is
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Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy‚ usually done during the first 28 weeks of the pregnancy. There are many different forms of abortion‚ as well as different consequences to each way that abortion is done. Although every women has their own reason for making the decision of having an abortion done‚ most of the time they choose to have an abortion without knowing the consequences or effects that can occur throughout the year. While there are several different methods to having an abortion
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Many people believe that morals or ethics should not have any persuasion at all in our laws. Do you believe that slavery is immoral? Is the issue of slavery a moral position? Is the legislation on that moral position appropriate? Then what you have most likely said is that it is appropriate to legislate moral issues that you are in favor of. Should slavery be enforced purely as a moral issue? This is an important point because many people say that we should not force a particular morality on
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