The main point that our group made surrounded the controversy that if 13 year old girls are vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease such as HPV‚ it could increase sexual activity. However‚ research by Bednarczyk et al.‚ 2012 found that HPV vaccination had no increase in the markers of sexual activity (testing for pregnancy and STD’s‚ and counselling for contraceptives). The vaccine does not appear to be changing sexual behaviours‚ only protecting those when they eventually engage in them
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Trophy hunting is where someone kills exotic wild animals for pure enjoyment. Many trophy hunters will hang up the animal’s skin or the head as a reward. Hunting on the other hand is mainly killing deers‚ bears‚ turkeys‚ boars and many other animals for food and clothing. Hunting is used for food and clothing which is helpful for us‚ but just using animals for their heads to say you killed one seems inhumane. Trophy hunting is unacceptable for several reasons. According to a 2015 Business Insider
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Back in the 1960s‚ African Americans were promised that the United States of America would no longer judge people by the color of their skin. Today‚ nearly fifty years later‚ the issue of double standards pertaining to race and ethnicity still remains quite controversial. One of the many ways the problem manifests itself is the practice of racial profiling‚ which is “any arbitrary police-initiated action based on race‚ ethnicity‚ or natural origin rather than a person’s behavior.”1 In an attempt
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country‚ it is threatened throughout the world” (RAP 29-1). This statement was one of the most notable arguments that was meant to legitimize what is happening in the Vietnam. However‚ in reality‚ it was questionable whether the United States really needed to fight in the Vietnam or not.
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living with a dying patient and dealing with a terminal illness. It is not limited to just the people who are going to die in a few month’s time. If euthanasia would kill hospice and palliative care entirely‚ this would not happen‚ would it? So the argument for hospice and palliative care is invalid. Morally‚ the opposition and human society in
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Mandatory Minimum Sentences: The Arguments for and Against Potential Reforms” By Evan Bernick and Paul Larkin‚it stated‚ “Mandatory minimum sentences also prevent crime because certain and severe punishment inevitably will have a deterrent effect.” In other words‚ sentencing a person with a precise amount time in prison would leave a long-term effect on the person that they would mostly like not commit another crime. Their statement is invalid because in the article “ Against his better Judgement” by Eli
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In this week‚ there was the topic from the whaling ban and the issues this caused. I chose the whaling ban because I like the animals and I’m against the violence or any harm with animals. Each paragraph answers the questions for the assignment. I don’t agree with the Norwegian and Japanese for hunting whales as a cultural exemption. My arguments to be against this “cultural tradition” are the cruelty the whales suffer when they got kill with lethal methods such as the use of the explosive grenade
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In philosophical literature‚ Marquis argued that abortion was/is immoral‚ except only in rare exceptions‚ but more importantly he noted that prochoice and anti-abortion arguments cannot be symmetric thus making discussion on the topic quite a conundrum. Marquis purported the arguments of anti-abortionist‚ who asserted and believed that life is present at or from the moment of conception‚ and that fetuses look like babies‚ possess genetic code‚ and are therefore in possession of the qualities and
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non-raven” as support for the claim. Popper sees no logic in this argument‚ asserting that it is impossible to falsify the hypothesis that all ravens are black if one is not actively seeking non-black ravens. Merely identifying non-black non-raven objects‚ such as white shoes or green apples‚ serves only to eliminate said objects from our investigation‚ rendering them
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extremely evident sides have shaped: one for weapon control and one against it. The people for weapon control have contended that the numerous school shootings were mostly a consequence of our nation’s insignificant firearm control. To several this may appear like a sensible argument‚ yet it is an over-speculation; there are numerous different components that have resulted in awful tragedies like school shootings. Those against firearm control have contended that weapon control laws are an infringement
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