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    Dualism and Rationalism The French philosopher‚ Rene Descartes (1596-1650)‚ approached knowledge from quite a different stance than did John Locke. For Descartes‚ man has ultimate knowledge of his own existence because he is a thinking being – cogito ergo sum – "I think‚ therefore I am." Thus the foundations of knowledge consist of a set of first‚ "self-evident" principles‚ a priori principles. The mind is not an empty cabinet but is filled with universal‚ though not readily known‚ principles

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    using animals for their research and testings‚ and I disagree with the use of animals. It is unfair to animals because in the end it kills them‚ it may not actually work on humans‚ and the cost of it. I am against the use of animals for product testing for a lot of reasons. I am against using animals because I think it is cruel to animals because if it a test went wrong then then it could cause a harmless animal to die or seriously disable them. Also in animal testing‚ countless animals are

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    By supporting racial profiling we are supporting racism‚ and by supporting racism‚ we are supporting hate. As this practice is becoming common procedure‚ entire groups of people are being discriminated against. This erroneous view of a complete race‚ induced by racial profiling‚ demonstrates the overall misconception and ignorance people have regarding people who are different from them. Labeling a particular group of persons as terrorists not only is unfair

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    William Davidson Mrs. Powers US History Honors 30 January 2015 Support and Opposition of American Imperialism American Imperialism is the idea of the United States taking over smaller countries for certain interests. American’s chose to be isolationists throughout their early history until 1898 when President McKinley became president of the United States. This led to Americans having an influence in the Philippines‚ Puerto Rico‚ Cuba‚ Hawaii‚ and trade influences in China. This American influence

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    impolite of players to do what they are doing‚ and to keep creating unneeded talk throughout the lives of people. “If some athletes continue to kneel during the national anthem‚ those of us who still take pride in America should stand a little taller. Playing the national anthem is a time for patriotism‚ not politics‚” says the writer of Article #2‚ Merrill Matthew. Protesters need to know when they have gone too far. There is a big line between doing what’s right and doing what you believe‚ but it is

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    Many schools in America have banned books in their libraries for the content in certain books. the name behind this idea is called censorship. Books are censord because people feel like it will protect children from certain ideas‚ improve society‚ and keeping moral values. Main reason books are censored are for religion‚ sex‚ drugs‚ abuse‚ social issues‚ and more. Censorship on books has been a controversal topic for many years. Censorship in schools should not be allowed because it infringes on

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    Khizr Khan starts of with saying that he is a “...devoted‚ patriotic American‚ and a Muslim.” After stating what loss him and his wife had gone through‚ he publicly called out Donald Trump. One of Trump’s major goal is to block off immigrants‚ especially muslims‚ from entering the United States. Trump fails to recognize that immigrants greatly contribute to the

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    War on Drugs Solution: Legalization? Proposal Much like the exclusion of alcohol back in the 20s which was aimed to evict various substances from our civilization‚ the drug war today has not only ruined its mission‚ but has made its mission unfeasible. Today various failures‚ whether it is the huge amount of money being spent erroneously or the increasing number of crimes and users‚ one thing is for sure; the war on drugs has fallen short. There is no

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    people who do not follow the religious views of Hobby Lobby. The fact is‚ there are many things happening in the world today that are blinding to many religious cultures. In the United States‚ we live in a free country. People should be free to believe what religion they believe in. People have the choice to be gay if they wish. But neither one should be allowed to interfere with one another’s belief. If you do not like how someone stands with their belief’s‚ simply move on and go the other direction

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    The fourth amendment is the protection from unreasonable search and seizure unless probable cause is present and in most cases‚ a warrant is issued. This amendment was included in the Declaration of Independence due to searches that the colonists were subjected to. The colonists did not want to pay the taxes being enforced by the King‚ so they began to smuggle goods into the United States via boat. The King of Britain obviously did not agree with this‚ so he sent British ships that could stop and

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