American free society. Examine whether the act of torture violates basic human rights and if it could have global implications. Also it will discuss ethical theories that justify torture. Torture used to be contrary to American values. Cruel and unusual punishments were forbid by Our Bill of Rights. Americans and our government have historically condemned states that (practice) torture; we have granted asylum or refuge to those who fear it” (Lucan‚
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What is Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD)? What "Internet addiction disorder" (IAD) is still difficult to define at this time. Much of the original research was based upon the weakest type of research methodology‚ namely exploratory surveys with no clear hypothesis or rationale backing them. Coming from an atheoretical approach has some benefits‚ but also is not typically recognized as being a strong way to approach a new disorder. More recent research has expanded upon the original surveys and
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1 Courtney Wishop English 098‚ Fundamentals of Writing 145 01/20/2011 Article Essay Assignment one Do Celebrities Have A Responsibility To Use Their Status To Improve The World? Why or Why Not I feel that all celebrities have a responsibility to use their status to improve the world. For it is the world that provides them with their means of living. They can help save many lives. Their status is a stewardship in the eyes of the religious people of the world. Throw tickets sales
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admitted that the amount of Internet users becomes more and more popular. To compare with 10 years ago‚ it’s an amazing difference. Internet can be used by 6 year-old children‚ by adults‚ or even though by 80 year-old people. However‚ its popularity is not always a good thing. Besides its usefulness‚ some people use for their advantage that to be against with the political problem. Facing with this situation‚ do you think governments should or should not censor the internet? I believe that government
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Does the Possession of Knowledge Carry an Ethical Responsibility? There is no singular definition of knowledge‚ but for the purpose of this paper; knowledge will be defined as the familiarity with a situation or fact. Ethics‚ on the other hand‚ is a set of moral principles that govern a person’s behavior. Simplifying the knowledge issue would be to state that: The familiarity of something (whether a fact or situation) entails compliance with ethical or moral obligations. In disagreement with
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Does rats have Rights? Gay rights advocates‚ feminists‚ and other civil rights groups have become familiar to most Americans today. But another group‚ equally militant‚ is making itself heard‚ and it promises to become a major force to be recognized: the anti-vivisectionists. They leave wheedled‚ nagged and sometimes bombed their opponents in the scientific world. Some of these groups have burned down university buildings‚ broken into labs‚ flung open cage doors and "liberated" cats‚ rabbits
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English period 1 11 December 2012 Synthesis Prompt- Topic: Do Animals Have Souls? The definition of a soul differs from person to person. To some‚ what makes a human different from the rest of the animals is the soul. Many say that since animals’ intelligence is inferior to that of a human’s‚ they have no soul; since the soul is what makes humans the “master species”. It is revealed that animals are simply composed differently from humans. As said by Descartes‚ animals act solely upon their
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As a U.S. citizen‚ you have many responsibilities. We have responsibilities because we have rights of freedom‚ speech‚ of press‚ and freedom of religion. Our country gives us rights‚ we need to preserve these and to do so we should take up the responsibilities that each and every one of us have‚ not only for ourselves but for our country. My main goal of this essay is to express these acts of responsibilities. As an adult we grow into many responsibilities such as paying taxes and taking care
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What potential effects do multinationals have on developing countries? Introduction The Multinational Corporation (MNC) has been a central feature of economic activity in the past decades. According to the World Investment Report 2001‚ Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by MNCs in 2000 grew faster than any other economic aggregated indicator1. The spread of MNCs around the globe continues to generate controversy about their benefits and costs to host countries. However‚ before commencing an analysis
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Feigning Ignorance The ethical responsibilities a person should uphold to those they are in a direct relationship with‚ specifically the environment‚ is to act in consideration of its value as an ecological conscience and to not take the land for granted in terms of its value from a philosophical standpoint due to the principles of the land ethic. In accordance to this‚ Aldo Leopold’s land ethic largely supports the land as an entity and suggests the proper and ethical way the land and its non-human
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