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    Should We Strive To be Moral Saints? In the article‚ “Moral Saint’s” written by Susan Wolfe she states that the moral saint is‚ “One whose every action is as morally good as possible‚ a person‚ that is‚ who is as morally worthy as can be.” I believe that for humans striving to be a moral saint is in a sense admirable‚ but should not be viewed as a realistic goal‚ in the sense that if not attained‚ one is deemed immoral or a failure. In class we had discussed Susan’s essay and talked about her

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    In “ What Should We Worry About‚” Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner talk about how humans beings are more afraid of the known instead of being scared of the important risks that are unknown. I understand Levitt and Dubner’s point but I disagree. I do not consider the known risks to be scary. I do fear the unknown‚ things like breast cancer‚ heart disease‚ and any form of viruses that can lead to severe sickness or death. These are things that could cause my loved ones and me great pain and

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    Mayukha Vallabhaneni #29 Room 6 Language Arts 2/12/13                                                             Should We Extend The School Week? Do you think that we should have an extended school week? Quite a few people think that we should have an extended school week because the students learn more‚ but that is not true; however no extended school week offers more time for extra-curricular activities‚ also the extra hours of teaching don’t make a difference‚ and you have more time for

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    Poetry to my opinion is emotional and boring. So it leaves me with one question; that why should we study poetry at all? I think I know just the right words to answer it. Poetry is a voice given to each one of us in our life time. It can be a roar‚ a scream or even a whisper. This voice can be used to express a variety of things. Often‚ people use poetry to express how they feel when they are misunderstood. Writing your feelings down in the form of poetry allows you be seen through the eyes of another

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    mankind. Today ‚ a major threat to survival of these organisms is deforestation. We know that deforestation means clearing forests and using the land for other purposes. Trees in the forestare cut for procuring land for cultivation‚building houses and factories and making furniture or using wood as fuel.Some natural causesof deforestation are forest fires and severe droughts. We know that deforestation disturbs the balance in nature.If cutting of trees continues

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    In Canada we have a strong belief that we should accept one another‚ it is considered to be what makes us Canadian. Following this logic we should therefore accommodate a large amount of nationalities. There are exceptions to this rule; they can’t infringe upon a person rights‚ which I find reasonable. We have‚ in our past‚ committed our share of atrocities and made a few mistakes. We have caused a great deal of harm to the First Nations people‚ and we sent back 10000 Jewish refugees back to Nazi

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    In my opinion‚ I think capital punishment is immoral and Canada should not reinstate the death penalty. The death penalty is unethical and doesn’t speak for the morals Canadians hold so close to their hearts‚ and the decision to reinstate it would create a huge negative impact on foreign relations around the world. Canada is a strong advocate toward fighting injustice and for human rights‚ and if we decided to reinstate it‚ countries would highly condemn that decision and would leave Canada out of

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    Issue 1 Should We Drill for Offshore Oil? The yes argument for offshore drill has increased due to skyrocketing fuel prices‚ continued wars‚ and rising unemploy- ment as shown from a Gallop poll that was conducted in May of 2008. The political landscape is also changing in favor of offshore drilling. The environmental concerns Americans less because of the increasing financial strain being realized by a majority of the American public. If we had increased offshore drilling it could help lower

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    pm topic: should we always tell the truth? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship. essay: Truth be told‚ a good relationship always bases on belief and tolerant‚ and in order to make others believe in us‚ we always have to become honest in our lives. However‚ whether we some time should tell lie or

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    We should all provide food for the poor. So many families die every day of starvation while we waste our food. Everyone needs food‚ otherwise how are we meant to survive? If we don’t have food to keep us moving and staying healthy it’s not possible to work and make a living for ourselves and our families. Everyone should have the right to live a healthy life especially when there are tonnes of food being wasted every year. Thousands of people are dying because of hunger. People become less productive

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