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    also a group of people who support the moral objectivism. According to their view‚ morality is based on some general facts‚ such as happiness is better than suffering‚ punishing people for the crime that they did not commit is wrong‚ and so on. In their theory‚ morality refers to the rightness‚ wrongness‚ goodness or badness‚ and morality is there to determine if an action or decision is correct or not. Morality is not related with the profit of an individual or a group of people; it’s all about

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    Do The Right Thing

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    "Do the Right Thing" Jason Smith Film Studies‚ April 2002 Right off the bat Spike Lee’s ideology is apparent in his film "Do the Right Thing". In the opening credit sequence Rosie Perez is dancing to the Public Enemy song "Fight the Power" from the album Fear of a Black Planet. The main theme of the song and dance is frustration and anger at the status quo. "Most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamps…Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check…" is one example of how the songwriter (Chuck D)

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    Why Do People Believe in Conspiracy Theories? People come up with crazy ideas all the time‚ many of which are torn apart by scientific evidence. However‚ some ideas are crafted so precisely and detailed that they are accepted as fact by millions of people. These alternatives to accepted history are known as conspiracy theories‚ and the people who create them are of a special breed. It is difficult to imagine having the time and passion to craft an alternative reason behind many of the world’s events

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    Girl‚ once stated “Despite everything‚ I believe that people are really good at heart.” Even though people may do bad things‚ there is still good in people who do those bad things. Many people who may seem bad can also be deemed good at heart by certain acts they commit such as some German soldiers showing mercy to Jewish prisoners by giving them water‚ food‚ or not killing them when they do some job incorrectly. This theme of bad people still being good at heart is shown in three different works

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    What Causes Some People to Fear Death? Can you imagine spending every waking minute fearing something that is inevitable? Fear can be an overwhelming emotion powerful enough to disrupt your life‚ and the fear of death can disrupt life just enough to keep you from living it. It depends on the individual and their experiences to determine how life altering this phobia can be. The main reason people fear death is because they are scared of what will happen when they pass. They also fear losing

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    Why Monoculture Is Bad

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    is bad Wondering about how our food is farmed isn’t a popular thing to do. I personally had never thought of the process until I read an article on the effects of monoculture. This made me realize that to get food for today we may be destroying the world tomorrow. By this I mean that the easy process of monoculture to yield large amounts of food is actually hurting us. When people think food they never quite stop and think about how it is produced and its effects on the environment. People live

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    Why Smoking Is Bad

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    Brooks Ms. Williams Eng 111 3/22/2013 Persuasive Paper Dangers of Smoking Why in the world would you begin a habit that you know is slowly killing you? That is the question all non smokers are asking. Smoking does nothing but kill you one cigarette at a time. As a son of a smoker I have been around the second hand smoke all my life and smoking doesn’t just only effect the smoker it effects the people around them also. First off some of the chemicals in cigarettes are very harmful to any ones

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    but how many people actually know and understand mental illnesses like depression or schizophrenia. Many people misunderstand mental illnesses because you can’t see the effects of them and many think that it’s the victim’s fault they have the illness. The fact is that many mental illnesses are genetic like cancer and some are just as deadly‚ just no one knows about them. Since these illnesses and disorders aren’t well know‚ the public neglects them and the people suffering with them‚ and focuses

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    The everyday automobile would seem like a silly thing to give up with all its amazing factors. But do the bad factors outweigh the good ones? Cars are becoming a large problem in our nation‚ with the effects they are creating on the atmosphere and world’s environment and people’s health‚ the dangers of driving‚ and the outrageously high costs they have‚ even when there is an easy alternative for the trouble of automobiles. When most people think of the negative side of cars‚ they might think

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    Why Stereotypes Are Bad

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    Labels exist everywhere in society and people tend to judge others according to their beliefs‚ social standing‚ appearance and actions. When a person places a label or has a fixed thought about another person‚ it means that they are stereotyping them. A stereotype is a label placed upon an individual according to his society’s beliefs and norms. This occurs as people don’t take the time to know and actually understand the person; they just put him into classifications along with others sharing a

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