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    Animal Testing is Necessary “Animal research and testing has played a part in almost every medical breakthrough of the last century. It has saved hundreds of millions of lives worldwide.” Joan Ryan. When most people think about animal testing‚ they usually think about hurt blind animals that they have seen in pictures online or on tv. After seeing those images most people are quick to side with banding animal testing. However what most people do not realize is how much animal testing has helped

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    Writing 02/09/2015 Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience it’s a major action that many people around the globe practice. Civil Disobedience happens when a certain group are demanding or refusing to follow the norms. Civil Disobedience is necessary but also it is our right as humans to disobey with the norms that we don’t agree with or decisions. It’s our right to demand what we really want; for example protesting when we want our voice heard by the president or government. Secondly‚ when we

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    Civil Disobedience: An Act Which Citizens have the Moral Obligation to Complete Laws are created in order to protect and keep the common good in society. However‚ what if a person finds a law unjust; should they obey the law anyways or should they ignore it because they feel it goes against the common good? If a law is unjust‚ the people in that society should have the moral obligation to disobey the law. Of course‚ there are limitations as what is deemed unjust. A person cannot go against the law

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    Beginning with a letter from Albert Einstein‚ the knowledge of possible construction of the atomic bomb surfaced. This discovery led into the launching of the Manhattan Project. This project became a success and those involved found it necessary to inform the USSR because the felt that failure to do so would result in suspicion and hostility. At the Potsdam Conference‚ President Truman decided to tell Stalin that the U.S. possessed “a new weapon of unusual destructive force” (Text ??). Stalin’s response

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    that an invasion would result in many American casualties; as a result‚ the atomic bomb was later dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This attack on Japan would later become one of the most controversial attacks in history‚ many saying that the atomic weapon was not necessary. The dropping of said bomb has different views depending on the perspective one is looking from; whether it be political‚ ethical‚ or from a military perspective‚ the atomic attack is very controversial. From the political

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    The Bill of Rights is absolutely necessary in order to protect citizens from an imposing central government. The Constitution was originally intended to provide a framework by which a government could be established and function. The Bill of Rights is still relevant in the 21st century‚ as it continues to benefit society by serving as the basis for the preservation of rights. The Bill of Rights protects those rights which were regarded to be fundamental to humankind‚ at the very start of life‚ from

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    I believe the civil war was necessary. Without it we may have never taken the necessary steps to achieve freedom for the slaves. The southerns would never have given up there ways of life peacefully. There are many events of the time period that support my claim. The first example is the caning of Charles Summner. This is when Preston Brooks‚ a pro-slavery southern senator‚ attacked and beat Charles Sumner on the senate floor. This was after Brooks gave an Anti-slavery speech. The speech

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    The Electoral College: Is it Still Necessary? Dawn Moore SOC 315: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Mitra Rokni May 4‚ 2009 Electoral College: Is it Still Effective? Article II‚ Section 1 of the United States Constitution established the Electoral College‚ although‚ at the time‚ it was not specifically referred to as the Electoral College. That term did not appear in any federal statutory law until 1845 (Cain‚ Basciano & Cain‚ 2007). The Electoral College as we know it today‚ is

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    Knowledge and Certainty In this paper I will argue that certainty is not necessary for knowledge. In the first section‚ I will go over Descartes’ intent to show why certain knowledge is possible. Then in the second section‚ I will explain how Descartes establishes that certain knowledge is possible. Lastly‚ I will provide an argument regarding the need for certain knowledge. Descartes wanted to figure out if he could know anything for certain. Since he was a Christian and believed in God‚ he wanted

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    WHY IS WAR A NECESSARY EVIL There is no double that war is evil‚ human suffering in the biggest man-made disaster. It brings death and destruction‚ hunger and dieses‚ and run in its wake. If looking back to the havoc war only brings destructive effects to social and economic of this world. However‚ according to Richard Gabriel nations normally just customarily measure the ‘costs of war’ in dollars‚ lost production‚ or the number of soldiers killed or wounded. Rarely do military establishments

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