Good without God Christopher Hitchens‚ a British-American writer and journalist once said‚ “Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it” (Quotes About). Human decency comes from the morals that people learn. There are good and bad morals‚ but human decency can only be established through good morals. One of the most influential yet controversial ways morals can be learned is through religion. Other ways it could be learned is through older generations‚ life experiences‚ and through
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This article contains three sections – describing three options – on how to‚ as the title says‚ “Evaluate the Credibility of Claims and Sources”. Section one describes assessing the source of the claim‚ pointing out how trust evolves throughout our cognitive development‚ as well as going in depth with the term “authority” and “expertise”. Section two illustrates assessing what seems to be the context and tone of the claim‚ such as whether there are any ulterior motives behind it‚ whether it is self-contradictory
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Life without Art “..Having said that we survive in exact relationship to the dedication of our poets (including preachers‚ musician and blues singer)”-Graduation‚ Maya Angelou. Can we survive without art? Art has existed longer than anyone take on‚ before anyone formula (of the right way or the wrong of doing it.).Art has long been and is still simply a form of human expression‚ whether it be a on a piece of paper or just spoken words. People have long found artistic ways to express their inner
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Life without electricity Imagine life without electricity‚ not just a brief power outage. We all know how inconvenient life becomes when our electricity is out for only a few hours. How hard it is to remember for that short period of time that the light switch will not produce instant light‚ the hair dryer will not immediately blow dry our hair‚ or that we can’t even run water into our homes. Our homes and lives have become so dependent on electricity it is really hard to imagine everything that
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understood as one of the many things in life that people wait for. Waiting for Godot is part of the ‘Theater of the Absurd’. This implies that it is meant to be irrational and meaningless. Absurd theater does not have the concepts of drama‚ chronological plot‚ logical language‚ themes‚ and recognizable settings. There is also a split between the intellect and the body within the work. Vladimir represents the intellect and Estragon the body‚ both cannot exist without the other. In the beginning we are
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A Life Without Technology There’s no doubt that technology brings with it some scary things. The scariest of them all is of the uncertainty. Human beings are creatures of habit and any introduction of anything new typically raises an eyebrow (at least) or pitchforks (more often). It’s a somewhat common theme that is tiresome to me‚ but one that rages with debate throughout the times. If you study history‚ many of the same arguments that are made as to why the Internet is ruining our society and
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can be a way to deliver messages‚ a poetic medium‚ a fine art‚ or nothing more than a source of entertainment. No matter what it is used for‚ music is the perfect art and our lives would be that much less complete without it that life as we know it would not at all be the same without music. Music is the perfect art. It has movement‚ because it progresses over a set period of time. All musical works have a beginning and an end. However‚ music does not restrict the audience in the way that movies
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Arguments 1). Capital punishment is largely "divided along racial lines" (Moral Arguments 1). "A 1990 report released by the Federal Government ’s General Accounting Office found a pattern of evidence indicating racial disparities in the charging‚ sentencing‚ and imposition of the death penalty after the Furman decision ’" (Moral Arguments 1). In the 1970 ’s‚ Professor David Baldus examined sentencing patterns in Georgia. He reviewed over two-thousand five hundred homicide cases in Georgia and controlled
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on sentencing teens to life without parole. I agree that teenagers deserve life without parole for heinous crimes like first and second degree murder depending on whether or not the teenage offender planned out their crimes or the crime was committed in the heat of the moment out of anger or sadness. The teens that are in these programs and have lesser sentences should also only have 2 more chances to mess up and commit more crimes before they are sentenced to life without parole. I also believe
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SOCTEC2 EA2 A Life without Technology Every time I experience a power outage I would just usually lie on the couch and sleep through the whole ordeal. I could not imagine life without electricity to power all of our devices that helps us live through our everyday experiences. Putting electricity aside‚ every aspect of our life is touched by technology. Our transportation‚ everyday communications right down to the present method of teaching is influenced by technology. Have you ever wondered
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