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  • The Right Stuff Might Be the Wrong Stuff After All

    The Right Stuff Might Be the Wrong Stuff After All

    “The Right Stuff”- Might Be the Wrong Stuff After All David Suzuki’s essay “The Right Stuff” provides an interesting look at the need for sex education in high schools. Suzuki’s main assertion is the sex education needs to be taught in high school because it is not properly covered anywhere else and students will because interested in science class should sex education be taught first. Suzuki argues that impressions formed in high school are ones

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    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: Yan
  • Interview Questions

    Interview Questions

    General points to think about before answering an interview question • Think about the job and the employer's needs first. • Employer's needs come before your own. • Emphasis how you will help to achieve the company's goals. • Describe your accomplishments in quantifiable words. • Explain how your skills and attributes will benefit the organization. • Be specific and to the point. • Explain why you approached projects in a certain ways. • Explain

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    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: Top
  • Ronald Dworkin’s Liberal Morality

    Ronald Dworkin’s Liberal Morality

    Dworkin begins by roughly defining liberalism according to the New Deal: “It combined an emphasis on less inequality and greater economic stability with more abundant political and civil liberty for the groups campaigning for these goals.” Dworkin states that such a definition is inadequate and goes on to elaborate on liberalism in more depth. The liberal, in economic policies, demands that the inequalities of wealth be reduced through social programs such as “welfare and other

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    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: Monika
  • Is the Government Morally Justified in Declaring Some Drugs Illegal?

    Is the Government Morally Justified in Declaring Some Drugs Illegal?

    Is the Government Morally Justified in Declaring Some Drugs Illegal? There are all kinds of drugs. Whether or not the drug is illegal or not depends on what drug we're talking about. It is important to look at both the bad effects and long-term effects, such as addiction, when determining legality. Certain drugs, such as prescription drugs like Ritalin, are illegal to the people who abuse them. They are designed for people who need the

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Bred
  • A Debate on Gay Marriage

    A Debate on Gay Marriage

    “A Debate on Gay Marriage” Same-sex marriages or “homosexuality” as it is commonly known has become one of the most argumentative topics in society. It all initiates when one portion of our population are pro “homosexuality”, while the other half strongly disagrees with the sexual orientation that others prefer. As a result, a debate titled “A Debate on Gay Marriage” was published. It states the supporting beliefs of the writer Andrew Sullivan from his book,

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Can Continental Airlines Continue to Work Hard, Fly Right and Fund the Future

    Can Continental Airlines Continue to Work Hard, Fly Right and Fund the Future

    History of Continental Airlines Continental Airlines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lines, named after one of its initial owners, Walter T. Varney operating out of El Paso, Texas and extending through Las Vegas, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico to Pueblo, Colorado. The airline started with Lockheed Vegas, a single engine plane that carried four passengers. The airline later flew other Lockheed planes, including the Lodestar. It was renamed Continental on 1 July

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    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Top
  • Humor and the Emergence of the Gay Culture

    Humor and the Emergence of the Gay Culture

    Humor and the Emergence of the Gay Culture During America’s growth, homosexuality became a very taboo topic, one seldom mentioned and rarely discussed. Just as the Sexual and Racial Revolutions promoted acceptance of once discouraged social matters, the Homosexual Revolution has promoted the acceptance of the gay culture in today’s society. Undoubtedly, humorous homosexual characters in television and in other forms of entertainment are helping to increase the acceptance of the gay culture by portraying

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    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Edward
  • The Death Penalty, Right or Wrong?

    The Death Penalty, Right or Wrong?

    The Death Penalty, Right or Wrong? Fear of death discourages people from committing crimes. If capital punishment were carried out more it would prove to be the crime preventative it was partly intended to be. Most criminals would think twice before committing murder if they knew their own lives were at stake. As it turns out though very few people are executed and so the death penalty is not a satisfactory deterrent. Use of the

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    Essay Length: 558 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 28, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Morals

    Morals

    HW#3 pg. 159 #2,3 #2. I think it's hard to separate the descriptive aspect and the compared perspective aspect. There is such a fine line between the two of them and many times overlapping. I know that I have a very hard time separating them, but to some experts it might be easy. To say that one culture is better than another is wrong. I know for myself there are cultures that I wouldn't want

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Bilingual Education Is a Human and Civil Right

    Bilingual Education Is a Human and Civil Right

    Bilingual Education is a Human and Civil Right For quite some time now bilingual education has been a controversial topic amongst people living in the United States. This article takes the stand from more of a law point of view. The article speaks of Article 29, that was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1989. It states that children should learn respect of parents, their culture and language. The way

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Gay Marriage

    Gay Marriage

    • Max Weber: Bureaucracy is an “Iron Cage” capable of crushing human freedom and creativity • Robert Michels’ Iron Law of Oligarchy: Initially democratic organizations demonstrate increasing inequality as they become more complex o Oligarchy: The rule of the many by the few *interests of leaders take over the interests of the members: politics • W. Richard Scott: Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems o Organizations: social structures created by individuals to support the collaborative

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: David
  • Right to Bear Arms

    Right to Bear Arms

    For almost 300 years, United States citizens have had the right to bear arms, a right protected by the Second Amendment. In other words, law abiding Americans can legally own a gun for whatever purpose they see fit, whether it be hunting or their own protection. Today, many Americans believe that this right is responsible for a majority of violence in our nation. These people feel that if we no longer had the right to

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Civil Rights Movement

    Civil Rights Movement

    Beginning in the 1950’s, the Civil Rights Movement was a prime issue during it’s time. The Civil Rights Movement lasted, mainly, from 1955 through 1968, and was a nonviolent movement. Was America ready for equal liberties and freedom? It took thirteen long, hard years to find out. Even though the years 1955 through 1968 are given as the dates of the movement, the fight for civil rights started before then and continues today. The dates

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Aargument Paper Should Student Be Given the Right to Dropout at Any Age?

    Aargument Paper Should Student Be Given the Right to Dropout at Any Age?

    Today students of the United States have the option of legally dropping out of school at the age sixteen. Dropping out is the route of leaving school or an educational program prematurely. This process is interpreted in several ways; to give up and lacking hope or to depart and pursue a means of living an individual believes will profit their well being. Today studies show numerous statistics concerning the future for those who choose

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Victor
  • Document Based Question on Classical Era

    Document Based Question on Classical Era

    DBQ The Classical Era lasted from about the 3rd century B.C.E until about the 7th or 8th century C.E. During this time there were several benefits in the classical empires such as unassisted ruling, equality, and assistance from some of the rulers (3, 4, 5, and 7). But it also had several hindrances such as standardized systems, loss of control, and ineffective taxes (2, 6, and 8). Equality, self ruling, and assistance all helped along

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    Submitted: March 1, 2010 By: Victor
  • The Question of Hu

    The Question of Hu

    Jonathan Spence’s novel The Question of Hu covers mid-eighteenth century travels from China to the western world of a Jesuit missionary, Father Jean-Francois Foucquet, and a Chinese scribe, John Hu. The interactions that occur consist of the cultural differences between Chinese and European customs. Hu’s personality becomes a large question Spence raises not only with the title but also throughout the story when Spence talks about Hu’s way of thinking. John Hu’s personality is described

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Steve
  • To Kill a Mockingbird Essay - Emotional/moral Courage

    To Kill a Mockingbird Essay - Emotional/moral Courage

    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay-Emotional/Moral Courage Webster's dictionary defines courage as "mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty." According to Atticus Finch, one of the main characters in To Kill A Mockingbird, "Courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what." (Chapter 11, Page 124) No matter how you define it, Harper Lee definitely portrays the

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Victor
  • Human Rights-Letter to the Burundian Government

    Human Rights-Letter to the Burundian Government

    To whom it may concern, I am writing this letter as a member of the new established organization, the Protectors of Children Rights. PCR is created by the concerns of the people, in variety of countries, about the children rights. We believe that NCOs are not capable of detecting of all the unfair acts done on children. This is why we established the 29th group of PCR which is right here in Burundi. We had

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • Should Athletes Feel Morally Obligated to Act as Role Models for Today Youth, and Why or How Might These Athletes Not Be Capable to Act as the Role Models That Society Would like Tem To.

    Should Athletes Feel Morally Obligated to Act as Role Models for Today Youth, and Why or How Might These Athletes Not Be Capable to Act as the Role Models That Society Would like Tem To.

    Abstract Behavioral studies show that role models have an immense impact on today’s American youth. In this paper, there will be review and examination of the question, should athletes be morally obligated to take the responsibility of acting as role models and why, or why not? It will ask many questions that could change your opinion on what the responsibility of the athlete is or should be. Table of Contents Proposal Children these days need

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Abortion - the Controversy on Morality

    Abortion - the Controversy on Morality

    Abortion- The Controversy on Morality Abortion’s legalization through Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade, has allowed for one in three pregnancies to end in abortion. This means that 1.5 million abortions are performed in the United States each year (Flanders 3). It ranks among the most complex and controversial issues, arousing heated legal, political, and ethical debates. The modern debate over abortion is a conflict of competing moral ideas and of fundamental human rights: to life,

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • What Factors Must Be Considered When Making Moral Decisions?

    What Factors Must Be Considered When Making Moral Decisions?

    What factors must be considered when making moral decisions? There are a variety of factors, which need to be considered when making moral decisions. Everyday we have to make decisions, some are hard and some are easy. When we are talking about moral decisions we are talking about what actions are right and what are wrong. Morality is about actions and the consequences made by actions, motives and our human nature. There are different ways

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Morality of Euthanasia

    Morality of Euthanasia

    Is there ever a valid reason for someone to decide when to end his or her own life? A French court has rejected a request from a 52-year-old severely disfigured former schoolteacher for the right to die, in a case that has stirred much emotion in France. The high court in Dijon, eastern France, decided to side with the prosecution which argued current legislation does not allow Chantal Sebire's doctor to prescribe lethal drugs. In

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Events of the Civil Rights Movement

    Events of the Civil Rights Movement

    EVENTS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT I. Introduction A. Why it began B. What happened II. Emmett Till A. Said "Bye-Baby" to white woman B. White woman brother and husband kill Emmett C. Both men found not guilty of their crimes III. Little Rock Nine A. Gov. Faubus denies entry B. Pres. Eisenhower ordered troops to integrate Central High School C. Ernest Green first black graduate of Central High IV. James Meredith A. Denied by

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Janna
  • 2nd Amendment Rights

    2nd Amendment Rights

    Current Issues In spite of extensive recent discussion and much legislative action with respect to regulation of the purchase, possession, and transportation of firearms, as well as proposals to substantially curtail ownership of firearms, there is no definitive resolution by the courts of just what right the Second Amendment protects. United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1876) was the first case in which the Supreme Court had the opportunity to interpret the Second Amendment.

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Steve
  • Locke and the Rights of Children

    Locke and the Rights of Children

    Locke firmly denies Filmer's theory that it is morally permissible for parents to treat their children however they please: "They who allege the Practice of Mankind, for exposing or selling their Children, as a Proof of their Power over them, are with Sir Rob. happy Arguers, and cannot but recommend their Opinion by founding it on the most shameful Action, and most unnatural Murder, humane Nature is capable of." (First Treatise, sec.56) Rather, Locke

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Top