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Gun Control
Number of Words: 4267 / Number of Pages: 16
... though gun control
statutes were put into affect. They point out that gun laws would not have
stopped most addicted killers. According to the NRA, anti-crime measures are
the way to conquer urban violence, not anti-gun measures. The hope of most
members in the association is to educate people about guns. The association is
willing to reveal proper usage of guns to non-gun owners. They feel that this
training could help reduce some of the tragedies involving guns.
The issue of gun control has become a dividing line in America. To gun
control activists, the issue is about crime and the regulatio ...
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Against Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 2397 / Number of Pages: 9
... to cancel the execution on the grounds that Mr. Evans was being subject to cruel and unusual punishment. The request was denied.
At 8:40 p.m. the third charge of electricity was passed through Mr. Evans body. At 8:44 p.m. he was pronounced dead. The execution took 14 minutes. Afterward officials were embarrassed by what one observer called the “barbaric ritual.” The electric chair is supposed to be a very humane way of administering death, if there is one” (Zimring, & Hawkins, 1986, p.1).
Every Western Industrial nation has stopped executing criminals, except the United States. Most Western nations h ...
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Agreeing To Disobey
Number of Words: 1243 / Number of Pages: 5
... Indeed, a pacifist is not going to be as patriotic as a navel-officer, however; the pacifist should not have to entertain the idea of killing a man, simply because he is expected to obey. This opinion is not just an act of rebellion to a higher authority; it is a commitment to one's personal morals, simply because no higher authority exists beyond oneself. Edward Abbey, in his book Rain, Fire and The Will of the Gods, stated, "A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government" (Abbey 156). Through this quote, Abbey shows that he was a man of great wisdom, or perhaps he was ...
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To Clone Or Not To Clone
Number of Words: 1240 / Number of Pages: 5
... an ethicist said once, that human cloning would be a violation to "the right to genetic identity" (Perspectives of Contemporary Issues, pg. 508). Macklin doubts about the exsistence of this right. She explains many points about Human Cloning and about ethics. One of the points she mentiones, is about the violation to human dignity. Theologians say that cloning would be a violation to dignity and also that cloned humans would be treated with less respect than other human beings. Another issue she discusses is the fact that Human Clones could be used as human farms or organ donors. Macklin gives many ...
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Existentialism
Number of Words: 407 / Number of Pages: 2
... use or not use.
Another definition, provided by Webster’s dictionary defines as a philosophical movement especially of the 20th century that stresses the individual position as self determining agent responsible for his or her own choices. It becomes very clear through the definitions provided, that focuses on two things, the individual and choice. Breaking apart the word itself, you come up with another word, exist, to have actual being, and also existent, which is to have existence. The suffix –ism denotes and action or practice. A minimal definition of might be, an individual practicing his or h ...
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The Supreme Court Decision Of Roe Vs Wade
Number of Words: 658 / Number of Pages: 3
... grounds, including equal protection of the law, due process of law, and the right to privacy” (Internet #1).
The court voted 7 to 2 for the rights of Jane Roe. Justice Blackmun was the one to write the opinion formally for the court. He said that a woman’s right to decide whether or not to terminate her pregnancy is a fundamental right, part of her right to privacy that the Court had granted in earlier trials. He stated that this right of privacy came from the 14th Amendment, which prohibits one to be denied liberty without due process. The rest of the 52-page report that Blackmun wrote was base ...
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To Have Intellectual Freedom Or To Be Censored
Number of Words: 3173 / Number of Pages: 12
... any part of that material considered objectionable”, according to Harer (1992:26) Furthermore, when you limit the freedoms, you prevent everything that can be used for the good of human beings, as no freedom means no development.
From the beginning of the existence of human beings, intellectual freedom has been seen as an inevitable fact of his/her life. So intellectual freedom - as a part human life- by experiencing many changes in different periods of the history, has also evolved itself. As Bekir Özgen (1994:20-27) expresses in his book ‘Düşünce Özgürlüğü ve Laiklik’that, “Özgür düşüncenin insan ka ...
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“Daddy What’s Propaganda”
Number of Words: 694 / Number of Pages: 3
... When a candidate says things that appeals to everyone in hopes to sway your vote. That’s just one psychological mind game that politicians use to spread propaganda. Johnson had a controversial commercial during cold war times, which implied that is opponent was trigger-happy. In a time were everyone ‘s worst fear was that they were going to get blown up by Russian nukes, how could anyone in the right minds vote for a man who would get the U.S blown up. That was the train of thought that went through Johnson ‘s advertisers minds while that aired. The tactic they used was a sophisticated political tactic ...
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Statement For Propsed Activity Research On Impact Of Trade On Pak-Us Military Ties
Number of Words: 1569 / Number of Pages: 6
... the 1950's, but started to diminish during the 1970's.
After the Russian invasion in Afghanistan in December 1979, Pak-US military ties once again gained importance as Pakistan was considered to be the only buffer state left to fight against Communism. During this era the United States of America in the form of cash, military hardware and experts, pumped unlimited military aid into Pakistan. Towards the end of 1980's, after the Russian pull-out from Afghanistan and failure of President Reagan to satisfy the Congress that Pakistan is not building a nuclear device, various amendments started to take ef ...
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Affirmitive Action
Number of Words: 278 / Number of Pages: 2
... of standards
and expectations imposed on them by businesses and educational institutions due
to the cries of racism and sexism in standards by advocates of AA. Ernest Van
Den Haag put it best, when he declares that. " Affirmative action has done as
much injury to black scholars as to black students." Isn't it time to return to
hiring people on individual merit, and return the millions spent on Affirmative
action. That money could be better spent on bringing minority and female
applicants up to standards. I believe the most qualified person should be
awarded the job, regardless of race, ethnicity, or ...
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