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The Hereditary Nature of Alcoholism

Supportive Evidence For decades, researchers have investigated the causes of alcoholism; they have looked at learned behavior, yo...

Maintaining or Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

illusion about a nuclear-free world being a safer place and start discussing the real role of nuclear weapons in the 21st century....

Questioning Right and Wrong in the Abortion Issue

in the rarest of cases when equally fundamental rights would be infringed upon. The fact remains that, on the one hand, the...

Three Arguments Regarding Capital Punishment

In seven pages this paper considers capital punishment and three arguments such as retribution, intolerable capital offenses, and ...

Argument of Illusion by George Berkeley

In five pages Berkeley's illusion concepts and arguments as represented in Principles of Human Knowledge and the Three Dialogues b...

Analytical Analysis of Renaissance Art

obtained the quality he called "grazia," which he used to describe a "kind of perfect divine beauty" (Witcombe). A work of art cam...

Arguments Against Atheism

The Minimalistic Concept of God is based on an argument for a moral intelligent creator of the universe. It does not argue for all...

Why Isn’t the Prochoice Argument Applied to Prostitution and Drug Use?

The abortion debate is characterized by two camps of argument. These camps are the...

An Essay Arguing for Gay Marriage

can be viewed as a socially constructed contract, opposition to applying marriage to homosexual unions extends from the social con...

Abortion: An Argumentative Essay

the demands of the world. Side #2: Pro-Life The utilitarian perspective defines the need for autonomy in decision-making, a...

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil and John Stuart Mill's On Liberty Compared

In seven pages this argumentative essay asserts that Mill's argument is more convincing than the emotion driven argument of Nietzs...

Perspective on Marriage/ Pro, Con Arguments

entertained an Indian couple at her home and the table conversation focused in the institution of marriage. Smita, the Indian wife...

The Impact of Globalization on Local Cultures

The dominant argument for the dilution of culture is through the spread of western ideals and values though the media as well as t...

The Impact of Wal-Mart

bad. Those who hate Wal-Mart say that the opening of a Wal-Mart in a new city forces small businesses to close. They argue that em...

Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

52). Close examination of "Story of an Hour" reveals the manner of Louise Mallards death, i.e., murder, and also the message that ...

Arguments Against Internet Censorship

long as books have been published, they have been subject to editorial censorship, and even outright banning. As long as painters ...

"Dune" and the Question of Female Empowerment

most revolutionary of all science fiction novels when it first appeared in the 1960s. In fact, its appearance on the literary scen...

Analysis of God's Existence

In eight pages this research paper considers philosophical perspectives regarding God's existence and includes David Hume's opposi...

Discussion of a New York Times' Article on Nature versus Nurture

In five pages this 1997 newspaper article is critiqued in terms of assumptions and each side of the argument's pros and cons. The...

Abortion According to Ronald Dworkin

In five pages this paper discusses Life's Dominion An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia and Individual Freedom by Ronald Dworki...

Exotic Dancers, The Ultimate Feminists, or Gender Slaves

the sociological elements that have supported the subjugation of women, and the perspectives offered by women who support the righ...

Thomas Aquinas' Work

the Summa that "St. Thomas, following Aristotle, gives a perfect description and a wonderfully keen analysis of the movements of m...

A Food Supply Issues Analysis

those who actually suffer because of this every-changing system. By learning about the poor farmers and families suffering in Ind...

Flawed Arguments and Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage

purpose" (Cross, 2002). Opponents to same-sex marriages also oppose gay activists appeal to pity in regards to their arguments. Th...

The Moral Issue of Abortion

A ten page realistic examination of the abortion argument from political and social perspectives includes relevant issues and beli...

Abortion as a Woman's Right Regardless of Circumstances Involved

In this paper consisting of five pages the abortion argument is framed around the book 'Causing Death and Saving Lives' by Jonatha...

Contemporary Society and the Importance of Equality

In seven pages society's need for equality is defended in an argument that discusses pertinent issues and refutes arguments that o...

Discrimination in Imposing the Death Penalty

by death. The word draconian survives to describe unusually harsh legal penalties. In modern times the use of capital punishment...

Bernstein's Argument: Effective In Explaining Racial-Ethnic Inequality In Academic Achievement

linguistics. Slang is a component of nearly every spoken language; however, the line between jargon and true common speech ...

Enlightenment Arguments for and against Separation of Church and State

to petition the government for a redress of grievances" ("First Amendment")). The idea of the separation of church and state was i...