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Refuting the Death Penalty

of the most common reasons given to support capital punishment is the notion that executing a criminal is somehow a necessary act ...

Can Women Play a Greater Role in Economic Development?

The writer considers the argument that developing countries are losing a potentially valuable resource by holding back women, prev...

DEBT CRISIS: A PERSUASIVE ESSAY

Sahadi, 2011). Adding more fuel to the fire was the fact that not all Republicans were in the "must lower taxes and raise spending...

Borowski and Wiesel/Surviving Auschwitz

it has been emptied of people. In the corners "amid human excrement...lie squashed trampled infants, naked little monsters with en...

Feminist Analysis and Antigone

violate the primacy of traditional family morality, which should be considered as overriding state laws that are contradictory to ...

Why Turkey Should Not Be a Member of the European Union

communities in the South and need predominantly Turkish Cypriot communities in the North had always been difficult. Following a co...

Assessment of the Article “Best Case Scenario”

is arising following events such as the Bali bombing, and the emergence of a stereotype, where Muslims are seen as a separate grou...

In Defense of Religious Pluralism

of religious pluralism, and argue that contrary to the argument offered by Gavin DCosta, religious pluralism does exist and consti...

Adam and Eve and Current Relevance

Bible, it is a common experience that they interpret it according to how they have been taught. For example, Barbara Brown Taylor ...

Should Euthanasia be Legal?

not happy to have been saved suggests that there are fates worse than death. People who are not under the influence of substances,...

Legalizing Drugs: The Benefits

such groups turn to drug use as a way to mitigate the pressure and stressors of living in such a fundamentally fragmented and unju...

The Conflict between Socialism and Capitalism

It has been argued that the practice if growth and wealth creation cannot be undertaken at the same time as the redistribution of ...

Can IKEA Remain Successfully Expand into New Markets?

et al, 2011, p261). The consumer is part producer, as they do not go to a traditional furniture store to purchase the goods, but t...

Firoozeh Dumas' "Sweet, Sour, and Resentful"

example, the author describes how her mother always shopped for fresh ingredients, and prepared fresh herbs, such as "parsley, cil...

Teaching Creationism in Public Schools

ostensibly in the interest of superior scientific education (Boston, 2011). Often, these bills have been packaged with initiatives...

"Dr. Glass-Case" by De Cervantes

Cervantes "rather formulaic" descriptions of Italian cities were "perfectly in tune with the rhetorical canons of the time" (Cerva...

"Some Moral Minima" by Lenn Goodman

Goodman presents challenges to relativism, which is the view that morality is relative and that ethical truths are dependent on th...

A Critique of Imperialism, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness

of human achievement, both intellectually and morally. This attitude is inherent in Heart of Darkness when Conrad describes the id...

Prostitution - A Utilitarian Perspective

that its legalization would produce the benefits of a safer society, increased tax revenue, and the empowerment of the individuals...

Overview of Food, Inc.

particularly disturbing because, as Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivores Dilemma, indicates in the film, eating such a narrowly...

"The Dumbest Generation" - Exploring the Assumptions

writes early on that "never have the opportunities for education, learning, political action, and cultural activity been greater",...

The Trayvon Martin Case - Deconstructing Media Narratives

what began as an isolated incident in a rural town in Florida has now become an international scandal. The reason for this is that...

World War II and the Debates over Indian Independence

of whether or not continued occupation of India was well-advised. 2. The critics of British rule in India supported immediate ind...

Decriminalizing Marijuana - Speaking Notes

pill form of marijuana (Brookhiser 1996, p. 27). Additionally, in countries such as the United States, where expensive health insu...

United States Should Stop Engaging in Wars

The following examination focuses on the cost of war, both in terms of money and lives; as well as the question of whether or not ...

Pro and Con: Are Professional Women 'Opting Out" of Work by Choice?

1. Strengths and weaknesses associated with the Pro side of the issue Linda Hirshman maintains that despite the increased opportu...

Discretion in Policing

must always play a part in police work, discretion is a more arbitrary practice (Bronitt and Stenning, 2011). For example, where a...

Enhancing Aboriginal Students Experience of School with the Waldorf Model

to as the Waldorf model (Grindley and Hampson, 2008). To assess how and why this model may be appropriate some of the influences t...

Inclusion in the Contemporary Literary Canon, Anton Chekhov

This research paper/essay provides an argument that Chekhov deserves his place in the literary canon, providing a brief overview o...

A Modern Fairy Tale, Edward Scissorhands

This essay presents the argument that "Edward Scissorhands," directed by Tim Burton, is a modern, gothic-tinged version of the fai...