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A Political Perspective on School Choice

Many of these corporations have already been lobbying the state legislature. Many question whether this is an ethical way to run ...

Stem Cell Uses and Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum

In five pages this paper applies the theological arguments of Pope Leo XIII in Rerum Novarum to the ongoing stem cell usage debate...

Nature vs. Nurture in Gender Issues

tendencies do not come as naturally to girls as it does to boys. Consequently, coaching techniques must accommodate the differing...

Continuing Debate on Bilingual Education

entered the educational mainstream. This sink or swim approach was the standard modus operandi at the turn of the century, and t...

Scholars of Ancient Times Debating Religion

as well. Brahman: In some way, I believe I can vouch for our religion as being a way of life, but perhaps in a different sense. Fo...

School Uniforms and the Law

In seven pages this research paper discusses the debate that continues to rage on regarding public schools and mandatory school un...

Debate on Evolution vs. Cration

evolution gauntlet and run with it. Nevertheless, it goes without saying that there is a plethora of others who continue to espou...

Child Temperament, Motivation, and Nature v. Nurture

In twelve pages this paper discusses child temperament and motivation with regard to the nature v. nurture debate. Fifteen source...

Critical Debates on William Shakespeare's Hamlet

addition, (and not atypical of the Bard) Hamlet has more than one focus. For example, unquestionably the Prince of Denmark is one...

Darwinism v. Creationism

creationism. The intelligent-design hypothesis (ID) has also recently gained public attention because of a science textbook, Of Pa...

Aristotle on Nonrelative Virtues

In five pages virtues and their relativity are debated by Aristotelian philosophy and an argument by Martha Nussbaum featured in ...

Heathcliff Character Formation in Bronte's Wuthering Heights

In five pages the ways in which Heathcliff's character was shaped in terms of the nurture and nature debate are analyzed. There a...

David Stoll's Rigoberta Menchu and the Story of All Poor Guatemalans

In five pages this paper analyzes Stoll's text in terms of the author's point of view and the debates that continue to linger rega...

In Favor of Capital Punishment

In six pages this paper assesses the debate from both sides before arguing in favor of the morality and effectiveness of capital p...

Disclosure and HIV

society. SOCIETAL MISUNDERSTANDING It is extremely unfortunate the effect AIDS has on the individuals afflicted with the ...

Debate on the Bell Curve

upon such a broad and inaccurate scale. One of the reasons why critics argue that the bell curve is inadequate at determini...

Conservationists Face Off Against Clearcutters

that even in a clear cut area, once the building is up or the subdivision in place, grass, trees and other green leafies are added...

Debate on Caps Being Placed on Medical Malpractice

While some might consider this a step in the right direction, trial lawyers and victims of medical abuses do not agree. The Associ...

Controversy and the Abortion Debate

dockets was in 1843. It was even guessed in the early 1900s one out of four pregnancies were terminated through abortion. So giv...

Debate on Gun Control

statistics which show how many people have avoided or saved their own lives aided by the owning of a gun (Polsby 1994). In other w...

Society and Technology

of political life" (1969, 55). Mesthene sees technology as detrimental and provides examples. For instance, cities have mass trans...

Which is Best, Public or Private Schools

way to receive a strong education is either through a privately funded school or even home schooling. Williams, who is a 1...

Is social science a science?

no way identical to themselves. In other words there is a degree of separation, whereas those in the social sciences study human ...

An Analysis of the Text The Sexual Politics of Sickness

growing fears about it; and potential illness as a result. The standard birth takes place in a clinical hospital where the patient...

Nurture vs. Nature in an Exploration of Criminal Behavior

biological determinism and the changing values of our day which expose us on a daily basis to such concepts as criminal deviancy h...

Is It Possible to Be Born a Criminal?

strange and terrible" (Lanier and Henry, p. 94). Interestingly, this theory was supported by sociologist Richard Dugdale, who art...

Sexuality According to Constructionist and Essentialist Perspectives

In particular, Wikholm (2002) cites the work of Karl Ulrichs and his descriptions of "men with an inborn attraction to other men."...

Life in a World With Either Conventional or Nuclear Weapons

decades. He also rejects the notion that governments that are controlled by the military would be quicker to employ nuclear weapon...

China's Sterilization Enforcement Debate

birth control policies are directly related to her dire need for population control, most contend that China unequally enforces he...

Alowing Cloning Would Be a Mistake

more to this argument to quote Scripture that indicates Gods commandments that human beings venerate life. Furthermore, by request...