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Fictional Debate Between Robert Putnam, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Cornel West

Contemporary society is characterized by a common agreement that our society is in an upheaval. Opinions as to the cause...

Thibaut and Kelley's Social Exchange Theory of Communication

to determine the best possible behavior is not a new idea. This is basically what John Stuart Mill proposed with his philosophy of...

Family Planning v. Sterilization in Peru

Mr. and Mrs. Rey, a recently married couple, had dreamt of a large family ever since they began planning their future together, bu...

Hypothetical Debate Between Presidential Candidates Socrates and Henry David Thoreau

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

School Mascots Debate

has been a debate that has raged for about 30 years (Price 66). The issue is generally over whether names like Braves, Redskins, ...

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...

Social Inequalities, Public Policies, and Classifications of Race

health status she can only be considered Asian in relation to statistical findings if that is what she chose as representative of ...

Elgin/Parthenon Marbles Debate

would empty both the British Museum and the other great museums of the world." The Parthenon marbles themselves, the sculptures...

Francis De Sales, Martin Luther, and Erasmus

the option of acting differently. Furthermore, early Christians argued that God, who is completely good, cannot be held responsibl...

Psychology and the Ongoing Debate Between Quantitative and Qualitative Research Approaches

suggests that it is better than what quantity can provide. People suggest that enjoying the quality of food is preferable to wolfi...

An Argumentative Essay on Abortion

27). However, even in late pregnancy, she argues that the emotional well-being of the pregnant women outweighs the value of the fe...

Stem Cell Research Controversy

citing that the industry does not have enough controls to make certain that abuses do not occur. Scientists are stating th...

Abortion Issues

and many of them were permanently damaged physically as well as emotionally. Some even died from the unsafe conditions of illegal ...

Young Child and Environment

other connotations as the factors of gender and race were thrown into the mix. In most models a person is constantly at war with h...

Personality, Behavior, and the Significance of Nature v. Nurture

that people behave themselves and conform to laws. Thus, the revolution in thinking about genes has monumental consequences for ho...

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...

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...

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...

Nurture Wins in the Nature versus Nurture Debate

in his book Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes US Human, that to see human development as ruled only by genes, w...

Public Values and How They Are Influenced by Special Interest Groups Regarding Video Game Violence

"numerous secrets hidden within this dark and intimidating game. And in an added twist, not only did combatants spew puddles...

Late Pregnancy Abortion

placed in jeopardy by the pregnancy, (by a fetus that is incompatible with life), is the only reason that that pregnancy can be te...

How Companies Should Compete to Maximize Internet Returns A Proposed Dissertation

(2000), as "Commerce that is transacted electronically, as over the Internet". This indicates that e-commerce is much wider than s...

Contemporary World and a Mercantilist Position

world, the student will want to examine the policies of John Maynard Keynes (1997), who states that "mercantilism is a continuall...

Theories and Moral Truths

of moral realistic thought and debate. Thomas Hills "Moral Agency Presupposes Autonomy of the Will"...

Homosexuality Issue in the U.S. Presidential Debates of 2004

knew what the definition of a couple was....

Sanctity of Life versus Quality of Life

have the discretion to terminate their dependents lives" (Woodward, 1995). Defenders of Latimer points out that if the surgery tha...

Cognitive Development and Birth Order

to make a significant difference as well as the gender of the children. Theirs was an unusual study in that the researchers never...

Electronic Monitoring Devices/Parolees and Prisoners

in prison (Biniok, 2004). They contend that the costs of electronic supervision are unacceptable, even that such supervision viol...