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Rene Descartes/Proving God Exists

the fire next to him. Therefore, he reasons that the effect, the idea of God, must have a cause in reality. Descartes writes, "B...

Philosophical and Scientific Role of Rene Descartes

critics, his reputation and fame has never been truly compromised. He has added a great deal in terms of thought in a variety of d...

2 Law Articles Addressing the Issue of Polygamy, Summaries

prohibitions against polygamy and bigamy. For example, in the Supreme Court case of Reynolds v. U.S. 1878, the Court held while a ...

OP-ED EDITORIAL: LEGISLATING FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR

reform bill" will end up punishing the wrong people and institutions. This is not to say the bill isnt a well-meaning attempt on t...

The Case Against Capital Punishment

applied, was arbitrary and capricious" (67). While it seemed as if the death penalty was beginning to become less popular, this ca...

Rebuttal to James Rachels

all the same species, we are all precisely equal. That is clearly untrue: we are all very different in physical appearance, and we...

Immigration Pro and Con

homeland defense is on governmental agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and similar bureaus, which are faced with...

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Modern Art's Aura Dissolution According to Walter Benjamin's Theory

in print sources (magazines, newspapers) where the image present on the page bears little resemblance to the image "seen by the un...

Gay Discrimination is Wrong

immediately discounts any justification for same-sex marriage that appeals to individual "rights" (Jordan 414). He justifies this ...

Stem Cell Research/Not an Ethical Issue

equivalent. Stem cells are extracted while the embryo is, as yet, an undifferentiated ball of microscopic cells referred to as a b...

Nurse/Patient Ratios/Not One Size Fits All

assisting registered nurses (RNs) in order to meet legislated requirements (Schaefer 9). This means that while RNs have fewer pati...

Teacher Unions

pay, and their rights as employees. On the other hand, teacher unions are generally different than other unions perhaps li...

Aristotle/De Anima

possibly think?" (I.3). As this indicates, Aristotles perspective is grounded in observation and reality. He sees the mind as intr...

Brain Development And Learning A Second Language

helps the brain to develop multiple new pathways that can sort and store more new experiences than a less-developed brain. The mor...

Why Affirmative Action Should Not Be Supported

did not go by the name Affirmative Action. Still, the concept did exist. In fact, it is known to have evolved since slave days (Ru...

Basic Argument Opposing Capital Punishment

be the case. This is because they want justice for their loved one. They do not want to see a murderer enjoy even another hour of ...

Politics and Christianity's Role

the Netherlands, said: "God the Lord unmistakably instituted the basic rule for the duty of government. Government exists to admin...

College Campus Weapons Cannot be Justified

not only too immature to handle the responsibilities that would be necessitated with the presence of these "tools" in this environ...

Death Penalty in Michigan

illustrates that incapacitation without the death penalty is possible through incarceration (Bedau, 2004). Even when these two rat...

Argument Against Gay Marriage

to everyone, therefore, nobody is denied equal protection of the laws that exist (Benne and McDermott, 2004). Activists also argu...

Tobacco Industry

any number of physical ailments, including halitosis and lockjaw throughout Europe (ASH, 2006; Randall, 1999). Sir Frances Drake ...

Princess Diana’s Death

was in terms of the media, so are many people in the world. President Bush is surely a victim of the press, and perhaps rightly so...

International Trade and Global Poverty

latest "round," however, has not gone well. "America wants to slash tariffs, arguing (rightly) that the best way to help poor coun...

Animal Cloning

tenderness. These all naturally reflect on the product - and its price - available to retailers" (Harper). In relationship to th...

The HealthSouth Scandal

value from dropping.5 He was able to get away with it because he was the person who was charged by the SEC with the responsibility...

A Look at the Exclusionary Rule

order types who protect the police, and believe that every suspect is guilty and every guilty man needs to be sentenced harshly. A...

HPV

that the vaccine has not be proven safe; and, secondly, from the fact that HPV is not spread by casual contact, but is rather an S...

Wollstonecraft/Vindication of the Rights of Women

them to this necessity. Wollstonecraft attacks each one of Rousseaus principles, showing them to be illogical, inconsistent and ul...

U.S. 'Wealthfare' is a Bad Idea

According to a survey released by Essential Information in 1994, it was estimated that U.S. tax payers would pay more in 1994 for ...

Are Vaccinations Safe?

condition that they do not pursue lawsuits against the companies involved. Considering the sobering fact that a vaccination can ca...