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Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed

veil to designate between "respectable" and "disreputable" women. However, Ahmed emphasizes the fact that "Mesopotamian, Persian...

Investigating and Defending Plato's Theory of Forms

In five pages this research paper analyzes the theory of forms developed by Plato and then provides a defense of the philosopher's...

Policies of Higher Education in Scotland

This paper addresses the policies and stance of higher education in Scotland. The author also includes future proposals for integ...

Civil Disobedience, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. II

In eight pages this research paper is an extended version of another paper khmlk&g.wps and focuses upon Gandhi's influence in ...

Lying and the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

In seven pages this research paper examines the ethical theory of Immanuel Kant in a consideration of his lying stance. Four sour...

Chapters and Arguments in On Liberty by J.S. Mill

being antithetical to their interests, but rather looked upon government as an instrument for promoting and protecting the interes...

Thomas Jefferson, Slavery, the Civil War, and 'the American Dilemma'

of effecting what is right" (The American Dilemma). There are many factors that can be cited as the cause for the Civil...

Globalization and its Effects

as officially achieving "mature" status. Singapore began its quest for modernization and sustainable development in 1960. ...

Skills of Badminton

Strokes Beginners will usually simply concentrate on getting the shuttle over the net and into the right area of the court (Onlin...

Demons, the Answer Book by Lester Sumrall

of blaming the victim for not being spiritually "pure" is something that goes back to the Middle Ages when the plague was thought ...

Case Study on E*Trade

of confidence by the investors regarding the companies future. This is not a direct indication of strength, but does indicate a ma...

The Nature and Logic of Capitalism by Heilbroner

Keynes, contending that such theories are simply erroneous. His vision of capitalism is different from the capitalism that class...

Winston Churchill from 1939 to 1940

Nevertheless, as the 1930s wore on, the threat of Hitler became more and more evident. Leading officials began to secretly supply ...

A Case Study on Australia's Capital Gains Tax

purchase of a property that would be a main residence this would be exempt form capital gains tax. In 1987 he gains a liquor licen...

Republican Party and George W. Bush

(which was considered the brash "newcomer" of the political parties during the mid 19th century), was a party that actually came o...

The Ethics of Belief by W.K. Clifford

the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...

Abortion from the Christian Perspective

(AGI) consistently collects higher figures because they survey abortion providers directly (Abortion in the United States: Statist...

Libertarianism's Pros and Cons

prompts. Of course, this is really not a good reason to outlaw the substance. The society also claims that pot is a gateway drug a...

Libertarianism and Hard Determinism

it will occur; which leads to the Conclusion: "no action is free" (Cahn, 1971, 39). Hard determinism argues that these two premi...

Andrew Marvell's 'The Garden'

man knows truth. How can this be? It is through the very essence of man, through the essence of the tree and of flowers and of dog...

Issue Positions of 2004 Candidate President George W. Bush

stance on the issues. This paper will outline each. There are several areas where, according to your own political views, ...

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

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

South Africa and the Impact of Nelson Mandela

is something which has frequently been reiterated by other civil rights activists: in his Letter from Birmingham Jail, for instanc...

US Foreign Policy and Bangladesh

peoples standard of living. Estimates of per capita income in Bangladesh vary, ranging between a low of $356 annually (Bangladesh...

Male Dominance and Heterosexuality

men seek to make that way. Chodorow (1974) notes that children typically are with their mother for most of their waking hours, wh...

'Humean' Naturalism and Wittgenstein

neighbors. Such things do happen. When life happens, it is often unique and has little reference to the past. Yet, in examining t...

NAFTA, the FTAA, the FTA, and Other Trade Regulations

terms of the trade determine how the gains from trade are distributed among the trading partners. Both parties must have somethin...

Death Penalty in Michigan

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

Stem Cell Research/A Position Paper

lead to successful treatment for Alzheimers disease, as well as the possibility of being able to grow lungs for transplantation pu...

Abortion and the Role of the Ultrasound Technician

fetus on screen and perhaps even congratulate her on the pregnancy. Another way for an ultrasound technician to promote a right ...