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Debate on Globalization

forms of global interaction (Held and McGrew, 2000). Rather then chance encounters, globalization refers to "entrenched and enduri...

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...

Ongoing Debate on Stem Cell Research

they could utilize embryos that are not in use. Tens of thousands of embryos are stored in clinics in the United States and some a...

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...

Minimum Wage Debate

by the increase and their children (Business Week, 1999). Traditional economic theory also suggests that higher minimum wages red...

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...

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...

Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Debate in Congress

on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.208(a)(2) and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)" (Stem Cell R...

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...

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...

Darwinism v. Creationism

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

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...

Behavioral Genetic Component

In five pages this research paper considers the age old scientific debate on whether the behavior of humans is controlled through ...

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...

Aristotle on Nonrelative Virtues

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

Intelligence and Its Causes

But this study focused on a very extreme cause of mental retardation. Much of humanity does not have microcephaly, yet some peopl...

Comparing Race Matters by Cornel West with Democracy on Trial by Jean Bethke Elshtain

scholarly texts of this type. Both Elshtain and West have much to say and are never shy about saying it. A debate between these ...

Pre Pearl Harbor Second World War Debate in the United States

to become involved in this large, European action. In the early thirties, prior to 1941 when the U.S. was attacked, the European...

Legalizing Abortion

are not right to lifers, the idea that someone is not born would immediately prompt the idea that the individual is not a person. ...

US Public Schools and Prayer

or discourage prayer, or participate in such activities with students" (Uncle Sams Prayer Stick, 2003, p. 38). At what appeared to...

Great Britain and the Debate Between National Identity and Multiculturalism

in universities" (Higham, 1999, p. 143). It is not conceptualized in Great Britain, as it is in the US as a blueprint for society....

Debate on Accountability and the Auditor's Role

company have had, it might be said, a ripple effect, which have affected even those who do not own shares in the company. Many are...

Gods and Monsters and Its Message Regarding Society and Culture

sex, and they can be both works of sexuality, and still be considered works of art. Heterosexual women may paint women who are cle...

Abolishing the Patent Monopoly

biotechnology can easily run up to tens of thousands of pages, including text and diagrams (Malone, 2002). Each one must be read w...

Human Cloning Debate

real-life scenario does not produce a fully-grown replica, as one so often sees in the movies, but rather suggests that a human ba...

Political Dominance of the Liberalism Philosophy

a choice if deciding which way the world is swinging today, or always has. There is somewhat of a misconception that the world has...

Fictional Literature, Determinism, and Free Will

the books noted above we find several themes which are common to much of the worlds greatest literature. Among these themes are h...

Nurture and Nature Psychological Intelligence Debates

level of intelligence because of our genetic makeup. The biological perspective of intelligence is most often associated wi...

Examining Debates Among Competing Philosophies

We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...