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Special Education in Massachusetts

In five pages this paper examines the concept of 'least restrictive environment' within the context of Massachusetts' laws regardi...

Death and Covenants

In nine pages student posed questions are examined regarding the status of covenants within the context of death in terms of the d...

Communications Between Computer and Printer in Document Printing

In five pages the communications between a computer and printer regarding document printing are examined within the contexts of ne...

Women, Mid Life, and Negative Connotations of Menopause

the most creative period of their lives. How any individual woman defines the experience is the result of her own attitudes and li...

Philosophical Arguments of Lucretius

eye can see as opposed to mere speculation about what might be. Of course, objections would be other theories that for example God...

eGovernment and Democratic Accountability

collaborate with private and nonprofit organizations in the creation of an online national library" (pp. 20). Lieberman is quoted ...

Values and Business Ethics

of philosophy dealing with right and wrong and the morality of motives and ends" (Shaughnessy, 2002, p. 20). But questions of ethi...

The State and Virtue According to Alexis de Tocqueville and Aristotle

Virtuous action was defined by Aristotle as what a person with practical wisdom would choose. The golden mean, as defined by Ari...

The Third World, HIV, and AIDS

AIDS was first discovered in New York and California among homosexual males and intravenous drug users in 1980. It quickly became...

Twenty First Century and Appropriateness of Australia's Constitution

to address the current realities of the American people. As visionary as the men who created the American constitution were, they ...

Voluntarism, 'I Think Therefore I am,' and the Meditations of Rene Descartes

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, and the Presence of Oracles

matters into his own hands, a reality perhaps perceived by the oracle. He believes the predictions of the witches, and thinks that...

2 Essays in Christina and Fred Sommers' Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life

women, including approved activities, mannerism, education, sexuality and religious pursuits, as well as the extent to which there...

NYPD Views by Rudolph Guiliani and Al Sharpton

through the views of these two men. Can there be a compromise? Will the two men ever see eye to eye on racial issues? And even if ...

Crime and Charles Murray's 'Underclass' Theory

nearly 70 percent and that it can be seen to be directly related to the existence of the "criminal underclass" (pp. 34). He believ...

Slavery Reactions of Black Women

white freedom and black slavery. The link between whites and blacks would change considerably between the arrival of those first ...

UK Criminal Liability Law

from time to time laid down, are sufficiently injurious to the public to warrant the application of criminal procedure to deal wit...

Whites and Blacks as ''Natural Enemies' According to David Walker

the oppression thrust upon them by an unyielding and self-appointed superior white race. Evolution has a significant amount to do...

Pluralism Problem and Joseph Ratzinger's The Nature and Mission of Theology

(Ratzinger 16). In other words, philosophy eschews revelation. Theology, on the other hand, is "rational reflection upon Gods reve...

English Law Regarding Contract Law

If this were an acceptance this would have to be an "unqualified expression of assent to the terms proposed by the offerer" (McKen...

Paideia, The Thoughts of Douglas Wilson

This essay focuses on the position of theologian Douglas Wilson in regards to "paideia," which means education in Greek. The conte...

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...

The Concept of 'Freedom' of Choice as Perceived by Epictetus, Epicurus, and Aristotle

be regarded as involuntary because it is not externally rooted in another person; but it is irrational and therefore not represent...

Evaluating the Paradox of John Locke

that people do have a duty to God, which is coupled with a duty to obey their ruler (Honderich, 1995). At the same time, Locke say...

Changing Expectations in the Employment Relationship

money flits around the world has brought more good than harm" (Moberg 18). While the globalization of the Information Technology ...

'Ethics' of Insider Trading

This paper will argue that insider trading is not acceptable in any degree. A Matter of Degree? Of course the implications ...

Dementia and Evidence Based Practice

severe behavioural problems, the only viable option for care is within NHS long stay facilities, although there should be wide ran...

FASB 109 and Income Tax Disclosure Issues

(Summary of Statement No. 109, 1992). FASB states that there are two "objectives of accounting for income taxes" (Summary o...

Tort Law and Contamination of Food

predicated on "knowledge". Indeed, that is often the case in the world of law. Lawsuits such as that noted above often involve s...

WorldCom, Enron, and IAS

principles of accounting in the U.S. (Larson et al, 2001). Since that time, a number of authoritative bodies have been instituted ...