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Society and How it is Reflected by TV

In five pages this paper argues that television is not to blame for the increased violence in society as it merely serves as a mir...

Comparing Americas' Slavery with Roman and Greek Slavery

This is a review consisting of twelve pages that compares and contrasts the institution of slavery in various times and societies ...

Social Determination of Crime Punishment Pros and Cons

This paper consists of ten pages and discusses society's determination of crime punishment in terms of its pros and cons. Eleven ...

Contemporary Society and the Importance of Equality

In seven pages society's need for equality is defended in an argument that discusses pertinent issues and refutes arguments that o...

Should Supreme Court Decisions Be Considered Groundbreaking 'Landmarks?'

In four pages the argument is presented that Supreme Court decisions are not in effect as groundbreaking as they are portrayed and...

Law of Greece

What was established as the first recognized law came from the fact that revenge played a big role in societys unruliness. As it ...

Senior Citizens and Sex

In five pages this paper considers various issues of sexuality as they pertain to senior citizens and society's portrayal of them....

Perception and Deviance

In five pages the notion that deviance is based upon perceptions and therefore established by those in powerful positions that col...

Existentialism and Human Emotions by Jean Paul Sartre and The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud

In six pages these works are contrasted and compared regarding the theorists' radical differences regarding the individual and rel...

Policies of Birth Control in China

In eight pages the philosophical views of Pythagoras, Immanuel Kant, and John Stuart Mill are applied to an exploration of the bir...

Ousmane Sembene's God's Bits of Wood and the Sociopolitical Redefinition of Women's Roles

In one page this paper examines the African society's redefining of women's social and political roles as represented in this nove...

Values and Research

question of whether research can be value-free requires a straightforward, unequivocal answer of "it depends." Research and Values...

Modern Russia and Capitalism

up and began laying the foundations of a more modern capitalist state. Of course, that type of capitalism was decimated by...

Cherokee Influences on Colonial Settlers

This paper addresses Native American Culture and its impact on colonial American society. The author discusses various ways in wh...

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages this paper examines how war's realities and intrusions have cemented contemporary society's philosophical foundation...

Using Critical Thinking to Tell Truth from Lies

Critical thinking has become even more important in today's society of opinion masquerading as news. This paper analyzes contempor...

A Black Oppression Theory

In an essay consisting of three pages Andrew Hacker's theory on the US mainstream society's oppression of African Americans is dis...

Comparing Marital Attitudes by the Hebrews and Ancient Greeks

allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...

Perfect Society Concept and Utopia by Thomas More

In 5 pages this paper discusses whether or not contemporary society would regard More's Utopia as perfect in a consideration that ...

Religion and World Construction by Peter L. Berger

"world-building efficacy of society must be explicated" and that this will aid the reader in understanding society in dialectic te...

Shakespeare's Tempest and Colonialis

European descent of Prospero and his belief that by taking over the rule of Caliban, he can "help" the people and bring "civilizat...

'Power Elite' and C. Wright Mills' The Structure of Power in America

remains powerful and persistent because of its overwhelming influence upon the smaller but dominant upper class elite, those whose...

Information Age and Social 'Technophobia'

who created the buggy whip? Many believe that technophobia is a modern syndrome, but in fact, it is not. During the Indust...

Societal Conflict from Different Perspectives

In four pages society's conflict is examined with a contrast and comparison of Marx's and Coser's theories. Two sources are cited...

Society and Technology

of political life" (1969, 55). Mesthene sees technology as detrimental and provides examples. For instance, cities have mass trans...

Is the Death Penalty for Juveniles Constitutional?

Supreme Court disallows the death penalty for juveniles. This decision was made primary due to the fact that young brains are stil...

John Locke and Capital Punishment

be little doubt that the crime rate is higher now, simply by virtue of the fact that the population is larger. Locke would probabl...

Is Corporate Social Responsibility in the Interests of Business and Society?

help the company increased sales, reduce costs, or improved profits then there is a potential argument that corporate social respo...

Thoreau/Importance of Wilderness

requirements of the wilderness can be defined as the "difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony" ...

Wealth Inequalities in American Society

while another might only have a Bic lighter and a camp fire. The blue collar worker category, in turn, also has its share...