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Arguments Surrounding the Issue of Prayer in Schools

place for religion in the schools. The debate is heated. First, it should be noted that there are many good reasons for inclusion....

Evolution, Creation, Belief Interdependence and the Writings of Philip Kitcher and W.V.O. Quine

In five pages this paper discusses these writers' views on the evolution v. creationism debate and the applicability of belief int...

The Olinkan Tribe and Female Circumcision

Tashi first came into the clinic, she could barely walk due to complications from her circumcision. A pelvic examination revealed...

Should Schools Allow Spanking?

Once a staple along with eraser dust and gym class, corporal punishment has fallen into disfavor in public schools. This paper exa...

Intelligence and Its Genetic Component

something reliable. For example, IQ scores do successfully predict the number of years one will be in school, their degree of acad...

The Ethical Dilemma of Animal Testing

The biomedical testing of animals is examined in five pages through a fictional proposed law that ban animal testing with the exce...

Notorious Scopes' 'Monkey Trial'

In twelve pages this paper discusses the intense creationism v. evolution debate this trial sparked in a consideration of evolutio...

America's Constitution and the Views of the Anti Federalists

In three pages this paper examines the eighteenth century debate of the U.S. Constitution's structuring from the anti Federalist p...

A Political Perspective on School Choice

Many of these corporations have already been lobbying the state legislature. Many question whether this is an ethical way to run ...

Stem Cell Uses and Pope Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum

In five pages this paper applies the theological arguments of Pope Leo XIII in Rerum Novarum to the ongoing stem cell usage debate...

Social Welfare Policy Arguments Both For and Against

injustice. Mead is compassionate but tough. He does not buy into notions that suggest society must do something about the poor. Af...

Pros and Cons of Stem Cell Research

cells. THE HARVESTING AND RESEARCHING OF STEM CELLS In November 1998, the University of Wisconsin and several other leading unive...

Life in a World With Either Conventional or Nuclear Weapons

decades. He also rejects the notion that governments that are controlled by the military would be quicker to employ nuclear weapon...

Is social science a science?

no way identical to themselves. In other words there is a degree of separation, whereas those in the social sciences study human ...

An Analysis of the Text The Sexual Politics of Sickness

growing fears about it; and potential illness as a result. The standard birth takes place in a clinical hospital where the patient...

Nurture vs. Nature in an Exploration of Criminal Behavior

biological determinism and the changing values of our day which expose us on a daily basis to such concepts as criminal deviancy h...

Conservationists Face Off Against Clearcutters

that even in a clear cut area, once the building is up or the subdivision in place, grass, trees and other green leafies are added...

Is It Possible to Be Born a Criminal?

strange and terrible" (Lanier and Henry, p. 94). Interestingly, this theory was supported by sociologist Richard Dugdale, who art...

Sexuality According to Constructionist and Essentialist Perspectives

In particular, Wikholm (2002) cites the work of Karl Ulrichs and his descriptions of "men with an inborn attraction to other men."...

Issue of Dual Citizenship

the countrys demographics have changed in only the past decade. In the early days of massive immigration, those arriving fr...

Political Parties and Government Powers According to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison

In five pages this paper discusses a fictional debate between three of the U.S. Founding Fathers regarding government powers and a...

Internet and Censorship by the Government

government or worldview in any way. One instance of government censorship of the Internet was greatly more surprising. Sin...

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...

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...

Aristotle on Nonrelative Virtues

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

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...

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...