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Mark Posters The Mode Of Information
1,365 wordsENGL 444: BOOK CRITIQUE - Mark Posters The Mode of Information Mark Posters The Mode of Information can be seen as something of an attempt to establish a new discourse in socio-political theory. He does this mainly through the concerted criticism of several prominent philosophers, including Marx, Foucault, Derrida and Baudrillard. Typically, his prime concern with the bulk of most of these philosophers works is their tendency towards total ization, or their failure to adequately incorporate an u...
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President Bill Clinton United States Government
1,113 wordsA Confederate Soldier, on leave from war, was captured, imprisoned and denied any right to a trial. Though summoned by the Chief of Justice of the United States of America, John Merryman, by right of Habeas Corpus was denied a trial (Britannia Sec. 1). In 1679 the incorporation of Habeas Corpus was granted to all citizens, authorizing judges to review a court case for all imprisoned perpetrators. At the outbreak of the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln repealed the original writ of Habeas Corp...
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Gay Or Lesbian Gays And Lesbians
1,612 wordsAmy leans over to kiss her new wife, Terri. The wedding was beautiful as any wedding inside a church. It was a beautiful warm sunny day in May. The two brides now feel a sense of togetherness and a false sense of true commitment even though the state will not recognize their marriage. Myself, a young lesbian woman, would like to see myself being able to marry my partner. Society has become more tolerant of gays and lesbians in the last couple of years and we are all uniting to carry our voice to...
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Trench Coat English Philosopher
1,447 words"Everything you know about the Littleton killings is wrong. But the truth may be scarier than the myths" (Cullen 1999, p. 1). This is the title of an article that claims that "what was reported last spring about the motives and methods of killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold was untrue" (Cullen 1999, p. 1). The question that arises from this claim, is how can that be so? How can the "most notorious events from the shooting spree - reported over and over in news reports, on TV chat shows and now...
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Female Sexuality Safe Sex
1,333 words"The construction of female sexuality and it is position in heterosexuality drawing upon recent feminist discussions" An area of great focus in contemporary feminist theory has been looking at the construction of female sexuality, particularly its position in heterosexuality. Of the recent discussions, much of this has been influenced or at least based around Freud's theory of psychoanalysis and the his account of sexual development that follows from it. In very simplistic terms his account plac...
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Schools And Libraries Research Council
504 wordsOver the last several years many attempts have been made to put a limit on what can be viewed on the Internet. In 1996, it was the Communications Decency Act and in 1999 the Child Online Protection Act. Both were shot down because they were said to violate the first amendment right to free speech. Should the government have the right to limit what children view on the Internet? The government does this in places like schools and libraries. Filtering the Internet has become commonplace in most sc...
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Denial Of Truth Example Of Denial Of Truth Gene
1,033 wordsThe novel A Separate Peace focuses mainly around a 17 year old named Gene Forrester and his psychological development. The story is set in a boys boarding school in USA during World War II. There are four main boys in the novel and they all undergo major character changes through the story. One of them goes crazy, and the others experience severe attitude changes. Gene is caught right in the center of these changes. He is very close with all of the other three boys, and thus all of the changes a...
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On The Profound Effects Of Child Sexual Abuse
1,327 words... tis fied by another person. She wonders if this may be a reason why. According to a study by pandorasbox. com, Sexuality is regarded not simply as a part of the self limited to the genitals, discrete behaviors, or biological aspects of reproduction, but is more properly understood as one component of the total personality that affects ones concept of person identity and self-esteem. If the child victim does not resolve the trauma, sexuality may become an area of adult conflict. I read an art...
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The Brave New World Of Technology
1,362 wordsWhen thinking of progress, most people think of advances in the scientific fields, believing that most discoveries and technologies are beneficial to society. Are these advances as beneficial as most people think? Brave New World presents a startling view of the future which on the surface appears almost comical. Yet humor was not the intention of Aldous Huxley when he wrote the book in the early 1930 's. Indeed Huxley's real message is very dark. His idea that in centuries to come, a one-world ...
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First Cause Point B
1,530 words... annot cause its own existence- this would only be comparable to saying God created himself - this is not what was said) (3) The casual order cannot be infinite (i) because casual orders are such that the first causes the second, the second causes the third, etc. (ii) to take away a cause is to take away an effect (iii) in an infinite casual order there is no first member (iv) if there is no first member, then there is no second, if there is no second, then there is no third, etc. (v) since t...
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Contingent Beings Infinite Series
1,038 words... needed to ascertain the first causes qualities. The causal argument is only meant to be an important step in proving Gods existence. The main disagreement about the causal argument centers on the infinite series paradox. Aquinas states that to imply an infinite series is not only illogical, it also implies that nothing exists. Yet we know that things do exist, hence the infinite series is wrong. Let me explain a little better, Aquinas reasoned that whenever we take away the cause the effect ...
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Accused Of Witchcraft Innocent Victim
1,025 words... y material or ideological enemies' (pg. 7 Miller). Explicit rules in the Christian church were quite evident in 'The Crucible': the Ten Commandments from the Bible. In Salem, along with any other Christian based town at that time, the Ten Commandments were to be lived and followed exactly as written. If you failed to strictly abide by those rules, suspicions were immediately made based on the circumstances. As in The Crucible, you could be accused of witchcraft and arrested just because you ...
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Effects On Children Heterosexual Couples
2,888 wordsA Case for Same-Sex Marriages During the last presidential election cycle in the United States, the issue of same-sex marriage became one of the most divisive and contentious political and moral issues in America. Many, particularly religious conservatives, believe that marriage can only be sanctioned by God if it takes place between a man and a woman. Others see same-sex marriages as a threat to the moral fiber of a nation and as a threat to the traditional family structure. On the other hand, ...
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Shows That Life Life As A Means Concept
729 wordsIm afraid I find Jimbo's answer less than convincing; and he correctly anticipates that I will charge him with circularity. To begin with, what exactly does it mean to say: Fundamentally, living entities face a single alternative: existence or non-existence. ? Is this a disguised value judgment, to the effect that The most morally significant choice to make is whether to live to die? (I trust that Jimbo will deny this interpretation, so Image on. ) Or is it a descriptive statement to the effect ...
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President Bill Clinton Writ Of Habeas Corpus
1,142 wordsA Habeus Corpus History Repeated A Confederate Soldier, on leave from war, was captured, imprisoned and denied any right to a trial. Though summoned by the Chief of Justice of the United States of America, John Merryman, by right of Habeas Corpus was denied a trial (Britannia Sec. 1). In 1679 the incorporation of Habeas Corpus was granted to all citizens, authorizing judges to review a court case for all imprisoned perpetrators. At the outbreak of the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln repealed...
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Life After Death Life On Earth
1,511 wordsISLAM Islam is Islam Islam ISLAM Islam is comprised of three essential beliefs: The belief in God, obeying his moral laws, and believing in the after-life. Submission to God is directly followed by obeying the moral standards of everyday life. The Quran makes morality reign supreme and ensures that the affairs of life, instead of dominated by selfish desires, be regulated by norms of morality. These laws are the standard by which God determines the life of the believers, and the disbelievers on ...
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Illegal Abortions Fourteenth Amendment
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