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Quality Of Life Sanctity Of Life
990 wordsBIRT: The Individual ought to Value the Sanctity of Life above the Quality of Life Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. It is because I so strongly concur with this quote by Joseph Throw, that I compelled to affirm todays resolution; be it resolved that the individual ought to value the sanctity of life above the quality of life. Before moving on, I would like to define a few key terms that clearly pertain to the r...
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Beep Beep Beep Finally I Make Front
1,157 wordsThe night is long and restful. Beep, beep, beep, beep man that sure is annoying at 5: 45 in the morning. Grab my shoes, bag, and finally can't forget my pillow. Dads waiting at the door waiting for me, so we can go. Thanks for the ride dad. I'll be back around 5: 00. "my, Chuck don't we look cheerful in the morning" says Mr. Parkurst. There is the bus time to go. The whole world looks a little hazy, but it could just be my eyes. I finally find a prime seat and fall into it with a thud. Somehow I...
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Should There Be A Salary Cap In Baseball
1,324 wordsSalaries in Baseball are skyrocketing every year. Why would a salary cap be needed? It would be needed to help keep ticket prices down, and help make for a more even level of competition for all of the teams. A salary cap is needed to keep baseball thriving in the future, to keep the game exciting and enjoyable to watch for every fan. The four major professional sports in America are MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL. Out of those four, only Major League Baseball does not have a salary cap. A salary cap ke...
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Prisoners Of War Concentration Camps
740 wordsOn October 18, 1945, the chief prosecutors lodged an indictment with the War Crimes Tribunal charging 24 individuals with variety of crimes and atrocities. This included the deliberate instigation of wars, extermination of racial and religious groups, murder and mistreatment of prisoners of war, and the murder, mistreatment, and the deportation of slave labor of the inhabitants of countries occupied by Germany during the war. The men accused at the trial were the Nationalist Socialist leaders He...
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Contingent Beings Religious Experience
990 words... intent argument, the other main form of the cosmological proof. It follows that all around us we perceive contingent beings, by contingent we mean beings that might not have existed. The universe could be conceived without these contingent objects. We can properly explain contingent beings around us only by tracing them back to some necessary being. Therefore the existence of a contingent being implies the existence of a necessary cause. To Kant this form of the argument commits the same err...
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Terminally Ill Patients Active Euthanasia
1,812 wordsThe Case for Active Euthanasia As I see it, the contention of the author is sound and balanced. She does not advocate outright euthanasia for everyone who she thinks needs it but in fact makes limitations such that she will not administer it to those who are not able to defend themselves because of certain disabilities, the babies and even the elderly. Yet, she is agreeable to have it done on those patients who are still able to rationalize and think for themselves. Procee's thesis is logical be...
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Technology In The Gods Must Be Crazy
745 wordsTechnology in The Gods Must Be Crazy Soft spoken, cultivated and compassionate describe author Catherine Dees, who is also a documentary film producer and sponsor of archaeological digs in Egypt. Co-creator of an exhibit which debuted more than two decades ago about eternal consciousness called "Continuum: The Immortality Principle, " Dees presented a talk titled "The Gods Must Be Crazy" co-sponsored by SJA at the Continuum Center Gallery on 26 th and Hennepin this November 15 th. Discussing the...
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Does Human Nature Cause War And Violence
984 wordsDoes human nature cause war and violence? What has the world come to these days? Its very complicated question and it often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. In our life, the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home we see the violence. But I agree with Ellen Goodman that to have a discussion about violence without talking about war is like talking about war without talking about death (War culture) War is the basic phenomenon of our world. It is the fact not o...
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Boca Raton Cannabis Sativa
1,817 wordsMarijuana: Opponents Factual Brief OPPONENTS BRIEF Factual Proposition: Consuming marijuana is detrimental to ones health. Definition of key terms Consumption = Smoking or eating marijuana. 2. Marijuana = Psychoactive mind altering substance, also known as cannabis. 3. Detrimental = Serious harm. Primary Inference: Smoking or eating marijuana is likely to create serious health problems for most individual users or society. Overview: Since the 1920 s supporters of marijuana prohibition have exagg...
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Commit A Crime Convicted Criminals
1,002 wordsIt is unreasonable to think that to take the life of a man who has taken that of another is to show lack of regard for human life. We show, on the contrary, an emphatic regard for it, by the adoption of a rule that he who violates that right in another forfeits it for himself. My agreement with these, the words of philosopher John Stuart Mill, compels me to affirm today s resolution, that capital punishment is justified. My value premise for the round will be justice, giving each individual his ...
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Cannabis Sativa Boca Raton
1,778 wordsOpponent s Factual Brief OPPONENT S BRIEF Factual Proposition: Consuming marijuana is detrimental to one s health. Definition of key terms: 1. Consumption = Smoking or eating marijuana. 2. Marijuana = Psychoactive mind altering substance, also known as cannabis. 3. Detrimental = Serious harm. Primary Inference: Smoking or eating marijuana is likely to create serious health problems for most individual users or society. Overview: Since the 1920 s supporters of marijuana prohibition have exaggerat...
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Moral Decisions Free Speech
431 wordsResolved-When they conflict, respect for cultural sensitivity ought to be valued above commercial use of free speech. Observation 1: The wording of the resolution implies a multi-cultural society. Observation 2: The resolution implies a capitalist society because there would be no use for commercial free speech otherwise. My first contention is that cultural sensitivity can be a means for one culture to imply there view of morality on another. This is not extreme for this resolution for this rea...
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Juvenile Crime Police Chief
767 wordsGun Control Fifth of July and me and my boyfriend are just sitting around watching T. V. when the phone rings. I answer the phone and here my best friend Laurie trying to tell me something through her tears. I knew it was more thana family problem because she wouldn t call me at my boyfriends if it wasn t serious. I tried to get her to calm down so I could half way understand her. I could here her say something about our good friend Jerry. I took her a few minutes but I finally understood her. J...
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Existence Of God Teleological Argument
1,117 wordsGreek philosopher and educational reformer of the fifth century B. C. ; born at Athens, 469 B. C. ; died there, 399 B. C. After having received the usual Athenian education in music (which included literature), geometry, and gymnastics, he practised for a time the craft of sculptor, working, we are told, in his fathers workshop. Admonished, as he tells us, by a divine call, he gave up his occupation in order to devote himself to the moral and intellectual reform of his fellow citizens. He believ...
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French And English Rest Of Canada
1,112 wordsQuebec has Quebec Quebec Separation Quebec has always been trying to maintain it s cultural identity. The path that led to separatism is long and winding one. The French saw Confederation as the only solution in 1867. They needed Confederation to remain in control of their own language, religion and way of life. The paradox of the situation was that they also fully understood that they would always be the minority in Canada and that as more regions joined Confederation, the situation would be co...
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Lethal Injection Death Penalty
773 words1 AC Since our nation s founding, crime has been punished with the ultimate sanction: death. More than 13, 000 people have been legally executed since colonial times, and most of these executions have taken place in the southern states. QUOTE: Now, it is because my partner and I agree with this that we stand affirmative on Resolved: That the State of Florida should significantly reform the use of the death penalty. For clarity of debate we offer the following definitions: h Significantly- meanin...
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Quality Of Life Sanctity Of Life
1,001 wordsBIRT: The Individual ought to Value the Sanctity of Life above the Quality of Life? Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. ? It is because I so strongly concur with this quote by Joseph Throw, that I compelled to affirm today? s resolution; be it resolved that the individual ought to value the sanctity of life above the quality of life. Before moving on, I would like to define a few key terms that clearly pertain to ...
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