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Should Rich People Help The Poor
599 wordsAs we enter the millennium, the gap between rich and poor has never been wider. While some people have more money than it is possible to spend in a lifetime, no matter how lavishly they might make purchases; others are not able to provide even for their most basic needs. On all the continents of the world, people starve to death for lack of food; freeze death for lack of shelter, die of diseases that could be prevented. The situation raises the issue of whether the affluent people of the world h...
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Google To Censor Itself In China
1,444 wordsGoogle to Censor Itself in China The story Google to Censor Itself in China revolves around decision of Chinese government to censor the results of Google Web search. In order to be able to launch Chinese version of its search engine, Googles management decided to deviate from its own principle of making information universally available. Basically, Google has agreed to report users IP addresses to the Chinese authorities, when the search key words are being matched with those, provided to Googl...
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John Stuart Mill Pain And Pleasure
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Original Work Published Frederick Douglass
2,902 wordsSubmitted: 08. 29. 01 This Christianity Name: Anonymous Submitted: 08. 29. 01 This site kicks-ass! ! Christianity The belief in some higher presence, other than our own, has existed since man can recollect. Religion was established from this belief, and it can survive and flourish because of this belief. Christianity, one of several forms of religion that exist today, began sometime during the middle of the first century. Christians believe in a higher presence that they call God. This belief in...
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Henry Cabot Lodge United States Foreign Policy
7,107 wordsDid The U. S. Follow Washingtons Final Address Did The U. S. Follow Washingtons Final Address From 1875 - 1925 Part I The United States was an infant country in the late 1700 s. At this time, this emerging power had the opportunity to create its own identity and position on foreign policy. The United States had many ties to Europe due to her being the source of the majority of its peoples ancestries, while at the same time it was separated from her by an entire ocean. This has undoubtedly always...
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Cost Benefit Analysis United States Government
1,606 wordsMorality depends on the ability of an individual to choose between good and evil, thus, entailing freedom of the will and the moral responsibility of the individual for his actions. It is obvious this is so for the individual, but what about groups and governments? Do they have the ability to choose between good and evil, do they have free will and therefore are they subject to the same paradigms of morality as the individual or does an autonomous morality apply. What if we relate this concept o...
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