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Gun Control Laws Stricter Gun Control
1,109 words[ 1 ] Control, Robert, ed. Gun Control and the Constitution: Sources and Explorations on the Second Amendment. New York: Garland Publishing Inc. , 1994 [ 2 ] Dowlut, Robert. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms in State Bills of Rights and Judicial [ 3 ] Freedman, Warren. The Privilege to Keep and Bear Arms. Connecticut: Quorum Books, [ 4 ] Hickok, Eugene Jr. , ed. The Bill of Rights: Original Meaning and Current Understanding. Virginia: University Press of Virginia, 1991 [ 5 ] Kruschke, Earl PHD. Gu...
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Euthanasia And Assisted Suicide
5,342 wordsIn a 1988 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, an article titled "It's Over Debbie" describes how an anonymous doctor administers a fatal dose of morphine to a woman dying of ovarian cancer (Anonymous, 1988). In a 1989 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, ten doctors associated with the nation's leading hospitals and medical schools declare their belief that "it is not immoral for a physician to assist in the rational suicide of a terminally ill person" (Water, et. ...
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Public Use Of One Reason Public Use Of One Enlightenment
1,465 wordsEnlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another. Super aude! 1 "Have courage to use your own reason!" -- that is the motto of enlightenment. Laziness and cowardice are the reasons why so great a portion of mankind, after nature has long si...
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The Ozone A Hole In Theory
2,357 wordsThe protective ozone layer around our world undergoes much thought and debate. The "Hole", however, only exists in the minds of environmental, self-serving scientists and politicians. It interests many to find all the faults in the publics consensus of the "ozone depletion. " Most scientists do not believe in this "depletion", they think it is a natural phenomenon. Ozone gasses come into view as consideration over what gasses are actually accused for this awful crime of destroying the ozone. But...
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Make Anyone Feel Argue
296 wordsTo all who care - I have noticed that over the years of my studies, I have seen Catholics and Protestant argue countless hours of non-stop debates over petty little things about the Catholic church. For example: "Do not worship Mary... "Saints are not real... "The pope is unless... " ETC. Now, I do not want to make anyone feel small here, because we are ALL mighty warriors for Christ when we accept Him... and there are NO labels in the eyes of God. However, I must say that I am disappointed in a...
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Freedom Of Speech Social And Economic
1,381 words... f-evident, which is that of each individual to equal freedom, and that any other right must be a derivation or specialization of this right, as are the freedoms of religion, assembly, and speech. Otherwise what is alleged to be a natural or human right is only a human want or need, and other justification must be found to satisfy it. Human rights may also be justified by a social contract. That is, these are the rights that in the state of nature all people, contracting to form a common gove...
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Moment Of Conception Morally Justified
1,601 wordsAbortion is an extremely complex and highly debated public issue that has consumed much of the American social and political arena in the late twentieth century. People on both sides of the debate present strong arguments that establish valid points. Society clearly states that child abuse and the murder of one's child is illegal, but does allow abortion. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, the fine line that exists between abortion and murder will be discussed and debated for decades to...
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Problem Of Evil Existence Of Evil
1,447 wordsIn a strong argument for atheism, J. L. Mackie presents the argument from evil. His logical argument for evil is comprised of showing theists beliefs to be inconsistent. He states that God being omnipotent and omni-benevolent is contradictory with the existence of evil. Though his argument seems to be a good one, Mackie does provide four responses, or theodicies that are possible solutions to the problem of evil. Three of these are that evil is necessary as a counterpart to good, evil is a neces...
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Twenty First Century Schedule I Drug
1,120 wordsMarijuana is a psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the United States. Under the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I drug, which defines it as having a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use. Marijuana is thus classified more severely than morphine and cocaine, which as Schedule II drugs are also banned for general use but can be prescr...
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American Poverty And Welfare Reform
2,892 wordsAmerican Poverty and Welfare Reform Perspectives, Vol. 2, No. 6 I. Poverty in America Ironically, poverty may well be the richest country's most serious social problem. According to the March 2000 Current Population Survey, over 32 million Americans - 11. 8 percent of the population - were poor. A family, and every individual in it, is considered poor if its total income is below the poverty threshold, which was $ 17, 029 for a family of four in 1999. A typical poor family needed an extra annual...
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Long Term Effects One Could Argue
2,337 wordsFrom a business perspective, working under government contracts can be a very lucrative proposition. In general, a stream of orders keep coming in, revenue increases and the company grows in the aggregate. The obvious downfalls to working in this manner is both higher quality expected as well as the extensive research and documentation required for government contracts. If a part fails to perform correctly it can cause minor glitches as well as problems that can carry serious repercussions, such...
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Cloning Humans Federally Funded
2,010 wordsOn February 27, 1997, it was reported that scientists produced the first clone of an adult sheep, attracting international attention and raising questions on the morality of cloning. Within days, the public had called for ethics inquires and new laws banning cloning. Issues are now raised over the potentially destructive side of this scientific frontier. Many people are morally opposed to the possible consequences of women being able to give birth to themselves, or scientists seeking to clone ge...
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Back Into Society Eye For An Eye
1,695 wordsThe Death Penalty Ethics INTRODUCTION The idea of putting another human to death is hard to completely fathom. The physical mechanics involved in the act of execution are easy to grasp, but the emotions involved in carrying out the death sentence on another person, regardless of how much they deserve it, is beyond my own understanding. I know it must be painful, dehumanizing, and sickening. However, this act is sometimes necessary and it is our responsibility as a society to see that it is done....
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Stock Market Crash Third World Countries
3,623 wordsThe soaring volume of international finance and increased interdependence in recent decades has increased concerns about volatility and threats of a financial crisis. This has led many to investigate and analyze the origins, transmission, effects and policies aimed to impede financial instability. This paper argues that financial liberalization and speculation are the most reflective explanations for instability in financial markets and that financial instability is likely to be transmitted glob...
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Greatest Happiness Principle Decision Making Process
1,365 wordsHappiness Happiness: In one word, this concept exemplifies the American dream. People go to any means by which to obtain the many varied materials and issues that induce pleasures in each individual, and intrinsically, this emotion remains the ultimate goal, John Stuart Mill, a nineteenth century philosopher, correctly advocated the pursuit of happiness, and maintained the concept that above all other values, pleasure existed as the final destination, Mills hedonistic views correctly and rationa...
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Illegal Immigrants Hard Earned
1,170 wordsOf course we bloody well should! Its unfortunate what happens to these people in their country, but why should we be the ones to help all of these immigrants out when we cant even help our own fellow countrymen? There are thousands of people homeless and thousands more unemployed but yet these immigrants have a higher priority to our Government than these people. If we were to jump in a boat and try to escape to their country without their Governments permission, we would be shot on arrival. And...
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Compensatory Damages Risk Taking
4,336 wordsWhy the law of damages is more favourable to commercial interests than personal interests. On August 7 th 1994, 11 miners were killed when an explosion ripped through the BHP-owned Number 2 Mine in Moura, Central Queensland. In a bitter attack the Workers News declared that these deaths were not an unexpected accident, but a direct result of BHP s drive to boost productivity and cut costs. They form part of the disastrous death toll now escalating through industry. This paper seeks to determine ...
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Long Term Effects Legalization Of Marijuana
2,439 wordsDescription: Marijuana Legalization Body of Essay: Everybody Must Get Stoned? Pot. Weed. Dope. Marijuana has many names and slang terms associated with it, and many perceive it to be the most widely used illicit drug in this country. Music stars are thrown in jail for possession of it. Movie stars are arrested for planting it. Non-violent drug offenders are in jail next to murderers. Some states allow people to smoke marijuana for medicinal purposes to make them feel better, while others are put...
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Physician Assisted Suicide Don T Understand
3,458 wordsASSISTED SUICE AND EUTHANASIA Assisted Suicide? the act or practice of helping in taking the life of one who willfully wants to die. Just by definition alone it becomes painfully obvious; this is going to be a controversial subject. A term that goes hand and hand with assisted suicide, one in which I will be discussing at great length is Euthanasia. That is the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relat...
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Johns Hopkins Hong Kong
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