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Slavery
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 587.... beings be changed to beasts for the service of others. Religion entered into the equation when Diderot, author of the Encyclopedia, brought up the fact that the Christian religion was fundamentally opposed to Black but employed it anyway in order to work the plantations that financed their countries. All in all, those influenced by the ideals of the Enlightenment, equality, liberty, the right to dignity, tended to oppose the idea of .
Differing from the philosophes, the political leaders and property owners tended to see as an element that supported the economy. Th .....
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What Is Morality?
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1135.... happiness.
Most of the source for morality is evaluate by many moral theories. Those theories show the conduct of right and wrong, and command people for a proper behavior. Toward most of the moral theories, the best known theory to define morality is utilitarianism.
The approach of utilitarianism is that for what is useful is consider to be good, and the ethical value of conduct is determined by the utility of its result. According to the utilitarianism, what makes an action morally worthy is not so much why it is done, but what it is done. Therefore, the term utilitar .....
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The Politics Of Homelessness
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2107.... (Not exactly the proper motivation, but it will do if they get the required results.) Once we buy into this image of the homeless, the solution should be easy for us to see: simply build more shelters and public housing. To the extreme right are those that say the homeless have only themselves to blame. Their position is that regardless of why people become homeless, they have the power to rise above it and rejoin society. To them, we should offer assistance only to those who deserve it, and then, only temporarily. Of course, this solution has the problem of determining who .....
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Working Mothers
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 582.... most men and women agree both sexes should have
equal working opportunities. Also that the men accept their new duties and
responsibilities at work and home. Increased gender equity has enriched
both sexes. Today’s women are entitled to be apart of the life their
mothers had to fight to live. Jennifer Wedberg states, “Life is more
complex now, you have to figure out what to do with your life, be a
housewife or a working woman.” A woman’s personal identity includes a job
or career. According to Christopher Moeller, “More people should value
equality and people wanting sel .....
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Stereotypes: Goths
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 940.... It was then she decided that was what she wanted to be. When she was thirteen she began to dress in "black" and it made her realize that she was expressing herself more than she ever had before. Rachel also likes dressing this way because it "gives [her] a certain thrill and satisfaction with [herself]."
Today, Rachel's reasons for dressing the way she does are still the same. It's strange, but she says that she's tried to dress "normal" once or twice, but she feels very awkward, as if everyone is looking at her when she does.
Although Rachel enjoys expressing who she .....
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Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Breakdown
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1024.... and by linguistic relativity, people who speak different language, perceive and think about the world quite differently.
To help you get a better understanding of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis you’ll need a few examples. My father came to America to go to college in 1966. He had grown up in Malaysia with their culture and language. My father grew up as a bilingual speaker, knowing the Chinese language from his parent’s upbringing and the schooling in Malaysia taught him some English, yet his English was not quite perfect. When my Dad came to America he had trouble adjusting t .....
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Teens: Obstacles In The 90's
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 605.... or just have alcohol on them they can lose there licenses for a 6 months or more. They can also be put in juvenile hall or be kicked out of school. An alcoholics lifestyle also leads into other things such as drugs and sex.
Once a teen gets into this party lifestyle it can lead them into stronger stimulants such as pot and stronger drugs. Now a days more and more kids are trying drugs and liking them. Almost every kid once in his or her life will try drugs. Most kids that try drugs like them and will continue on with drugs which will sometimes lead into stronger drugs. Th .....
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Gangs
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1522.... is not yet a member) is shown that s/he could make $200 to $400 for small part time gang jobs. Although these are important factors they are not strong enough to make kids do things that are strongly against their morals.
One of the ways that kids morals are bent so that gang violence becomes more acceptable is the influence of television and movies. The average child spends more time at a TV than she/he spends in a classroom. Since nobody can completely turn off their minds, kids must be learning something while watching the TV. Very few hours of television watched by .....
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