When everyone contributed a little bit then all were successful within society. However, he knew that if scarcity of goods were to occur then some may want for more leaving other's with less. ... Those who were at the top of society were the guardians. ... Because of these three principles, Hobbes believed that a government was necessary to bestow order in society and that all people should relinquish their power and control to this government so that all were created equal in society, and that no one person can know all the truth as well as there is no real division between the strongest...

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If euthanasia is to benefit someone's life then I believe that there should be no distinction between active and passive euthanasia. ... Given parallel examples, it is easy for us to conclude that there are no moral distinction between killing and letting die. ... According to Nesbitt's difference thesis, the second case would have morally been 'better', but since both were intended to kill it is not morally better and therefore showing that there is no moral difference between killing and letting die. ... If there is no distinction between killing and letting die then we...

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Locke and Rousseau were two great philosophers of the Enlightenment. ... Rousseau believes that there cannot be freedom when there is inequality. ... If we assume that what he says is true, and that competition is truly a product of society, then there is no reason to question Rousseau's statement that the State of Nature is a better state than present because it is the only time humans are truly free. ... According to Locke, in the State of Nature there is no need for a central authority figure to govern the actions of people because the people can govern themselves. ... If there were a...

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If the foetus is unable to live outside the constraints of the womb and live in the environment of "humans" then there is a clear differentiation. ... However as we all know, there are many societies who are still intolerable to the very idea of abortion and find no question in their beliefs. ... Neither women nor minorities were politically or morally equal. The plight of women and their freedom had no grounding at that time. ... To justify his point he used the example of the Dred Scott Decision in 1856 by the American Supreme Court that ruled that Blacks were human beings but were...

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Going into an art gallery and looking around, there are only 5% of exhibits whose artists are female, while 85% of the exhibits were nude pictures or sculptures of women. "Why are there no great woman artist?" ... A group of feminist activist artists refused to conform to the pro-masculine way of expression, and the concept of "men are better then women", yet they were surrounded such a way of thinking. If they wanted to overcome this restraint, then they would have to discover a world which belonged wholly to women. ... Assisted by 21 female students of Art, they turned a derelict Hollywo...

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Even Einstein said, "I have no special talents, I am just passionately curious." In recent years, however, there has been a greater demand for science, technology, and engineering fields. ... As his research progressed, he became fascinated with the idea that, if the molecule and the structure of DNA were fully understood, then one would be able to evaluate how genetic information is passed between people and cells. ... If Isaac Newton had not asked himself how the apple fell from the tree, then the laws for gravity would be inexistent. ... Without pivotal moments, which intrigue one to look ...

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Perhaps, then, we shall find this if we first grasp the function of a human being" (1097b22-25). ... In Aristotle's opening statement he is saying that happiness is the best good there is, which was an idea that was universally agreed by everyone, although with the invention of material goods, there has been debate about the legitimacy of this statement. ... Those examples were of a violinist, an arts and crafts man as well as a sculptor. ... Essentially Aristotle is saying that we as human are no different that animal or plants, and as he pointed out our needs to survive are no di...

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When it comes to the subject of animal rights there is a never ending debate of what is morally right to do to animals and what actions towards those animals are justified. ... If a farm animal lived a happy life but was then killed for food, does that make it better than a factory farm? ... (Www.amprogress.org) Thanks to animal-based research there is a new molecular and genetic understanding of a tumors biology and allows for doctors to set up treatment to more directly kill cancer cells. ... According to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, in 2014 alone 9.1 billion animals...

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It is logical to conclude that if animals do suffer, then they are indeed an object of our moral concern. ... There is a diverse range of opinions to consider; cartesians for example maintain that animals do not have moral status, due to their lack of conscious and thus they have no well-being to take into consideration. ... This appears to be flawed as faking injury is no stranger to the human mental capacity, and thus this shows no insight to the animals apparent mental states. ... " Both Descartes and Harrison hold the opinion that animals are sentient automata, and were committed to t...

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Personal experience will usually be the source of people's emotions and no teachings, no matter how logical or reasonable, will replace beliefs and ideas about the world that each person has. There are many other issues raised which question the morality of research on embryos but it is this question that causes most debate. ... If so called natural developments were allowed to occur then war, disease and natural disaster would ensure that only a few strong would survive, even then it would only be for a short time period. ... A child should be loved no matter what it looks like or...

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The answer is No! ... The second important Archetype is The Flood Archetype because in the film the real world is big wasteland , where there is no human life the whole place is deserted . There is no water , no sunlight basically everything is dead . ... The second Archetype is the Flood Archetype , which I feel communicates the message of the film because the real world is dead , dark and is basically a big wasteland where there is no water , no sunlight . ... They did this to show the difference between the Matrix and the real world to show that due to the mistake of the human life the real...

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There are three leading schools of thought on this debate: human hunting ("Kill"), climate change ("Chill") or plague ("Ill"). ... "Remains Show Ancient Horses Were Hunted for Their Meat"). ... He maintains that comparing continents to islands is simply inappropriate; furthermore, there is no proof that the late Pleistocene extinction occurred in conjunction with the arrival of humans. ... These abrupt ecosystem changes then led to the Pleistocene extinctions by eliminating food sources, disrupting birth schedules, or exposing animals to climatic conditions to which they were not adapted. ... ...

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While the Western World was transforming into a "civilized- society, there were still ancient tribes that continued on with their social roles and customs. ... Since the "bountiful deer bone fragments suggest the Neanderthals weren't starving, and there are no hints of the cannibalism being part of funeral rituals,"" one can only assume that in certain regions Neanderthals ate Neanderthals (Chang 2). ... Most tribes, like the Tupinamba (an ethnic group in Brazil), would invade other tribes due to a disagreement concerning land rights and then feast on their enemy's corpses if they ...

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Tolstoy, in religious fervor, determined that, because one believes in God, there is no need to fear the confusing world. ... He believed that there are two types of knowledge: relative and absolute. ... There is no interpretation involved in intuiting because all points of reference are meaningless when the object is in you and you are in the object. ... He felt that if we only allow one name for things then we eliminate all of the existing possibilities. ... He thought that there was no reason behind what happens and held forth that they could happen any other way. ...

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Robinson never hints to any relationships that Cory may have had - no lovers, no family, not even friends - and this leads the reader to conclude that Cory must have been a very lonely and unhappy man at the time of his death. ... This is also the only instance in the poem in which Cory speaks, and it shows how he was trying to gain acceptance by conversing with the townspeople, but there is no indication that his efforts were successful. ... The third stanza expresses how the townspeople were envious of Richard Cory's seemingly charmed life. ... The narrator goes on to say, "We thought...

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He proposes that human beings once were comprised of two halves; that is to say, they were twice the people they are today. ... Aristophanes goes on to say that there were three different kinds of these original human beings, all of which were differentiated by their gender. Not only were there a female and a male, but a third, a unified androgynous creature that possessed both female and male genitalia. ... "No one would think it is the intimacy of sex - that mere sex is the reason each lover takes so great and deep a joy in being with the other. ... Aristophanes further re-enforces this char...

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The issue then shifts into a cultural one. ... There is hardly any room for self-actualization in a multinational corporation. ... The notion that there is an over-arching secret world government composed of ten individuals is very readily labelled a conspiracy, and rightly so. ... Our problems today are not as savage as they were. ... Indeed I have spared no room for optimism, which I do not consider a mistake. ...

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The issue then shifts into a cultural one. ... There is hardly any room for self-actualization in a multinational corporation. ... The notion that there is an over-arching secret world government composed of ten individuals is very readily labelled a conspiracy, and rightly so. ... Our problems today are not as savage as they were. ... Indeed I have spared no room for optimism, which I do not consider a mistake. ...

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And then, probably more importantly, "Where are you going to be, what part are you going to be playing?" ... There is no doubt that selection is an individual's decision, nor is there any doubt that the decision has impact on the rest of the world. ... Fishing and agriculture is more dependent on machinery and chemicals, which deplete natural recources and pollute the ecosystem, then the efforts of an individual farmer. ... There are laws prohibiting the infliction of pain on animals, yet meat consumption is not forbidden (only restricted). ... In Jewish law, field corners and gl...

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XYY syndrome cannot be cured and there are no available treatments, however, symptoms can be reduced if diagnosed early with special therapy such as; speech, physical or occupational, and educational therapy. ... In a recent study, 38 boys were the subjects of scientists who were trying to observe and gather information on this disease. ... And research claims that there is some truth in that, aggressive behavior is one of the symptoms of XYY syndrome, however, there is only a slight increase in aggression. ... If XYY syndrome were a gametic mutation then the extra Y chromosome would simply be...

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Tillich said that if,a religious symbol does not suggest its own incompleteness and inadequacy in presenting its referent, then it becomes idolatry (Barbour:1974:16). ... Imaginative creativity and a non-attached contemplation are neccesary to do good science no less than in being religious. ... Science is no longer the New Magic and no longer controls the conceptualization of the cosmos as classical physics once did. ... It is important to note that he also says that "there seem to be times when having no explanation is better than having one" (133) and ends the book by affirming that re...

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There's compassionate love, which focuses more on safety, security, comfort, and emotional union. ... Then there's romantic love, which is more associated with the crazy, obsessive feeling, all thoughts are bent on the object of the infatuation. ... This specific orientation is a kind of stunting of natural development as no progeny, and therefore no genetic progress, can be made. ... PG 339) In one study, among 55 fathers who were gay or bisexual, there were 82 sons at least 17 years old. ... Then is attraction just another chemical signal to be interpreted by the brain? ...

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There is a saying that " what we see in others reflects how we see ourselves". ... I was trying to give a scientific ground to the matters that were dealt before only by philosophers. ... There was also a lot of political turmoil going on, such as the First World War and the Communist Revolution. ... Such point of view leaves no room for any noble strivings of a human soul. ... In the development of the human brain there are certain critical periods when particular parts of the brain are very plastic to change (for example, language, or music, or visual ability), and then loose the plasticity ...

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The problem one encounters is that there are a select group of philanthropic selfless individuals out there who do place the benefits and interests of complete strangers or non-family members before even the benefit of themselves. ... If the idea of fitness maximization were in fact correct, then we would find ourselves living in an incredibly self-centred world. ... Problems with Natural Selection If this theory were the correct motivation behind all of an individual's actions then an easy way to disprove this theory would be to bring certain cases where the motivation behind a person&...

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Even though there are many creational stories of how humans evolved there is no certainty if there will ever be an absolute idea that is considered correct. ... As we take a step further back in time we have an understanding that science and religion were not against each other. ... This, then caused the persecution of those who dared to question or challenge the authority of the Catholic Church, since in those days religion had the absolute power. ... Laura Martin said about evolution, it is always difficult to classify, or explain when a species began since there is no immediate ancestor ...

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