On the surface this appears to be a valid question. ... In Neorealism and Neoliberalism, The Contemporary Debate (Baldwin, Ed. 1993) it is shown as evident that the only true difference between the two main strands of liberal and realist theory is the question of when absolute gains mean more than relative gains. ... With these factors in mind, I turn to social constructivism to find a theory of international relations that is not particular to the specific subject matter of international politics, but rather to the question of general theory. ... Three, anarchy has no logic apart from the...

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And finally, biological are a real treat, because they can either be as easy to make as chemical weapons and have the destructive force of nuclear weapon. Chemical weapons are attractive to many countries, because it is easy to manufacture and it is relatively cheap to make. ... In this section I plan to propose two critical questions that should be at the forefront of every country when they think about getting these types of weapons. ...

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But this question is prior to that posed by this Asia Pacific Roundtable; that is, what are the benefits and costs stemming from globalisation? Some kind of 'cost benefit analysis' is not so easy when globalisation is perhaps the most over used and under specified concept in the international policy sciences since the passing of the 'Cold War'. ... There is no inevitability or inexorable logic to it. ... Even leading globalisers--proponents of continued global economic liberalisation occupying positions of influence in either the public or private policy domain--now conc...

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The results also suggest that children are more empathetic to other children than toward adults, possibly because it is easier to identify with the feelings of a peer whose emotions they are more likely to share. ... Based on previous research, it was hypothesized that children would exhibit higher levels of empathy after hearing a story with a sympathetic, school-aged protagonist than when simply asked questions from an empathy measure. ... The children were then asked two questions after each vignette. ...

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The deepest lesson of quantum mechanics may be that reality is defined by the questions we put to it. ... If photons are waves as in classical theory, this is easy to explain. ...

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The question of can music be political has been greatly debated over the past century, however, the works that have been debated the most are those from nazi Germany and Soviet Russia for there links with the social "cleansing" at the time in both societies. ... Although it is easy to see the political meaning behind the fifth symphony and other cantatas, songs and operas, Shostakovich also composed fifteen quartets, and it can be argued that a string quartet that has no lyrics cannot be political for the simple reason that without the lyrics, there is no possible way for the listener to su...

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Software Crimes: The Ethical and Economical Downfalls In 1996, worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $15.2 billion to the software industry, with losses of $5.1 billion in North America alone. Some sources put the total up-to-date losses due to software crime as...

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Congressman Conyers answers the question by saying that it would "slow down the legislative process" (Moore, 2004). ... A few years ago, this question might be a bit more difficult to answer, but thanks to Edward Snowden, an NSA whistle blower, we know (more or less of) the truth behind congress' involvement with the PATRIOT Act. ... While we could say that Congress had an oversight and unfortunately an security branch within our government took advantage of a flaw in change of statutes, without giving the executive branch notice of said illegal practices, it would be easier to...

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In addition, there is the question of whether or not to treat democracy and non-democracy as a dichotomous or continuous variable with regard to the degree' of democracy in a country. ... It defies all logic against human behaviour that one will be told what to do, leading a bleak life with no hope, especially if you are an ambitious or adventurous person. ... This made it easier for the non-communist parties in post-communist Poland to have an "organizational basis for it-(Mair 1996,2). ... It was these factors that gave Poland an immediate head start in the troubled game and which ma...

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As a brilliant philosopher hundreds of years ahead of his civilization who was seeking to define the nature of ethics by asking seemingly awkward questions, Socrates' quest exposed the ignorance of those who believed themselves to be wise, with one of the most documented incidences being his debate with Euthyphro concerning the origins of piety. ... Church), Socrates manages to completely stupefy Euthyphro, an expert on religious ideology, using his own logic, "Either our former conclusion was wrong or, if it was right, we are wrong now" (Plato, 20). ...

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A large number of people question the possibility of this process considering the fact that Australia and South America at one time shared the same continent. Learners question the fact that native species such as the amphibians, fresh water fish, mammals and reptiles exist in the oceans spheres. ...

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To put it into terms a little easier to understand, assuming we could efficiently convert approximately 0.0014 percent of the sunlight that hits the earth on an average day, we could power the United States for a whole day with solar energy collected by the indirect photovoltaic system, also known as solar panels placed in a spot where they receive sunlight convert it into usable energy. ...

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Opponents' flawed logic and moral confusion mirror their "factual" arguments - there is, often, an absence of reality. ... There is no question that the up front costs of the death penalty are significantly higher than for equivalent life without parole cases. There also appears to be no question that, over time, equivalent life without parole cases are much more expensive - from $1.2 to $3.6 million - than death penalty cases. ... In the context that hundreds of thousands of innocents have been murdered or seriously injured, since 1900, by criminals improperly released by the U.S. crimin...

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Part 1 Explain and illustrate the broad nature of the post-war welfare settlements and their reconstruction in the 1980s and 1990s. The post-war welfare state was a social construction that resulted from the complex, contested and fragile set of arrangements called "settlements" - the political, ...

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The Sexual Revolution In 1998, President Bill Clinton's confession that he had had an inappropriate relationship of a sexual nature with White House intern Monica Lewinsky started a national discussion about how a politician's personal moral standards might affect his or her ability to lead. Clinton's indiscretions also sparked public debate about sexual ethics in the United States. Some observers lament that Americans have largely abandoned conventional sexual values that discourage casual sex, premarital sex, promiscuity, and adultery. However, Clinton's promiscuit...

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Introduction The field of transitional justice was practically nonexistent prior to the end of the Second World War. Mass atrocities had taken place on the world stage with almost no consequences being brought upon the perpetrators, and more importantly the orchestrators or those "most responsible"...

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Edward Said (1989) described the situation as, "The occupation, for all its deliberate and programmatic humiliation of Palestinians, its bare-knuckled attempts to rob a whole people of nationhood, identity and history, its systematic assault on civil institutions and vulnerabilities, could be seen as extending the logic of earlier Zionists like Herzl, Jabotinsky and Ben-Gurion into the present." ...

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As a result, there was a general consensus that the Issei, Japanese immigrants, and the Nisei, children of the immigrants born in the United States, needed to be removed from the west coast, where collusion with the Japanese was easy and believed to be likely (Exploring the Japanese American Internment). ... For the United States government, the logic behind the new order was simple. ... For the Japanese-Americans, the question now became where to go from here? ...

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Before the beginning of this sociological research there had been risen a big question of what means the absence of women in a governmental hierarchy of Kazakhstan. ... To make it easier to observe and understand the levels of authority that are meant here and the theoretical explanations of rights and liberties that have been already given to the "weaker sex", the chapter Theoretical Framework was provided with the theories, written laws and norms. ... Mainly, there will be answers on the questions about solving the problems that were highlighted earlier and do we need something to be done, ...

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Many see it as a primarily economic phenomenon, involving the increasing interaction, or integration, of national economic systems through the growth in international trade, investment and capital flows. However, one can also point to a rapid increase in cross-border social, cultural and technological exchange as part of the phenomenon of globalisation. The sociologist, Anthony Giddens, defines globalisation as a decoupling of space and time, emphasising that with instantaneous communications, knowledge and culture can be shared around the world simultaneously. A Dutch academic who maint...

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With the decision in Colorado to legalize marijuana not only for medical use, but for recreational use as well and Washington State considering the same, the question arises: Is marijuana legalization right for America? ... Their logic is to make marijuana readily available by legalizing it, which will result in both a price drop as well as a reduction in illegal activity in order to buy and sell the drug. ... Criminal activity will also continue, as there will be easier access and a lower purchase price for dealers, which translates into greater profit potential from underage customers. ...

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"Freud's concept of the unconscious was pressed into terms that could be understood by laboratory – experimental psychologists, and once it was thus distorted, 'psychologized,' it became rather useless, and especially useless for radical research that wanted to question and change the way people understood themselves (Parker, 2015).... It's not easy to admit that we group and associate repressed memories with ones that aren't readily attributable, but it's easier to look at it from a third-party perspective. ... " Freud's logic behind analyzi...

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Proposal Type of study -Overlooking contrasting approaches to a historical personality, issue or event -How has history been constructed and recorded over time? -Why have the approaches to the construction of history changed over time? This essay was originally to deal with debates regardin...

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Virtu Like most Western philosophers, Niccolo Machiavelli's ideas were heavily influenced by the early Greek philosophers. Most notable among the Greek philosophers who inspired Machiavelli was Plato. In particular, Machiavelli took interest in Plato's concept of just rulers who ruled by moral virtue. Machiavelli argued against this Platonic philosophy. He believed in "virtu", whatever was best for the State was virtu. ...

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"Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission of civilization"" (Edward W. Said, Orientalism). The term, "Orientalism," has been...

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