Since scientific research has been undertaken using the human embryo as a test subject a number of issues have been raised which cause controversy and divide opinion. It is an issue which is more important in society today than ever before as medical advances cause implications for many people. ... Most people agree that no testing should take place if the embryo is older than fourteen days, before this the fertilised egg is known as a pre-embryo, however the views that an individual holds on this question will largely determine their view on embryo research. Personal experience will usuall...

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"Gattaca shows us how easily people can be corrupted." ... What Gattaca explores is how people can be corrupted further by power given to them. ... Niccol specifies the presence of clinics where human DNA can be "sequenced" by prospective partners to test their worth. The corruption is emphasized by an unknown woman who is having traces of DNA tested from the saliva on her lips of a man she "just kissed five minutes ago". ... It is based on no more fact that racism of sexism is, yethas a perception in people's minds as being scientifically sound. ...

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Ultimately, I don't agree with how factory farms are managed and I don't agree with corporate experiments on animals for better consumer products, but I do agree with eating meat for a balanced diet and I do agree with medical animal testing. ... (Www.amprogress.org) Two medicines, Herceptin and Tamoxifen, have saved thousands of lives of people with breast cancer and animal research had an essential role in their development. ... (www.findacure.org) Now in a utilitarian sense animal-based research for medical purposes is limiting suffering and maximizing happiness; a small number o...

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He was not able to perceive the devil's trickery and the illusion of the people he created. ... However, When he becomes aware that many pious townspeople and the very people who taught him his morals and faith, such as Goody Cloyse, his catechism teacher, the governor, and the village minister are all in fact the devil's disciples, his resolve weakens and he becomes dubious about his faith. ... While good and evil co-exist, the lure of the evil often causes man to question his beliefs and undergo a test of his faith. This test could bring about, enlightenment and alter him for the b...

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While it is possible to get rid of the state, people may argue that to completely abolish the state is almost impossible. ... Another theorist, Stirner, suggests the state rips people of their natural egoism and as a result, the state is believed by some to control the behavior of individuals and force them into unnatural social relations. ... Conservatives argue that humans are essentially limited and security seeking creatures drawn to the known, the familiar, the tried and the tested and therefore would be unable to flourish in a stateless society which anarchists argue is possible. ... ...

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When the word bigotry is uttered, various scenarios enter one's mind. Ideas of slavery in ancient cultures, the attempted wiping out of a particular ethnic group, slave plantations in Pre-Civil War America, and the women's suffrage movements in various parts of the world over the last century are just a few which come to mind. Yet bigotry can exist in very slight-of-hand ways, from "dumb-blonde" jokes, to dishonest hiring practices concerning racial minorities. Perhaps the most notable forms of bigotry are sexism and racism, particulary since their struggles and overcoming of which i...

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Politics, as defined by Webster's dictionary, is the complex or aggregate of relationships of people in society, esp. those relationships involving authority or power. ... Plato has noted that human nature will always be the same although tested by time and change. ... The recent evolution of humanity through technology and social media is a test to conclude if human nature still remains the same. ...

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Since the number of people who accept abortion as a normal procedure is about equal to the number those who think of abortion as a crime, there have been a lot of steps taken against abortion, and many in its defense as well. ... The principle of rule-utilitarianism is a test only for the morality of moral rules, such as "stealing is wrong" and not a test for particular actions. ...

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He wants people to test the authenticity of the teachings and prove them for themselves. He also wants people to have in-depth information on any subject before following, and not merely believing all teachings. ... The challenge with holding the view that Buddhism is a philosophy is that some people consider the practice a religion. ... They want people to view religion as any practice that involves paraphernalia of religion. ... The question that remains in the mind of many people is that if Buddhism is a philosophy, why many people believe that it is a religion (Faure 92). ...

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Therefore, the people of this era depicted science as a key element to ignite political and religious change. ... This array of unique values for judgement causes theories to appear correct in only certain areas and by certain people. ... Numerous people utilized science to bolster their religious or political position. ... The people of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries were driven to promote moral order and the open spread of ideas for the common good. In the political arena, the rulers encouraged the collaboration amongst specific groups and provided the atmosphere to test these the...

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On a typical festival day people often go to a temple or monastery and offer food and clothing to the monks. ... Occasionally, people will also help animals in distress by setting them free from confinement. In the evening people will often participate in a ceremony which pays respect to the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. ... 'You must try to experiment with them and put them thoroughly to test. ... Even people who are not Buddhists follow the same principles everyday. ...

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The word "laikos" also derived from another word, called "laos" as of defining "people". In the ancient Greece, the members of the clergy class were called "kleros" and the other people beside this class were named as "laikos". ... Historically, this term was used for the first time about 1846 by George Jacob Holyoake to denote "a form of opinion which concerns itself only with questions, the issues of which can be tested by the experience of this life" mainly designating the English Secularism. ...

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The beliefs and values people hold concerning the physical and social world are essential to self-definition and social interaction. ... " Now, forty years of age, Trevor is returning to his incredible past where he must face the darkness of the terrible memories, and as he approaches his past, he meets a familiar voice in his head, one that Trevor must now test his morals against as he chooses to go back to his stirring town with this mysterious voice pulling him back into the past. ... Furthermore, it is understandable that people tend to react positively to others who share similar val...

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Additionally, Buddhism introduced reincarnation to the culture and taught the importance of people to living a life of purity, devoting oneself to country and family, and working hard in an effort to join those ancestors that had departed (Purnell, 2013). ... For example, although modern diagnostic testing is available in Japan, their main focus regarding prenatal care is on diet, nutrition, and weight gain. ...

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Additionally, Buddhism introduced reincarnation to the culture and taught the importance of people to living a life of purity, devoting oneself to country and family, and working hard in an effort to join those ancestors that had departed (Purnell, 2013). ... For example, although modern diagnostic testing is available in Japan, their main focus regarding prenatal care is on diet, nutrition, and weight gain. ...

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One hundred years ago, people of many religions came together in the hope that religion would "no longer make war on each other, but on the great evils that afflict mankind". ... Unless values and ethics are integrated in the social fabric, a society can abuse science and exploit the environment and the people. ... The spiritual basis are, to a large extent, similar and amenable to scientific tests. ... It is for this reason that many people feel that it is not amenable to scientific rigor. ...

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Cox (1996 :26) defines phenomenology of religion as a method adapting the procedures of epoche and eidetic intuition to the study of the varied symbolic expressions of that which people appropriately responds to as being unrestricted value to them. ... The phenomenological principle is the one should not judge a person or a group of people until one have acquired proper understanding of their way of doing things by spending some time studying them. ... In Zimbabwe, we have a tribe of the Karanga people, they have a weird practise where a girl have to be married a virgin. ... Testing the intui...

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Although an interesting concept, Freud's constant focus on the child and those first few years as well as his emphasis on the father, does not explain many religious experiences, for it is certain that not all people experience religion the same way. ... James however, did provide for different religions and different experiences, which allows for a better argument and one that better stands the test of time. ...

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Jesus had a love and understanding for the equality of women that was far from common practice during the time and was often tested by others. ... The early Christian church adopted these same principles, however, similarly to the Islamic community, people started to put in their own input of how they believed things should be done. ...

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In our society, we tend to fracture people into labels for the sake convenience; for example, the economically disadvantaged person living on the street becomes labeled as a "bum" or "loser" instead of human being who is suffering from the social condition that they are being subjected to. ... For instance, the lonely person goes to the Internet to meet someone because they do not have the courage to meet someone in an authentic manner; this creates a dependency on the Internet and reduces the motivation and courage to meet authentic people in an authentic manner. ... In modern times we have b...

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In chapter 11 Postman gives examples of people who resist the American Technopoly. ... This example clearly relates to chapter 9 ("Scientism"), in which Postman expresses his annoyance of the many people who have a strong faith in social science. These people go to experts to find out how to raise children, how to fall in love, and how to make friends, as if they believe that because these subjects are "sciences" that they are getting verifiable, indisputable truths about the world. People believe that the standard set of procedures called "science" can provide them with methods of handling ...

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The western religions do not really want to claim God is a "fact" to be verified for as Barbour observes "to make God a hypothesis to be tested or a conclusion of an argument is to lose the experiential basis of religion" (1974:125). ...

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Evaluating this originally objective technology, as a peculiar ability attached to human, it would obviously appear an illusion to people, that humans are capable of utilizing this ability to advance its conditions. ... The original intention of Frankenstein encompasses an inspiring attempt to test the extremes of human development through science technology. ...

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From my time in Oklahoma, I learned that religion plays a huge part in the lives of the American people, at least for those living in Oklahoma. ... Called by critics the "enemy of all religion," Jefferson attempted to reconcile Christianity with the Enlightenment.17 Frank Lambert rightly concluded that though the "free market of religion represented freedom from religion, others wanted a more positive arrangement, guaranteeing freedom of religion."18 The freedom from religion merely represented a lack of religion in government affairs, but the freedom of religion would set more people at ease...

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The different Socio-cultural believes system within Africa today explained how a group of people were socially connected through their beliefs system in many years ago. ... For example the former Mali Empire with its capital city as Timbuktu, was made of the Mandingoes speaking people who claimed from Shounthiata Kiata. the Songhai Empire which is the day the Nigeria , Ghana Togo was dominated by the Hausa Yoruba and the Sine Saloum region which is made of today the Senegambia region was made of the Wolof who also claimed a direct decent from (Bourba Saloum ) meaning the Saloum...

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