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The Question of Animal Rights Ð'- a Critique of Louis Pojman's Thoughts
The Question of Animal Rights Ð'- A Critique of Louis Pojman's Thoughts The fundamentals of philosophy are based upon human beings' ability to examine the "marvels and mysteries of the world" (Pojman xi) we live in. Keeping in mind that only a human being has the intellectual capacity to take on such deliberation, humans should be the sole beneficiaries of any morals or ethical rights derived from philosophical inspection. To suggest the possibility that our
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P.E.T.A. : Animal Rights, Human Abuse
With over 850,000 active members, the animal rights organization People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has blossomed into an exceptionally powerful speech community. Their main goal is to enlighten others about the prominent existence of animal cruelty in the world, hoping to gain enough power to abolish it, or at least prevent it from happening as often as it does. PETA uses language as a tool of power, verbalizing its message through controversial ad
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Duties and Rights of Sovereign States
In his work "The Law of Nations or the Principles of Natural Law" Emer de Vattel uses authoritative appeals which express his views to the reader that in an international society of sovereign states, each state has certain undeniable rights and duties to which they are obligated. He states that in the law of nature men have mutual duties to assist one another. Since men are incapable of providing sufficient for themselves to improve their
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Digital Rights Management and Ethics
A prevalent issue in our society that often makes me question my own moral standards is the topic of intellectual property rights, as it relates to music downloads via the internet. In recalling my youth, I remember when this issue was of no concern to major record labels that produce and distribute musical compositions. Originally, there was not a convenient or cost effective way for the consumer to make copies of vinyl records. When the
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Ancient Humans and Early Civilizations Notes
The Origins of Humans Unlocking the history of the past - Historians must gather as much data as possible, from a wide variety of sources before they can make conclusions - Primary documents: written by people of the period - Secondary documents: written about past events - Historians almost never unearth all the facts so there is always a bias - They must think about economic developments, to figure out the way in which people
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Self-Determination: Right or Privilege?
In 1968, the Soviet Union along with several Warsaw Pact allies invaded Czechoslovakia with the intention of re-establishing a full communist government. The reason for the invasion was mainly due to "Prague Spring" - the period of great hope for the Czech people led by the reform movement against the hard-line policies of the Czech and Soviet governments. The main justification given by Soviet Premier Brezhnev regarding the attack was that the USSR, a communist
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Crito, "two Wrongs Don't Make a Right"
According to the Crito dialogue, Socrates argues that "two wrongs don't make a right." In this argument, Socrates claims that no matter how unjust someone was treated, it never gives them justification to injury someone. I will argue that there is a potential objection to the claim of Socrates' argument. I will show that it is possible to oppose the idea that with or without prior injustice from someone it is unjust to do injury
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Gay Marriage and Constitutional Rights
Gay Marriage and Constitutional Rights ...and separation of church and state "I believe marriage is between a man and a woman, and I think we ought to codify that one way or another," President Bush said (Hinojosa). From 2003 until present, gay marriage has been a hot issue nation wide. Debates rage on the sanctity of marriage and constitutional equal rights. Though many states have already decided on this issue it has yet to
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An Avoidable Civil War
An Avoidable Civil War The explosion of the American Civil War was caused by a vast number of conflicting principles and prejudices, fueled by sectional differences, and set afire by a very unfortunate set of political events. Undoubtedly, the central theme of almost all of the events that led up to the Civil War was one way or another, related to the dispute of slavery. Throughout the nineteenth century, slavery-related tensions brewed to such an
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Impact of a State's Right to Nullification
Impact of a State's Right to Nullification Wei S. Zhuang Grade 10 US HistoryＩ－Ｈ Period 4 5/8/05 Wei S. Zhuang Grade 10 US History Period 4 5/8/05 Impact of a State's Right to Nullification The impact of a state's right to nullification can ultimately cause a great deal of damage to the country that it resides in. To describe the impacts one would need to take a look back into history when the Nullification
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Protecting Intellectual Property Rights on the Internet
Protecting Intellectual Property Rights on the Internet Issue Summary The issue of protecting copy written material on the Internet has been an issue of great debate lately as the technology to copy and distribute copy written material becomes more prevalent and easy to use. On the pro side there is the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights, they contend that copyright laws need to be strengthened because computer networks make it fast and easy to
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Could the South Have Won the Civil War?
"In all history, no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics...You are bound to fail." Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman to a Southern friend. "Why did the North win the Civil War?" is only half of a question by itself, for the other half is "Why did the South lose the Civil War?" To this day historians have tried to put their finger on the exact reason for the
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The Bill of Rights
1776 brought a declaration of and a war for independence to Britain's North American colonies. While they had all acted in concert to reach this decision, their memories of colonial life under the centralized British monarchy had lasting effect upon their views of what the federal government of their new republic would have the power to do. In the years following the Declaration of Independence, Congress came up with the Articles of Confederation to
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Civil Disobedience
Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" Major Themes Civil Government and Higher Law. In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau's basic premise is that a higher law than civil law demands the obedience of the individual. Human law and government are subordinate. In cases where the two are at odds with one another, the individual must follow his conscience and, if necessary, disregard human law. Thoreau prepared his lecture and essay on resistance to civil government in response to a specific
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The Daily Life in a Civil War Camp
Officers in the field lived much better than enlisted men. They generally assigned one or two officers to a tent. Since they provided their own personal gear, items varied greatly and reflected individual taste. Each junior officer was allowed one trunk of personal belongings that was carried in one of the baggage wagons. Higher-ranking officers were allowed more baggage. Unlike infantrymen, who slept and sat on whatever nature provided, officers sometimes had the luxury
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Da Mayor (do the Right Thing)
In Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing, Da Mayor is seen as a drunken old man. During the movie, he tells Mookie to "Always do the right thing". I believe that Da Mayor represents "the right thing". Throughout the movie I think that Da Mayor proves that he can follow his own advice. His many acts of honor prove that he is not just a hopeless drunk. The whole neighborhood sees Da Mayor as
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The Tragedy of the Commons Invading Our Environmental Rights Case Study: Coral Reefs
10/27/04 Research in the Disciplines First Paper Final Draft Tragedy of the commons invading our environmental rights: Case study Coral Reefs In our world there are many resources, all of which people do not have a choice in sharing such as our air and our oceans. These resources are looked at as infinite, although this is not actually the case. Each time one person does something to pollute or use these types of resources, it
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Pre Civil War
As America proceeded to the future as a new nation, many differences and problems erupted throughout the nation dividing territory north, south, and west. Westward expansion, state right and boundaries, new tariffs, abolitionism and slavery, and finally the Dred Scott Decision of the Supreme Court steered up many problems. American territories started to identify themselves and separated culturally, geographically, economically, politically and agriculturally. The north started to industrialize and upheld about 70% of all railroad
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The Civil Procedure Code
The Civil procedure Code contains the rules governing the enforcement of the award of arbitration. Those rules are explained from article 306 to article 327of the Civil procedure Code. In the Civil procedure Code, the award of the arbitrators should be written. It also should contain what the parties are claiming and the question solved by the award. In addition to that it should be signed by the arbitrators precising the arbitrators' identity and the
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Physician Assisted Suicide - the Right to Choose
Physician Assisted Suicide Ð'- The Right To Choose On April 13, 1999, the most recognized physician performing assisted suicide, Dr, Jack Kevorkian, was sentenced to ten to twenty-five years in prison for second degree murder and three to seven years for delivery of a controlled substance. Assisted suicide happens when a person commits suicide with the help of someone else. Physician assisted suicide is generally pain free and, as some would say, the most peaceful
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The American Civil War
Juan Samala 11th Grade Report Grace High School The American Civil War The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the events surrounding the end of the American Civil War. This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. In this document, I will speak mainly around those involved on the
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Human Rights Conditions in Afghanistan
Human Rights Conditions: Afghanistan This is something I recently wrote for a conference for Human Rights in Warsaw moderated by the Helsinki Federation of Human Rights that might interest some people. I did omit some parts because they were conference-specific, so it may look cut-off in some parts. Please let me know if you don't' like these messages, so next time I have to report about Afghanistan, I know I am not sending you
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau - the Origin of Civil Society
Argument Summary - The Origin of Civil Society Jean-Jacques Rousseau Rousseau's 'The Origin of Civil Society' talks about Social Contract, which stands for Laws of people and what they should abide by rather than a Monarchy. Rousseau begins The Social Contract with the sensational opening sentence: Man was born free, but he is everywhere in chains, (Rousseau 55) and proceeds to argue that men need not be in chains. If a civil society, or state,
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Child Abuse: Victim Rights & the Role of Legal Representative
Essay 2 : Child Abuse : Victim rights and the role of legal representative Sexual abuse cases are incredibly sensitive subjects. The way they are handled is of paramount importance because of their complex nature. This is where the magnitude of the role of the child's representative comes into play; consequently the rights of the child must be enforced with great care. Investigation of the allegations depends on dependable information from the victim (a child
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The French Women's Rights
More Minerva than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and the First World War This essay examines the role of French women during and after the First World War based on Steven Hause's article "More Minerva than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and the First World War". He claims that the World War I in many ways set back the French Women's Right Campaign. During the First World War, many French feminist leaders believed
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