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Social Issues Essays and Term Papers
Homosexual MarriageIn this age of liberation and relative morality it is no surprise that homosexuals have tried very hard to gain ground in the way of civil rights. Homosexuals say they want equal rights, and they want homosexual-marriages to be legalized. However, what they are asking for is not reasonable. ...
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The Overexaggeration Of Fiction In MoviesThe overexaggeration of fiction is a massive issue these days. For example: when the X-Files were created, the sightings of UFO's have been up forty-seven percent. Also, since Deep Blue Sea, Jaws, and Lake PLacid were mwde more people are scared to go into the ocean.
When my friend spent the ...
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Cultural RelativismThere are many speculations on morality, what it is, and why we should be moral. Morality is a confusing subject. Many of the meta-ethical outlooks that have been proposed for this subject have been criticized and omitted as they were incompetent. Problems would arise from these theories. With ...
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Different Types Of People In Our SocietyThere are many today. Some
of these different kinds of people can be very hard to classify at times.
There are those people who are classified as being rude or discourteous.
Then there are others who are classified as being reserved or set apart
from others. Another type of person that many over ...
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Kinship As A Mechanism For Social IntegratingIt is often demonstrated in many anthropological studies that kinship acts as an
important means for social integrating in a given society. But is it a fair
generalization to say that kinship always functions as a mechanism for social
integration?
Kinship refers to the relationships established ...
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Greedis not always bad, in fact, a certain kind of is necessary in many aspects of life in order for mankind to advance and innovate.
People are y for many things. Some are material things while others are for the benefit of society as a whole. For example, some people are y for knowledge. This kind ...
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Life Is But A ChoiceBeginning with the time of birth until the time of death, people have to
make choices everyday on how to achieve the goals in their lives. One can
imagine life as a long winding road with millions of other roads branching off
in many directions. The only problem is that life is too short to ...
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GangsSince the beginning of the decade, teenage homicides increased by one hundred
and fifty percent (Strout, Brian 1996). This sharp increase is largely due to
the rapid formation of gang activity throughout the United States (Strout, Brian,
1996). In today's larger cities, gang violence is a ...
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Following A Dream Toward FreedomFreedom was and still is the dream of every American. Freedom is
defined as the liberty of choice or action, self-determination of rational
beings, the right to enjoy privileges of membership or citizenship, and
independence. The natural rights of all men have been stated as "life, liberty,
and ...
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Race Relations In The United StatesAmerica, 1967: Five years after the assassination of President
Kennedy, and the Civil Rights March in Washington D.C., the Kerner
Commission wrote a report that found that America was “moving towards two
societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal.” Three decades
later, in an address ...
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Civilize The WildernessWilderness, why civilize it? This is an interesting question, and
one that is hard to answer. Why not just leave the wilderness alone, and
let it grow and decide it's own beginnings and ends? Does civilizing the
wilderness make it better or worse? In what ways is it better or worse if
we leave ...
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Homeless YouthsEveryone thinks they have it tough. On a day to day basis the average person complains at least fifty times. But, most of the people who complain have it pretty well - Nice homes, loving families, and nearly all they want. Now, imagine the stress of a teenager who has no home. It seems pretty ...
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Role Models: A Bright Red Peel On A Rotten AppleSpitting, head butting, kicking, cursing, no, these aren't reactions kindergartners have in temper tantrums; these are actions of our "professional" athletes. Each day, millions of children look up to these athletes as role models. Little boys and young men, males and females imitate their ...
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Gangs In Today's CitiesGangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today's
cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being
in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long
range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the
short term ...
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Notes: Americanization Or Candaisnism??
-Many labours now had cars, radios, gramaphones etc. The railways
had reached their golden age and lots of hotels were built. -Immigration
flowed as steady as ever. -Prosperity came from U.S and their many
companies and workers. -Canada impoted and exported much more to the U.S
rather than ...
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Pressures Of SocietyOur behavior usually is controlled and decided by us, but that is not always the
case. As we saw in the play Marty's behavior was not always his own decision.
The behavior of any person can be greatly manipulated by society. There are a
few points in the play and in normal life that can prove this ...
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Pornography CensorshipThe idea of censorship is nothing new to the American people. Censorship has
been controversial since I can ever remember. The issue is so delicate because
censorship by definition infringes on peoples First Amendment rights. Usually
when that phrase is used, controversy follows quite closely. ...
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Other MindsCan I know what another person is thinking or feeling? If so, how?
The problem of is a true philosophical enigma. It is apt to
strike children with no philosophical education whatsoever, yet remains
intractable to many academics. Broadly speaking, the problem can be
divided into three questions. ...
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PornographyXXX. That is what some of the magazines in the United States are
rated. Its content is meant to be read and viewed by adults, persons over
the age of 18. Unfortunately, these magazines have been able to get into
the hands of teenagers and minors across the nation. The content, which is
meant ...
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Show Your LoveDid you ever tell you parents you love them? Did you ever to your parents? Maybe your answer would be no because you just thought that was not necessary. But in fact, sometimes we cannot get love from feeling. We must perceive love by words or some actions, otherwise it cannot be understood by ...
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Women In South AsiaAs I read over each short story of Rabindranath Thakur, I found out Indian women's struggle in Indian society. It was very interesting to me because the same type of struggle appears in my home country, South Korea. Indian and Korean women have similar suffering in their own society. It seems ...
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First Impressions May Be DeceivingFor many years now, people have been fool by appearances. Someone may
look at the exterior of an object and expect one thing when actually the exact
opposite is waiting inside for them. For example, an unexpecting person picks
off a grape from the bunch and bites into the fruit while dreaming ...
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What Is Love? Why Are You Asking Me?What is Love? Why Are You Asking Me?
Upon examination of the vast amounts of theories on love I can only find
myself in a more convoluted state. Love is in fact a great mystery to me, and I
have only achieved frustration in trying to explicate it. In Scott Peck's book
The Roadless Traveled there ...
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The Society Is FlawedSociety is flawed. There are critical imbalances in it that are causing much of humanity to suffer. In The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx is reacting to this fact by describing his vision of a perfectly balanced society, a communist society.
Simply put, a communist society is one where all ...
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