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Common Sense Essays and Term Papers
Introduction To Public Choice Theory"Everybody's business is nobody's business." Russell Hardin, Collective Choice, 1982.
The social phenomena discussed in this series of essays all center around the problem of individuals in groups faced with the choice of doing what is best for themselves or what is best for the group. Instances ...
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Mercy KillingIn June of 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a 63-year-old retired pathologist, was charged with first-degree murder after he helped an Oregon woman with Alzheimer's disease commit suicide in June 1990. The charge was dismissed in December 1990. (Michigan has no law against suicide.) In October of 1991, ...
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Freewill vs. DeterminismThe debate between determinism and freewill is something that has been quarreled over for years and will continue to be for years to come. To understand this, one must first understand what differs the two terms from each other. If one checks in the dictionary for the definition of freewill, he ...
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The Art Of ReasoningWe think that we are all logical creatures, that we can attain truth by our
logical reasoning, but historically, this has not been the case. Every
scientific advance somehow “exemplifies the defective state of the art of
reasoning of the time it was written.” (pg.62)
Thus, we are not perfectly ...
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The Beak Of The FinchPeople who have served in the Armed Forces may be familiar with the expression, \"If you can\'t dazzle then with your brilliance, baffle them with your baloney.\" uses such laughable logic, it is remarkable that anyone would believe it. The book does such a terrible job of presenting a case for ...
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The Bogus Logic Of The Beak OfPeople who have served in the Armed Forces may be familiar with the expression, "If you can't dazzle then with your brilliance, baffle them with your baloney." The Beak of the Finch uses such laughable logic, it is remarkable that anyone would believe it. The book does such a terrible job of ...
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Romantic EraRead this excerpt from The Romantic Era by Steven Kreis. Take notes on the reading, circling important statements and making notes in the margins. Be sure to look up any unfamiliar words. On a separate piece of paper, answer the following questions. These questions should be answered completely ...
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Lord Of The Flies: Essay On Jack Merridew"The theme (of Lord of the Flies) is an attempt to trace the
defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral
is that the shape of society must depend on the ethical mature of the
individual and not on any political system however apparently logical
or respectable." ...
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Free Will Versus DeterminismThe controversy between free will and determinism has been
argued about for years. What is the difference between the two? Looking
in a dictionary, free will is the power, attributed to human beings, of
making free choices that are unconstrained by external circumstances or by
an agency such as ...
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A Guy's Sense Of ManhoodIn a time when men have lost both their power and sense of usefulness, as wars once provided, they seek other means to make them feel good about themselves. They look for other ways to mask their insecurity, an insecurity that has men trying to prove themselves manly. It used to be that once ...
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The Social Construction Of ReaThe purpose of the article is to convey a better understanding of what guides our actions in everyday life. The method used to support the arguments of the article is a 'phenomenological analysis': a technique which is purely descriptive and empirical(relying sole on experiment and ...
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Free Will Versus DeterminismThe controversy between free will and determinism has been argued
about for years. What is the difference between the two? Looking in a
dictionary, free will is the power, attributed to human beings, of making free
choices that are unconstrained by external circumstances or by an agency such
as ...
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A Sense Of Community By Rituals
"In Christ, we who are many form one body and each member belongs to all the others"(Romans 12.5). From that
definition, human's innate need to bond together is apparent, providing the basis of a community. In the religious
sense, a community can be described as the interaction between a group ...
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Racial Formation EssayThe definition of the word “race” is one that has been pondered, debated, scientifically proven and disproved for centuries. It is a word that everyone knows but no one can define. In the publication, “Racial Formation”, the authors, Michael Omi and Howard Winant attempt to define and explain ...
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Article ReviewDid your mother read to you when you were six weeks old? Did she teach you how to do math problems when you were two? Recently, I read the Wisconsin Journal Sentinel and found an editorial on child development. Kathleen Parker’s article, “First Three Years Aren’t That Critical” tells us that ...
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IdealismOur discussion today surrounds on the topic of Idealism. So What is Idealism ? Idealism refers to the philosophy that argues that the reality is somehow dependent upon the mind rather than independent of it.
More extreme version will deny that the “world” even exist outside of our minds. ...
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Eating DisordersEating disorders are rampant in the world because they because we as a people are constantly exposed to them. The leading factors that cause them have an all too common place in society today. These factors / causes include but are not limited to depression, pressure, and a negative body image. ...
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Literature: Tool For The Masses To Grasp And Form Opinions On A SubjectOver the centuries, one of the most important tools available to protesting
groups was literature. Some of the most famous protest literature in the world
has its roots in American history. For example, some great American authors of
protest literature include Thomas Paine, Thomas Nast, John C. ...
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Tragedy And The Common ManThe following is an excerpt from the preface Mr. Miller prepared for Death of a Salesman, to be published by Viking.
In this age few tragedies are written. It has often been held that the lack is due to a paucity of heroes among us, or else that modern man has had the blood drawn out of his organs ...
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Racial Profiling By The PoliceRacial Profiling
Introduction:
Law enforcement agencies in the United States, especially the police department, are currently facing a newly posed challenge. They are being increasingly accused of treating minority citizens with discrimination. Although, the crime rate has shown a declining ...
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