Arguments Against The Relativists Theory
.... of relativism is that the believer must
contradict himself in order to uphold his belief. The view states that all
ethics are relative while putting forth the idea that no absolute standard
of rightness exists. If this is the case, then what is cultural relativism
relative to? From a purely logical point of view, this idea is absurd, for
in assuming that something is relative one must first have some absolute by
which it is judged. Let the reader consider this example to reinforce the
point. A young woman is five feet tall, and her older friend is six feet
tall. The younger female considers herself short because she .....
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Romanticism In The 19th Century
.... as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in
Germany who wrote "The Sorrows of Young Werther" which epitomized what
Romanticism stood for. His character expressed feelings from the heart and
gave way to a new trend of expressing emotions through individuality as
opposed to collectivism. In England, there was a resurgence into
Shakespearean drama since many Romantics believed that Shakespeare had not
been fully appreciated during the 18th century. His style of drama and
expression had been downplayed and ignored by the Enlightenment's narrow
classical view of drama. Friedrich von Schlegel and Samuel Taylorleridge
(from Germany and England re .....
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Right-Wing Hypocrisy
.... with an alternative viewpoint. Instead,
liberals are automatically pronounced anti-Christian. For instance, Pat
Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate, recently labeled all
pro-choice advocates "agents of the devils." For some reason, this doesn't
seem like good Christianity and politics to me. These arch-conservatives,
who pronounce themselves as "God's chosen people", are in fact a bunch of
self-righteous hypocrites who need to learn tolerance and forgiveness.
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Single Sex Schools
.... single sex school would
also keep attendance problems to a minimum. Boys and girls, being in the
same classroom every day would naturally talk about activities aft er
school such as going for movies, having a drink in the evening. In a sch
ool of single sex, the students will not be given any extra temptations t o
skip or be late because of their social life.
Opinions from the public seem to indicate that schools of sin gle sex
are more popular than co-ed schools . If this system was not beneficial
then all the schools such as Brebuef that has adopted t his system would
have eliminated it. Therefore the advantages must de .....
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Sibling Rivalry
.... In this situation my personal belief is that a person should calmly
explain to the older brother that what he did was wrong, but forgivable.
You should also explain why it was wrong in a way the child can understand.
In my opinion the worst thing a person could do in this situation is to
force the child to apologize. It will reestablish that what he did was
wrong, and, since his baby brother is not able to respond, will make him
feel even more guilty. The apology will also be insincere unless it is
explained to the child why what he did was wrong. The guilt the child feels
will also be translated into a facade of other feelings. .....
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Slavery - Causes
.... colonies. The society was
where the land was easy to find, while the labor was most scarce.
Indentured servitude, was a form of labor which was declining, and the need
for labor increased rapidly.
In the 1600's, when tobacco was founded by John Rolfe, tobacco became
the main source of income for most of the colonists. The economic
prosperity of the colonies was primarily dependent on the amount of tobacco
produced. The growing of tobacco, needed a large amount of land, with a
large stable work force. The increased demand for a large, stable work
force combined with the availability of African slaves, led to the use of
slavery .....
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Surrealism
.... literature, and on the other the scorching
analytical specifications of the exact sciences," surrealists were
dedicated to, in breton's words "pure psychic automatism intended to
express the true process of thought free from the exercise of reason and
from any aesthetic or moral purpose". as strongly influenced by the
psychoanalytical ideas of freud, which at that time were gaining prominence,
as it was by the deconstructionalism of dada, surrealism emerged as an
organized movement at the beginning of the 1920's, a period marked by "the
confused and inert stupefaction of a collective bourgeois existence
dedicated to nothing less .....
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Teenagers
.... teenager describes the class of
teenagers who follow the rules and teachings of the adult world without a
complaint or rejection. One will most likely find a "conservative" teen in
the front of the classroom trying to get as close to the teacher's desk as
possible. One will find that this person is usually quite timid and quiet
the majority of the time.
The description of any of these abstract creatures is quite difficult
because of the vast difference in each one's features. These beings may
range from 3 feet in height up to around 7 feet. They can be either tall,
fat, thin, short, ugly, attractive, intelligent, slow, f .....
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Violence On Television
.... twenty years ago, the present day television broadcasting
companies refuse to consent that violent films and programming can and do
have harmful effects on their viewers (Rowland, 280) What can be done to
combat the stubborn minded broadcasting companies and to reduce the amount
of violent scenes that infest the current air waves?
The television giants of today, such as ABC, CBS, and NBC continue to
air violent shows, because they make money off of these programs. In
general, society finds scenes of violence "simply exciting" (Feshbach, 12).
Broadcasting companies argue that "based on the high ratings, they are
givi .....
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Television Violence And Its Effects On Children
.... violence has on boys'
aggression. Special emphasis is placed on factors such as teacher-rated
characteristic aggressiveness in the boys, timing of frustration (before or
after watching the televised violence, and violence related cues.
Josephson's study is detailed and technical. However, sometimes it
gets very difficult to understand the study due to the many advanced,
technical terms used. The purpose of the study is somewhat easy to
determine, and the three hypotheses on which she bases her research on are
outlined clearly in the end of the review. It is understandable, from the
review, how she came to her hypotheses.
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The Urban Underclass: Challenging THe Myths ABout America's Urban Poor
.... Christopher Jencks of Northwestern University and
Paul E. Peterson of Harvard, this set of essays attempts to separate the
truth about poverty, social dislocation and changes in American family life
from the myths that have become part of contemporary folklore.
According to a number of indicators the underclass is shrinking, writes
Peterson in his introductory essay. A higher percentage of the minority
population is receiving high school diplomas, a smaller percentage of
teenagers is having babies out of wedlock, both blacks and whites are
experiencing fewer crimes committed against them, and the use of drugs is
declining. Per .....
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Nightclubs' Role In Our Drug Problem
.... of drug use. We find places where
drugs tend to be, and seek to close them down as an effort to decrease the
overall use of drugs.
This has proved to be an ineffective technique because it does not
change people's craving for drugs. Reasons leading up to drug use still exist.
Arresting people for drugs does not kill their desire to use them. Closing
down a crack house does not end the residents addiction, it just forces them to
move. Reprimanding committed crimes does not eliminate the reason they were
committed. Addressing drug offenses after they have been made is not an
effective deterrent because the desire for t .....
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