The Advantages Of Stupidity
.... many advantages to stupidity. The first advantage is very easy to
understand. Stupid people are never asked to do a lot. Many have noticed that
people tend to steer away from someone they feel may be stupid. This is for a
very good reason. The stupidity which they posses makes a name for themselves,
a name which can be very difficult to shake. Possibly, it is a word which
describes the working habits of the person, such as "crappy". Yet, this
creates a positive situation for the stupid person. They will have a lot of
free time on their hands for more of lifes truly meaningful pleasures. Some of
these activities are .....
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Television's Positive Effects On Society
.... Such
as the O.J. Simpson trial, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the wars taking place
in the Middle East. Through TV we can be warned about almost anything from a
hurricane approaching to the fact that the stock market is falling. The
television in today's society has become one of our most basic resources for
information. We use the TV as a convenient way to find out some of the simplest
information such as the date, time, and what is going to be on channel 11 at
9:30. Our American society has designed its lifestyle around the convenience of
the TV and the fact that it is so easily accessible.
The television has other purpose .....
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Theory Of Varied Consumer Choice Behavior And Its Importance
.... choice
behaviour and the firm's selection of a strategy immediately leads one to
question the general applicability of these assumption / thought. Although
consumers often display stable preferences, sound choice behaviour seldom
remains constant. Instead, consumers frequently change their choices of
products or brands. Furthermore, the choices made on different occasions often
involve two very different products or brands. In summary, changing, varied
behaviour is the rule. Managers often avoid the use of simple "me-too" brands,
recognizing that consumers are seeking more than simple substitutes. This
tendency is seen .....
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Two Parents Or One?
.... families are therefore denied that learning experience of how a husband
and a wife should love one another (Curtin et al. 369).
Relationships are another thing that everyone needs, especially children.
Children need a real strong relationship between themselves and their parents,
but children from single parent families are usually denied this privilege
because they are separated from one of their parents and often do not get to
spend adequate time with the other. Children who have a strong relationship
with their parents are more likely to respect the authority of their parents (
Curtin et al. 370). The problem wi .....
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Violent Behavior In Society
.... you. That is again, a wrong message.
Violence is glorified the most throught media, violent movies, TV shows and
newspaper sensationalism.
THERE SEEMES TO BE A NEED FOR VIOLNCE IN SOCIETY!
Violent movies are born one after another: "Die Hard","The God Father",
"Natural Born Killers", "The Proffesinal", "Pulp Fiction"," Terminator 2",
etc.When these kinds of movies come out, there are lines for tickets. In some
countries people have to stay in lines to buy food. Violence can not be the way
to survive in this society! People are not only glorifing violence by watching
violent movies, but they are also accepting it askin .....
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Animal Rights
.... with others we must
learn to share the planet with animals.
One of the main issues being disputed today with animal right, is
SUPERIORITY. Over 7 Billion animals die at the hands of humans, in the US,
every year. Out of those 7 Billion animals, about 95% of them are killed for
uses as food. Advocates for animal rights justify their research by presenting
the obvious differences that exist between humans and animals. These include
size, status, strength, and ability. Sometimes, one who is against animal rights
will take the attitude that “God gave them [animals] to us to use.” What these
researchers fail to recognize is PAIN. .....
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Animal Rights
.... were perfected on monkeys. Not only polio, but also mumps, measles,rubella
and smallpox have been eliminated through antibiotics tested on monkeys. Major
diseases have been alleviated and have had major advances totheir cure, diseases
such as leukemia in children among other types of cancerand tumors. Animals
not only contribute greatly in medicine, but through out the history of human
kind they have been consumed as food, being a majorsource for the basic
nutrition.
Unfortunately, some research has gone too far, putting many animals
through unnecessary pain. According to Jean Bethke Elshtain, a Centennial
Professo .....
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Animal Ethics
.... not justified. He also states how he thinks a major way to stop the
suffering of animals is to stop the experimenting on animals. He states”...the
widespread practice of experimenting on other species in order to see if certain
substances are safe for human beings, or to test some psychological theory
about the effect of severe punishment or learning...”. When he is talking
about the experiments and suffering of animals. He is concerned most with
domestic animals, he is not too concerned with the other animals in the word.
Views like these make Singer limited.
Singer is limited and individualistic because he is not concern .....
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Garrett Hardin In "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against The Poor"
.... people if it is going to put me in risk.
Instead of giving the money to non Americans it should be used only in
America. The money used to help the poorer countries can be very useful in the
United States. The middle class people in America get no help. More of that
money can go toward the middle class families. The middle class families work
had for their money. The government helps poor families with food, housing,
education and many more things. The rich have more money than they need, but the
middle class is left struggling. The middle class people cannot move up. The
middle class cannot get ant help from the government. .....
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War On Poverty: Project South
.... government poverty level between 1994
and 1995. In 1995, there were 36.4 million poor, a figure 1.6 million lower
than the 38.1 million poor in 1994.
The 1995 federal budget set in motion a program that will see billions
and billions of dollars cut from social programs. At a time of greatest need,
the government is cutting support programs and making it more difficult for
those who need the programs to qualify. So what is the government doing about
poverty? Nothing! It is abandoning its responsibility and blaming the victims of
its policies for the situation they find themselfs in.
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The Effect Of Viewing Television Violence On Childhood Aggression
.... aggression was in the early 1960's when Albert Bandura began researching his
modeling theory. His series of experiments first set the precedent for a
relationship between violent television viewing and aggression. He felt
children would model or imitate adult behavior. In one study he subjected
children to both aggressive and non- aggressive adult models and then tested
them for imitative behavior in the presence of the model. His theory was
demonstrated when children readily imitated behavior exhibited by an adult model
in the presence of the model (Bandura, Ross & Ross, 1961). In a similar
experiment children were exposed .....
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The Population Problem
.... it increased to 0.54% in the 19th century and in the first
half of the 20th century to 0.84% (Weiskel 40). Neo-Malthusians base their
arguments on the teachings of Thomas Malthus. Of the Neo-Malthusians, Garrett
Hardin is one of the most prominent and controversial. Hardin's essays discuss
the problem of overpopulation and the effects it will have on the future. In
Lifeboat Ethics, he concludes that continuous increases in population will have
disastrous outcomes. Neo-Malthusian arguments come under much scrutiny by those
who believe that the population explosion is only a myth. Those who hold these
beliefs state that the .....
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