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What Happened To Our Rights?
<view this essay>.... person may find offensive and obscene does not necessarily represent all people and adults should have the right to make their own choices.
The word censorship probably would not exist today if all people agreed upon all things. This however is not possible for we are all unique individuals and have our own likes and dislikes. For instance, a person who enjoys pornographic material has the right to read or view this material if he or she enjoys this type of material. On the other hand people who feel pornographic material is obscene or offensive and do not care to partake in it do not have to view or read this type of material. This material is not being f .....
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Juvenile Crime: Crime Rates
<view this essay>.... Union, in a fact sheet on juvenile
crime published in mid May of this year, stated that contrary to public
perception, the percentage of violent crimes committed by juveniles is low.
According to one estimate, only 13% of violent crimes are committed by young
people (Gallup Poll Monthly, Sept. 1994). The ACLU further suggests that the
public also holds greatly inflated perceptions about the violence of today's
juveniles, claiming only about 0.5% of young people commit violent crimes. (³
Crime Time Bomb,² U.S. News & World Report, March 25, 1996)
Current social trends do little to contradict the dire predictions made
about youth crime rates. Nearly all the .....
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Human Nature Is Inherently Bad
<view this essay>.... man is bad, or as
Freud explains it as Homo Homini Lupus (man is a wolf to man).
Freud justification for such a drastic approach type conclusion, can by
described as basically atrocities of the century Freud lived in. In example the
invasion of the Huns, as a brutal entity designed to portray Man's innately evil
nature. And the atrocities of the First World War.
Freud's view of Man is an evil one. And that all Men are innately evil
and aggression lies within the human as a part of his nature.
Our inclination to aggression is apparent in one's relation with his
neighbor and is apparent in everyday casual behavior. Freud also states that as
a c .....
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Following A Dream Toward Freedom
<view this essay>.... People
must maintain a direct hold on their government and society through their laws
and social structure, allowing for each individual within their citizenship to
keep their own identity while participating in the civilization as a whole.
When people take on the responsibility of their citizenship and follow the laws
and rules founded for them, freedom is allowed to work for everyone.
"In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a
world founded upon four essential human freedoms," stated Franklin Roosevelt in
his 1941 President's Annual Address to Congress. "The first is freedom of
speech and expression-everywhere in the worl .....
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Changing Of Values From The Hellenic Period To The Hellenistic Period
<view this essay>.... was humanism. Humanism is the belief that the peoples, or societies, needs and interest are more important then the individuals. This belief changed as the time periods changed from Hellenic to the Hellenistic period. Humanism slowly changed to individualism. Individualism is the belief that the individuals needs and interest are the most important. This change came about by the growth of Alexander the Greats empire. Alexander’s empire influenced so many lives because there were so many different mixes of people, cultures, and beliefs. This mix eventually changed the Greek and Persian ways of thinking, architecture, and many other aspects of their .....
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Existentialism In The Early 19th Century
<view this essay>.... first writer to call himself
existential, reacted against this tradition by insisting that the highest
good for the individual is to find his or her own unique vocation. As he
wrote in his journal, “I must find a truth that is true for me . . . the
idea for which I can live or die.” Other existentialist writers have echoed
Kierkegaard's belief that one must choose one's own way without the aid of
universal, objective standards. Against the traditional view that moral
choice involves an objective judgment of right and wrong, existentialists
have argued that no objective, rational basis can be found for moral
decisions. The 19th-century German philosopher Friedr .....
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What Is Morality?
<view this essay>.... philosophy is related to the contemporary practice of the behavior for human begins. By a simple definition, morality is the conformity to the conduct of the rules. It answers for what is right or wrong. Besides, it also tells the individual for how to behave in order to be a good person. Morality is the guide-line for how we ought to live, and it is also the standard for people to evaluate for happiness.
Most of the source for morality is evaluate by many moral theories. Those theories show the conduct of right and wrong, and command people for a proper behavior. Toward most of the moral theories, the best known theory to define morality is utilitarianis .....
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The Problem Of Evil
<view this essay>.... argument for the problem of evil is a good argument.
The first solution to the problem of evil states that good cannot exist without
evil. Not a bad argument, but faulty. With evil existing you have something
to compare it to, which is good. But, If God was really all-good the word evil
would not exist because everything would just be good. If God is so good and so
powerful than why does he let so much evil exist? I could understand a little
bit of bad people and things to make the good stand out, but there is so much.
All the time in the news you hear about someone being murdered, children being
molested, a natural disaster striking a area and many peo .....
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