making. This will be discussed further in the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger. Utilitarianism is considered a scientific system of ethics and not just a philosophical theory of ethics. Utilitarian ethics follows the belief of maximizing the greatest good for the largest number of people. As utilitarianism is identified‚ one needs to learn that the greatest good could be based on aggregate principle or a distributive principle. The Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger will be assessed in regards
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ignorance‚ and the gospel of envy‚ its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”(Churchill‚ 1948) When you bring up the topic of Socialism to anyone in America‚ some people may get uneasy. Maybe that’s because some socialism is linked to Communism‚ which is linked to terrible countries and starving people‚ or wars fought by America. But to some people‚ Socialism is just the way of life they see fit. These people would want their Socialist views brought upon the people in the United States
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Insights on De Tocqueville’s Democracy In America It has been said that a French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville‚ who visited the United States in the 1830’s‚ "understood us" in a way that few observers (foreign and domestic) have. Furthermore‚ Tocqueville’s Democracy in America is often cited by present-day critics because so many of the observations in it seem extraordinarily suitable even more than one hundred and fifty years later. Alexis de Tocqueville was born 1805 into a minor noble
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millions) were transmitted from human to human‚ however; the Natives hadn’t built up any immunity to these zoonotic diseases because the only domestic animal in the Americas was the llama. There were not as many rats in the Americas either (rats spread the Plague). Also‚ the smallpox virus and other Old World viruses did not exist in the Americas like they did throughout Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ therefore they killed not only the weak‚ the young‚ and the old‚ but people in their
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“America is the land of opportunities‚” is the cliche manifested in Jamaicans like me from parents‚ friends‚ and the media simultaneously. The profound amount of opportunities America has to offer attracted many people here including my family and I. I identified early on that if I wanted to be successful in life I would have to leave Jamaica in order to capitalize on the educational and future career opportunities in America. As my knowledge on the ideology of life and my understanding of who
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set-up civilians in order to prosecute them later on. Brock Vond’s fascism mirrors President Richard Nixon’s repressive term of office with manipulation of citizens‚ abusive police power‚ and over-zealous drug raids. In Political Repression in Modern America From 1870 to 1976‚ Robert Justin Goldstein explains Nixon’s abusing the intelligence agencies as a form of political repression triggered by dissenters. In the article‚ “The War on Drugs: How President Nixon Tied Addiction to Crime”‚ Emily Dufton
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the British during King George’s rule. The French and Indian War lasted from 1754-1763. It has also been referred to as the Seven Years’ War. The war was between the colonies of British America and New France. In 1756‚ the war became a worldwide conflict. With the elimination of the French threat in North America‚ colonists felt that they could move into lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. The Indians living in the area no longer had control of it due to the French loss. This expansionism of
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This will be a very long but necessary and thoughtful post detailing current event issues regarding police‚ racism‚ and black on black crime in America and their correlation. Specifically regarding the LaQuan McDonald case (may your soul rest in peace) and the city of Chicago. I’m not activist‚ revolutionary‚ and I don’t even have a college degree‚ yet‚ but I do have passion‚ a voice‚ and means to articulate myself to those willing to listen/read as I exercise my right to the First Amendment of the
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This was a quote from none other than Christopher Columbus‚ the “first” person who discovered America. This quote sums up the greatest interest of the Europeans of the time. Over the course of history‚ it shows that any two regions have their own similarities and differences. The Americas and East Asia are no exception. Both have their own similarities and differences no matter how you put it. The Americas and East Asia were two very different regions‚ but they share some similarities. The first similarity
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1. Film Information: The title of film we watched this week is Older than America. The lead actors and actresses are Adam Beach‚ Tantoo Cardinal‚ Bradley Cooper Georgina Lightning‚ Bradley Cooper‚ and Tantoo Cardinal. movie was released Oct 12‚ 2010 by the IFC Films studio. The length of the film is about one hundred minutes. The film genre is trying to expose the history with horror atmosphere. The director of the film is Georgina Lightning . 2. Brief summary: A woman’s haunting visions reveal
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