in the context of rape trials. In April 2011 the first protest march called “SlutWalk” happened in Toronto‚ Ontario. The “SlutWalk” is a transitional movement of protest marchers calling an end to rape culture. Specifically‚ participants protest against explaining or excusing rape by referring to any aspect of a woman’s appearance. The protests started after a police officers from Toronto
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I do not find any of the traditional proofs for God’s existence persuasive‚ and I will go over each argument one at a time to explain why I do not find them persuasive‚ starting with Anselm’s ontological argument‚ then Aquinas’ cosmological argument‚ and finally Paley’s teleological argument. First‚ Anselm’s ontological argument is not persuasive because the argument can be used to prove things that do not exist. The faulty logic is shown in Gaunilo’s Lost Island Objection because instead of putting
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Sanders in his arguments is explaining how the trinity is the gospel and all three persons are involved in the work of salvation. However‚ many people‚ in their Christian lives‚ tend to forget the Father and the Spirit because it was Jesus who died on the cross and brought forgiveness and salvation. Sanders is pointing out that Christians need to understand that being fully united with Christ is always being united with the Trinity God‚ not just the Second person (Sanders 172). For the fuller‚ richer
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it can both‚ prevent harmful ideas from spreading‚ or suppressing the freedom to express an idea to society. The question regarding the legitimacy of no-platforming as a tool of activism can be rebutted as seen in the debate for‚ or against no-platforming. For against no-platforming‚ it is argued that no-platforming is
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what causes people to entertain certain reactions and emotions. If a person holds a position on morality‚ they are expected to be able to support that position with moral reasons but in the understanding of emotivism‚ a moral reason to support an argument does not exist other than as a tool to influence other people to share our reaction.
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person may decide to go vegetarian including ethical‚ health‚ or environmental. Vegetarians can be traced back into early history but‚ in today’s world‚ vegetarianism is on the rise as a concern for climate change is too. Major portions of the population are taking a stance against meat producing industries and changing their diets. Meat production is a huge contributor to pollution and climate change. Eating meat can also have a toll on one’s health. In order to change the course of rapid climate
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has no effect on zoo animal health without considering animals that were not raised in the zoo but placed there further into adulthood. Each of these arguments contain gaps that lack information and other views of the issue. Scholars Chris Draper‚ William Browne‚ and Stephen Harris fill these gaps in their own research as they display their argument on the unsuccess of formal inspections in Britain zoos in regulating whether or not they meet welfare requirements. The research of these men not only
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From a Christian standpoint‚ God made everyone and each and every person is unique in their own way. Also‚ in the pledge of allegiance it says that we are ‘one nation under God’‚ so would that mean the government would be going against our ancestors Christian morals? This country was based on Christian morals‚ so what would our ancestors think of this? I will admit‚ it would be nice if we lived in a world where no one had no cancer or disease‚ but it is morally wrong. I was raised
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the central government the power to do what is necessary without taking away the ability of the states to govern themselves‚ they however must obey the supreme law of the land. The two opposing forces that fought for or against the constitution fought for it by making arguments for different things. Federalists believed that the government should have a strong hold on the states‚ but still allow them to maintain some independence of each other. They wanted a central currency and‚ by consequence
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Torture is Never Acceptable Torture is never acceptable because people harm animals and people. People harm people and animals; Why do you think people have more intense reactions to hearing about torture than they do to hearing about bombings or other acts of war. What does it mean when the President of the United States announces that America must reject the false choice between our security and our ideals? What is it about our founding principles that makes Americans feel so strongly about torture;
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