At this moment‚ many people around the world are starving to death. Should we help them? Do we have a moral obligation to provide aid? People have very different views on this topic. An examination of essays by Peter Singer and by John Arthur gives insight into two of the many different opinions concerning the responsibility the affluent people have to the much less fortunate people. Also‚ these philosophers give explanations of the moral responsibility of society. In "Famine‚ Affluence
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According to sociologist Paula S. Rothenberg‚ “it is impossible to understand the world that we inhabit . . . without attending to the colonial past that has shaped it” (Rothenberg‚ pp.76). Beginning roughly in the late fifteenth century‚ European powers‚ such as Great Britain‚ France‚ Portugal‚ and Spain‚ gradually amassed global empires‚ with colonies and trading posts on multiple continents. Though some colonies were meant for European settlers‚ the majority were established for their access to
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leave them when the war was done‚ but instead it has stayed with them causing them to be traumatized. Using children as soldiers negatively affects them‚ and this will continue until people around the world become more informed and laws are created to stop the use of child soldiers. Negative affects of war on children include extreme brutality‚ exposure of violence leading to some changes to the kid then and forever. “During the “recruitment” children often experienced
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Taylor Roberts Granbery English 10 January 30‚ 2012 The Effects of Chewing Tobacco Every year in America‚ there are approximately 146‚023 people who chew tobacco that end up with cancer‚ according to mylastdip.com‚ a website committed to informing people of chewing tobacco. Those cancers include lip‚ mouth‚ throat‚ stomach‚ esophagus‚ pancreas‚ lung‚ trachea‚ and lastly‚ cancer of the bronchus. Chewing tobacco‚ also known as smokeless tobacco‚ is a term used to describe tobacco that is not
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Many citizens attempt to discover the reason for the obesity pandemic occurring across the world‚ however few understand the true cause. Media attempts to portray the simpler cause of inadequate energy balance‚ consuming the proper amount of calories to energy expenditure. Conversely‚ the quality of the calories consumed drastically alters the end result. For example‚ consuming excess sugar with limited fiber leads to the creation of fat. The directors of Fed Up raise awareness of the many other
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Slavery in the South Slavery in the south was a very negative experience for the Africans that were forcefully enslaved and brought over to North America more specifically Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1619. The journey across the Atlantic was treacherous many didn’t survive due to sickness‚ starvation‚ or merely being murdered like cattle and thrown overboard. Eventually the sharks started following the ships for food because slaves were being thrown over so frequently‚ the sharks didn’t have any reason
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Speech on Topic……Is Technology Taken over our motivation??????? Today‚ I would like to express my views on the Topic“ Is technology taken over our motivation? “ So‚ do you really believe that technology has taken over our motivation? No‚ not really. Not that I think so. My views would differ on this matter‚ Here‚ I would like to quote the words of Mr. Bill Gates‚ he rightly said that – “ Technology is just a tool‚ In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them‚ The teacher
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confinement can be defined as torture because it often causes prisoners to lose their mental stability‚ or make their mental state worse. Social interaction is beyond important to humans. Humans are social creatures‚ and it can cause detrimental effects on us if we don’t socialize regularly. Forcing humans to go without this interaction can cause them great mental harm. There are a whole host of psychological consequences that are associated with long-term solitary confinement in Supermax prisons
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3 7 March 2013 How Will Technology Shape Our Future? Technology is so integrated into our daily lives that without it life would be more difficult. The genre of science fiction is about technology and predicts what the future might hold. Also‚ science fiction warns humanity about the consequences of technology. In the stories we read the authors warned that violence is a consequence of technology‚ and causes humans to become lazy. However‚ they also proved technology can be used for learning.
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imagine a world without the Internet‚ computers and mobile phones? How are we going to live without all that? Today I am going to talk to you about how technology affects our friendship and plays the important roles in our lives. In the past‚ we made friends with classmates in the school‚ played sports with friends at outdoor‚ talked with friends face-to-face. Long-distance friends wrote letters to stay in touch. We enjoy our staying with each other by sharing our lives. Today‚ technology provides
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