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    1 The liberal conception of the state is of a limited organization that represents popular will. The state plays a minimal role in the directing of society and economic affairs‚ but can play a significant supporting role in modern liberal (social liberal) theories. Classical Liberals favor a minimal state that only provides for basic services such as defense‚ enforcing contracts and protecting property rights. Social liberals accept more roles for the state‚ primarily in the economic sphere‚ such

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    "Only God has the right to take life" No one has the right to kill someone except god and by that we mean naturally‚ when you’re supposed to die but where does it stop being Gods responsibility and start becoming other people’s actions? If we think of the people who would agree with this kind of statement‚ it would obviously be strong religious people. Christians follow the Sanctity of life and this states life is god given meaning only god should be able to control who lives and who dies. It

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    Happiness is the only goal in life that is worth working for. How far do you agree? As individuals we work in life to achieve many goals we desire‚ at times we work for them to any extent. These goals can take form physically or mentally and can bring great intellectual or spiritual developments. Happiness is seen as the major and most important emotion us humans seek for‚ it is what provides us with our ‘desired’ pleasures. However for some individuals they may argue that this view is too hedonistic

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    Nacirema‚ American spelled backward‚ is a satire paper attempting to force Americans to evaluate their culture and look at it in a different way. By using words that are obscure‚ atypical and abnormal to describe very common American practices‚ the paper offers a strange way of defining our culture. One instance in the paper was how Americans hold importance in oral hygiene and use tooth brushes and tooth paste to brush our teeth daily. The author describes this as a “mouth-rite” and a “revolting”

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    say we should have their reasons on why. Everyone has to be treated fairly is one reason stated. I get where they are coming from but you also need to learn that not everything is yours because you tried. Next‚ they are just kids‚ they deserve one. I can agree with that‚ but they also need to know that hard work pays off. With the people saying we should get them‚ here is why we should not. With kids getting these trophies‚ it ruins the sport. Implying that is our kids get trophies for no reason

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    Wish your teenager understood money? Start early! An Assumption on behalf of the reader: we all know that children need to know the ways of money and it should not be left to destiny or to be learnt by trial and error later on in life. “what and how to teach your children about money” – Winston Churchill’s famously quoted – “I love to learn‚ but can’t say the same thing about being taught.” With children and more so with teenagers it is never easy to “teach”‚ they simply don’t want to be taught

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    Essay question: Do Turkey and /or Turkish women gain or lose if women are educated and have jobs? Why? Why not? Education is The Only Key of Life For Turkish Women Education right‚ right to vote and stand for election are basic rights of humanbeings and the elements of democracy. These rights are essential to prove the existence of a person in society. Altough‚ these rights were given to Turkish women before many western countries‚ Turkey fell behind

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    did in life‚ would it have any real value to the award? Participation trophies are being handed out to every young athlete without any true meaning‚ which is sending the wrong message to these young athletes. If every young athlete gets a trophy‚ the less meaning each trophy will show. Which also leads to the false belief behind each participation award. Many might disagree with me and think rewarding young athletes with participation trophies is beneficial to improving on skills‚ which can be correct

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    Only Ten - Alan Baille ­­­­­­SUMMARY The short story has a main idea about acceptance and fitting in. The main character‚ Hussein‚ is referred to as ‘The Shah’. You can infer that he was a boy soldier at age only ten‚ which gave the text its title. The Shah has to learn how to adjust to a newer lifestyle and learn to live among people and get accustomed to a different way of life. He is amazed simply by a mandarin tree‚ which shows he is adjusting to things he wasn’t previously exposed to. He works

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    NAME: ALICE SENAMNIMOH-APPEA CANDIDATE NUMBER: FINAL TOK ESSAY DRAFT QUESTION: “There are only two ways in which humankind can produce knowledge: through passive observation or through active experiment.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Knowledge as a whole is the total information one has acquired. Passive observation is the process of observation that one is not experiencing the event. It is not as dynamic as active experimentation because one just perceives the event and not

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