In chapter 2 of your textbook‚ Jonathan Wolff gives a formalized version of the utilitarian argument for the state. Please evaluate the first three premises of this argument: for each of these three premises‚ state whether you think that premise is true‚ and explain why or why not. For each of the three premises that you think is true‚ please also describe one objection to that premise‚ and explain why you think that the objection ultimately fails. Please assume that “state” in the formalized argument
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wage gap is something that up to this day is still affecting women who are getting paid less that men. Despite all the different efforts to close the gap such as‚ the Equal Pay Act in 1963‚ the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009‚ and many other legislations that prohibit employment discrimination‚ women are still earning less than men. Women earn on average 78 cents for every dollar that men earn. This gender pay gap needs to be closed because unequal pay affects women’s pensions or retirement income
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Jonathan Swift’s 1729 satirical pamphlet‚ “A Modest Proposal from Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland‚ from Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country‚ and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick” under the pseudonym of Dr. Swift‚ has been regarded as an important historical text‚ exploiting the conditions of Ireland in the 18th century. In “A Modest Proposal”‚ Swift proposes to the Irish public that to lessen the burden of poverty in Ireland they must sell their children as food
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A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr is about a nonfiction civil law case that takes place in Woburn‚ Massachusetts. It is centered around numerous kids who were diagnosed with leukemia and no one knew why. When Anne Anderson’s child‚ Jimmy was diagnosed‚ in the summer of 1772‚ she wanted to figure out the cause. She finds a childhood leukemia cluster in Woburn‚ “Of the twelve cases‚ eight were located in east Woburn‚ and six of those were clustered in the Pine Street neighborhood‚ where perhaps two hundred
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After reading Professor Pankaj Ghemawat’s essay‚ “Distance Still Matters”‚ it had my mind racing. Does distance still really matter in globalization? His idea that distance still matters in globalization is quite relevant today. He talks about how the actual distance from one country to another is very important‚ due to the costs of shipping products. But that isn’t the only thing he means by distance‚ he includes that distance also has administrative and political‚ economic and cultural differences
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structuralism which is any analysis that emphasizes structures and relations. In Unequal Childhoods‚ the author explains that peoples background experiences help shape the methods and total of capital. Bourdieu
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Introduction: As seen in the article‚ Are Humans still Evolving‚ there were many people thinking that we as humans are still evolving. The truth of human traits still evolving derives from the Charles Darwin’s theory. When history passes on a day to day basis the population of the human species changes and the differences in our reproductive systems does play a big role in our evolving traits. Some people think we as a human race have evolved through the Ape Species. Many thousands of years ago
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college freshmen who are about to read the summer reading assignment of The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt. The purpose is to persuade anybody who thinks it is not necessary to read the assignment to actually read the book. Alyssa Macdonald ENG 101-27 Homework 1 Final Draft 17 September 2014 Keep an Open Mind How does one determine what is right or wrong? In Jonathan Haidt’s book‚ The Righteous Mind‚ he explores why people behave and think the way they do.
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One Woman Versus America and Hunger Marian Wright Edelman‚ writer of “Still Hungry in America‚” brings a whole new view on the ideals of hunger right here in America. The persuasive text is about her experiences trying to get people to realize the hunger crisis in their own back yards. Marian also gets into the several federal programs that provide food to hungry children in America that need more support. She really reaches out to everyone in America whom may be unaware or uneducated on programs
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culture. The authors’ work provided how African Americans felt oppressed because of the effects of discrimination. The works done by both authors‚ Maya Angelou’s poem "Still I Rise" and Langston Hughes’ "I‚ Too‚ Sing America" both share similar meanings‚ but the authors use different tones and ways to tell dissimilar stories. "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou is a poem that tells of the oppression shown to blacks and herself. At the beginning of the poem she talks about the oppression that
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