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    Virtues in Engineering

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    Virtues in Engineering William F. May said of the expert: “He had better be virtuous. Few may be in a position to discredit him. The knowledge explosion is also an ignorance explosion; if knowledge is power‚ then ignorance is powerlessness” (Harris 30). In the context of engineering‚ this places engineers in a very special position. Because of this power‚ which few may ever possess‚ it becomes necessary for engineers to be virtuous or posses certain attributes for the welfare of the public

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    Patience Is a Virtue

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    Patience is a Virtue Are you an impatience person? A person that complains a lot that all the things you want are done instantly. Or a person that would like to use every second of his/her time wisely. Here explains why patience is a virtue and why we should have patience. The phrase “patience is a virtue” is just a way of expressing the importance of being patient. A virtue is a trait or quality deemed to be morally excellent and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being

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    Abortion

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    Abortion In the world‚ the number of abortion cases is increasing. This situation has been fuelled by among other factors social and economic factors. Abortion is the murder of pregnancy. It is the removal of the fetus or embryo before it is viable. (Malcolm 1977) There are basically two kinds of abortions. The one that is spontaneous and in which termination is not provoked is spontaneous abortion also known as miscarriage. They are unintentional. They usually occur before the 20th and 24th

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    Abortion

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    How Abortion Harms Women’s Health Advocates of legalized abortion downplay or deny the health risks associated with abortion. However‚ the research indicates that abortion isolates women and can often cause physical and psychological suffering. Physical complications Abortion can cause both short-term and long-term physical complications‚ and can significantly affect a woman’s ability to have healthy future pregnancies. Physical complications include cervical lacerations and injury‚ uterine perforations

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    Abortion

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    million abortions are done yearly in the USA and 43 million worldwide have been the steady number for several years now. Ever since the case of Roe v. Wade in 1973‚ abortion has been one of the most contentious issues in our society. On the one hand‚ the pro-choice perspective believes that a woman should have the right to choose what is right for her and her situation‚ but on the refutal the pro-life perspective feels that all children should have the right to live. The legality of abortion is hotly

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    Abortion

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    ABORTION IN KENYA It can be described in a simple way as the act of getting rid of an unborn child. Abortion debate has dominated the thoughts of Kenya since antiquity. This is an issue that has been there in Kenya since time in memorial because it began in the traditional era before colonialism. Most communities in the past considered it a taboo to bear a child before marriage. Incase a woman fell pregnant before marriage the community’s solution to this problem was abortion of the child. That

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    Abortion

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    paper Period 4 4/22/2013 The Fight to Control their Own Bodies For many years abortion has been a social‚ and political debate in the U.S. Abortion continues to create controversy between the states‚ and a number of human rights groups. This controversy has caused each state to develop their own set of laws regarding the issue‚ and some have also passed abortion bans throughout the years. By leaving such a big decision up to individual states‚ women’s fundamental freedoms

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    Abortion

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    Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many years to come. Abortion can simply be defined as the removal of an embryo or foetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. Also a surgical method for terminating a pregnancy especially during the first six months is called a spontaneous abortion or a miscarriage. Abortion was illegal in Canada not until the Canadian parliament passed a law that allowed abortion in certain

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    Abortion

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    Abortion A legal and widespread practice in the United States until the 19th century‚ abortion remained commonplace‚ although driven underground‚ in the last part of the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century. In the 1950s various women’s and civil liberties groups‚ as well as some doctors‚ began to call for the repeal of laws that made abortion a crime. In the 1960s the feminist movement made a woman’s control over her body‚ including the right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy

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    Abortion

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    you wish.” Abortion is a controversial issue affecting our society. Many people feel that abortion is evil because it is killing an unborn child. On the other hand‚ others believe that it is a woman’s constitutional right to choose especially in certain situations such as incest‚ rape‚ or health issues threatening the mother’s life. To end an innocent child’s life using rather horrific procedures is not only unethical for the doctors to perform‚ but is morally wrong. By making abortion illegal‚ we

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