What is history? Why bother? What some people have said is history: History is only a confused heap of facts. (G.K. Chesterton) The past is useless. That explains why it is past. (Wright Morris) History is an argument without end. (Peter Geyl) History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illuminates reality‚ vitalizes memory‚ provides guidance in daily life‚ and brings us tidings of antiquity. (Cicero) What experience and history teach is this‐that people and governments
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What Music Can Teach Us About Unity Music teaches you how to live‚ it makes you feel emotions‚ and explains things and situations. Music can motivate‚ encourage‚ and energize. Music holds a powerful position. Music can travel across country borders‚ barbed wire‚ and conflict. Music cannot be beaten‚ stolen‚ jailed‚ insulted. Music is not one person’s claim; no one can own music. Music can be interpreted according to you; there ’s no right or wrong way. Music is a language that can be understood
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In what ways can success and ambition be dangerous? Since our birth‚ we are encouraged to go forward‚ to reach farther and to shoot for higher goals in life. In the words of Donald Trump: “Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff.” But‚ are ambition and pursuit for success turning into an obsession nowadays? The authors Lotte Bailyn‚ Karen Heller and William Zinsser agree that they are‚ and unfortunately‚ I have to endorse their idea. All three authors’ view that‚ as Heller put it “…there’s
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What is redlining? What is gentrification? Redlining is unethical practice in which financial institutions discriminate against certain areas when deciding who can use their services. Often it is poor neighborhoods that may be racially determined as well that are refused loans‚ insurance‚ or mortgages when redlining is taking place. When an institution is practicing redlining‚ they will ignore the individual’s unique situation and qualifications because of a history of default from that area
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“What Money can’t Buy” by Michael Sandel discusses the limits of the Market and the morals which accompany it. It is powerfully related to his ideas of Communitarianism which cannot be argued but it both helps him and condemns him in a way. I will be discussing both in the content below. Sandel in his book discusses right away a list of things that people can buy that seem downright appalling. Some such examples are nicer jail cells‚ to hunt endangered animals‚ and paying the homeless to stand in
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“What is right and wrong?” and “What is Truth?” What is right and wrong? Life is characterized by many situations that require decision making‚ especially on moral grounds. The issue of what makes an action right and wrong has been studied for a lengthy period of time and several theories developed to address this issue. Socrates and Aristotle are some of the early philosophers who came up with theories about the rightness or wrongness of actions. As noted by Warnek (2005)‚ Socrates considered
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fingerprinting is by no means perfect‚ however. It cannot establish beyond the shadow of a doubt that a specific cell comes from a specific person; it can only establish a probability. The probability also becomes obscured when dealing with direct descendents‚ who may share a large portion of the examined areas of DNA with a parent. I support each issue off knowledge aquired but I do question a couple of things like there is 20 thousand plus genes and In science the majority are called junk genes
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Critically assess the claim that conscience is a reliable guide to ethical decision making In order for conscience to be consistently and absolutely reliable‚ infallible‚ it must stem from an infallible source - God. Alternatively‚ conscience might have a potential of ultimate reliability‚ if the faculty of conscience was dynamic and capable of solving problems i.e. if it was an innate part of human nature. St.Paul‚ Newman‚ Aquinas‚ Butler and Freud all argue on their ideas of what the conscience is
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What is assessment and what makes it “good?” Assessment is gathering information to ensure teachers make informed decisions about student progress. Five key components of good assessment are: classroom assessment‚ authenticity‚ formative‚ special needs intervention‚ and benchmarking. These enhance and improve student learning‚ and are outlined below. Good classroom assessment involves ‘of‚ for and as’ of learning. This practice involves teachers using inference and evidence‚ while students
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What are the aims of academic study and how can they be achieved? For individuals‚ studying is necessary. It is one of the main factors which help students expand their knowledge. Academic study falls into a different category from general study. It refers to the level of studying that enhances acknowledgement in the formal way of finding‚ exploring‚ addressing the academic issues and interpreting information. This essay will shed the light on the aims of academic study and the other factors
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