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Family Values: Importance

... core of our way of living. They have been important since, and even before, the very beginning of our civilization, and certainly since the founding of the United States of America. Theories suggest that even the primitive caveman was very loyal and respectful to his particular family unit. People of our time have followed these beginnings of the ideas of family values and citizenship up until the present day. Today however people are more diversified and separated in their ways but they all share similar values of the family. A nation, be ...

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The Society Is Flawed

... and the needs of society. He also believes that sometimes violence is necessary to reach the state of communism. This paper will reflect upon these two topics: the relationship of the individual and society, and the issue of violence, as each is portrayed in the manifesto. But, before we embark upon these topics, I think it is necessary to cite a brief biography of Marx to establish a baseline from which to view his ideas. Also, it is important to realize that in everything, humans view things from their own cultural perspective, thereby ...

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Evolution Of Profanity

... that some people wish he had not. "That includes a fair helping of sex, violence, crime, horror, politics, religion, anti-authoritarianism, anti-semitism, racism, xenophobia, sexism, jealousy, profanity, satire, and controversy of all kinds" (Macrone 6). In his time, religious and moral curses were more offensive than biological curses. Most all original (before being censored) Shakespearean works contain very offensive profanity, mostly religious, which is probably one of many reasons that his works were and are so popular. "Shak ...

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Blacks: A Struggle For Racial Equality

... not in public, only in private. This clearly demonstrates how blacks were not treated equally to whites in the 1940's. We also see this in society today. We are able to see how blacks are looked upon when we examine a quote from The Runner , a novel by Cynthia Voigt. "If there's one thing I can't tolerate Pete agreed "it's an uppity nigger."2 We can see that Bullet, a cross country runner is talking to a team-mate named Pete. It is indisputable that Pete has some antagonism towards blacks. He treats them with very little respect and ...

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Single Sex Schools

... is probab ly not suitable in the presence of girls. The same happens to girls in s ingle sex schools. In a school of single sex, the students will feel mor e comfortable and relaxed in this way. The students in grade 8 would probably start to enter into their teen- age years. These teenagers because of curiosity, would have interest in trying to understand the difference between the two se xes, such as life style, interest, etc. Being in the same classroom ev ery day this might not be able to let them concentrate well enough o ...

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Happiness

... is the most important dream to be fulfilled. Upon researching for this paper, I came across a counter argument, which was based on metaphysics. Immanuel Kant, in Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, defends his strong beliefs in the issue of a good will, and surfaces as MM's chief opponent on the topic of metaphysics, The issue diminishes to a clash between emotions and pleasures ve rses rationality and logic. Yet, what use is logic when the good agent is miserable? Mill's stance within Utilitarianism exists as the more favo ...

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Negative Effects Of Television On Today’s Youth

... behavior by children and teenagers who watch those programs.” That was the final word from a 1982 report by the National Institute of Mental Health. Because of this report, the American Psychological Association passed a resolution that informed broadcasters and the public of the dangers that viewing violence on television can have for children (Berry 78). Children and teenagers that watch a lot of television are less aroused by acts of violence than those children that don’t watch as much television. In other words, those chil ...

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Censorship Of Music In The Media

... ballot someday. The first amendment represents a profound national commitment to uninhibited, robust and wide-open discussion that may well include vehement, casuistic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp speech. In the case of Cohen v California, 403 U.S. 15(1971) is dis positive. In this case, a man was arrested for wearing a jacket emblazoned with an expletive, reflecting his opinion of the military draft. The Supreme Court threw out this conviction as a violation of the First Amendment. Surely the State has no right to cleanse public debate t ...

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The Hype: Television

... We are no longer a nation that places our families ahead of other priorities. We have strayed. In a society filled with "stuff," we have opted for a life that cherishes inanimate objects. We falsely believe that "stuff" will give us a feeling of happiness that was once openly available to generations before us. How did we become such a consumer-happy society? One obvious reason is television. With the introduction of television, the public entered a fanatical world that made our own lives seem unreal. Americans began to yearn ...

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Fetishism

... was attracted to. With regards to specific fetishes such as that the fetishist usually needs to look at, touch, or smell during or preparing for the sexual act. In some cases just the sight of the fetish could result in an orgasm. The Freudian view of fetishes changed over the years. His early view stated that fetishism was a result of some childhood fantasy or exposure that resulted in the fetish but he later changed the view. Freud later theorized that the fetish was a fear of castration on the part of the male. He believed that the as ...

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Interpersonal Communication

... communication, in my opinion, is the exchange of information verbal or non-verbal between two, no more than 5 or 6, people for the purpose of getting a feedback and sharing information. Interpersonal communication is not interpersonal if it involves too many people. When the number of people exceeds a certain amount it is no longer interpersonal communication,it then becomes mass communication. In my definition it is vital that feed-back be given to the person that is doing the communicating. When feedback is not present then the l ...

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TV Trash?

... Select Day-Time Television Talk Shows” William Bennett states that all day-time TV is to blame for our “cultural rot”. Bennett goes on to state that talk shows are nothing but trash and a big waist of time. For the most part I would have to agree with Bennett in that the talk shows are mostly trash, but that is why I think we watch them. Bennett believes in old time values that if you can’t see it, it won’t happen. He comes form the past on his point of view with a “shhh” don’t tell attitude. This is why Bennett wants ...

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