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Two Brands Of Nihilism
Words: 1536 - Pages: 6.... a necessary
connection between atheism and the subsequent disbelief in values. It was held
the atheist regarded the moral norms of society as merely conventional, without
any justification by rational argument. Furthermore, without a divine authority
prohibiting any immoral conduct, all appeals to morality by authority become
hollow. By the atheists reckoning then, all acts are permissible.
With Nietzsche's appearance on the scene, however, arrives the most potent
arguments denying the necessary link between atheism and nihilism. It will be
demonstrated that Nietzsche, in fact, will argue it is in the appeal to divine
proscriptions tha .....
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Nuclear Energy
Words: 1927 - Pages: 8.... They took the
world supply of 200 Kg of heavy water with them to Canada.
Having pioneered the chain reaction using uranium and heavy water, the
scientists applied their knowledge and their heavy water to the new
Canadian nuclear industry.
On September 5th, 1945 near Ottawa the team started up the first
operating nuclear reactor outside the USA. Of course, the output was
minuscule, but the significance was immense; the principal of getting
energy from splitting atoms in a controlled chain reaction (fission) was
established beyond doubt. It was now the job of the scientists and
engineers to put it to a practical use.
Nuclear R .....
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Our Free Will
Words: 1091 - Pages: 4.... forces which have made us what we
are. In this paper concerning the free will and determinism debate I will
argue that determinism is not plausible, I shall do this by giving reasons for
determining how determinism is false, give arguments for determinism, and then
refute those arguments.
There are those who think that our behavior is a result of free choice,
but there are others who presume “we are servants of cosmic destiny or that
behavior is nothing but a reflex of heredity and environment.†The position
of determinism is that every event is the necessary outcome of a cause or set
of causes. That everything is a consequence of .....
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Medical Budget Spending
Words: 570 - Pages: 3.... who participate in certain federally-sponsored cancer clinical
trials. Although the Health Care Financing Administration (which
administers Medicare) would run the demonstration, it would be funded by
specified receipts from national tobacco legislation and, thus, would
not draw upon Medicare's Hospital Insurance (HI) or Supplementary
Medical Insurance (SMI) trust funds. The proposal includes an evaluation
after three years to consider whether to expand the demonstration.
Aid for the territories: The budget proposes $153 million in
increased funding under CHIP for Puerto Rico and the other
four territor .....
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The Republic By Platoe
Words: 1214 - Pages: 5.... especially like, is that the class one belongs to doesn’t have to do with the class of your parents, but more with what your aptitudes are. This allows people to do what they are good at which usually translates into people being more productive for the community. To keep this ordered, Plato has set up the Myth of the Metals. The Myth of the Metals states that when people are created they have one of four different types of metals in them. A person who has gold in them is destined to become a Ruler, a person who has silver in them is destined to become an auxiliary, and a person who has iron or bronze in them is destined to become .....
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Bilingual Education
Words: 1224 - Pages: 5.... the top-rated television station broadcasts in Spanish, the top-ranked newspapers publish a separate Spanish edition, and many top civic leaders speak fluent Spanish (Anderson 1). According to a 1995 survey of businesses in Miami and surrounding Dade County, more than half did at least 25% of their work in Spanish. Also, 95% of those surveyed businesses agreed that bilingualism has great importance in the work force (Anderson 3). Not only will our system help our children to get jobs; it will also help them to make more money. A geographer from University of Miami did a study and found that the Dade County Hispanic inhabitants wh .....
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Philosophy Of Quality
Words: 539 - Pages: 2.... While Deming was continually expanding his research, Philip B. Crosby entered the forefront of quality in the 1970’s. Crosby has been a consulter as well as a trainer for many leaders in the manufacturing industries. Like Deming, Crosby also has a “14-Step Pan for Quality Improvement.” Crosby’s main focus is first evaluate the quality system and make improvements on the current system. Another of Crosby’s main concerns is defects. Crosby emphasizes that the performance standard should be “zero defects.”
The most recent of the philosophers is Joseph M. Juran. In the late 1980’s .....
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Ontological And Cosmological A
Words: 2920 - Pages: 11.... not exist, then a being greater than God would be possible. This being then would be greater than the greatest possible being, which is impossible. Therefore he proves that there is no being greater than God and hence God exists. His argument is also based on the premise that "the idea of an eternal being who either does not yet exist or no longer exists is self-contradictory, so that the very idea we have of such a being requires existence." (Pg. 307).
In his Meditations, Decartes offers the following version of the ontological argument. He considers the idea of God, a supremely perfect being, just as real as the idea of the existenc .....
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Constructing Indentity In The
Words: 660 - Pages: 3.... of the information that we get from the web page or other people is real or credential because people can put incorrect things on it. Therefore, we will take the risk of getting the fake or false information.
The technology of Internet also help us understanding other cultures. By logging on the internet, or chatting with the others we learn more about the different cultures from one place to anther. However, there are some dishonest people in chat room. People on the net are not always honest people. In the internet Indian Wars by Glen Martin, a white software consultant running the Native American seminar and chat room offered by AO .....
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Drunk Driving
Words: 2871 - Pages: 11.... but the government needs to mandate this to all the states. Some people oppose this decision and say that it is based on “emotion, personal vendettas, and irrational, sound public policy, nor backed up by statistical data.”( DWI Dilema, Internet source) However, I disagree. We need to send the message that it is not acceptable, nor is it constitutional to drive under any influence of alcohol, weather it be .08 or .20.
“Drunken driving was once treated much as car accidents—a regrettable but unavoidable part of life on the roads. But a vocal grass-roots movement led my MADD (Mothers Against ) persuaded much of the c .....
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