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- 5861: German Immigration To The Midwest
- ... to work. You say a prayer while your husband or son goes to work. You say another one when he comes home at night," said one wife. Germans were ridiculed and shot at by the American people anywhere from comic strips to laws that only effected Germans. It became so bad that children who were the sons and daughters of immigrants would be embarrassed of their heritage. " It was kind of ...
- 5862: Psychological Egoism: Every Person Is Oriented Towards His (or her) Own Welfare, and The Object of Every One of His Voluntary Actions Is Some Good To Himself
- ... individualism. It's an egoistic ethics in that each person acts to achieve his own happiness. Yet, it's not the brutality usually ascribed to egoism. Indeed, by rejecting sacrifice as such, it represents a revolution in thinking on ethics. Two asides on the topic of egoism. First, just as individualism doesn't mean being alone, neither does non-sacrificial egoism. Admiration, friendship, love, good-will, charity, generosity: these are wonderful ...
- 5863: Humanism
- ... religious, and these constitute its sub categories. Secular Humanism is an outgrowth of 18th century enlightenment rationalism and 19th century freethought. Many secular groups, such as the Council for Democratic and Secular Humanism and the American Rationalist Federation, and many otherwise unaffiliated academic philosophers and scientists advocate this philosophy. Religious Humanism emerged out of Ethical Culture, Unitarianism, and Universalism. Today, many Unitarian- Universalist congregations and all Ethical Culture societies describe themselves ...
- 5864: Hollywood's Attack on Religion
- ... majority of these pictures performed abysmally at the box office" (64). The main reason these films did so poorly is probably due to the fact that there is "a significant and growing percentage of the American population" (70) that is committed to a traditional faith. On the other hand, most of the people who play a large part in producing movies claim no religious affiliation whatsoever: "93 percent . . . say they seldom ...
- 5865: Happiness
- Happiness Happiness: In one word, this concept exemplifies the American dream. People go to any means by which to obtain the many varied materials and issues that induce pleasures in each individual, and intrinsically, this emotion remains the ultimate goal, John Stuart Mill, a nineteenth ...
- 5866: Immigration
- ... kept them together, and allowed them prosper. While large-scale immigration created many social tensions, it also produced a new vitality in the cities and states in which the immigrants settled. The newcomers helped transform American society and culture, demonstrating that diversity, as well as unity, is a source of national strength.
- 5867: Child Abuse: Saddest and Most Tragic Problem Today
- Child Abuse: Saddest and Most Tragic Problem Today Child abuse is one of the saddest and most tragic problems in America today. Each year an estimated one to two million American children are being beaten, neglected, or sexually abused by their parents or guardians. Infants only a few days old as well as teenagers are subject to child abuse. There are four types of child abuse ...
- 5868: JFK - Assasination
- ... foot while at post in Japan. Oswald wanted to leave the country so bad that he wanted to go to Cuba and even referred to the leader as "Uncle Fidel" (5: 72). Why would an American Marine want to go to Cuba where they were hated? Oswalds friends said that Oswald admired Kennedy. He didnt have a motive to kill Kennedy. Even Oswalds wife had a secret attraction ...
- 5869: Labour Unions
- Since the foundation of the American Federation of Labor(AFL) in 1886, most unions in the United States have displayed a pragmatic out look, largely compatible with that of business. The general purpose of unions has been to protect and advance ...
- 5870: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou labeled as a feminist writer as well as being an African- American autobiographer set out to change all the opinionated barriers set by society towards blacks, women, and the poor. Through her childhood as well as her young womanhood she has faced hardships, growing up in Stamps ...
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