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- 1101: Hobbes And Sovereignty
- ... for the benefit of everyone. According to Hobbes, having an absolute sovereignty is the only way for war to end. He also believes that the sovereign's actions should not be subject to the legal control of anyone, therefore giving him complete unrestricted power that has no limits or constraints. Another point that Hobbes makes for having a sovereign is that all people are incapable of agreeing on a common set ... possessing tremendous power, living in the constant fear, associated with a state of nature. This fear will come not so much from the sovereign's subjects, but from other sovereigns and the people that they control. In other words, nothing has really changed a lot from the state of nature, other than the relative peace within individual kingdoms. War, fear, and the desperate desire for self-preservation still exists, except now ... may or may not be correct or just, and that sometimes it takes a group of people to come to the best decision. This is why it is unwise to make the sovereign have all control on these matters with no appeal process. He may make a mistake and unjustly sentence someone. Unfortunately, Hobbes must include this power if his sovereign is to be absolute. The next power of making ...
- 1102: Lyme Disease
- ... distinguish Lyme disease antibodies from antibodies to similar organisms, patients may test positive for Lyme disease when their symptoms actually stem from other bacterial infections. A lack of standardization of antibody tests and poor quality control also contribute to inaccuracies in test results. Due to these pitfalls, physicians must rely on their clinical judgment in diagnosing someone with Lyme disease even though the patient does not have the distinctive erythema migrans ... of adult deer ticks residing there for as long as a year. Spraying on a large scale, however, may not be economically feasible and may prompt environmental or health concerns. Scientists are also pursuing biological control of deer ticks by introducing tiny stingerless wasps, which feed on immature ticks, into tick-infested areas. Researchers are currently assessing the effectiveness of this technique. Successful control of deer ticks will probably depend on a combination of tactics. More studies are needed before wide-scale tick control strategies can be implemented. Tips for Personal Protection · Avoid tick-infested areas, especially in ...
- 1103: Corruption In Famous Last Word
- War is a horrific experience made worse by those who try to control it for their own advantage. In Famous Last Words, Timothy Findley creates a world of intrigue as he describes the tales of conspiracy and corruption for world domination. That made World War II far worse ... he could get." (228) He becomes "friends" with important figures to gain information that he can use to his advantage. Von Ribbentrop is working for Adolf Hitler, who in the end will have all the control, but von Ribbentrop is the one who wants control so he can kill Hitler. He says to Rudolf Hess, "Hitler must be killed .He must. And we must do it.." (236) He realizes Hitler has the power in which he wants so he ...
- 1104: Capitalism In Mass Media
- ... is enough that they create opinion visibility, giving legitimacy to certain views and illegitimacy to others." (Parenti 1986:23) When representing an issue Chomsky describes the process: " naturally they're going to perceive issues, suppress, control and shape in the interest of the groups they represent, ultimately the interests of private ownership of the economy It is a very narrow system of control ultimately." (1988a: 675) This leads to a lack of democracy in the media. Chomsky feels the media is responsible for propaganda, which is dictated by the media owners. This propaganda influences the public towards certain ... the spirit of the primary purpose of program purchases - the dissemination of a selling message." (Chomsky 1988b: 17) The advertisers, in effect, pay for the programming, and by avoiding radical or highly contentious programs, they control what programs are aired. This supports how capitalism operates; profit before social need. "The power of money prevails over the needs of the people in more ways than are usually acknowledged." (Parenti 1986:3) ...
- 1105: An Analysis Of Jonathan Swift
- ... proper for the landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children” (300). When Swift says devoured he means because the English have such control over the Irish and have used this control to oppress them so harshly they have literally devoured them. Swift started to address this underlying issue but then “digressed” away from it by getting too into justifying his friends credibility. He uses this specific ... end of Swift’s essay to leave a certain impression on the minds of the reader. Swift uses the word “of” to start off nine different sentences in paragraph twenty-nine. Swift uses this to control the audience’s thought process while at the same time using nuclear emphasis to control what the audience remembers out of the paragraph. In paragraph twenty-nine Swift calls for “no man (to) talk ...
- 1106: Analysis -Compare And Contrast
- ... We humans can't handle the truth. We think we know what is the truth. What that really is just bullshit. It's arrogance-playing tricks on our minds making us think we are in control of our lives. If we really were in control of our lives then why can't we control every little aspect of it that gives discomfort? Because we can't, because we don't know how, and eventually the truth will show that is we don't what the truth really is. ...
- 1107: King Lear 3
- King Lear's adventure certainly brings about the fact that circumstances are not in our control. Lear was a man of strength who not only wanted good lives to reside in his family, but also throughout his kingdom. He had total faith in his three daughters to follow in his footsteps ... shall live a good life." This story shows that is really does not matter how good or evil you are throughout your life, there will always be things that occur that are never under your control whether they are negative or positive. King Lear's decision was never foreshadowed to have a negative affect on his family or his kingdom. Who would ever think that Lear would end up standing around ... he did do you think he would have made this drastic decision that cost his three daughters their lives? King Lear was a great tragedy that basically teaches a lesson that circumstances happen beyond your control. When you live your life, you take risks everyday and every time you make a decision. The whole trick is the mystery to all who lives and that mystery is, what will happen as ...
- 1108: Mafia - A History
- ... for political office in Sicily. He forced the voters to vote for him under gunpoint. After being elected into office, he promoted Mafia Don Crispi as Prime Minister. Together the two put Sicily under government control and funneled government funds to the society known as the Mafia. In the 1800's, New Orleans was the largest Mafia site in the United States. It was while investigating the murder of an Italian ... Gang, a Mafia crew, under John Torrio. In this gang, he became friends with Al Capone and other prominent gangsters. Luciano started his own prostitution racket in the early 1920's and was in total control of prostitution in Manhattan by 1925. In 1929 he was kidnapped, beaten and stabbed severally with an icepick. He miraculously survived but maintained "omerta", which is a vow never to reveal any Mafia secrets or ... spread problem. The Mafia has continued to grow and infest our society from the early 1900's. It continues to exploit and destroy the honest citizens of our country. Now, these criminal organizations not only control the adults of our communities but also have begun, through the sale and distribution of narcotics, to control our children. Crime organizations must be stopped however this is a difficult task. They have infiltrated ...
- 1109: Order In The Classroom
- ... There defiantly needs to be some order in the classroom. This brings me to the 1979 essay written by Neil Postman entitled "Order in the Classroom". In this essay he addresses the decaying lack of control that teachers have over their students. No longer are the days of the rule do not speak until you are spoken to. The rule it seems now is that the student now has more of ... High School and College is the way students behave. In College students no longer run their mouth off in class and they have more respect for the teacher. The teacher also has a lot more control over the students that just one year ago were unruly high school seniors that thought they knew everything. Well almost any college freshman that you ask will openly admit that they do not know every ... the common school in the public school system that Neil Postman goes on to describe in detail. It is here that Postman describes the new generation of unruly student that the teacher often has no control over. He explains that he problem with students today is that their parents do not properly prepare them for what is to be expected in the classroom as far as behavior and attention span. ...
- 1110: Sex Education: Does it Really Work?
- ... great. If a teenage mother does not finish high school or become married there is a seventy-nine percent chance that the mother and the child will be poor (Whitehead 73). Teenage girls have greater control over their fertility today than they had in the past, and yet the percentage of births to unwed mothers continues to rise (Whitehead 73). This shows that sex education has failed to slow the rate ... having had sex; by 1988 the figures had increased to twenty- six percent of fifteen year old girls and fifty-one percent of seventeen year olds" (Whitehead 72). Another survey by the Centers for Disease Control also came up with similar numbers. They reported 40% of 15 year olds reported having sex in 1993; but in 1970 only 10% of 15 year olds reported having sex (Shapiro 57). This shows how ... It would decrease the threat of AIDS and pregnancy. The key to the age separation is that at some time eventually nearly everyone has sex. By not teaching teens in school about AIDS and birth control they would not have received much of the information they need to know about the risks of sex and how to protect yourself. First abstinence training needs to be taught in school at the ...
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