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On Refuting a Pro-Smoker’s Lament
Critical Thinking Skills
Discrimination
Fallacy
Logic
Persuasion
Reasoning
Persuasion by argument can be tricky. Without being critical, one’s opinion can be swayed by a falsely constructed argument loosely based on logic and heavily tinted with fallacious, emotional and biased statements, or by an illogically constructed text which ignores counterarguments and rebuttals. In this paper, the author will examine an argumentative text entitled…
Primary Source Analysis: Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler
Intelligence
Racism
In 1925, Adolf Hitler wrote a book that would forever change not only the history of Germany, but the history of Europe. This book became the manifesto of the Holocaust and Hitler’s reasoning for everything he did while he was in power. The title of the book is Mein Kampf which in English is translated…
Health and Safety at Work
Health
Safety
Work
Read all about it! The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 is the main piece of legislation concerning health and safety for employers, employees and contractors in the UK. Employers have a legal duty under this Act to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of…
The Saltshaker’s Curse Short Summary
Discrimination
Information
Slavery
This article was written by Jared Diamond, a professor of physiology at UCLA Medical School. To summarize it briefly, this short work explores the possible theory that genetics may have played a role in why American blacks of modern times tend to be predisposed to hypertension. The author first establishes this fact by going…
Science as a Curse
Nuclear weapon
Science
Media violence is typically unrealistic, simplistic, glorified and even presented as humorous. Despite the debate the subject of violence on television has generated, television has been labeled a culprit. But it is a sad fact that science has produced deadly weapons. The destruction they cause is frightening. Now machines & robots have replaced man everywhere…
Forest People of Ituri Forest
American Culture
Culture
Human Activities
People
Forest People Reaction PaperTurnbull’s entrance into the Ituri forest was shunned by the villagers but not by the BaMbuti. When Turnbull first visited the BaMbuti, they accepted him because they knew that he would bring plenty of tobacco, palm wine, and many other luxuries. The BaMbuti also considered him the father of all children. I…
An Overview of Juvenile Justice
Justice
Introduction The history of juvenile justice in both the 19th and 20th centuries is rife with sobering accounts of juveniles confined to various institutions where they were subjected to punitive treatment rather than rehabilitation (Bartol and Bartol, 2004 p.378). Nevertheless, almost all types of juvenile violent and property crimes have been declining each year…
Using APA Style and General Document Guidelines
Documentation
Written communication
Using APA Style The APA format is developed by the American Psychological Association for the use of all of its publications. This style has been adopted by others when citing social sciences subjects but it is most commonly used in psychology classes (American Psychological Association [APA], 2008). This style serves as guidelines for social…
Ojibwa Warrior Review
North America
Social Issues
United States
Summary and Reflection There must first be the understanding that there were many nations who lived in the Northern Hemisphere before it became the nations of Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America. They were known as the Cherokee, the Creek, the Algonquin, or the Chippewa. These nations were established in relative proximity of…
The Perils of Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action
Introduction: In the very beginning of this nation’s history, Americans were under the power of England’s monarchy. The Americans were able to overthrow the shackles of bondage and created a Constitution that declares its steadfast belief in the ideals of freedom, equality and the pursuit of happiness. But immediately after the Declaration of Independence and…
| description | A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. ... These patterns of behavior within a given society are known as societal norms. |
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| quotations | “The society must be better than the individual.” “Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.” “Man was formed for society and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.” “Society is our extended mind and body.” |