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    3. Etzioni, Amitai. “Organ donation: A communitarian approach” Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. 2003. Web. October 2nd, 2015. (* Listed here). Newton, Joshua D. “How does the general public view posthumous organ donation? A meta-synthesis of the qualitative

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    Weaponization Of Space

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    The Space Station survived by a single vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in June 1993, only barely keeping the space program alive, for no good reason. The world stands, divided by space controversy; space exploration brings loss of money, time, and places humans in dangerous predicaments. Space surrounds the Earth, as a territory that should remain unscathed by humanity; with the exploration comes many sacrifices such as, money, time, and even lives. Earth rests in space, engulfed at all

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    Reflective Reflection

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    In the final days of this semester, one tends to look back at the work done over a difficult and long three months. In the case of this English composition class, reflecting on completed essays has allowed me to analyze the development of my writing over the semester. Although this semester consisted of only five essays, it has become apparent to me that my writing has improved in many aspects throughout the semester. One general example of this improvement is the vocabulary, where simple vocabulary

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    Space exploration, in its beginnings, were considered one of the humanity 's greatest achievements and throughout time the commonly considered by the public to be an incredible achievement for science. Although as the years have passed the idea of space exploration have soured, and the space program is being criticized for its millions of dollars being invested into the space program other than using it to explore our own oceans. while others feel that the effort put into the space exploration have

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    New Right Ideology

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    New right ideology is based on the concepts of individual freedom and self-responsibility. The criminological focus of the New Right is mainly concerned with working-class crime and generally ignores social justice as a reason for youth offending, instead blaming the decline of family life, specifically the incline in fatherless families. They specifically blame delinquent behaviour on the irresponsibility of working mothers, the excessive leniency of the law, and the unwarranted interference of

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    Richard M. Merelman, Making Something of Ourselves: On Culture and Politics in the United States (University of California Press, 1984), 243. Deborah Stone, The Samaritan’s Dilemma: Should Government Help Your Neighbor? (Nation Books, 2008), 274. Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success (Little Brown, 2008), 33. Benjamin Barber, Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age (University of California Press), 122. Ibid., 129. Hannah Arendt would add: Culture and politics…belong

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    Sociology of Leadership

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    Reclaiming the Sociological Study of Leadership Michael Fraleigh, Ph.D. Bryant University Presented at the 105th American Sociological Association Meetings August 14-17, 2010 Hilton Atlanta and Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlanta, Georgia Reclaiming the Sociological Study of Leadership Abstract Sociology's long tradition of examining the intersection between individual and group behavior suggests an obvious line of inquiry into the nature of leadership in both formal and informal settings. Indeed

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    The multiple Golden Globe winning political drama, House of Cards, has recorded a mass following through its depiction of modern-day, American politics. In this show, the more manipulative, the greedier and the more ruthless the better. The perception of a corrupt government has been overly exaggerated in House of Cards through their portrayal of ruthlessness and determination in the main character, Frank Underwood, and his associations with others. The marriage of Claire Underwood and Frank Underwood

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    Ocean V. Space Exploration The ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth, yet we’ve explored only around 5% of it. This means there is so much more to explore in the ocean. The one reason we haven’t explored as much of the ocean is because of space. Space is wildly more popular, and has proven its worth with many advancements. The ocean, however, has major benefits: providing food, medicine, and the air we breathe. Oceans can bring much more to the table, if we would simply explore more of them. Space

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    In the United States, companies have created the average American to be a consumer. However, the consumerism mentality that most Americans have is akin to Godzilla. Rampaging on deals and the opportunity to take what they think is rightfully theirs. My aim for this project was to discuss how the consumerism of buying changes one’s attitude towards others, ourselves, and our behavior of responsibility. Behavior of Others The Christmas season is upon us, and an event that is always relevant to discuss

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