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… define what it is not. Gender simply can not be defined by one's anatomy. In other words, gender is not categorized as male or female. Stating this fact is of the utmost importance, because most people would define gender in such a way. In fact,…

… of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong. In other words, morality is doing what is correct and what is good. There is no real way to categorize what constitutes a good moral act being that the beliefs of what are good acts very…

… particular form of democracy which is based upon a fundamental set of assumptions about the individual, the state and society. What are these basic assumptions and how far does liberal democracy succeed in its main aims? Francis Fukuyama in 1989…

… would be able to control the market. Still, there are other factors, which stop firms from controlling the market. Namely the fact that firms do not have perfect information, issues about its objectives or firms may not even know how to maximise profits.…

… this English class has on the subject of politics; I was inspired to define it. In hearing the word politics, what usually springs to mind are images of government, politicians and their policies or more negatively the idea of corruption and dirty tricks…

… mass media plays a very important role in everyday life. It is often the only form of education which is available to some, and as such has a very powerful influence over people’s beliefs and opinions. This influence is never more evident than…

… and his interests? Conventional wisdom has come to hold the notion of a person's rights virtually within the same breath as his interests - that a person's rights and his interests are one and the same. The rights of a person, which are enshrined…

… see that he has some real problems with the way that society works. In his novel entitled The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses a mixture of satire and sarcasm to mock the society in which he lives. I am not as good a writer as he…

… is wrong. In our everyday life, rules and laws govern our world. The purpose of these laws, are to enforce mandatory rules for acceptable behaviour where justice prevails and conflicts are avoided. If justice doesn’t succeed, it hurts society…

… resulting in the recent tragic school shootings. As much as society continues to focus the killing rampages on factors such as television and music, what children are exposed to in reality contributes to the violence. The most recent school…