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…The states secession from the union was a very controversial issue during the Civil war. Some people believe it was the rights of the states under the Constitution to seceded from the union when others believed it was unconstitutional and the states were…

…Theories Of Right And Wrong When a person is born, they do not know the difference between right and wrong. The word philosophy means the love of knowledge. In order to gain any substantial amount of knowledge, people must question the events…

…. For example, in England after the English Bill of Rights was drafted in 1689 torture became less used. The English Bill of Rights stated that “Cruel and unusual punishment ought not be inflicted” (Totten & Kleg, p 141.) Thus, England wanted not to administer…

…rights movement," Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, b. Tuskegee, Ala., Feb. 4, 1913, sparked the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott that led to a 1956 Supreme Court order outlawing discriminatory practices on Montgomery buses. In December 1955, returning home from her…

…Do Animals Have Rights? Should animals be harmed to benefit mankind? This pressing question has been around for at least the past two centuries. During the early nineteenth century, animal experiments emerged as an important method of science…

…responsibility, that of leadership. This is a matter which is natural in any collective life and which is consistent with the nature of man. The Qur'an thus states: "And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them, and men are a degree above them…

…the ball rolling for the civil rights movement because it showed the African Americans that the federal government was now on their side. In 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama and ignited the progress of the movement. Soon a pastor, Martin…

…, and their continuing conflict between what is right and what is wrong. Antigone tries to play the role of a lonely martyr, and ends up causing unnecessary deaths where lives could have been saved. While Creon, the king of Thebes, tries to right his wrong, Antigone becomes…

…Is Abortion Wrong or Right? Choosing this topic was very easy for me. There is one thing I will always disagree with and that is abortion. Would you choose to be a murderer? First of all, everyone makes mistakes, as in sex; not a baby. An embryo…

…One of the most important movements to develop in the l960's was the Civil Rights Movement. Even though things are far from perfect today, conditions for African Americans and other minorities are certainly better than they were in the past. Many…