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Women, should they proclaim or should they just cushion themselves from life? I came to the conclusion of holding a community meeting in our local banquet hall to discuss and show awareness to violence towards women, it is a casual event and everyone in our community is invited. The flyer went up Tuesday morning, which said: Come on down to 1234 Banquet Dr. on Friday, May 10 at 5:30 pm and help us protect the rights of women. We will be serving pizza and soft drinks. The flyer was a huge…

Philosophers by the names: Aristotle, Galen, Euclid philosophies were translated into Latin. These philosophers’ works were to be taught in universities to further the scientific revolution and help acquired understanding of how science works. It also establishes new profession like astronomy…

lives each year.” Recent studies show an estimated 26 million animals are used for testing. Humans have been testing on animals for centuries. Aristotle and Erasistratus are among the first to perform experiments on living animals, without forgetting Galen who practiced vivisection. Over the last centuries, the number of animals used in research has increased, and over the last decade animal research has played a vital part in almost every medical breakthrough. There are three main effects of…

There are two standard requirements for free will: alternate possibilities and ultimate responsibility. Alternate possibilities mean that the metaphorical path before any agent must be one with forking paths. In terms of alternate possibilities, free will requires the ability to do otherwise. In other words, open futures are necessary for free will to exist. This leads to the second condition for free will: ultimate responsibility. The basis of ultimate responsibility is that in order for an…

Build on What You Know Have you ever read a book or seen a movie that changed the way you look at things? In this chapter, you will learn how new ideas and discoveries helped to change the way people in Europe viewed the world. Classical Science ESSENTIAL QUESTION How did classical ideas about astronomy, mathematics, and medicine shape European thought? Between 600 B.C. and A.D. 200, Greek scientists developed many ideas on how the world worked. They used an approach called rationalism. In this…

if it occurs in the childhood, it can cause convulsions, mental disability and tunnel vision. It can also be called “Water on the brain.” Hydrocephalus can be inherited or acquired factors. This includes Spina Bifida, Craniosynostosis and Vein of Galen malformations. For acquired causes hemorrhage,head trauma,tumors and cysts. There are two types of Hydrocephalus that are called non-communicating Hydrocephalus and communicating Hydrocephalus, although there is some things/ people that say…

Pergamon is an ancient city of Hellenistic era Greek that was flamboyant and known for its extraordinary architectural designs. The city was established by Philetaerus who was initially part of Alexander the great army. The city existed in the 2nd and 3rd century it was located on the eastern Mediterranean coast of the kingdom of Anatolia (Yeomans, 2016). The kingdom encompassed large swathes of what is today known as Turkey. Pergamon extended to the Aegean Sea covering the lofty hill on the…

Like and appreciate animals? Animals are used for protection, food, clothing, transportation, and many other uses. To end animal abuse everyone has to act as one and help support the Animal Liberation movement created by Peter Singer (O’Neil10). Animals should be treated like humans because of the cases and increase of abuse even though there are acts to stop it. The abuse of animals include beating, no feeding, not having any shelter or even leaving them to die once they get too old (O’Neil7).…

Despite the advancements medicine has made since the time of Hippocrates, it is evident that there are themes that never take a permanent leave from medical theory and how illness is perceived and treated. The themes include, but are not limited to: the use of heroic remedies, the use of religion to explain the cause of disease, and marginalized people denied aid. There is no argument that science has improved the lives of nearly everyone in some way shape or form. Regardless of the clear…

Within this essay, I will argue that Galen Strawson’s basic argument, presented in Your Move: The Maze of Free Will, is correct about the impossibility of ultimate moral responsibility. I will do this by first explaining the basic argument as proposed by Strawson, then raising an objection to it concerning the distinction between the self and the way you are by denying the second premise. And finally, I will be refuting the objection. Strawson’s basic argument can be boiled down to the simple…