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politics or religion at the dinner table, for they cause the most heated debates and could ruin even the best warm home-cooked meals. In any case, Thomas More must have not had an appetite when writing Utopia in 1516. Thomas More had one idea on his mind, to satirically criticize Europe's political corruption as well as the religious hypocrisy. More had never intended to create a template or even remotely contribute to the ideals of a perfect society, instead, Utopia was a conversation long…

In the article, “Are Dogs More Intelligent than Cats,” Dr. Stanley Coren provides a great point that scientists have discovered techniques to tell us whether dogs or cats are smarter. Different animals require different types of tests and obstacles to determine their strengths and weakness’ with different abilities. While testing a dog versus a cat’s ability to hunt, a dog would be faster and have stronger legs, while a cat might be more stealthy and unexpected. Coren argues “That a bigger brain…

In the work Village Politics by Hannah More, who writes this piece as a guy named Will Chip the issue of the working class men getting ideas and rising to create equality of men in England during the time period of the French Revolution is addressed. Hannah More’s stance of this issue is that she is trying to convince the working class that it is not a good idea to rise up and this stance that she is writing for is trying to limit the claiming of rights for the working class men. One way she…

Is that the real reason though? In There’s more to Life Then Happiness, Emily Smith says there is more to life then to just being happy. She says that there are deeper meanings to life and happiness, and how everyone has different purposes to live for. Smith uses three types of rhetoric to show how life has more definition and meaning then to live for pleasure and happiness. She uses Victor Frankl as her main focus of evidence as to why there is more to life than happiness. She uses his story…

research is on males, and how they are more violent than women. Some of the reasons why men are more violent than women that a few researchers have found are; biological, historical, and nature risk takers. The first research by Natalie Angier supports the idea that men are more violent due to biology and how they are made to be. She explains “Among the cardinal principles of the evo-psycho set is that men are by nature more polygamous than women are; and much more accepting of casual even…

Jackie Schlein Researchers Nairán Ramírez-Esparza, Matthias R. Mehl, Javier Álvarez-Bermúdez, and James W. Pennebaker set out to understand if Mexicans are actually more extraverted than Americans. There are prevalent stereotypes about Mexicans in that they are extraverted and outgoing, however, in self-reports, Mexicans rate themselves as less extraverted than Americans. The authors of the study set out to test three research questions overall. The first research question is, to what extent do…

A More Perfect Speech In Presidents Obama’s political speech, “A More Perfect Union,” the President paints a very dark picture of the path that American society is heading towards. President Obama points out the evident flaw that riddles American society, racial division. He also makes clear that many of the problems in society such as poor public education, corporate America, and the lack of unity only contribute to the widening gap of racial divide. President Obama’s speech accomplishes all…

“How does reading make us more Human”? (makes us more aware of what's going on around us) I believe reading makes us more human because it makes us more aware. More aware of what's going on around in the world around us, and makes some people look at the world differently. I think any piece of reading can open your eyes up to new things making you more aware of the opportunities this world may have to offer. The speech “This Is Water” by David Foster Wallace talks about things we do everyday…

working poor and homeless, by saving 17 million dollars each year for health care. But this doesn't take effect until 2018, this should be put into effect by the end of 2016, and also build more homeless shelters with that money. The first thing the government should do is build more homeless shelters, if plans for more homeless shelters are…

there was a way and a plan to fix the problems in these governments? Thomas More and Machiavelli both had the same thought when they created The Prince and Utopia, they wanted to share their opinions on how a government should be ruled. Even though More and Machiavelli wanted to achieve the same goal, have a stable government, they both had very different beliefs on how to do so. Lets begin with human beliefs. Thomas More had very different beliefs than Machiavelli. He believed that humans are…