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Political polarization has always been a deeply rooted reality of American politics but it traces further back than the United States itself. Darwin proposed that morality was an adaption which evolved by natural selection both at an individual level and a group level. Morality or a strong commitment to virtue helped group cohesion and lead tribes with more virtuous members to take over other tribes which did not. In his book The Righteous Mind, Jonathan Haidt argues that group selection shaped…

In America obesity has become a growing issue to the extent that it is one of the most talked about issues in the United States alone. Another topic that is constantly talked about is the abuse and excessive use of tobacco and the health repercussions that arise. Over the past decade many American’s have taken a stance against tobacco, yet select few have taken a stance against the fast food industry. The trend between both the food industry and tobacco industry are strikingly similar even…

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles is a work heavily focused on justice. Oedipus, as the king of Thebes, discovers that the only way he can save his beloved city and its people from a rampant plague is to seek and accordingly punish his predecessor’s killer. Oedipus is determined to find justice for the city by harshly punishing the murderer, which he is successful in, but he in turn is penalized with harsh and irreversible consequences. The most pronounce theme in the play is that human beings are…

Was Catholicism responsible for the Dark Ages? In history class we have read about the great ancient empires that came before us, such as the Greeks, the Romans, and the Egyptians. During our studies we also learned about , the time in between the 6th and 14th century this period has come to be known as the “Dark Ages”. Many historians believe that the term Dark Ages might not be very accurate and that the reasons behind the origins of the Dark Ages, aren’t well understood. Most were taught…

Organ Allocation is a field of bioethics that is always at great debate and consistently being updated in accordance to new information obtained through daily research. The decisions brought forth to those in deciding organizations are expansive and ethically thought-provoking. The list is heavily sided to those in need versus those that give. Ethical treatment of the organs is of the upmost urgency. These are noted as lifesaving elements and should be treated justly and with reverence. Those in…

Synthesis Essay Human nature eludes us again and again, as we attempt to develop our knowledge into different forms, forms which we hope we will find insight into humanity with. Lord of the Flies is a novel by William Golding in which a party of abandoned boys must fend for themselves on a strange island. However, with their society in constant turmoil, and as leadership and characters shift, the situation of the boys slowly declines as they turn to savagery. At about the same time that…

From artists to romantics, the wide boulevards of Paris have been seen as an inspiration for generations. It is hard to imagine that is wasn’t long ago that the city was a series of closed off neighborhoods. Under the rule of Napoleon, Georges-Eugène Haussmann worked to redo the city into the modern metropolis that we see today. It was in the writings of Charles Baudelaire that the author shows that the roads were more than just an literal expansion, but also an expansion of modernity in the…

Community by definition from Webster’s dictionary is “a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common”. My community is Denver South High school and our common characteristic is that we are all in a place of education. Yet when our foundation of education is altered by the population in the school, it becomes an issue to everyone in the school. It also become more than an issue but a wider problem that needs to be boldly addressed. The amount of student…

Throughout time America has changed as a whole, however, the main principles each American shares has stayed the same. The ideologies each American shares can be categorized into four main groups; Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural. Socially, Americans are rebellious and get what they want, this is demonstrated when they break apart from Britain even though they are out-powered. Politically, Americans believe in democracy and a government that protects freedom and the rights to all.…

if you wear a lab coat and a few fancy metal instruments your place in society skyrockets and the amount of trust placed upon you is much greater than on any other person. The beliefs of that educated person can and will be followed by the large populus who is not as smart or has less of a concentration on that area of expertise. This knowledge you look to contain is something that causes others to look up to you, you will have a larger influence on people. Because of this extra attention, most,…