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    rabbit proof fence shows this quality in depth, and brings many examples superior race behavior and ideology of both groups. The colonized and the colonizer to deal with the reality of white settlers in Australia aboriginals, half caste, children and the child removal policy. 2. The…

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    Saint Anselm’s Ontological Argument has generated philosophical excitement reaching beyond its era and well into our times. Anselm's ontological argument purports to be an a priori proof of God's existence (The Ontological Argument 2016). Anselm starts with premises that do not depend on experience for their justification and then proceeds through pure logic to reach the conclusion that God exists. His purpose is to correct the fool who says in his heart that there is no God (Psalms 14:1). This…

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    One of the many proofs to prove this is: “Sodapop … a drop out so he could get a job and keep me in school, and Darry, getting old before his time trying to run a family and hold on to two jobs and never having any fun” (Hinton, 43). This proves that they all sacrificed…

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    Both Hume and Kant made an important break from other logicians in putting forward a morality that does not include a higher being or god, for a man to identify his moral duty. Our fine sense does not tell us what something is morally wrong. According to Hume, the moral theory was based on his belief only reason can never cause action. What is going on well our five-sense convey sensory information to our mind and we get bad feelings, or we may not but in many cases, we will get a bad feeling,…

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    However, a social researcher, Karl Loewenstein, postulates an opposition. Although Napoleon contributed the success of the French Revolution, he eventually abandoned the democratic and performed his dictatorship. In the Karl 's book, "Opposition and Public Opinion Under the Dictatorship of Napoleon the First," Napoleon 's dictatorship was illustrated by this quote: "His rule over France is appropriated termed a dictatorship because it reveals all the features familiar in latter-day dictatorial…

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    One of the most interesting ideas presented by the crucible was the contrast between the supposed ideals of the community and what transpires during the witch trials. The most prominent example of this is the value of truth in the society. It is clear that the puritans view truth as essential to society and even have unrealistic expectations when it comes to telling it. This can be seen during John Proctor 's testimony where he is questioned. When asked if his wife is an honest women he responds…

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    refers as refutation. Other words that can be used to describes the term are acquisitioning, testing, probing, questioning, counter-question, inquiring, investigating, or cross-examining. Because of this, it is very popular in today use of interrogate, proof, or examination in the law of court. This method according to Christopher Meckstroth, consisted of asking “a series of questions that push the interlocutor to clarify and draw out the implications…

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    5. Many people have different views whether the ghosts move on or they stay behind. 6. Personal experience is one thing and scientific evidence is another matter. 7. They are several different kinds of categories for ghosts. 8. They are many contradictions in ideas about ghosts. 9. Unsolved murders can ghosts tell psychic mediums how they die? 10. Many devices used for searching ghosts. 11. Some people believe that ghosts cannot be proved because we lack technology. 12. Albert Einstein believes…

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    History comes alive and more engaging as well as meaningful when people think of historians. The teaching and learning of key historical concepts emphasize on historical knowledge and skills. Building on the work of Herbert Kohl, the concepts of history involves operating within the discipline of history, providing a focus for historical investigation, providing a framework for organizing historical information as well as having a guide for developing historical understanding. Therefore, this…

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    Hard Law Vs Soft Law

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    César Rodríguez-Garavito would conclude that Energy Access Partners’ (EAP) proclamations of responsibility does not offer effective guarantees because they are ultimately soft laws with no legally binding forces. This argument can be related to Nike’s code of conduct and BP’s greenwashing cases. Due to the nature of soft law, EAP’s proclamations do not offer effective guarantees. It is important to understand the separation of hard and soft laws and their relations to EAP. Hard law is known as…

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