Rational choice theory

Scholars debate whether political polarization has grown among the mass public in the United States. One school of thought does not believe that the public has become more polarized (DiMaggio et. al 1998; Evans 2003; Klinkner 2006; Fiorina et. Al 2008). According to this thought, current measures of polarization conflate citizens’ votes with ideologies. Votes do not directly measure citizens’ ideologies, as citizens take into account candidates’ ideologies as well as their own when voting. On…

order to test college student’s memory, along with the influence of various formatting of test questions, age, and major. True/false, short answer, multiple choice, and a recognition test were studied to determine which would receive the most accurate response rate. True/false…

Overpopulation exists and is very prevalent in some of the largest countries in the world. It especially exists in many major countries such as China and India. This is why policies are implemented in order to reduce the overpopulation in these countries, such as China’s one-child policy. The one-child policy was created in 1980, when the government wanted to enforce family planning to avoid excess procreation. This complex policy has many external factors that make it run somewhat smoothly. In…

and views. Many of which are against. In my opinion and others', I don't think it's best to deny woman their choice. It's your body, who dares to tell you what you can or cannot do with it. Speak up and do what you think is best. To begin with, the fight on demolishing all abortion clinics and getting rid of them is like taking away our chance to vote. For instance, a woman has a choice on whether or not she would like to parent a child she wasn't expecting and isn't ready for, or diminish that…

that family planning and reproductive-health services are addressed to. As a part of the Public Health Service Act, it was enacted with bi-partisan support in 1970 and signed by President Nixon (Pro-Choice America). Chief co-sponsor, George H. W. Bush, was a key advocate for this legislation (Pro-Choice America). For over 40 years, this federal policy has provided cost-effective and high quality family planning and similar preventative health services for low-income men and women (Office of…

It can be argued that even though protection was used with the purpose of preventing pregnancy, the act of intercourse alone gives implicit (tacit) consent to the fetus that would allow it to use the mother’s body and because the fetus had no choice of being in that particular woman’s womb, then the mother has a duty to sustain the fetus. Ross’ two prima facie duties mentioned above, fidelity and non-maleficence, agree with this argument because if tacit consent was given to the fetus, then it…

Social justice movements fight wherever injustice and inequality exist. They are always ahead of the time they are born into, and that is why social justice movements have always shaped our world into a better one. One of this movements is the Pro-choice movement, or United States abortion-rights movement, which fight for the right of every women to have an elective, legal abortion. The most cited argument against…

are measured that a company takes. Just as an example, in one of the sweatshops in China, the company insisted that the suppliers are need to return the underage child to her family with compensation and that the child is taken to a school of her choice. Reasons for Changes on Code of…

The Equal Rights Amendment, or ERA, was purposed to create equality for minorities and women. Both sides of the debate used the argument of the effects on families. Thesis: The Equal Rights Amendment used family to support the amendment by stating that women should be treated equal to men in court over custody, while the side against the bill argued that changing the roles of women would do harm to the upbringing of children. Parham v. Hughes ruling declared that father’s of children without…

Whether one is pro-choice or pro-life, the topic of abortion awakens a lot of strong feelings and opinions. Is it the governments place to jump in and decide whether or not abortion should be legal? I do not believe an anti-abortion amendment should be made to the Constitution. While it is my personal opinion that abortion is a terrible thing and I would never have one myself, we need to think of the full implications of this amendment. Also, I still believe people should have the right to make…