The Only Way Is Up

for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.” Two-hundred and thirty-nine years ago our Declaration of Independence and our freedom was established, along with these came what are know as the American ideals. These are recognized as equality, rights, liberty, democracy and opportunity. Today there is a constant debate of if whether or not present day Americans live up to those ideals. Present day Americans do live up to the ideals of our founding fathers in all five ways, we are only…

moral luck Nagel thinks through the whole Kantian view of morality which shows that everyone is equal participants in the moral enterprise. Nagel argues that the Kantian view is too simple and doesn’t take into account the way external factors impinge upon us. Nagel brings up four different types of moral luck: constitutional luck, circumstantial luck, consequential luck which means consequences retrospectively justifies an otherwise immoral act (or fail to justify an otherwise more act), and…

Nonbelievers argue that if you believe in science there is no way that you could possibly believe in God or religion. When the creation of the world as stated in the bible contradict that of modern science it is easy to see why there would be so few scientists who believe. According to pewforum.org, only 33% of today's scientists believe in a religion. However, it is possible to be knowledgeable in both science and still believe in God. According to the Genesis, the earth was created in 6 days.…

The Mystery Of Easter Island One may wonder about the mystery of Easter Island, is it a myth just like mermaids and aliens. Well, the mystery of how the statues got there has been proven in so many ways. Although, the most efficient way is by walking the statues. First and foremost, the Rapanui people never had enough people to move the statues by rolling them. As the text says,”... Lipo and Hunt believe the Rapanui population reached no more than 3,000 people,” (pg.11, ¶1). Also, the text…

made throughout his lifetime. Only two years ago, Brent and his loving wife, Jasmine, went through a difficult divorce; what seemed like…

was introduced to as a child growing up and I never really put much thought into what that song really meant. Was it just catchy to me and I enjoyed singing along to it? I have always felt that there was more to it, than just a song. I started developing an idea that this song, was a filtered way of telling your children how reality really works. At Least how they thought it worked. From this day there are still things we run from in life, as a result catched up to us in the long run. A…

sometime in the late 1940s during the war with the french. C).The extensive network of tunnels extended from Saigon all the way to the Cambodian border. The Chu Chi tunnel system contained 130 miles of passageways D). Communist guerrilla troops dug thousands of miles of tunnels under the cu chi area close to the south. The tunnels ranged from 6 feet deep to 50 feet deep with up to four different levels. E).As a result of the US aerial war tactics the NVA troops moved underground to…

about how knowledge, education, and imagination affects us as a whole society. We are shown that everyone lives in a different kind of world, whether it be by choice or force. We either live in the darkness, the ignorance of not wanting to open our mind up to other beliefs, or the light, the world where we are overflowing with education and see the world through others perspectives. Socrates explains two different worlds during Book 7. He starts by explaining the world that the prisoners in the…

age are taught to only to “manly” things and don’t do anything girly. Masculine and feminine characteristics are in both male are females. This damages the psyche of boy and men in society especially America. Since boys are taught to not be like a “sissy”or throw a ball “like a girl,” it teaches them that women are inferior to men which leads to the objectifying of women and also lead to homophobia. But in the long run, bottling up all these feminine emotions which leaves men pent up and lead to…

Zombies are becoming a very popular choice of what children dress up as on Halloween. People walk around in these costumes not knowing the history of the monster they are portraying. Most people believe that zombies are just a resurrected body. They clearly are ignorant to the fact that zombies were used to keep slaves alive and working for their master. Back in the 17th and 18th century the life of a slave was horrendous. Slaves had a lot to deal with such as famine, cruel discipline and…