The Slippery Slope

in formulating a legal definition of pornography, resulting in a “Pornography is not good for you, thus we can restrict your access” (MacKinnon) attitude of the Internet Service Providers. Censoring pornography may place society on a dangerous "slippery slope" to further censorship of other material including valuable literary, artistic and political…

In the essay, “Stress is Bad for Your Well-Being” the authors raise the issue by asking the question, is stress harmful to our well-being. In this case, the issue they are raising is considered descriptive since it is raising a question about the accuracy of a description, in this situation being how stress can affect health. In addition, the question being asked begins with the word “Is,” which also fits the characterization of being a descriptive issue, meaning that the question requires an…

As deaf as a post, I was intensely focused on reading the amazing book, BFG. The magical book about a young innocent 8-year old boy around my age was fascinating. I was so immensely engrossed in this extraordinary story by Dahl that I did not notice that, as quick as a rabbit, the typically unremarkable television had begun to strangely hobble over to me on old wooden legs. It was not until it harshly bumped into me with its black box, grey screen, old-fashion appearance, and light brown legs…

Euthanasia is the act of putting someone to death painlessly or allowing them to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering an incurable, especially a painful disease or condition. (1) The word euthanasia is greek, meaning pleasant or good death. It is a complex controversy all over the world with two sides: liberal and conservative. The liberal belief is that euthanasia should be allowed because a person has the right to die. They believe that it is immensely…

The United State of America was founded, because the colonists wanted to escape tyranny and they wanted religious freedom. The Pilgrims came to America from Europe to have religious freedom before the United States was even established. The United States today is home for so many different religions and people who believe different faiths. An episode, from PBS, called “Of God and Caesar” is the sixth and last episode of a series called “God in America” and it goes into how religion can affect…

Structural functionalism is a concept that essentially believes that every part of society harmoniously works together with the rest to form equilibrium. Structural functionalists, Talcott Parsons, Herber Spencer and Emile Durkheim all utilise organic analogy, in which they liken the structures of modern society to the workings of a living organism. (B. (2016, May 26). It is also used to explain the idea of division of labour. Division of labour is the notion where tasks are divided among…

this is what is known as the Epistemological view (Towns 2008). This belief is that at least part or some of the Bible is not right and was not inspired by God; also that it leaves room for error (Elwell 200, pp 158). Another view is known as the Slippery Slope which just opens the door for another belief or different doctrine.This leaves a great deal of room for others to believe something all together different (Elwell 2001, pp. 160). This is considered the lowest on the polls because one…

The chapter Public Order Crimes in Criminology 2nd Canadian Edition by Adler et al. (2012), revealed some of Canada 's history for drug laws and discrimination against certain groups of people, however it is still evident in the current drug laws today aswell (p.339-41). Although women are not usually violent drug offenders, or leading criminals, they have become disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs. Drug trafficking offences often overlook the quantities of drugs involved in the case…

Constants Identified as Causes of Corruption Before it is possible to consider ways in which police corruption may be prevented, it is important to understand what may contribute to police corruption and what makes it possible. Scholarly literature is rather consistent in identifying key issues in the development of corrupt practices within police organizations and the officers that work at them. Discretion on the part of police officers is a constant that has been identified as a contributing…

The ethical issue that was presented in the scenario is that the manager, Mike, wants me to falsify the year-end ledger so that it looks as if he has had more revenue in the current year. There is a policy that starts in January so the money for that policy cannot be counted for revenue for the current year. Not only will it affect the current year books but it will affects next year’s revenue as well. The reason that he is asking for the change so that he can receive his bonus because he is…