As a college student, as with any walk of life, my days are fraught with change and countless decisions regarding my future. At times this can be quite despairing. As a Christian my faith tells me that mankind was conceived in God's own image, and that part of Him resides within each individual soul. This also means then that God endowed humanity with all of the necessary faculties which, when properly nurtured, allow us to make lucid choices concerning our own well being. As rational beings we are thus able to make just and proper decisions without dependence upon God or anyone else. This do...

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... literature, video, internet, guest speakers, and then requiring them to get some hands-on experience, they will be able to gain a good understanding of the issue of Animal Rights and Animal Rights Activism. There are many methods in which to convey the information concerning why Animal ... a basic understanding of the idea of speciesism is arguably the most important part of the course. Peter Singer's book, Animal Liberation, contains a very good description of speciesism, "Speciesism is a prejudice or attitude of bias in favor of the interests of one's own species and against those of...

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... , Sparta, Crete, Carthage, various legislators "First, then, let us try to review any sound remarks our predecessors have made on particular topics." Book III.1-13: city and citizen: definitions, good man vs. good citizen, classification of constitutions, conceptions of political justice Books III.14- IV: types of constitutions: kingship, aristocracy, democracy, oligarchy, constitutional government, tyranny; the best constitution (a) for most human ... city described by Glaucon in Book II of Plato's Republic and later endorsed by Epicurus and by Hobbes. Rather, the function of a city is ...

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... and actual work experience; the growing trend of residential independence for young people prior to marriage; the decline in religious "matching" in marriage over time; the level of religious vs. civil marriages; the decline in marriage quality and problems over the course of a marriage (Whyte 241). There are many characteristics that both males and females value in a potential ... mate. Kindness, understanding, and intelligence topped a recent list (Kenrick & Simpson, 1997). Women value prospective male suitors on a cluster of characteristics related to resource potential: good financi...

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