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Ethics: Government and Citizenship (Part 1)
Man could live without earthly governments. It likely would be chaotic. John Locke has written, “Men living together according to reason, without a common superior on earth, with authority to judge between them is properly the State of Nature. But … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Government
Tagged citizebship, ethics, government, government's responsibility, john locke, just laws, justice, montesquieu, punishment, state of nature, thomas hobbs
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Ethics: Race and Prejudice (Part 4)
This is the final part on race and prejudice. In this article, we will deal with a couple of points left untouched to this point… One Race The term “race” can be used to mean different things. It can mean: … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Race, science
Tagged adam and eve, basic economics, branch rickie, children's book of heroes, dirk nowitzki, ethics, jackie robbinson, john stockton, john stossel, larry bird, men and women wages, mlb, nba, origin of the races, prejudism, punnnett square, Race, science, stephen dubner, steve nash, steven levitt, super freakonomics, thomas sowell
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Ethics: Race and Prejudice (Part 3)
Unjust prejudice exits all over this earth. Some times it takes the form of ethnocentrism, which is prejudice based on cultural differences. “Even people who look very similar can have improper attitudes toward each other… The Irish and the English… … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, History, Marriage, mormon, Mormons, Race
Tagged blacks, cain's mark, canaan's curse, darwinism, english, ethics, hitler, huxley, interracial marriage, irish, japanese, jews, jews killed jesus, korean, marriage, mein kampf. book of mormon, Mormons, mormons and blacks, Race, thomas sowell, whites and blacks testing
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Ethics: Race and Prejudice (Part 2)
In an ideal world, justice would be blind. People should be judged by the content of their character, and not the color of their skin, or the fatness of their wallet. Joseph Addison said, “Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Money, Race, Textual study, Wealth
Tagged ecomonics, envy, ethics, James 2, job, joseph addison, justice, Lazarus, prejudism, Race, rich man, rich poor, riches, thomas sowell, trust, wealth, zero sum activity
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Ethics: Race and Prejudice (Part 1)
An ideal world, justice would be blind. We should be judged by the content of our character, and not the color of our skin or our socio-economic level. However, life is not always idea. Racism exists around the globe. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bible History, Ethics, History, Jesus, Race
Tagged america, antichos, armenians, Bible History, blacks, burma, chinese, ethics, history, ibos, indians, japanese, Jesus, jews, John 4, josephus, justice, lebanese, Luke 10, Luke 17, Luke 9, mt gerizim, mt zion, nehemiah, nigeria, ottoman empire, peru, prejudism, Race, samaritans, sanballet, sierra leone, sri lanka, tamil, temple, zeus
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Ethics: Sex (part 1)
Sex is very much a part of the American life. “The Pill” was introduced to American married women in 1960. Since 1972, “The Pill” has been available to both married and non-married women. “In 2008, Americans spent $3.5 billion on … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, History, Sex, Stats
Tagged adultery, bill clinton, cohabitation, e.d. drugs, elliot spitzer, ethics, extramartial sex, fornication, john edwards, jon gosselin, mark sanford, poverty, premarital sex, prostitution, Sex, std, stephen dubner, steven levitt, super freakonomics, the index of leading cultural indicators, the pill, tiger woods, welfare
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Ethics: The Environment and Animals
There is a great divide in humanity over man’s usage of the environment and animals. This divide has led to terrorism. “During the past two decades, radical environmental and animal rights groups have claimed responsibility for hundreds of crimes and … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, History, Nature, Stats, stewardship, Technology
Tagged animal rights, animals, bill maher, chris derose, cleveland amory, clothes, enviornmentalism, food, fruit, nature, polution, produce, shelter, stewardship, terrorism, tom regan, work
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Ethics: Life (Part 2)
Definition: Euthanasia is of Greek origin (eu = good, thanatos = death). Euthanasia is some times called “mercy killing.” Euthanasia has the following component parts: (1) one is terminating another’s life (with or without the consent of the one being … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Euthanasia, History, Stats, stewardship, Suffering, Technology
Tagged bill bennett, Euthanasia, health care, health care cost, hellen heller, I.Q., job, josephus, life, stats, stephen dubner, steven levitt, super freakonomics, tom dempsey, william cullen bryant poem so live
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