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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
Berkley
Number of words: 2541 - Number of pages: 10.... of the substratum of
sensible objects. John Locke and David Hume upheld the belief that
sensible things were composed of material substance, the basic framework
for the materialist position. The main figure who believed that material
substance did not exist is George Berkeley. In truth, it is the
immaterialist position that seems the most logical when placed under close
scrutiny.
The initial groundwork for Berkeley's position is the truism that the
materialist is a skeptic. In the writing of his three dialogues, Berkeley
develops two characters: .....
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Child Abuse
Number of words: 3029 - Number of pages: 12.... and violated every time you think about what he does to you when you are alone. He walks over the couch and sits down next to you. You just want to cry, but are scared to move an inch, afraid of how he might react. His hand slithers its way onto your knee and you cringe in revulsion. “Don’t be afraid, I won’t hurt you,” he chides. Your mind feels panicky as you feel his touch in more intimate places and you scream involuntarily. His grip tightens as he places his hand over your mouth. “We’ll have to do this the hard .....
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Freedom And Reason In Kant
Number of words: 1550 - Number of pages: 6.... as a universal law, applicable as a general rule to every rational
agent. Since a moral will must be so in virtue of its form alone, the will must
be capable of a purely formal determination; that is, it must be possible for a
man to act in a certain way for the sole reason that willing in this way is
prescribed by a universal law, no matter what the empirical results will be.
A will to which moral considerations apply must be, in the strictest sense,
a free will, one that can function independently of the laws of natural
causality. The concept .....
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The Pc Industry
Number of words: 985 - Number of pages: 4.... Corp.’s heavy presence in the small PC market, (Industry Survey, Apr. 2000). Compaq has a wide range of PC products from smaller, less expensive machines to more costly, high-tech systems. CCC has been most successful with their smaller machines, targeted to the home/family segment, because they are able to sell large quantities. However, Compaq has been unsuccessful in retaining customers because most of them were pleased with their smaller machines and did not upgrade to CCC’s more expensive, high-tech systems,(Hamblen 1-2). Customer retenti .....
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Radio Controlled Airplanes
Number of words: 418 - Number of pages: 2.... ones budget.
The second step in the process is the assembly of the R.C.A. It is essential that the area for assembly be clean and devoid of clutter. All of the instructions should be read and committed to memory. Next the individual should lay out all of the parts according to the orders of assembly. The last step in this second process is correctly assemble the R.C.A.
The concluding and most enjoyable step is the actual flying of the plane. It is important to contact the local R.C.A club and find out where the meetings are located , where they fly their airplane .....
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New Reproduction Technologies
Number of words: 1866 - Number of pages: 7.... or woman, versus the rights of the unborn child.
The debate was very interesting which led me to look at the impact of NRTS at another angle. After examining the issues raised in the debate I was left questioning why NRTS exist in the first place? Whose interest do they serve? Who won/lost and what was at stake? The reason I am focusing on these issues is because while I was reading the NRTS articles something stuck in my mind. In What Price Parenthood? Social and Ethical Aspects of Reproductive Technology by Paul Lauritzen there are some issues covered which se .....
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Web Advertising
Number of words: 5593 - Number of pages: 21.... data in the practicalities of advertising via this medium. 2) THE INTERNET: AN INTRODUCTION 2.1) Original development of the Internet What was originally created by the US military to provide a secure means of communication in case of nuclear war, which has now become known as the Internet, has metamorphosed into the strategic global communications tool of our era. The end of the cold w ar left this massive installed structure - initially dubbed ARPANET- without much of a purpose. Soon universities, major corporations and governments began to piggyback on to .....
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People Making Out In The School Hallways
Number of words: 416 - Number of pages: 2.... with a
pocket size tube of super-glue, and require them to use it on any one
caught showing unacceptable PDA's. We feel that if the two offenders want
to be that close in school, why not make them that close always. Maybe
when they see how annoying this gets to be then this will discourage them
from committing these acts in school again. If this course of action does
not prove effective then we will be forced to simply bring them all into a
room where they can be alone. While they are alone however we will simply
blow up the room and rid ourselves of t .....
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