… heated debates in today's society. It is a subject that can instigate incredibly strong emotions on either side of the argument. Since the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, which legalized abortions in the United States, women have had the…

… 1995, a nerve gas believed to be sarin was released in Tokyo. The gas was released in several commuter trains throughout the Tokyo metropolitan area, killing six and injuring twelve hundred others. This act, described by local authorities as "a case…

… States has many powers, of them the power to pardon is perhaps one of the most controversial powers he posses. Throughout history the pardon has played an important part in political and perhaps financial support for Presidents. Previously Presidents…

… nagging me since it was raised in class. It was not phrased exactly this way: the reasoning went more along the lines of, "if people are no longer ashamed of what they do, then they'll do anything that they want. If they do that, it will be the end…

… drug trafficking problem coming from countries south of the U.S. The southern hemisphere has given the U.S. a really hard time with the international drug trade. Where do drugs come from? Most of the marijuana Smuggling routes that come into the United…

… Xiao Feng Huang (Charles) Karl Marx - 1882 Communism is a belief system that defines that everyone in a society is equal and all wealth must be share between the rich and poor. According to the words of Karl Marx, a famous Germen political…

… mistaken as saying that communism works. Thomas More describes Utopia in a very one sided view, much like communist leaders often spoke regarding their government policies and tactics. Utopia is a society based on collective. The utopians shared absol…

… from the president, all the way down to the average person. Everyone has some power, something they can manipulate, or use to their own advantage. So where do I fit in? And how important am I in this complex US social structure? Being raised…

… of mercifully ending a person’s life in order to release the person from an incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. The word euthanasia derives from the Greek for “good death” and originally referred to intentional mercy killing.…

… are the main problems it faces? Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that seems to have lots of problems, but when analysing an ethical theory you must keep in mind that the main motive behind anyone’s moral values is that they believe them to…