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First Amendment protection of cross burning in Texas v. Johnson and Virginia v. Black

This essay is on the law cases Virginia v. Black and Texas v. Johnson. The issues before the court in the two cases were related to the first Amendment about the speech. Hate speech, in particular, was the concept that was analyzed. In Texas vs.

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Death penalty deterrence and cost-benefit arguments in American criminal justice

This essay assumes a pro death penalty stance. The arguments in favor of the death penalty include the following. First, the death penalty stems from ancient traditions that define American culture and society.

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Robinson and Golding on the nature of human thinking

James Harvey Robinson's essay entitled "On various kinds of thinking" begins with the author expressing his mistrust of the history of abstract philosophy: "The truest and most profound observations on Intelligence have in the past been made by the poets and, in recent times, by story-writers," he…

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Descartes' six meditations on God and the soul

Descartes "Meditations..." This philosophical essay was written by Rene Descartes (1596-1650) in 1641. Descartes, also known for his famous "I think, therefore I am" theory, was also a mathematician and scientist.

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Simone de Beauvoir's ethics of freedom and moral choice in ambiguity

Simone de Beauvoir's essay the Ethics of Ambiguity, in which she outlines an ethics derived from existentialism, largely drawing from and responding to the work of Jean-Paul Sartre, is broken into three main sections and a brief conclusion.

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Hannah Arendt's distinction between power, violence, and speech

In her essay, "Communicative Power," Hannah Arendt explores the relationship between power and other institutions, namely violence, from a humanistic and collectivist standpoint, painting a portrait of power in the public realm.

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Rent control and price ceilings: policy analysis and effectiveness

This essay will introduce the topic of rent control and price ceilings to the reader.

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Stoll's satirical critique of technology-based educational reform

The essay entitled "Cyberschool," written by Clifford Stoll, is an example of an extremely satirical and informal piece. Stoll explores the impractical aspects of extreme educational reform with the use of too much technology.

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German electoral law as a social choice outcome

Bawn's (1993) essay dealt with German electoral law as a social choice outcome. Her hypothesis was that individuals choose electoral institutions that maximize their future policy influence.

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Racial profiling and the Amadou Diallo case

In the essay entitled, "Race, Crime and Justice," the issue of racial profiling against black Americans is discussed, implying that this is prevalently happening among police officers, skewing the concept of fair justice towards the favor of white Americans and against the black Americans.

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