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Revenge, murder, and deceit in Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"

If anyone was ever a master of gothic horror it was Poe. “The Cask of Amontillado” is one of Poe’s most famous short stories: brutal, quick, vengeful, and unabashedly horrific, the story represents all that is most terrifying and prideful about the human condition.

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Murray and Friedan on women's social inequality and unfulfilled potential

Murray lamented that women were not being taught to strive for greatness in the world in the same way men were taught to do. Friedan lamented that women were given an unrealistic image of fulfillment by television sitcoms and social expectations.

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Kant and Marquis de Sade: Comparing radical philosophy and morality

More Radical: Kant or Marquis de Sade? With the question of who is more radical, Kant or Sade, one must examine what the two are saying and advocating and the extent to which they are breaking with the past ideas and culture that came before them.

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Engineering ethics and the risks of human genetic cloning

Abstract Ethics are grounded on moral responsibility. Engineering ethics involves questions associated with moral ideals, policies, character, and relationships with concerned companies and people taking part in technological activities.

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Ethical limitations of the trolley problem in autonomous vehicles

The Limits of Deontology and Utilitarianism in the Trolley Problem Introduction The trolley problem is an old moral quandary that essentially has no wrong or right answer. It is a kind of worst case scenario in which one must choose the lesser of two evils.

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Cancel culture as modern social ostracism and enforcement

When it comes to cancel culture, some love it and some hate it. Like much in this nation, it is a subject that divides most people. At root, cancel culture is about establishing new social norms through ostracism.

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Zimbabwe's foreign policy objectives and governmental structure in international law

International Law in Zimbabwe A country’s foreign policy may be characterized as a collection of aims that strive to explain how that country will interact with other nations and, to a minor extent, non-state entities on an official level to pursue its country’s economic and social-political, and…

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Stalin's Great Purges and the question of dictatorial control

The ghost of Stalin will circle the earth for a long time to come… Almost everyone has renounced his legacy, but many still draw their strength from him. -- Milovan Djilas

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William James and David Hume's contributions to empiricist philosophy

William James (1842-1910) was one of America's most notable philosophers, however, his work went beyond the boundaries of philosophy (Schick & Vaughn 2009).

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Personal literary preferences and the national character of literature

To me when I think of literature, I generally think of fiction, and works written by masters of old.

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