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Liberty and Equality: Balancing Democracy's Twin Imperatives

An undergraduate comparative essay on freedom vs. equality in American democracy, arguing equality must take structural policy priority to make liberty

Government

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When Duty Conflicts: Ethical Obligations in Nursing Practice

An undergraduate ethics essay arguing nurses must prioritize patient welfare over institutional pressure and personal conscience

Science

~12 min read

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Anscombe's Moral Case Against Truman's Atomic Bomb Decision

An ethical analysis of G.E.M. Anscombe's argument that Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan constituted deliberate murder of innocent civilians.

Ethics

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Personal Theodicy: Why God Permits Evil in a Good World

A Christian theodicy essay exploring why a good God allows evil, drawing on C.S. Lewis, Augustine, free will, Original Sin, and the redemptive work of Christ.

Religion

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Christian Theodicy: Free Will, Evil, and the Cross

A Christian apologetics essay exploring the problem of evil through free will, Original Sin, and the redemptive sacrifice of Christ as theodicy's answer.

Religion

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Spectacle as Control: Power and Resistance in The Hunger Games

Analyze The Hunger Games trilogy through its central argument: Collins uses spectacle, propaganda, and semiotic subversion to reveal how authoritarian power

Literature

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Edward Said's critique of Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" theory

The main argument set forth by Edward Said in "The Clash of Definitions" has much to do with countering the conclusions of political scientist Samuel P.

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Bernal Diaz and Michel de Montaigne on indigenous peoples

In his famous essay "Of Cannibals," the French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) observes that in general, humanity tends to criticize or degrade that which it does not understand, or that which feels or appears foreign.

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Benefits and drawbacks of eliminating tenure for public school teachers

In the first part of the essay, I have given explanation regarding tenure and why it is rewarded to teachers. Later, I have discussed the benefits and drawbacks of eliminating tenure for public school teachers.

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Alfie Kohn's conflation of schooling and education

The purpose of this essay is to respond to this article and inject my personal views about the quality of education and the meanings of learning and knowledge.

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