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Lyndon Johnson's Texas style and liberal political ideals

Lyndon Baines Johnson was a southern President with a Texas accent. In some ways he exemplified the stereotypical Texan. In seeking a link between his social identity as a Texan and his liberal political views, however, it is difficult to see any strong causal connection.

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David Hume's moral sense theory in the Treatise of Human Nature

In today's world, the purveyors of what is right and wrong often bandy about the words Morals and Morality.

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Skepticism and the problem of attaining knowledge

One of the key problems in the history of epistemological inquiry is that of skepticism. There are some moderate skeptics who have argued that knowledge is theoretically possible. There are some skeptics, however, who are more radical in their views.

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Huntington's civilization paradigm and post-Cold War world order

Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order written by Samuel P. Huntington is actually an expansion of his 1993 article entitled the Clash of Civilizations. The main aim of article was in fact to imagine a new post-Cold War world order.

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Unethical advertising practices and their harm to children

The fundamental business model of advertising is changing drastically as the Internet becomes a much more prevalent communications channel, capable of being specifically targeted to audiences of consumers while also providing the ability to measure the performance of all forms of digital…

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Comparative analysis of Elkins and McPherson on slavery

Slavery: A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life by Stanley Elkins, and Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction by James M. McPherson.

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Garrett Hardin's tragedy of the commons and resource depletion

Down through the ages, societies have made use of common goods and resources for the benefit of all.

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Population growth, resource scarcity, and human-nature conflict

Despite the modern separation from the means of production most people are at least marginally aware of the fact that everything we need to sustain us is provided by the earth. The earth gives us all the objects we need and many we desire and in turn she is changed.

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Consequentialism's adequacy as a guide to criminal justice practice

Consequentialism faces a number of objections. Which are the most serious, and do they render the theory unsuitable as a guide to criminal justice practice?

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Corporate social responsibility motives and business ethics integration

Corporate social responsibility is an important but "evolving" concept and thus while it may be easier to define it; it is certainly difficult to explain the motives of a company behind adoption of this strategy.

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