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The death penalty does not deter crime effectively

Why are some states still putting criminals to death when the available, credible research clearly shows that capital punishment does not deter crime?

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Reconsidering Christian doctrine: virgin birth, salvation, and biblical authority

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Marx and Weber on materialism, capitalism, and social consciousness

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Christine Boyer's concept of cybercities and digital life

Subsuming the heterogeneity of the Internet to a homogenous whole is a reductive move. Furthermore, it risks making the unsupportable conflation of the Internet user with their textual output." (Bassett, et al., 2002, p. 234)

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Empiricism and rationalism in modern epistemology

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The transformation of indentured servitude into racial slavery in colonial America

When the original European colonists arrived in North America, they established a system of indentured servitude to facilitate their economic needs being met.

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Kant's Categorical Imperative and the role of faith in ethics

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Gandhi's non-violence philosophy and its practical application to modern conflicts

Gandhi's belief system also inspired Martin Luther King, Jr. To use non-violence as a tactic of resistance against the oppression of African-Americans in the United States. However, just as Gandhi had his critics, so did Martin Luther King.

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The judicial branch and checks and balances system

Government was structured by our American forefathers, who were highly suspicious of power and especially of monarchies or dictatorships.

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Obama's 2009 healthcare proposal and coverage for immigrants

Healthcare Propsal: Are Immigrants Left Behind? One of the platforms upon which Illinois Democratic Senator Barak Obama campaigned for election in the 2008 presidential race was healthcare reform.

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