obligation") has a will that can be constrained by the obligator. This analysis leads Kant to articulate two conditions for genuine moral status: we can be obligated only to a being that is both (i) a "person," a being with a (certain kind of) will, and (ii) is "given as an object of experience." Kant claims that the former condition excludes objects "other than persons," namely "(non-human) objects" such as "mere inorganic matter [der bloße Naturstoff] (minerals), or matter organized for reproduction…
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athlete, an Air Force bomber, faced his greatest challenge when he was captured by the Japanese in World War II. Louie was forced to discover how resilient he could be in the face of overwhelming hopelessness. In Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand shares Louie’s story while aiming the narration to a younger audience that is unable to understand the atrocious and degrading experiences that World War II prisoners of war (POWs) often endured. Hillenbrand evokes feelings of sympathy through the use of restatement…
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Japanese Canadians During 1941 to 1945, World War II was a sad time in Canada’s history. Due to the unfortunate attacks on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Canadians were treated unjustifiably. The Canadian government subjected the Japanese Canadians to financial loss, racism, relocation of residencies, and harsh living situations. The attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 sparked nationwide ramifications to the Japanese Canadians, especially financial loss. For instance, many Japanese Canadians lost…
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COMMITTEE: Human Rights Council 1 QUESTION OF: Increasing the safety and security of internally displaced persons in Latin and South America MAIN SUBMITTED BY: Pakistan COSUBMITTED BY: Vietnam, United Kingdom, Turkey, Togo, Sudan, Mexico, Bolivia THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, Emphasizing that citizens become IDPs due to increasing violence from new criminal entities, armed conflict, drugcartels, generalized conflict or human rights violations in the Latin and…
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There is one human emotion that can paralyse us, lead us to lie both to ourselves and others, to commit actions that we don’t endure, and to cripple any rational thought processes. It is self perpetuating if allowed to get out of control. Its side effects are anger, aggressiveness, fear or reclusiveness. Its symptoms are irrational behaviour, lying, anguish, and lack of self-esteem. It is the strong emotion that can affect our conscience, like an acid drop it corrodes the soul within and in extreme…
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Type 2 Diabetes Type (II) Diabetes Diabetes is a complex metabolic disease that is generally categorized by either relative or absolute insulin deficiency. In 1997 the ADA issued new diagnostic and classification criteria for this disease. The classification of diabetes mellitus includes four clinical classes. • Type I diabetes (results from beta cell destruction, usually leading to absolute insulin deficiency). • Type II diabetes (results from a progressive insulin secretory…
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Meiosis is divided into nine stages, which are divided into meiosis I and meiosis II. Meiosis I is the phase in which the cells are first divided, while the second stage covers the second time the cells are divided. The stages in meiosis I are interphase, prophase I, metaphase I, anaphase I, and telophase I and cytokinesis. The second phase consists of prophase II, metaphase II, and anaphase II, and telophase II and cytokinesis. These cells that are created are our sex cells, which are the sperm…
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Within all humans lies a basic purity and desire for good. This desire for perfection can be explained by humans wanting more of what they have been originally bestowed. Humans realize that this innate goodness is vulnerable to manipulations and have acted to protect its original state of decency. Religions are explained through humanity’s desire to better heart, a desire to be like the creator who is all perfect in a state of original holiness. Humans are best explained as white shirts who gather…
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Virgil. Book II of the Aeneid is told from the Trojan’s point of view of their defeat to Greece. The Greeks hide inside a wooden horse then once inside the walls, they attack the Trojans leaving Aeneas the only survivor. In book IV, Aeneas goes on to recount this story to Queen Dido, who falls in love with him, only to have to leave her heartbroken because his fate is elsewhere. Behind the cause of these two tragedies is a denial both the Trojans and Queen Dido possessed. Virgil's view on human nature…
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Question 29- Communication (25 marks) (a) (i) Outline the function of the iris in the human eye. A clear, bi-convex disc that focuses light onto the retina (ii) Explain how humans achieve depth perception. When eyes face forward, each eye sees an image o an object in the light path The two images are fused into one image in the cerebral cortex of the brain. This fusion into one image is related…
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