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    December 6, 2014 Women and Material things The Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft is a compelling arguement that argues for equality for women in society. The Weaver’s Complaint Against the Callico Madams explains outcome of women’s with equal rights would do to society. Sanshiro written by Natsume Soski, focuses the details and experience of his life spent at a prestigious Tokyo University. Three of these readings relate to women and material things because they explain the position

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    Doing The Right Thing

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    I’m doing what I should’ve done a lifetime ago. For a little while I’m not afraid. Maybe it’s because I’m doing the right thing at last.” (131). I believe that this quote means that by doing what you feel the right thing to do is and doing what you want to do, you will be much happier throughout life. Faber had the chance to speakup and do the right thing and to get back on the right path, but didn’t. But then he spoke up and changed himself for the better and is now a much happier person. I’m a strong

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    There is such a thing as universality of human rights that is different from cultural relativism, humanity comes before culture and traditions. People are humans first and belong to cultures second (Collaway, Harrelson-Stephens, 2007 p.109), this universality needs to take priority over any cultural views, and any state sovereignty over its residing citizens. Prior to WWII any concept of international human rights would not have been able to be Kept. State sovereignty was still the norm leaders

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    police afterwards. If The New York Times and the other papers had done the right thing by reporting accurately, than many damaging psychological experiments might not have been performed. Doing the right thing is important because it inspires other people, it makes society less unjust, and it makes the future better. A good way to inspire others to make the world a better place is to lead by example and always do the right thing. Many people have tried to do just that including Diana Spencer, Princess

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    What Is The Right Thing?

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    What is the right thing to do? This is often a simple yet very challenging question for people to answer. On the topic of lying, is it okay to do it in certain situations and not in others, or should you always tell the truth? There is never one right answer for this question. One of the most common situations presented is this: Imagine you are on a cruise and the captain announces that the ship is sinking and everyone needs to load onto life rafts. The only issue is that there are 11 people and

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    Do The Right Thing

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    Let Us Learn Just imagine a world without people being taught, that is not being taught to tie your shoes at the age of three or four. Now imagine “Do The Right Thing”, being played for high school students across the United States. We teach our teach our children how to tie there shoes, so why play a movie that brings you through various types of motions; emotionally, logically, and historically. As far as the artistic aspect; the points that are trying to be elaborated on

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    Right Thing Definition

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    definition of “good morals” can be different for everyone and it is something that is much debated in philosophy. Many philosophers have developed their own theories regarding right and wrong and what to do for the best outcome when faced with moral dilemmas. While it may seem straightforward to just “do the right thing”, the “right thing” has lots of different definitions and consequences that may cause undesirable effects. Act Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Consequentialism are all theories that philosophers

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    Real Right Thing

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    The modern media today is very privacy invasive. Even though the short story The Real Right Thing was written in 1899, it still highlights how important our privacy is to us, even after we die. In this world, media- including the news, social media, and any other platform where people's lives can be exposed- is very prominent. A person can do one thing, can make one tiny mistake, and within hours the entire universe knows about it. Fortunately for most of us, the media usually centers their attention

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    Do The Right Thing?

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    Do the Right Thing The first review that I found was in the New York Times and was written by Vincent Canby. Canby starts his review by quoting Mr. Senor Love Daddy who is “doing the nasty to your ears, playing the platters that matter” and explains that this movie takes place on the hottest day of the summer. “Do the Right Thing” stars Spike Lee, who is able to direct and star in this movie “without compromising his position as an aggressively outspoken advocate of black rights.” The whole story

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    Do The Right Thing

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    On the hottest day of the year, director Spike Lee's, Do the Right Thing, paints a compelling picture of racial tensions in one of the most diverse cities in the country. Lee’s style of cinematography is shaped specifically to emphasize the racial tensions between the characters, and he accomplishes this by using first-person and direct-address narration, camera angles, camera movements and distance. Spike Lee begins the film with the voice-over narrator of Mister Senor Love Daddy (Samuel L. Jackson)

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