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Fairness, Empathy Occur Naturally in The Wild

by ClaireBrando in Psychology, February 22, 2012
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It’s been thought that "evolved" qualities like empathy and compassion were limited to humans and developed for society’s sake, but science says the animal kingdom can be just as civilized.

Occupy Wall Street and Other Such Places; Looking Back

by A Bromley in Issues, February 6, 2012
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Was it worth it? Was anyone really listening to "We the People" as we tried to make our voices, our concerns heard? Taking a look back, I have some rather mixed feelings and I wonder, did anyone among the powers that be really hear us or did it just become a case of so much sensationalism on the six o’clock news. Read more…

Average Citizens Versus Powerful Lobbyists

by Ruby Hawk in Issues, January 29, 2012
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How can the average citizen get the attention of a Representative when lobbyists are at their beck and call with expensive meals and all the extra perks our lawmakers have come to expect? The answer is, they can’t. That’s why special interest groups flourish while the average small business person flounders. Would it change anything if limits were put on lobbyists gifts, or as some people think, would it only cause our Representatives to hide the loot?

Even Trust Needs Conducive Support

by Ram Bansal in Organizations, October 26, 2011
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Trust is not a thing to do by oneself but a thing to be earned from the other partner in the deal. One’s fairness is not fair enough if it is not perceived so by the other.

Shame on Atlanta Public Schools

by Ruby Hawk in Education, October 24, 2011
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Shame on Atlanta Public Schools for choosing to treat the gifted class to a five day trip to Disney World while denying the other students. It is inferring the average students are inferior and not good enough. We thought segregation ended in the 60s but it seems not. The average child should be praised and respected just as much for their hard work as the gifted who breeze through classes with little studying. None should be made to feel inferior.

He Walked Among Us and Made Us Safe

by AmosTheCat in Military, October 7, 2011
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Some men are different from the rest of us. You meet them only once or twice in your life, if your lucky. I met one such man not knowing anything about him. Years after I knew him I remembered his name almost by inspiration and sought information about him. What I learned was surprising only in that I could not imagine my being so right about the character of the man I knew.

Fairness as a Criterion of Beauty in India

by Madan in Society, September 25, 2011
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The white skin syndrome exists everywhere, only its more accentuated in India.

Describe The Impact The Great Penitentiary Rivalry on Our Current Prison System? How Does This Rivalry Continue to Shape and Influence American Thinking About The Prison System’s Purpose?

by dizzyjenn33 in Issues, August 30, 2011
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Describe the comparison between publicly funded and privately funded prisons? Why is privatizing the prison system a topic of debate?

Be Fair

by Scott Richardson in Issues, May 17, 2011
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An Essay Investigating the fairness of the world that we live in.

Bullying!

by HoneyWrights in Issues, April 21, 2011
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Never be bullied into silence, Never allow you or someone you love to be made a victim of a bullys behavior. Accept only true friends and family members in your world.

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