An established democracy has two main parts. They need to have free and fair elections and they should also have equal voting rights. When free and fair elections occur it means the absence of barriers to the full participation of all citizens, without any form of discrimination; the absence of any ...

Mohandas Gandhi wasn¡t honoured with the name ¡§Mahatama¡ meaning ¡§great soul¡ for any small reason. His continous dedication for a non-violent and just society for all made him one of the most influential men in the field of human rights. His accomplishments and ideas, are to this d...

Euthanasia should be legal practise. We are a democratic country, and we, as free individuals should have the right to decide for ourselves whether or not to terminate the lives of our loved ones or ourselves. It was only in the nineteenth century that the word Euthanasia came to be used in the s...

Our busy 21st century world contains a great many more people than it ever has in written history. With many recent advances in medicine and more food available to less wealthy countries, our numbers continue to increase dramatically. Some consider these facts solid ground on which to eventually s...

For thousands of years, diamonds have been an internationally recognized symbol of love, romance and marriage. However, a portion of the world's diamonds come from areas where war and bloodshed are an everyday occurrence. In some countries, rebel groups use the profits made from the sale of diamond...

Democracy Democracy is almost everywhere in the world. Europe has used its form of government for almost half a century. North and South America are now virtually a hemisphere of democracy; Africa is experiencing democratic reform; and new, democracies have taken root in A...

Abuse of power has been known through the history. In Webster's dictionary, morality is defined as "principles of right and wrong in conduct; ethics." The principles of morality have countless times evolved over the ages. In earlier times, death was an easy penalty for many c...

Expanding the Security Council Expanding the Security Council is an issue that I was thinking about for long time. Many countries believe that they should become members of the Big Five club; they demand the expanding of the council. Countries like Japan, Germany, Italy and even some under develo...