A look at St. Thomas's Fourth Argument St. Thomas's fourth argument is based on the fact that there are grades or degrees of intensity in all things. All things that we, as humans, know of can be measured and the levels can be compared to other similar things. For example, we use many ...

The issue at hand is of course, are liberty and democracy good for every country. Though, as an American, when I look at the argument I see; it works for us so why cant it work for them? And although it doesn't state so, I believe the underlying question in the article is whether the US should pro...

One of the most important issues today in world politics is the position of Iraq. Presently the world is engaged in a debate about whether to launch a war against Iraq. Various strategies appear on the invasion of Iraq with regularity. The question is whether the US will attack Iraq or not. Th...

The concideration of Nuclear war, supplimented by bomb testing, with its detrimental effects on the environment, is morally shameful and politically foolish. Every child knows that in a nuclear war there can be no winners. Deterrence is cited as a reason for deployment, but history has repeatedly sh...

European dictatorshipsMr. OberBritt KritzlerINTRODUCTIONJournal entry *** HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTORSGoldhagen builds up his argument not on proofs but on speculations. "Who doubts that the Argentine or Chilean murderers of who opposed the recent authoritarian regimes thought that their victims deser...

Colonialism was a central part of an earlier form of globalisation. Also referred to as the ' first globalisation', this phenomenon of modernity, is justified by having said it brought various advances and progress to backward countries. Due to imperialist lack of long-term objectives and resources,...

Since the beginning of history, human life has been afflicted with compromises. It is an agreement of differences in which each side makes mutual concessions and strive towards settlement. The contributors of an argument may not always attain a final compromise. This is because one side of the contr...

It wasn't long after the federation of Australia that this new nation would have the most formative experience in its entire history. In 1914 at the outbreak of world war one Australia couldn't have possibly for seen what this would do for their country and how much it would change their national i...

WHY DID CHINA INTERVENE IN THE KOREAN WAR? In June 1950, a few months after the announcement of the Beijing-Moscow alliance, the Korean crisis erupted. Early in October, shortly after the South Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, the CCP made a final decision to enter the Korean War to fight...

David Guterson used many things he experienced in his life in his books and showed his beleifs in his books. An example of the is Snow Falling on Cedars. Drawing on his personal experience in the Pacific Northwest and eight years of careful research, Guterson vividly portrays the culture of San ...

Ambassador Ross began his speech by first addressing the topic of the War on Terrorism. Ambassador Ross believes that in order for America to overcome September 11th events, we must first understand that \"terror\" should not be taught or used in the battle over terrorism. Ross also feels that netw...

There is more than one good reason that we should join World War I. 1) The German government has continuously attacked innocent Americans on the open sea. Even though they promised to stop sinking civilian ships, they did it again. They didn't just do it again once, they did it again three times ...

Reparations Justified The question of Reparations, has been the subject of many arguments, and will continue to be. Now, throughout history, man has self-defin...

The first year tenure of Carter's presidency bought some changes in the political arena with revision in the Administration of the Social Security system that in turned increased both the wage base and rate of taxation, in order to produce the revenue required to continue the program. On ...

World War I was the result of leaders\' aggression towards other countries, which was supported by the rising nationalism of the European nations. Economic and imperial competition and fear of war prompted military alliances and an arms race, which further escalated the tension contributing to the o...

Allen Fung provides a persuasive argument for China's defeat against Japan in the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). The Sino-Japanese War was an attempt by China to prevent a Japanese stronghold in Korea. Fung's reasoning for China's defeat does not follow the traditional mainstream historian's belief...

War can be defined as a struggle of an individual or group to uphold their beliefs or current position. This struggle becomes a problem to society when it involves violence, infringement of human rights, discrimination or innocent bystanders. Unfortunately, these are the same elements that are used ...

On August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb, "little boy" on Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima had been almost eradicated with an estimated 70-80,000 people killed. Three days later, a second, more powerful bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing over 100...

In the current U.S. military, women fight in the battlefields along with men like never before. Long gone are the days when female soldiers were nurses or were serving in some other unseen duty. As a result, 24 female soldiers have died in Iraq, 15 from enemy fire. Today "more women have die...

Robert A. Heinlein's 1955 novelStarship Troopers? and its message could be described as fascist, provocative, irresponsible and unpalatable. Paul Verhoeven's 1997 film Starship Troopers can, however, lay claim to being the ideological polar opposite of the novel. Verhoeven achieves this anti-fascist...

According to a survey performed for the Defense Department in 1996, it was found that the majority of U.S. citizens believe that the government withholds too much information by classifying it as a secret. In this book, "Secrecy: The American Experience", Senator Daniel P. Moynihan rei...

"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen," is one of Harry S. Truman's most famous quote. Historians have long debated whether or not this quote applied to Truman himself during his lifetime between 1884 and 1972. The quote means that if a person cannot tolerate the p...

Moral Relativism Moral relativism and Nazism seem to go hand in hand. Moral relativism basically is the idea that morals and ethics do not necessarily reflect the objective or universal moral truth, but instead they relate to societies, culture, and even personal conditions. Thus, as a Nazi, mora...

MAO: A NECESSARY EVIL The lecture that Philip Short gave on his book Mao: A Necessary Evil was a very interesting insight into the life of the controversial leader of China. He started by talking about Mao's early life, growing up in central China. There was very little outside influence t...