Abstract This paper explains that, although the laws regarding who may and may not legally enter the United States are clear, many illegal immigrants not only enter the United States but also find themselves welcome in some industries such as agriculture, construction and the service industries. The paper points out that, although President Bush has proposed giving legal status to illegal immigrants who can find a steady job, many critics feel that this solves no problems because most jobs held by illegal immigrants, such as in agriculture, are not permanent jobs. The paper recommends a policy, based on sound economic and security reasons not emotion, which encourages illegal workers to begin creating a paper trail regarding who they are and where they live; however, whatever policies are set, they should be carefully analyzed to make sure they don't encourage people to avoid compliance and don't create a new black-market industry for yet another set of forged documents.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Scope of the Problem
Current Public Policy
Possible Solutions
Federal
State
Proposed Changes
Homeland Security
What does the Public Want?
What Should be Done?
From the Paper "Another option is the "Real ID Act". This law attempts to maintain the country's willingness to welcome people from other countries while watching out for the nation's security. The law would use driver's licenses, asylum laws, a border fence south of San Diego and increased deportation. This law's supporters believe that the combination of open borders and failure to enforce immigration laws make it far too easy for terrorists to enter the country and then disappear. The law would require substantial evidence of both identity and immigration status before issuing either driver's licenses or state identity cards. The cards themselves would be made harder to forge."
Abstract Using Mark Juergensmeyer's book "Terror in the Mind of God" as a reference, this paper examines how religion sometimes influences its believers in such an extreme way that they turn to terrorism in the name of God. The paper examines the origins of terrorism, cultures of violence and the future of terrorism.
From the Paper "Juergensmeyer's ideas discussed in the book go against what most criminological theories of crime causation tell us. Rational Choice theory, which is the theory used almost exclusively in today's criminal justice field, believes that criminals choose to commit crime by weighing the potential benefits versus the potential risks. (Siegal, 107). This assumption that offenders make a rational informed decision affects crime prevention strategies (Siegal, 129). The religious terrorist, however, is in a cosmic frame of mind where moral religious values override any sense of legal right or wrong."
Abstract This paper begins with a formal definition of global warming and then launches into a discussion of its primary causes and its effects. The paper concludes by briefly examining what measures can be taken to prevent global warming.
From the Paper "There are many theories about the causes of global warming. The most well -known is the greenhouse effect. This theory states that global warming is caused mainly by the anthropogenic or human generated output of carbon dioxide. The theory also takes into account increases in temperature due to solar activity. ( ibid) In essence global warming "results primarily from human activities that release heat-trapping gases and particles into the air." (ibid) The most common causes of the increase in temperature are gas emissions due to the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, gas, and oil."
Tags: increase, temperature, world, atmosphere, oceans, rise, deforestation, ecological, function
Abstract This paper looks at the social and political consequences in America of the Vietnam War and compares these consequences with the current war in Iraq. The paper looks at the reasons why America went to war with Vietnam, discusses the protests against the war and the reasons for those protests and looks at the war's affect on American society. The paper also compares these aspects to the current war on Iraq, noting both the differences and the similarities between the two.
From the Paper "Public and intellectual life underwent a major shift in America after the beginning of the sustained bombing of North Vietnam, in 1965. "What had once been covert was now public policy, and the military conflict in the field would now be an American war" (Tomes, 1998, p. 117). The political protest of the war began to gain as much national attention as the war, as protestors used strategies like teach-ins to raise the level of public cognizance of the war. Johnson's government, which had started out with a series of liberal domestic reform policies, and then turned increasingly to the Americanization of the Vietnam war, caused a confused split in many liberal intellectuals who were unable to make the same kind of moral and policy shift, and split with the government's policy in terms of dissent."
Tags: moderate, radical, elements, population, divided, antiwar, movement, washington
Abstract This paper explains that embryonic stem cells are self-renewing, undifferentiated cells that are extracted from the inner cell mass of a 5-6 day old embryo or blasto-cyst, which destroys the embryo in the process of extracting the stem cells. The author stresses that the basic problems in embryonic stem cell research are the very highly valued moral problems it presents: (1) The prevention or alleviation of suffering and (2) the respect of human life. The paper stresses that the argument for and against cloning embryonic stem cells is also an argument as to the meaning of life and the recognition of the loss, at any point in life, of inevitable death.
Table of Contents
Introduction
What is Embryonic Stem Cell?
The Basic Problem
Arguments Presented For and Against Cloning Embryonic Stem Cells
Conclusion
From the Paper "To endorse any use of the human embryo which was not consistent with a reverence for human life would be widely regarded as wrong. Those who believe that therapeutic research on embryos is ethically permissible, might argue that the creation and use of a human embryo outside the context of human reproduction does not necessarily undermine the attitude of respect for the human body and human dignity, provided that the purposes involved in such creation and use are purposes which we would recognize as beneficial ones. Medical uses fall into this category. In this view, it would appear to be quite consistent with an attitude of respect for human life to allow the use of human embryos at an early stage of development, well before the stage at which anything resembling a self can be said to come into existence. Such use promises to provide the possibility of the relief of a great deal of human suffering, a goal which in no sense calls into question respect for the human body."
This in-depth paper analyzes the issue of discrimination in the workplace, while supplying a comprehensive evaluation to key issues relevant to this topic.
Abstract The writer of this well-researched paper contends and explains why discrimination in the workforce is a growing problem that has affected thousands of organizations, large and small operating in today's global marketplace. This paper defines discrimination in the workplace as any type of behavior, action, belief, value or attitude that impacts another individual in a negative manner, that is based on one's racial identity, gender, sex, disability status, age or some other personal factor. This paper cites the many laws and acts that have been enacted to protect individuals from various forms discrimination. The most basic law that protects employees from discrimination on the job is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits job discrimination on the basis of race, skin color, age, gender, religious belief or national origin. The paper also details the impact of affirmative action in the workplace. Depending on the organization, affirmative action is necessary in an environment where one population or subgroup of people has been continually underrepresented or disadvantaged. This paper analyzes the impact these laws have on human resource departments. Human resource departments have an obligation under the law to inform all employees of their legal rights relating to discrimination in the workplace.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Discrimination
Discrimination Laws
Affirmative Action in the Workplace
Human Resources and Discrimination
Conclusions/Recommendations
References
From the Paper "Affirmative action may be necessary in an employment environment where one population or subgroup of people has been continually underrepresented or disadvantaged. It truly depends on the organization. It can be a means of protecting certain classes or groups of people and ensuring that everyone in the workplace is afforded the same access to employment and the same employment opportunities. It is not designed to be a form of reverse discrimination. There is adequate evidence suggesting that discrimination still exists in the workplace. Until discrimination is completely abolished and is no longer an issue, a need for affirmative action programs and other programs geared toward eliminating inequities continues."
Abstract This paper discusses the pro's and con's of affirmative action, particularly with regard to employment and education. It discusses the purpose of Affirmative Action, and issues of discrimination and reverse discrimination.
From the Paper "Affirmative Action purports to be a method for achieving equal employment opportunity for minorities normally discriminated against in hiring based on race ethnicity gender or other exclusionary criteria..."
Tags: Affirmative Action, pro's and con's, employment, education
Abstract This reaction paper is about Michael Collins, the leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, his tactics, model, and his influence on later revolutionaries/terrorists. It looks at Collins' model of political violence.
From the Paper "Terrorism Having viewed the film Michael Collins and examined a limited sample of scholarly literature on the life of the Irish radical activist himself the purpose of this report is to discuss who and what Michael Collins was ..."
Tags: Michael Collins, revolutionary, Irish, terrorists
Abstract This paper breaks down David Cole's essay "Five Myths About Immigration" into the authors different appeals used to undermine the myths, including appeal to ethics (ethos); appeal to emotion (pathos); and appeal to reason (logos).
From the Paper "Despite America being a nation of immigrants and despite a history of successfully incorporating waves of immigrants into American society ,misinformation and fear often distort public debate regarding immigration policy. "
Abstract This paper discusses how immigration in the era of mass immigration, 1850 to about 1920, differed from other periods, and what changed in the experiences of immigrants. The paper examines the start of immigrant communities based on ethnicity and looks at how improvements in transportation enabled mass immigration.
From the Paper "The United States is overwhelmingly a country of immigrants in the sense that nearly all Americans or their ancestors came from elsewhere in the last few centuries. Only the Native Americans, less than one percent of the population, are descended from peoples who had lived in what is now the United States for thousands of years. Moreover with the important exception of African-Americans, most of the people who immigrated to the United States or to what would become the United States did so..."
Tags: united, states, immigration, immigrants, ethnic
Abstract This paper applies the philosophy of utilitarianism to argue if favor of embryonic stem cell research. The paper discusses the ethical dilemma involved in destroying embryos and argues that the utility of stem cell research, its potential to reduce human suffering, make it ethical as well as necessary.
From the Paper "Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to open the floodgates of science, finding cures for a myriad of different cancers and diseases, saving millions of lives and averting untold human suffering in the process. Despite the nearly boundless promise that stem cells offer, there is a potent ethical dilemma involved. Namely, research into stem cells requires the destruction of human embryos. While there are indeed some powerful visceral arguments to be made concerning the sanctity of human life, I believe that there is an equally powerful ethically grounded argument..."
Abstract The paper argues that euthanasia should be decriminalized. The paper is written from an ethical point of view. The writer explains that the argument is based on weighing the ethics of permitting death within the medical establishment, or the ethics of limiting personal freedom and responsibility. The paper concludes that in the end, the right to choose must be given greater importance than the moral concerns of only one contingent of society.
From the Paper "To be sure, euthanasia represents one of the most complex and heavily debated issues in modern, Western society. With recent high-profile examples like the Terri Schiavo case in Florida or the failed attempts by the Bush administration to outlaw euthanasia in Oregon, the topic seems to be at the forefront of cultural development. When we consider the ethics of the matter, it is important to weigh the moral cost of death against the moral cost of restricting freedom. This paper will argue that euthanasia should be decriminalized because it is the final example of the importance of freedom and the right to choose."
Abstract This persuasive essay argues that immigration is a positive step for both immigrants and the United States in many ways. The paper suggests that many immigrants often bring new knowledge and skills while others come to the United States to get away from suppression. The paper points out that, when a person stops to think about it, most people living in the United States are immigrants.
From the Paper "Everyone in the U.S. is an immigrant, except for Native Indians. If the first group of immigrants who arrived here can build something so enviable, why not give the subsequent lots a chance too?" (Latour). If all the first immigrants were told to go back home, where would the United States be today? Immigration is important for many reasons including giving the suppressed an opportunity to better their lives, for bringing specialists into the country, and knowledge needed fora global world. Many people believe that immigration is to benefit the person immigrating into the country and that the United States does not need to have more immigrants into the country. However, this simply is not true."
Abstract In this article, the writer maintains that the war in Iraq and the Vietnam war hold very similar foreign policy agendas, which rely on falsified intelligence information to enact pre-emptive war. The writer explains that the lack of presidential action to halt the War in Iraq further reveals the growing problems of war powers that allow nations, such as the United States, to attack smaller countries without reliable proofs of a threat. Further the writer notes that both president Bush and President Johnson invoke similarities in how war is created and enacted through poor intelligence and aggressive policies toward lesser nations.
From the Paper "In many ways, the instigation of war through fabricated intelligence was seen in the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which can also be seen in the false intelligence the United States used to launch a War in Iraq. In this manner, both of these wars offer examples of similar wars in that they were based on false intelligence and were preemptive in design. The historical background to the Vietnam conflict was brought on by the rise in anti-communist campaigns, such as those made by McCarthyism in the 50s."
Abstract This paper discusses one of the most contentious issues in contemporary American life, birth control.
This paper examines birth control in America and argues that birth control is something which should be readily available to all citizens just as long as certain protocols are followed. In so doing, however, this paper also points out the arguments of those who are unconvinced that wide spread birth control is desirable. In the end, this paper's central contention is that having a child is an enormously challenging development in the lives of young people (or old people, for that matter) and it should only be undertaken if the parents (or parent) possess the maturity, the desire and the resources necessary to do the job well.
