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Michael Ignatieff?s "The Lesser Evil", 2005.
This paper reviews Michael Ignatieff's "The Lesser Evil", which investigates the fundamental disparity between the principles of human rights and democracy and the practical necessities of living with terrorism.
2,080 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper explains that, in "The Lesser Evil", Michael Ignatieff asserts that, occasionally, circumstances arrive in which a nation is forced to choose between two undesirable options, which may require us to take actions in defense of democracy that will stray from democracy's own foundational commitments to dignity. The author points out that Ignatieff offers a comprehensive argument detailing the ethics, justifications, successes, failures and recommendations for instances in which the ideals of democracy must be partially surrendered in order to save them. The paper summarizes that the primary theme of the book is finding a middle road to these two opposing viewpoints, which impel a nation to either die by their morals or to trash them in self-preservation.
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"Next, Ignatieff synthesizes these two standpoints to analyze the risks of "nihilism," as he terms it. Generally, this is the prospect that the victorious party must defend against: the institution of a form of rule whose purpose is merely self-continuation. This can happen if the liberal democracy prevails: "Thus democratic values, instead of preventing the lesser from shading into the greater evil, may actually blind democratic agents to the moral reality of their actions." (Ignatieff, 119). Additionally, it can occur if the terrorists prevail: thus, creating a cycle of terrorist and counterterrorist violence with no apparent end. These comprise the elemental outcomes to be guarded against in the war on terror."
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Michael Ignatieff's "Scar Tissue", 2005.
Book review of Michael Ignatieff's fictional story about dementia and aging.
890 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper presents a summary and review of Michael Ignatieff's story, "Scar Tissue" about dementia and the effects of aging of an elderly parent can have on an individual's soul, sense of self and sense of place within a familial context.
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"Despite the fictional conceit, this book deals with a subject that is all too physically real for many elderly Americans and families, and it is unsparing and real in its level of medical details. One can only describe it as harrowing as a real-life, true account of such suffering-in the heart of the child protagonist as much as the mother slipping into her final darkness, before death. Michael Ignatieff's title refers to the first scan of the woman's brain. It shows "scar tissue," the physical manifestation of a mental disease affecting the mind."
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The Lesser of Two Evils: Why FDR Set Up Pearl Harbor, 2001.
This essay puts forth the argument that FDR knew of the possibility of an impending attack on Pearl Harbor, and how it related to the Soviet Union.
1,095 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, $ 38.95
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This paper explains how Franklin Roosevelt used the US fleet at Pearl Harbor to lure the Japanese away from attacking the Soviet Union and creating a second front against the Soviets which would have made it impossible for them to defend against Nazi Germany.
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"After sixty years, the attack on Pearl Harbor still raises serious debate. Despite the common image of an insidious Japanese assault launched against the unwitting American Navy, there is evidence, as presented in class that the infamy of Pearl Harbor actually began long before December 7, 1941. This evidence suggests that Franklin Roosevelt set Pearl Harbor up as a target and enticed the Japanese to attack there."
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Evil is as Evil Does, 2002.
A look at David Hume's philosophy on evil.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper presents a detailed look at David Hume's ideas on evil. The writer of this paper takes the reader on an exploratory journey through the philosophy of Hume focusing on his beliefs when it came to the concept of evilness.
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Hear No Evil, See No Evil, 2004.
A look at the controversial issue of children using the Internet.
1,447 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper discusses the question of censorship in relation to the use of Internet by children. The writer explains that the responsibility lies both on the parents and the government in implementing some sort of control, but also argues that inappropriate behavior stems not only from this source. The writer concludes that education is the key factor in achieving a balanced use of the Internet.
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"A teenaged gunman opens fire in a Colorado school. A twelve-year-old boy rapes and kills a six-year-old. Yet another boy kills a toddler just for the ?fun? of it. These are but a few of the recent headlines that paint a shocking picture of modern day society. We are a culture in turmoil; a culture beset by depravity and violence. It is hard enough to raise a child today without reading stories such as these, but harder still when, in the name of entertainment; our children and we are bombarded with such images on a daily basis. For who can turn on a television or go to a movie without witnessing some violent and offensive scene? Those who should be setting good examples only encourage the trend toward greater disregard for ethical standards. Authority figures behave inappropriately, heroes tote guns, rock stars sing of shootings and gang violence ? and media moguls cry freedom of speech when confronted with the consequences. Luckily, today?s children can turn to the computer for alternate sources of entertainment and inspiration."
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The Rights Revolution, 2005.
This paper analyzes and offers a personal view on "The Rights Revolution" by Michael Ignatieff.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper conveys how Michael Ignatieff's provocative text "The Rights Revolution" is characterized by a certain sense that a rights-based discourse is in the best interest of Canadian democracy. The paper maintains that with this intellectual fetish guiding his thinking, it is not surprising that he chooses to interpret group based rights and group based political discourse as necessary, democratic and edifying for all concerned. The paper reviews three general assumptions Ignatieff makes in the above-mentioned book, as well as how those assumptions colour the interpretations he draws.
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Canada Child Tax Benefit, 2008.
An analysis of the Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) based on Michael Ignatieff's analysis in "A Vision for a More Competitive Canada."
1,544 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper identifies and analyzes the Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB). It analyzes the policy and discusses its problems. The paper specifically looks at an analysis of the CCTB by Michael Ignatieff, the Canadian Member of Parliament for Etobicoke, Lakeshore and one of the Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidates. It discusses the CCTB according to an article he wrote for The Globe and Mail entitled "A Vision for a More Competitive Canada."
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Introduction: Policy Under Review
Policy Summary
Problems With the CCTB
Conclusion: Other Options?
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"To date, the GNWT has cut the personal income tax levels and maintains one of the lowest corporate taxation regimes in the country (ibid, p. 17). It makes sense that in order to support those who are in need, those who have high financial security ought to be taxes more. At the moment, the ironic truth is that it is those who have the least financial wealth must pay in order to subsidize the CCTB. Indeed, as one detractor commented, the CTB is "more generous to those who do get it than anything in our history" (Shillington, 2000, p. 62). Funds from taxation of those with higher personal incomes and increased corporate taxation would do much to stem this problem. Additional funds may also be taken from the Canada's National Plan of Action for Children initiatives, for example (ibid, p. 17). Until such solutions are implemented, unfortunately families struggling under the CCTB have no alternative to their dire situation."
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Terrorism, 2005.
A comparison of the views of Noam Chomsky and Michael Ignatieff on terrorism the Western world and the war on terror.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This essay compares the conception of the term "terrorism" by Noam Chomsky in "Who are the Global Terrorists" and Michael Ignatieff in "Liberty and Armageddon". The paper argues that both have essentially different views on this subject and it discusses each of their views in detail, pointing out in which ways they differ most.
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"Terrorism as Defined by Noam Chomsky and Michael Ignatieff Two positions on global terror could not be more different than those taken by Noam Chomsky in "Who are the Global Terrorists?" and Michael Ignatieff in "Liberty and Armageddon." In both articles, the respective authors deal with the topic of modern global terrorism. However, they display a markedly different understanding of the issue. Chomsky argues that the Western liberal democracies, lead by the United States and Israel, have been guilty for decades of countless cases of state sponsored terrorism and transgressions, while Michael Ignatieff completely ignores potential Western guilt while arguing for an increase in the effort of the war on terror."
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St. Augustine's Problem of Evil, 2002.
A discussion of St. Augustine's theory of evil and why evil exists if God does.
1,848 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper examines St. Augustine's doctrine on evil. St. Augustine believed that God made a perfect world, but that God?s creatures turned away from God of their own free will, through different types of falls, and that is how evil originated in the world. It shows how Augustine?s approach to a solution to the problem of evil has three main parts: The author explains how Augustine assumes that evil is a privation and cannot be properly said to exist at all, he argues that the apparent imperfection of any part of creation disappears in light of the perfection of the whole and he argues that moral evil, together with that suffering which is created as punishment for sin, originates in the free nature of the will of all creatures. According to Augustine, God has allowed evil to exist in the world because it does not conflict with His goodness. He did not create evil but is also not a victim of it. He simply allows it to exist.
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"In Augustine?s study of the problem of evil, he argues that there are a variety of things that are good. Without this variety, he says, there can be a greater good ness of things as a whole than there would be if this variety did not exist. Augustine also argues that evil is not completely real in itself. Instead, it is dependent on something more real, like disease, which is a form of evil. He points out that disease can only exist in a body, which is a form of good. Therefore, Augustine says, God, who is the source of everything that exists, is not in contest with a positive being or a counterpart that is evil."
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Judaism and the Problem of Evil, 2005.
This paper discusses that, despite being the victim of much evil through-out history, Judaism has maintained a basically hopeful attitude towards the problem of suffering and of evil.
1,165 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper explains that Judaism addresses the problem of evil without doubting the full existence either of evil or of God and without blaming the problem of evil on supernatural forces such as evil spirits or the divine workings of Karma. The author points out that the Jewish faith suggests that the existence of evil was necessary because it allowed God to create the universe and the concept of free will. The paper relates that, like that of many transcendental Eastern religions, Judaism's relationship to suffering addresses the value and benefit of evil in the world because evil works to clean the soul.
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"This idea that humanity's free will forces evil into the world is a common theme in most religions and even among atheists. Many people have an instinct that suggests some outside force works on humans, however, encouraging them to do evil when they would not have a tendency to do it by themselves. For example, in Christian culture the idea of a "devil" who can "make" people do bad things is very common. Christians believe that one of God's angels rebelled and fell from heaven, and now leads an army of demons on earth who wreck havoc on humans, both tempting them to do evil and striking at them with external evil like cancer or natural disasters. Judaism, however, does not believe in anything of the sort, nor do the Hebrew scriptures support this view. On the contrary, according to Jewish understandings, Satan is not a rebel but an obedient angel who is "His Majesty's loyal opposition"."
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Evil, 2007.
This paper discusses and analyzes the concept of evil.
1,819 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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In this article, the writer takes a look at the origins of evil and discusses its purpose in society. The writer examines the different interpretations of evil and the way in which evil is viewed in different aspects of society. This essay also looks at the conflicting views on the existence of God and evil. The writer concludes that evil is something which has no definite meaning, as there will always be someone who has a different interpretation. Further, the writer maintains that evil will remain in this world in order to test people's temptations and morals. The writer claims that those who fall to evil ways shall repent it forever.
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Executive Summary
Introduction
What is Evil?
Definition of Good and Evil
Existence of Evil in the World
Conclusion
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"Evil can be classified as an act which causes pain purposely and not accidentally. A person committing an act of evil knows that he/she is doing something which is morally wrong but then still proceeds to do it. Evil is an ugly thing but then one needs to have evil so that there is good in the world. There has to be something out there which will allow us to classify something as an act of good so that it can be distinguished from evil. Evil has to be there so it can balance goodwill in the world so that life can go on. This is known as the theory of duality where it states that life is a struggle between good or evil. It is believed that evil and good are different parts of the pole and cancel each other out."
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The Problem of Evil, 2004.
This paper discusses that evil is everywhere, and that, while good is also in abundant supply, evil will never totally be removed from society.
1,990 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper argues that good and evil create a yin and yang sort of effect that many believe is necessary to understand life and its balance. The author points out that it is difficult to prove what is evil and what is good; there are many different opinions, depending on the circumstances. The paper reflects that, to remove totally the problem of evil, everyone on earth would have to be destroyed, which would be pointless.
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Introduction
The Argument for Evil Remaining in the World
The Argument against Evil Remaining in the World
Is There a Solution to Evil?
Conclusion
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"The opposing opinion, of course, is that evil need not remain with humanity. The arguments here will respond to those listed above. As to the first argument, many believe that evil and good are not actually opposing forces. They are not forces at all. Instead, they are simply words that are put on actions and ideas, depending on what the majority of that society agrees upon. There are many places that do not have the same rules and regulations as other areas, but that does not make one of these places evil and the other place good. It only makes these places different from one another. It is the same with good and evil. They are side by side, not opposed to one another, and the only difference between the two is based in the perceptions and opinions of those around them."
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?Unmasking Administrative Evil?, 2004.
A review of the book, ?Unmasking Administrative Evil,? by Guy B. Adams and Danny L. Balfour.
1,229 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper examines how, in "Understanding Administrative Evil", authors Guy B. Adams and Danny L. Balfour explore the idea and evolution of the concept of evil. It looks at how, over time, historical evil has evolved into administrative evil, a form of evil that is unique to modernity, and how the main differences between historical and administrative evil lie in the perpetrator?s motivation. It analyzes how, to illustrate their arguments, Adams and Balfour cite numerous and varied cases of administrative evil, including the Jewish Holocaust, welfare reform, immigration, and the destructive organizational culture at NASA that spawned the Challenger tragedy.
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"To support their argument, Adams and Balfour apply their theory to a number of modern historical events. In their first study, the authors analyze the Holocaust, first by summarizing the debate between intentionalist and functionalist scholars. However, to fully understand the German society?s complicity in the Holocaust, Adams and Balfour argue for a synthesis ? that the Holocaust grew out of a ?confluence of historical and political forces, racist ideology and anti-Semitism, organizational competition and the bureaucratic processes of a highly developed modern society? (59)."
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"Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society", 2008.
A review of the book "Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society" by Ted Peters.
816 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 0 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper discusses how in his book, "Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society", Ted Peters tackles the subject of sin and evil in human lives and the lives of society. It looks at how, according to Peters, sin is a progression that leads to radical evil, or evil pursued in the name of evil.
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"In order for humans to believe that concupiscence may succeed, they invent lies, and seek self-justification, which Peters defines as "identifying ourselves with the good." This self-justification can result in prejudice and profound racism and culture wars. This self-justification is essential for hypocrisy, as Peters shows in Jesus' discussions with the Jews. However, as self-justification results in bigotry and hypocrisy, justification by faith brings freedom. In it "God creates new life out of death just as he first brought the creation into existence out of nothing." God's justification is the only way we can find freedom."
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"The Banality of Evil", 2006.
An analysis of Hannah Arendt's work "The Banality of Evil." Several possibilities are discussed which explain evil and its results.
1,263 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explores Hannah Arendt's theory which she called "the banality of evil." Arendt's hypothesis is critiqued and studied through the example of Adolf Eichmann, a figure responsible for orchestrating the Nazi Holocaust. A disturbing facet of Arendt's argument is based on the belief that Adolf Eichmann lacked intrinsically evil psychological makeup. It is debated in this paper whether a human being could willingly devise a scheme that was the most sadistic and systematic killing in world history. A brief portion of the paper examines common instances where the 'banality of evil' could excuse wrongdoing.
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"The term 'banality of evil' can be explained in a variety of ways. Literally, the word 'banality' translates as "dullness". The word evil can be defined as "something that brings sorrow, distress, or calamity" . On the surface, a basic analysis of the phrase implies that sadistic behavior does not always have a starting point. Arendt's use of this phrase offers an alternative explanation to our traditional perceptions of evil. She refutes the notion that an ulterior motive must exist to commit sinister acts such as the Holocaust. In Eichmann's example, this would imply that he was not motivated by Anti-Semitism or inner-resentment towards any race. Instead, Arendt proposes that some individuals' capacity for evil derives from their superficial character. Their superficiality dulls their ability to make informed and moral decisions."
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