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The Thomson Corporation, 2007.
This paper discusses the Thomson Corporation and their successes.
1,131 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper examines the Thomson Corporation and its subsidiaries, which provides information services to business and professional customers worldwide. The paper looks at the roots of this company as well as their strategies, priorities and goals. The paper also discusses the Thomson Corporation's unprecedented takeover of news and data giant, Reuters.
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"The Thomson Corporation and its subsidiaries, with headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, and operations in 37 countries, provide information services to business and professional customers worldwide. The family-owned organization operates through five business areas: Thomson Legal, Thomson Tax and Accounting, Thomson Financial, Thomson Scientific, and Thomson Healthcare. The Thomson Legal business division --- the company's most profitable business last year --- publishes legal textbooks and materials; provides software to assist lawyers with practice management functions; offers Internet-accessible legal directories; provides Web site creation and hosting services and law firm marketing solutions; offers strategic consulting advisory services; and provides textbooks, study aids, bar review courses, continuing education materials, and seminars. It delivers these premium products to the demanding legal industry."
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Thomson's Allegory for Abortion Rights, 2008.
A review of the arguments presented in Judith Jarvis Thomson's article, "A Defense of Abortion."
839 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper provides the ethical background to Judith Jarvis Thomson's allegory of the violinist and the woman in regards to the right to life for pregnant mothers who need abortions in mortal circumstances. The paper discusses the arguments in Thomson's article, "A Defense of Abortion", and concludes that Thomson provides an ethically sound argument for abortion rights.
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"In conclusion, the allegory of the violinist provides a rational and moral argument for abortion that takes the mother's life into account before the child within her. The immediate threat to life and the choice of keeping the mother alive is a valid argument, since she has not consciously disregard the child's life simply out of inconvenience. The premise of Thomson's logic resides on questioning the issue of murder for abortion, since the mother's life is just as valuable (if not more), than the unborn fetus that resides within her. In this manner, Thomson makes a rational and ethical argument through the premise of the violinist allegory in this article."
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Judith Jarvis Thomson on Abortion, 2008.
A critique of Judith Jarvis Thomson's article "A Defense of Abortion".
1,395 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper comments upon Judith Jarvis Thomson's views on abortion in her article "A Defense of Abortion". The paper analyzes Thomson's arguments and beliefs about a woman's right to have an abortion, including her belief that abortion should be safe, legal, albeit rare. The paper concludes that Thomson's cautious and meticulous position is not unreasonable.
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"To Thomson, this leads to a logical dilemma. If the pregnancy will kill the mother, why is it wrong to deny an abortion at the cost of the mother's life? She rejects the notion that killing the fetus (direct killing) is fundamentally different from allowing the mother to die. (190) Thomson reasons that if the woman managed to cause an abortion, she would not be charged with murder. She has a right to defend her life, even against the fetus in her womb. (189-91) From this, she reasons that if the woman unplugged the violinist, causing his death, she would not commit murder. If this is so, then to refuse to grant the rape victim the right to terminate a pregnancy is to refuse to grant her "that very status of person which is so firmly insisted on for the fetus.""
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"A Defense Of Abortion" ( Judith Jarvis Thomson ), 1999.
Analyzes arguments, methods and the effectiveness of this pro-abortion article.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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The issue of abortion is perhaps the most divisive social and political issue in America today. Taking up this debate are two opposing armies of dedicated true-believers. On one side are those opposing abortion under any circumstances because they view it as the murder of an unborn child, and on the other side are those upholding the idea of choice as an absolute allowing the woman to secure an abortion without hindrance at any point in her pregnancy. Standing between these two extremes are millions of Americans with a more moderate view, a view that includes a concern for the trauma of the woman and an understanding that abortion is a choice not to be made lightly. These millions of Americans area also willing to allow some restrictions on abortions without banning the option altogether.
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"The issue of abortion is perhaps the most divisive social and political issue in America today. Taking up this debate are two opposing armies of dedicated true-believers. On one side are those opposing abortion under any circumstances because they view it as the murder of an unborn child, and on the other side are those upholding the idea of choice as an absolute allowing the woman to secure an abortion without hindrance at any point in her pregnancy. Standing between these two extremes are millions of Americans with a more moderate view, a view that includes a concern for the trauma of the woman and an understanding that abortion is a choice not to be made lightly. These millions of Americans area also willing to allow some restrictions on abortions without banning the option altogether. The rigid positions of the two extremes are well-known because both are ..."
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Abortion, 2007.
An argument against Judith Jarvis Thomson's analogy for abortion, found in her article "A Defense of Abortion."
988 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the issue of abortion from the point of view of Judith Jarvis Thomson, found in her article "A Defense of Abortion." It discusses the issue by describing Thomson's hypothetical situation where a woman is essentially tethered to a famous violinist, who lives off the woman's organs. The paper argues against the logic used in Thomson's analogy, while still proposing that there may be circumstances where abortion should be legitimate.
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"Perhaps we can all agree that no unborn baby ever reaches adult size and that, in many pregnancies, the baby's size does not become a significant obstruction until the very late stages of the pregnancy. In fact, at the six-month mark a typical fetus will only weigh about a pound and a half (Battle, 1982). And, certainly, pregnant women can be quite active. Many pregnant women exercise and even travel well into their pregnancies. The body has a natural mechanism for storing and carrying an unborn baby. And while we may all agree that carrying a nine-pound baby inside one's womb is not a simple task, we can also agree that the baby is not nine pounds for the vast majority of the pregnancy and that it is still a much easier task than having a grown adult plugged into one's kidneys. The situations, quite simply, are not analogous."
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Abortion, 2007.
An argument against Judith Jarvis Thomson's analogy for abortion, found in her article "A Defense of Abortion."
988 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the issue of abortion from the point of view of Judith Jarvis Thomson, found in her article "A Defense of Abortion." It discusses the issue by describing Thomson's hypothetical situation where a woman is essentially tethered to a famous violinist, who lives off the woman's organs. The paper argues against the logic used in Thomson's analogy, while still proposing that there may be circumstances where abortion should be legitimate.
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"Perhaps we can all agree that no unborn baby ever reaches adult size and that, in many pregnancies, the baby's size does not become a significant obstruction until the very late stages of the pregnancy. In fact, at the six-month mark a typical fetus will only weigh about a pound and a half (Battle, 1982). And, certainly, pregnant women can be quite active. Many pregnant women exercise and even travel well into their pregnancies. The body has a natural mechanism for storing and carrying an unborn baby. And while we may all agree that carrying a nine-pound baby inside one's womb is not a simple task, we can also agree that the baby is not nine pounds for the vast majority of the pregnancy and that it is still a much easier task than having a grown adult plugged into one's kidneys. The situations, quite simply, are not analogous."
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Abortion, 2002.
Examines the issue within the context of two articles by Judith Thomson and Don Marquis.
1,245 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses Judith Thomson's article "A Defence of Abortion" where she states her opinion that some abortions are permissible and that fetuses are not human beings at the moment of conception. It then compares it to Don Marquis "Why Abortion is Immoral" in which he claims the opposite - that abortions are always impermissible and that fetuses are human beings from the moment of conception because they have a future. The author then shows, in the bulk of the paper, why he agrees with Thomson?s argument.
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"This leads me to believe that if a woman has an unwanted pregnancy, she has a right to end it before the fetus is viable, because the fetus?s life is dependent on the life of the biological mother. For example, if the mother were to incur a fatal injury before the fetus is viable the fetus would die, but if the baby is viable the baby could survive whether the mother lives or not. This is the first point in my opinion - that the fetus?s future is able to be controlled by someone other than the biological mother. Before this point the mother has a right to do what she wants, because it is a part of her body and if the baby is unwanted, she is not doing anything morally wrong, because she is not hurting any person but herself. After the point where the baby is viable, it is morally wrong to have an abortion because that is a form of murder."
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A Rational Consideration of the Permissibility of Abortion, 2008.
A discussion of the permissibility of abortion based on a comparative analysis of Dan Marquis' essay "An Argument that Abortion is Wrong" and Judith Thomson's essay "A Defense of Abortion".
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 65.95
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This paper analyzes two essays from Julian Cole's "Readings on the Ethics of Abortion" regarding the controversy over the permissibility of abortion. The first is Dan Marquis' "An Argument that Abortion is Wrong",
which attempts to make a unique argument against abortion which removes the prickly, and in many ways impossible to settle, contrast between those who view it as morally wrong and those who believe that it is a right protected by natural law. The second is Judith Thomson's "A Defense of Abortion", which, according to the paper, helps to discern the flaws in Marquis' approach while providing a justification for proliferation of abortion rights. Contrary to Marquis, Thomson attacks head-on the fundamental question at the heart of the debate, which is the definition of life. In both articles, there is a shared attempt to remove the difficult and prejudicial moral elements of the abortion controversy. To conclude, the paper maintains that, in more cases than not, a responsible societal administration of abortion rights must be seen as a permissible exercise of human rights.
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"In his article, "An Argument that Abortion is Wrong," Dan Marquis crafts a case which he claims has no basis in religion. (Cole, 6) It is upon this claim that he attempts to make a unique argument against abortion which removes the prickly, and in many ways impossible to settle, contrast between those who view it as morally wrong and those who believe that it is a right protected by natural law. The reason for his claimed withdrawal from the traditionally religious notion of abortion as being a violation of the universal right to life is its inherently divisive nature. Here, we find that the pro-life advocate is seeking to enter the argument without falling prey to its usually impenetrable morass of subjective ideas."
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The Ethics of Abortion, 2007.
A comparison of the arguments of Judith Thomson in "A Defense of Abortion," with those of Don Marquis in "Why Abortion is Immoral".
1,340 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the respective arguments of Judith Thomson in "A Defense of Abortion," with those of Don Marquis in "Why Abortion is Immoral." The paper argues that while the two approaches to the question of abortion are distinct in their fundamental assumptions, in general both arguments are based on the same methodological premise that the complex ethical issues surrounding abortion can be understood through what may be termed a "property-rights" approach. The paper concludes that Marquis' argument is marginally stronger than Thomson's in this regard.
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"Thomson's analogy that for a mother to be compelled to carry a person she does not want for nine months - with the possibility of years of support following - is analogous to someone using one's property without permission is clearly very strong. It suggests that the self-defense argument is particularly strong, to the point of being almost unchallengeable. After all, if we defend the right of a person to defend his own life to the point of killing another if necessary, then why cannot the same rule apply to a mother. More broadly, why should a mother be forced to allow another person use of their property should they not wish this? In contrast, Marquis seems to emphasize the value of the property in this analysis. For the mother to terminate a fetus would be, in effect, the elimination of decades of life-value for the unborn fetus."
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Three Eighteenth-Century Poets, 2002.
Shows how 18th Century poets, Pope, Finch and Thomson reflected nature in their works.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper examines the use of nature in three eighteenth-century poets, Alexander Pope, Anne Finch, and James Thomson.
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Critique of A Defense of Abortion, 2005.
A critique of essay "A Defense of Abortion."
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper is a critique of the essay "A Defense of Abortion" by Judith Jarvis Thomson. It analyzes Thomson's agreement with abortion opponents that a fetus is a person. It also discusses the competing rights to life issue of fetus and pregnant woman. The paper examines Thomson's contention that women have the right to control their bodies.
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"In her essay titled A Defense of Abortion Judith Jarvis Thomson grants abortion opponents' argument that a fetus is a person from the moment of conception ..."
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Jonathan Lethem's "Motherless Brooklyn", 2005.
This paper reviews Jonathan Lethem's 1999 novel "Motherless Brooklyn" and the concept of dirt.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 2 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper outlines Rosemarie Garland Thomson concept of 'dirt' and applies it to r Jonathan Lethem's novel "Motherless Brooklyn". The author points out that Douglas' concept is that society dreads things that fall outside its normative schema and disabled people are one of these 'things'. The paper relates that, applying Douglas' concept to the novel, it is evident that some of aspects of her work are more applicable than others.
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"The conjunction of Mary Douglas' theory of 'dirt' visa-vis society's treatment of the abnormal and aberrant with Jonathan Lethem's fine novel, Motherless Brooklyn, offers an uncommon opportunity for insight and understanding into the uneasy place occupied by disabled men, women and children in a society preoccupied with physical comeliness and 'beauty'. This paper, quite simply, explores the existence of Douglas' theory of 'dirt' - specifically the five strategies she believes societies employ in dealing with those who are anomalous - in Lethem's novel and suggest which characters, if any, incorporate the disabled into the larger mainstream world; this paper also explores what the existence of various strategies in the text suggests about the representation of disability in a society uneasy with such difference."
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The Carnot Cycle, 2000.
A look at the historical development of the Carnot Cycle.
1,740 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 7 sources, $ 56.95
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This paper explains the theory behind the carnot cycle. It also goes through the influence of Nicholas-Leonard-Sadi Carnot, William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), and Rudolf Clausius. The paper includes pictures and diagrams as supplements to the text.
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"All of the heat input is supplied at a single high temperature and all the heat output is rejected at a single lower temperature. The Carnot cycle is completely reversible since there are no ?one way? processes such as explosions or throttling actions. The isothermal and adiabatic processes of the Carnot cycle are idealizations of actual processes. The direction of either process may be reversed by only a slight change in the external pressure. In addition, there is no friction present and the working substance is always extremely close to equilibrium."
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Electronic Marketing, 2006.
A summary of the book "Electronic Marketing: Integrating Electronic Resources into thee Marketing Process", which was written by Joel Reedy and Shauna Schullo and its relevance in e-commerce.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This paper analyzes the book "Electronic Marketing: Integrating Electronic Resources into the Marketing Process", which was written by Joel Reedy and Shauna Schullo and published by Thomson in 2004. The paper suggests that this book is an excellent source for business people and general readers who are interested in learning about electronic marketing and related e-commerce issues.
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"Electronic Marketing: A Book Summary Electronic Marketing: Integrating Electronic Resources into the Marketing Process was written by Joel Reedy and Shauna Schullo and published by Thomson in 2004. This book is an excellent source for business people and general readers who are interested in learning about electronic marketing and related e-commerce issues. Six chapters are particularly useful and informative, and require extended examination and discussion. In the chapter, Introduction to the Resources of Electronic Marketing, the authors examine why electronic marketing has expanded so rapidly over the past ten years."
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