...The Freedom Rides in 1965 helped change people's views and opinions on people of colour in Australia Since the Britain colonisation of Australia in 1788 the indigenous Australians have been treated as lesser humans and sometimes not even the same species. For instance the Freedom Rides in 1965 and the 1967 referendum helped change people's views and opinions on people of colour. The rides were significant for bring attention to the poor conditions in which most aborigines were being treated. The 1967 referendum was an important event in helping to better lives of the aboriginals and how these actions started a bigger movement and changed people's views. In February 1965 a group of university students from the University of Sydney decided to...
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...The Hidden Effects “The Freedom of Choice Act” Has In Our Country In our country, we are free to do whatever we want that is not breaking the law. We are free to come and go as we please, say what we want, even drive anywhere we want to go. Why is it such a problem when a woman wants the freedom to do what she wants with her own body? When we think about “The Freedom of Choice Act”, we think about abortion and who has the right to determine what a woman can do or not do with her own body. Through time, we have argued that it the woman who has the right to choose, or perhaps it is the father who should have a say so, or maybe it is the clergy, or the government who should have a say in the matter. Most believe that the woman should have the final say so because it is her body. Some believe that the father of the child should be able to have a say if the child is born or not. Then you have those who believe that the clergy or the government should be the ones who regulate abortions through laws to determine if a woman is going to have an abortion or not. Then there is always the question about those who wind up in this position of abortion because of rape or incest. In this paper, we will touch on several different topics of abortion to have a better understanding why there is such a strong debate on this subject. History on Abortion When we think of abortion, many people do not think about it or even talk about it. When those who are sitting around contemplating abortion, they...
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...People believe that revolutions can leave a lasting effect, because the only reason revolutions happen is because people are looking to change something. For instance back during the time of the American revolution the colonists were looking for a change. They wanted freedom, and Britain was not giving them freedom. So the colonists had a revolution and went to war with Britain, and we won. There was a lasting effect because of this revolution, and that is the United States is still a free country today. That was the colonists original drive to go to war in the first place. Revolutions only happen because people are seeking change, and there is always a lasting effect even if it wasn’t the outcome was thought to be. People are always seeking...
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...In Critique of Pure Reason and Critique of Practical Reason Immanuel Kant attempts to reconcile causal determinism on the one hand and human freedom on the other. Kant’s unique argument centers around a distinction between human reason, which originates spontaneously from itself with no previous cause, and its effect on the external world which always has a cause and is part of a causal chain of events. In essence human beings have the freedom to choose a response regardless of the effects of events in the external world. Kant presents cogent and comprehensive argument that is difficult to write off. I will argue in favor or Kant’s position as he does a masterful job in removing what appears to be an obvious contradiction of compatibilism. Kant identifies two forms of causality: causality via the laws of nature, or determinism and causality from freedom of will (Critique of Pure Reason, A532 / B560). Causality from nature is...
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...Paige Rettig Professor Wadle Political Science 1 15 March 2024 Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom in the November 8, 2022 Ballot is an essential proposition that protects the health and freedom of women in the United States. This proposition has been a very controversial topic in the world throughout history and even in the modern times that we are living in now. There are so many different benefits to putting this proposition into action in our country. Granting rights to reproductive freedom will open the freedom for women to make decisions on their bodies without restraint from California law. One of the big effects of this Proposition being put into place...
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...Q1. a) The T-value is 3.5 and the P-value is 0.001. The chance of an association between Expend and Number of this magnitude occurring just by chance is around 1 in 1000. So we very strongly suspect that there really is an underlying association. b) The average or expected monthly expenditure on extras this year is $12.26 for customers who did not take any options last year. For every option the customer took last year you can add another $2.79 to this. c) The prediction equation is not very accurate. The model error measures the typical difference between the fitted values and the observed values. This is a rough estimator of the prediction error. The sample size was n=83 so there is a typical prediction error of [pic] which is the large in comparison with the typical size of expenditures in this data set (roughly $10-$30 judging by the given mean and standard deviation). The percentage of variation in expenditure explained by optional purchases last year is only 12%. d) We predict $12.26+5x$2.79=$26.21 e) This is a simple regression (single input variable) and chapter 15 gave an explicit formula for the slope estimate. The equation for slope is [pic] and we know this equals 2.787. We also know that the standard deviation of expenditure is 14.064 and of number is 1.828. Solving for the correlation gives the answer 0.362. For simple regression, you can calculate the slope from the correlation or visa-versa. For multiple regression, it is the partial correlations...
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...sections that have the effect of codifying the protections in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. All public bodies (such as courts, police, local governments, hospitals, publicly funded schools, and others) and other bodies carrying out public functions have to comply with the Convention rights. This means, among other things, that individuals can take human rights cases in domestic courts; they no longer have to go to Strasbourg to argue their case in the European Court of Human Rights. The Act sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms that individuals in the UK have access to. They include: * Right to life * Freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment * Right to liberty and security * Freedom from slavery and forced labor * Right to a fair trial * No punishment without law * Respect for your private and family life, home and correspondence * Freedom of thought, belief and religion * Freedom of expression * Freedom of assembly and association * Right to marry and start a family * Protection from discrimination in respect of these rights and freedoms * Right to peaceful enjoyment of your property * Right to education * Right to participate in free elections The Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received Royal Assent on 9 November 1998, and mostly came into force on 2 October 2000.[1] Its aim is to "give further effect" in UK law to the rights...
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...Freedom What does it mean to be an American? Everyone's opinion is different when it comes to the definition of an American, because no one has the exact same life. In my opinion being an American it means being free. Would America be America without freedom? Being American means having freedom because America was established on freedom and the basic rights of freedom. In the article “American Identity: Ideas, Not Ethnicity”, by Michael Jay Friedman, he says, “It also has a strong cncompasses a strong civic commitment to individual freedom and to a representative government of limited and clearly defined powers that respect freedom”. When Friedman talks about powers respecting freedom he is saying that freedom is important to the government,...
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...numerous historical and contemporary examples, Friedman lays out his arguments for the advancement of economic freedom and the decentralizing of government in his work Capitalism and Freedom. He holds fast to his strong belief that any increase in “big government power” has a negative effect on society. As a liberal, he believes that as many decisions as possible would be best kept at the local level. According to Friedman, this is not only a matter of efficiency, it is fundamental to our freedoms, "If government is to exercise power, better in the county than in the state, better in the state than in Washington. If I do not like what my local community does, be it in sewage disposal, or zoning, or schools, I can move to another local community. If I do not like that my state does, I can move to another. If I do not like what Washington imposes, I have few alternatives in this world of jealous nations." Friedman explains that the Constitution was written because the founders knew from thousands of years of human history that power concentrated in the hands of a few could lead to the disappearance of basic human rights, writing that the “great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. Government is necessary to preserve our freedom, it is an instrument through which we can exercise our freedom; yet by concentrating power in political hands, it is also a threat to freedom.” Friedman dedicates this book to his belief that the free market system can attack and conquer nearly any...
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...or work that has sufficient scope for self-direction, complexity, and consequential effects to support pride and a sense of purpose, is more relevant than ever. Few still believe that a different economic and political order can bring a fundamental improvement to the human condition. Good purposes and fulfilling activities are hard to specify impersonally in any case and any attempt to do so would insult individuals’ freedom to define such things for themselves. In this view, no single ideal of meaningful work could cover the variety of individual tastes and inclinations, nor accommodate the remarkable ability of people to invest their work with meaning even when the work has little to offer in the way of variety, authority, complexity, or social standing. 2) 1) In everyday life, work is still at the center of things; along with love, it is the most important element of a satisfying and happy life. In ordinary life, the ideal of “meaningful work,” or work that has sufficient scope for self-direction, complexity, and consequential effects to support pride and a sense of purpose, is more relevant than ever. Few still believe that a different economic and political order can bring a fundamental improvement to the human condition. Good purposes and fulfilling activities are hard to specify impersonally in any case and any attempt to do so would insult individuals’ freedom to define such things for themselves. In this view, no single ideal of meaningful work...
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...Freedom is one of the most important rights that all of us want to have. I sure, no one wants to be locked up in the room for most of the life. Not only human that want to have rights to protect us, but animals need protection. Even though some people believe zoos can gain benefit to people by educational and economical, so we should support them. For freedom, environmental, and zoos are not for educational or protection place, three reasons I believe zoos are cruel places and they should all be shutdown, set the animals to be free. The first reason why I believe all zoo should be close and all animals should be free is freedom. Animals belong in nature and each animals' species have their own natural behavior. When people imprison them in the cage where limited spaces, the animals can get the negative effect in their physical and mental. Animals can lose abilities to do physical activities, they won't be able to hunt because people always feed them, and they won't learn how to escape because there are not any animals can hurt them. The physical...
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...The French Revolution The book that was reviewed is titled “The French Revolution: William Doyle”. It addresses some of the causes of the French revolution and the effects it had. The French Revolution is known as one of the most significant events in the world’s history. Its impact hardly can be overvalued due to globally caused implications. Therefore, it is considered as generally valid birth of civilized principles. Appropriate analyzing requires plenty of items considering. However, there is the try to outline the most significant causes and effects of great historical event. Let’s start with the causes of the French Revolution. A major cause was social injustice and class inequalities. 18th century in French history was the time of feudal abutment. Naturally that is accompanied by different rights and duties for its members. The division of French society members was provided by Estates. In fact, prerevolutionary France experienced three of them: first, second and third estate respectively. The contrast between them was too significant and frustrated the lowest class. The first most privileged Estate was for about 2 percent of the entire population. At the end of scholastic influence era, the power of the Church was unrestricted. As for corresponding benefits, the Estate was out of tax duty. Moreover, the Church was authorized for income tithe claiming. Curiously enough, this minority owned more than 15% percent of France’s lands. The second Estate was nobility. As well...
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...Abstract This paper explains my view on the “War on Terror” and the effects that it has had on our freedoms in America and ways we can change the “War on Terror” to gain our freedom back and maybe help secure our country in a more effective way. Introduction While we have the more freedom and rights than most countries our freedoms have definitely been effective in recent years due to the September 1, 2001; with the on terror and the efforts to make our country safer, Americans have been more willing to give up many more freedoms in exchange for this safety. My Topic is: The “War on Terror” has become a war on American Freedoms, and my Thesis is: The “War on Terror” has reduced more of our freedoms in America and has done little to catch Terrorist: we should eliminate the TSA and reevaluate all the other amendments that are being infringed upon and restore our freedom. Main Point 1: The idea behind the “War on Terror” was sparked by the events of September 11, 1999 when the World Trade Center was attack by terrorist, the idea behind it was a good one but failed in many ways. The American people are really the people that are punished the most by the “War on Terror”, we can no longer travel freely without being subjected to uncomfortable pat downs or invasive scanners by the TSA. Main Point 2: Why have flight restrictions with the TSA when our boarders are wide open? This makes no since, Americans are being restricted by flight, stopped at road blocks and checked for driving...
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...COMPONENTS OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND GROWTH: An Empirical Study Eliezer B. Ayal and Georgios Karras University of Illinois at Chicago * Published in the Journal of Developing Areas, Vol.32, No.3, Spring 1998, 327-338. Publisher: Western Illinois University Abstract Out of thirteen recently isolated components of economic freedom our study identifies six which are shown to be statistically significantly related to multifactor productivity and capital accumulation. Policy implications, which could not be derived before these results, are discussed, and directions for future research are proposed. JEL code: P00, O4. Keywords: Economic Freedom, Growth, Investment. * Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607. Corresponding author's e-mail: gkarras@uic.edu. The present study is an attempt to quantify relationships between economic development and disaggregated factors which constitute elements of "economic freedom" in current terminology. The three main objectives of this paper are to: (1) verify that the currently spreading belief that economic freedom helps (some would even say it is essential for) economic growth has empirical foundations; (2) test which of the elements of economic freedom for which there are sufficient analyzable data, demonstrate a statistically significant relationship to economic growth; and (3) identify desirable directions for further research and policy implications...
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...Period 4 Mrs. Gardner 23 May 2018 The Freedom of Speech “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech…” Why should the 1st amendment be changed now? Should groups like the Neo-Nazis be stripped of their constitutional rights? A huge controversy has arisen on whether groups like the Neo-Nazi should have the right to protest and have full freedom of speech. Despite this heated debate, Neo-Nazis should have the right to speak their opinion because of the freedom speech guaranteed in the constitution, the right to purchase a protest permit, and lastly to further prevent rebellion. Neo-Nazis as well as any other group or American citizen have the first amendment right. The first amendment states, “Congress...
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