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    as a citizen of civilized society varies through time. 300 years ago, it was socially acceptable to own a slave, to hang homosexuals and women were only allowed to cook, clean and tend to the children. In 2016 things changed. Society changed. You are now expected to not own slaves or discriminate anyone due to their race or sexual orientation. Most people we look at as evil today, they were revered as heroes in their time. People are also driven to extreme measures by their society and are told that

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    Objection 1. In a civilized society, government ratifies laws and endorses them while its citizens acknowledge them and follow them; even if the laws may be despotic. The love of one’s country should be a sign that they are one-hundred percent loyal to the cause, even if there may be bouts of moral violations. Patriotism has no grey areas in its ideologies. Socrates says that You must either persuade [unjust law] or obey its orders, and endure in silence whatever [the law] instructs you to endure

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    Introduction: There are certain things that make a society civilized or uncivilized. One thing that makes an society civilized is that it has some sort of authority. An uncivilized society is where people have no authority, no order at all, and everyone in that society is going crazy. Thesis: The Igbo society is civilized because they have a structured government and they have culture. Body Paragraph #1: Topic sentence: The Igbo society has a structured government that allows them to decide on

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    Twain portrays civilized society as unnecessarily complex and having laws that are unreasonable. Shortly after the novel begins, Huck criticizes the clothing of society: “She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn’t do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up.” (Twain 1). From this, the reader can see why Huck questions how practical the clothing of civilized society is. The clothing the Widow Douglas forces him to wear as a result of being involved in society is unnecessarily

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    English boys who are stranded on an inhabited island. They attempt to create their own society in order to sort things out while waiting for rescue. However, as time pass by, their civilized society starts to fall. Because of chaos, structure and law and order begin to slip way, therefore causing civilization to collapse. At the beginning of the novel, when the boys first arrived on the island, they were very civilized lads. The first time the boys had to build the signal fire, Ralph and Jack are such

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    freedom to be generous rather than the mandatory taking of money for a seemingly failing cause. Possibly one of the most absurd claims to be made is that taxation is the price that one must pay for a civilized society. The Fraser Institute stated, "More taxes buy more government; not a more civilized society." (Milke) As previously

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    and The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, the authors depict their versions of a civilized world. In both worlds, “society allows [its people] to enjoy so-called rights and deprive [them] of others” (Biddle 2012). Similarly, both authors introduce an outsider to each of the collective societies. In Brave New World, the main protagonist, John, is the outsider from the Savage Reservation being brought into the civilized World State. In the same way, Le Guin introduces Shevek as the outsider being brought

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    Daniel Pettit II Political Science Professor Grant 29 October 2015 Why Prison is Unfit for Civilized Society Jail time is an extremely serious discipline. JS Mill compared it to being entrusted to a living tomb. Any general public that utilizes it ought to do as such with consideration and restriction. Yet we don 't. Halfway in light of the fact that we imagine that jail is an altruistic discipline, it is definitely over-utilized as a part of numerous nations, to the point of remorselessness.

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    Xenia Hospitality is a very diverse tradition leading all the back to the Mycenaean era. During the time period of The Odyssey, the Greeks considered hospitality a major key of a well civilized society. Throughout The Odyssey, Xenia was an extremely significant theme which was recalled many times throughout the poems. Odysseus throughout the way has shown he is exceedingly hospitable. The Odyssey reflects Xenia through Odysseus’s journey of: Odyessus’s Crew, nymphs, and the Gods. Xenia was shown

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    From a very young age, we are taught that the police are here to protect us: if we feel we are in danger, we are supposed to call the police. Law enforcement is the cornerstone of a civilized society; without law and order, communities degrade into chaos. The police officers that serve in our communities are expected to act in the most honorable and respectful manner, all while risking their lives to serve and protect our communities. When police officers are perceived as threats, the stability

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