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  • 1happiness — All ethical theories accord some importance to human happiness. They differ first in their conception of what that happiness consists in, secondly in views of how an agent s own personal happiness is aligned with, or traded against, the general… …

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  • 2COMMANDMENTS, REASONS FOR — (Heb. טַעֲמֵי הַמִּצְווֹת, Ta amei ha Mitzvot). The search for reasons for the commandments of the Torah springs from a tendency to transcend mere obedience to them by investing them with some intrinsic meaning. The Pentateuch itself offers… …

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  • 3Thomas Jefferson: An American Education for American Youth — ▪ Primary Source       In the years following the Revolution, many Americans were willing to assert cultural as well as political independence from the Old World. Their notion was that since America was separated by 3,000 miles from Europe and… …

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  • 4Preparation for Death —     Preparation for Death     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Preparation for Death     ♦ The basic preparation for death     ♦ When should a priest be called?     ♦ Winding up our earthly affairs     ♦ Confession     ♦ Viaticum     ♦ Extreme Unction… …

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  • 5Thomas Jefferson: On the Need for a Little Rebellion Now and Then — ▪ Primary Source              Shays s Rebellion prompted Thomas Jefferson to say that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing for a country. Rather than being alarmed by the rebellion, Jefferson saw some justification in it. He believed… …

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  • 6Declaration of Rights for Women — ▪ Primary Source       The following document was read by Susan B. Anthony on July 4, 1876, in Philadelphia in front of Independence Hall under the shadow of Washington s statue, back of them the old bell that proclaimed liberty to all the land,… …

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  • 7Memory for the future — refers to the ability to use memory to picture and plan future events. It is a subcategory of mental time travel which Suddendorf and Corballis described to be the process that allows people to imagine both past and potential future events.… …

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  • 8Medal for the General — Godfrey Tearle (second from left) and Petula Clark (third from left) in a scene from the film Directed by Maurice Elvey …

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  • 9Students Harness Aid for the Relief of the Elderly — Infobox Non profit Non profit name = Students Harness Aid for the Relief of the Elderly Non profit founded date = 1970, Presentation Brothers College, Cork founder = Brother Jerome Kelly location = origins = area served = Cork city focus =… …

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  • 10Martin Van Buren: Against Government Aid for Business Losses — ▪ Primary Source              Many of the pet banks in which federal funds had been deposited defaulted during the Panic of 1837. As a consequence of the bank failures and the inability to raise public funds in an economy beset by a servere… …

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