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Is there a serious threat to the unity of the UK?

Successful arguments would include the following structure and details: How close the Scottish referendum was, whether a second one is imminent, satisfaction with current level of devolution, lack of real ch...
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The affluent have a moral duty to alleviate world poverty

Impossible to write a full answer in just two paragraphs, but successful answers will cover the following: "Child drowning in pond" analogy, exploration of the difference or lack thereof between sa...
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Briefly explore the conflict between Pietas and Furor in Virgil's Aeneid

Aeneas is an emblem of pietas, the duty to one's state, family and gods. Yet there is not a neat divide between pietas and its antithesis furor, uncontrollable emotion. In The Aeneid, and Aeneas' journey, th...
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What is the de Broglie wavelength of a dust particle that has a mass of 1e-10 kg and a velocity of 0.05m/s?

From the question asked, we need to identify the key bits of information. Firstly, we are asked to find the de Broglie wavelength, so we write down the de Broglie relation: lambda = h/p In this equation we w...
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Isn't Kant's philosophy of ethics really unrealistic?

Good question. Yes, in some ways it is. In fact, it is one of the main arguments put forward in objection to the type of ethics that Kant proposes. As Kant's suggestions about what we should do seem hyper-ra...
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