【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 by power. 3) It is reasonable to require justice rather than laws to be more flexible and consider the motivation and circumstances under which the incident occurred. : the best way to understand the character of a society is to examine the character of the men and women that the society chooses as its heroes or its role models. Reason: Heroes and role models reveal a society’s highest ideals. 1) Heroes are the highest ideals of a society and it represents partly the society. They stand for the best characteristic and ideal model of the society. Yao Ming, excellent but not average. 2) Heroes and ideal models are always disguised when facing the public, so what people see might not be true. Good at some aspects but not omnipotent. 3) Impossible to be someone like a national hero, so the hero in turn does not represent the general public’s characteristic. should place few, if any, restrictions on scientific research and development. 1) Scientific research is supposed to be disinterested and aiming at benefit all mankind. In this sense, government not only should not restrict but also encourage and provide support for scientific research. Medical research. 2) In the actual world, some researches are designed to devastate and disrupt others’ basic human rights. Weapons. 3) Even if the initial purpose is beneficent, it might turn out to be undesirable after some other applications have been discovered. Nuclear power. best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones. 1) Praising positive actions indeed will encourage conducting this deed again, and thus cultivating a favorable habit. 2) Praising too often will make one feel proud or even supercilious. So it is a desirable way to teach that help one form a habit of mitting positive actions. 3) On the other hand, ignoring negative action may lead to severe consequence. If one is not punished for having done bad things, he will take it for granted that it is reasonable doing such deed. Bullyingabusemurder. should offer college and university education free of charge to all students. 1) Free of charge education is undoubtedly a favorable solution to solve the undesirable dropout and will enhance the basic human rights as receiving education. 2) Supporting education to the degree like free education is not an appropriate choice under certain circumstance where money could have been used to solve more crucial problems. Hunger, access to clean water. 3) Government can support education without upsetting other important issues that ask for money simply by providing tuition loan rather than free education. luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life prevent people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals. 1) It is how we define independent and strong that matter in this issue. Conveniences of contemporary life indeed impede some of our abilities such as strength and speed. We no longer need to hunter or fight against each other on the battle using sword and spear. In this sense, we do retrograde some of our ability. 2) Being interdependent is a more productive way for a society and that benefits all the members living in it. People are more professional at what they do and with the help of technology. This state of a society is much more stable and solid. 3) Now we are mentally strong and are capable of tasks that used to be impossible even for ancient people. We can now observe galaxy and supernova under the help of telescope. any field of inquiry, the beginner is more likely than the expert to make important contribution. 1) It is true that beginners are more likely to be innovative and creative because they are less restricted by the preknown knowledge. It is easier for them to think out of the box. 2) Beginners have their drawbacks in making significant contributions. Without knowing basic rules about a certain field, the laity’s voice may be as ridiculous as suggesting sending a man to the sun. 3) Experts with certain traits are far more likely to make contributions. Such as perseverance, innovation and talent. surest indicator of a great nation is represented not by the achievements of its rulers, artists, or scientists, but by the general welfare of its people. 1) General welfare in by all means a significant indicator of the wellbeing of a nation. 2) Taking an insightful perspective, welfare of the general is merely the side effect of the upper level’s contribution. Technology and regulation. 3) The rulers, artists, or scientists not only made prominent contribution to the society in the past, they will also determine where the society will go. Environmentalists predicting the global warming, physicists determine the prospective possible energy source. best way to teach –whether as an educator, employer, or parentis to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones. See 24 ’ salaries should be based on their students’ academic performance. 1) Academic performance is a crucial exponent when evaluating a school’s achievement and assessing a teacher’s capability. Noble laureate alumni are always mentioned to attract more and better prospective enrollment for a university. 2) It could be unfair for certain teachers teaching certain courses which are extremely hard to learn. In these classes students are not likely to acquire high scores as do in other classes, and such a relatively low academic performance is due to the subject itself, not the teacher’s ability to teach. For example quantum physics and topology. 3) Relating academic performance to salaries may be misleading and counterproductive to improving the education quality. Teachers will deliberately give higher scores to students in order to earn more money. should make efforts to save endangered species only if