Background A cause of the gunpowder plot was the religious tension in England during the early 17th century which stemmed from earlier generations. It started with the English Reformation in the 16th Century when King Henry VIII wished to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon, and under the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope, it was not allowed. So, Henry set out to set up his own church, the Church of England. Parliament which passed the Act of Supremacy in 1534 that named him “Supreme Head on earth of the Church of England” which gave him the power to “have authority to reform and redress all errors, heresies and abuses in the same” .…
However, in Milgram’s experiment, people complied due to the authority figure urging them to continue and appealing to their sense of responsibility. However, this has caused many of the participants to reflect in quiet horror that they were willing to harm another by executing up to 450 volts of electricity. It is a dreadful thing to realize that humans can be so easily manipulated to participate in heinous acts, causing us to take a second look on where we stand…
I believe that Robert Cormier is trying to prove to the reader of how a dangerous a powerful government can be. In the novel, our main protagonist, Adam, has his life turned upside down after his father acts as a witness in a case that indicts many high-ranking government officials. When Adam’s father decides to testify, he thought he was acting his part in a free society. But acting upon the situation didn’t come without a price. Their family has to pick up their entire life and move to a new location with a new name. On page 135 and 136 the author stated that “The bomb. Planted in his car. Waiting for his father to turn the key in the lock. But the explosion never occurred because local policemen had observed 2 strangers lurking near the…
There has always been a debate on the necessity of the bomb, but its implications were so severe that such an attack has never been carried out again. Through the Mock Trial, Harry S. Truman was put on trial for crimes against humanity. At the end of the three day trial, and after much deliberation the jury came to the decision that Harry S. Truman was guilty of crimes against humanity. I was not fully content with this decision, however, I am able to understand why the jury came to the decision that they made.…
The film “Tortilla Soup” is definitely one of the finest movies made on food. It is a warm and funny comedy about life, love, terrific food and a Mexican American family. The father, “Martin Naranjo” is a great chef but is now retired and depressed, because he has lost his senses of taste and smell after the shock from his wife’s death, his wife died years ago, and after that, he took care of her three daughters. Her three daughters are totally different from each other. The oldest daughter is a teacher, second one is a business women and the youngest one is going to school and still trying to find her way. Their lives revolve around the dinner table because, they prepare the food lovingly and they sit together to have dinner every Sunday…
For Immanuel Kant, guilt is considered a necessary condition for punishment and judicial punishment can never be used merely as a means to promote some other good for the criminal himself or civil society. He argues that, an offender must first be found to be deserving of punishment before any consideration is given to the utility of punishment for himself or his fellow citizens. In this view, utilitarian concerns can never justify the punishment of an innocent person while guilt itself demands punishment even where punishment is entirely devoid of social utility. Therefore, again we observe that the best action is the one that maximizes utility and can be applied in various ways, but most commonly relates to the maintenance of healthy emotional…
I can see it when in WWII the people wanted to bomb the concentration camps but the government didn't want to but seeing what the police officer got for shooting a person being used as a meat shield I can see what backlash could have come from bombing the camp even though it might have done well. I can also see what would have happened if the officer didn't shoot the terrorist because he had a gun as well and if the officer didn't shoot the criminal he would have got shot first and might have hurt more…
When governments continuously disenfranchise their population by lack of economic opportunity or education, they have a right to revolt against their governments. Both violent and nonviolent protests develop under the same conditions and fight for the same causes, therefore, both forms of civil disobedience are justifiable. Historically, marginalized groups, especially black communities in the United States, have experienced terror by the hands of police for centuries. After centuries of harassment, black communities have taken a stance against the injustices committed by those who are sworn in to protect them. Civil disobedience, whether violent or non-violent, is universally a justifiable method to achieve social change.…
In Comparative Religious Ethics, Darrell Fasching, Dell Dechant, and David M. Lantigua propose the innate danger of the technical imperative to the human race. In recent history, the most significant example of the “technical imperative” has been evident in the construction and use of the atomic bomb. According to the authors of Comparative Religious Ethics, the technical imperative is the idea that “if it can be done it must be done” (Fasching 46). The use of technical imperative in relation to the atomic bomb in World War II creates both a sense of inevitability for the bomb’s use and a lack of agency and responsibility for the men creating the bomb. The idea of the technical imperative creates a…
In discussions of ticking time bombs, one controversial issue has been how to deal with the alleged guilty terrorist once he is captured. On the one hand, some people, including Michael Levin, a libertarian writer and educator, argue that it is in the US government’s right to torture the guilty terrorist because his knowledge could be used to save the lives of millions. On the other hand, others, such as Philip Heymann, who is a writer that had worked in the government field, firmly states that torture should never be used because the chance that it will produce true and useful information is nearly impossible and it is vastly more crucial to preserve the international bans on torture. Shirley Jackson elaborates on Heymann’s view when she…
I believe that Immanuel Kant would see Carter Druse's action of shooting his father as moral. Kant was an ethicist that believed that morality was based on duty, that ethics is absolute, not conditional, and is based on reason, not feelings. (Pojman, Vaughn 309)…
2. Outline the ticking time bomb argument and explain how it lends support to the…
Despite the fact that the public overwhelmingly approved of the atomic bomb, America’s religious leaders responded to the bomb less enthusiastically. The doubts and misgivings about living in an atomic world soon became part of American popular culture (Bondi 463). Some religious observers thought the atomic bomb was foreshadowing the end of the world because they interpreted the destructive power as making the apocalypse prophesied in the Bible possible (Bondi 463). While the project’s success relieved and pleased many, some of the scientists were uneasy about the power that had been unleashed (Bondi 489). The bomb acquired some support because of the fact that it ended the war, but even months after “the bomb also began to effect an extraordinary philosophical reassessment, and generate a penetrating level of guilt and fear” (Jennings 291). The atomic bombs’ massive destruction left people with many mixed emotions about the new power existing in the…
No killing, no physically harming others, no lies, no theft, no breaking promise” (O’ Sullivan & Pecorino, 2002). This is not idea that is unheard of because strict interpreters of morals, values, and religion feel that under any circumstances should you cause physical or emotional harm to a person. But is does not truly relate to a person who works for FBI, CIA, polices, military forces, etc. For them they are morally obligated to uphold laws, protect and serve, and help those in need. The everyday person that has not been put through the same mental and physical training such concepts would and should apply but not here. By Kant idea there would be no revolutions, rebellions, or activist movements of any form. History has a record of wars or violent event that may have caused the lives of others but have resulted in a better tomorrow. The focus is not on the death but what the people were actually fighting for or died…
This is the height of treachery. The great scientist fails to visualize that if the enemy uses that bomb, his own country-men would be eliminated.…