Is justice absolute? Justice in itself isn’t always just; it’s just a lid put on issues so we can close it‚ seal it off and chuck it away: we can ‘move on’. People say justice has been achieved when the bad guy goes to jail‚ but this isn’t so; justice just means someone pays for the crime. The innocent die and the innocent grieve. Justice is a ripple effect‚ forever taking its toll‚ and it is not always in positive way. In the old days‚ justice was righting a wrong‚ achieved usually through a
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Absolute poverty is a level of poverty defined in terms of the minimal requirements necessary to afford minimal standards of food‚ clothing‚ health care and shelter. For the measure to be absolute‚ the line must be the same in different countries‚ cultures‚ and technological levels. Such an absolute measure should look only at the individual’s power to consume and it should be independent of any changes in income distribution. The intuition behind an absolute measure is that mere survival takes
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During the seventeenth century in England‚ outside temperatures reached so low during the winter that it is actually considered to be a “mini ice age” by scientists today. During this time‚ people were still somewhat fatalistic and believed that cold was an act of god‚ and that people should just leave it alone. That was until an alchemist named Cornelius Drebbel came along. Drebbel bet the King he could turn summer into winter by chilling the air in the Great Hall of Westminster. Drebbel did
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The Tower of London The Tower of London has a very interesting story behind it. It was begun by a man who was not even English‚ William of Normandy. At the time he was the cousin of England’s Kind Edward. It all started because William became outraged when Edward backed down on his promise to give the throne to William and ended up giving the throne to his English brother-in-law‚ Harold. William sailed his army across the English Channel
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Absolute construction 独立主格结构 1. 独立主格结构是由名词或代词加上分词或分词短语构成的一种独立结构，用于修饰整个句子。 2. 独立主格结构可置于句前、末和中，常用逗号和主句隔开。 e.g. The boy listened carefully to the teacher‚ his eyes fixed on the board. 独立主格做时间状语： The rubbish sorted‚ it is transported to a recycling company for processing. = After the rubbish is sorted‚ … 独立主格做条件状语： ➢ Its products proven unsafe‚ a company is likely to be sued for million of dollars. = If its products are proven unsafe‚ … 独立主格做原因状语： ➢ Her company prospering
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IT237ZMyProject folder contains a page called index.html and a folder called Images. A picture named imgLake.jpg is saved in the Images folder. Differences between Absolute and Relative Links Absolute links define a path to files in locations other than the folders where the HTML files reside such as another server or website. It is known as an absolute address or link because the path to reach the desired file is a specific route containing the entire address and includes: the protocol‚ domain name‚ directory
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black‚ white‚ and bright orange markings of a Monarch butterfly. When we see one‚ it’s a mesmerizing moment. Unfortunately‚ if action isn’t taken soon‚ seeing butterflies may become an even rarer occurrence. Monarch butterflies are being threatened by various forms of habitat destruction. It’s estimated that there has been an 80% decrease in the Monarch population. Luckily‚ there are many steps we can take to ensure their survival. Every fall‚ Monarchs migrate from the Northern US to warmer locations
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“There really are [or are not] ‘absolutes’ upon which a universal truth can be based that can be applied for establishing ethical behavior in business.” The world of business would be such a chaotic place sans universal truth that can be applied to establish ethical behavior. If they are no “absolutes” then everything else is relative; that state of being depends on how many factors and those factors include how one feels on a certain issue‚ the norms in a society that one lives in‚ the definition
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The View of Absolute Monarchies The extent to which rulers and their subjects viewed the role of an absolute monarch was different. The time of this political issue on absolute monarchies was around the 1600s. There were people for the absolute monarchies‚ people with their own monarchies and people against monarchies. Each one had there own idea for what the role of the monarchy was the people against it thought it was oppressive the people for it thought it was because people couldn’t rule
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Rousseau proposes the argument that no social contract can be forged with an absolute ruler. These ideas rest of the concepts that when the sovereign surrender their liberties to their monarch‚ they are consent to a social contract that voids all other contracts with the monarch. He also states that our freedom and liberties are closely linked our will to make choices on their own. If the monarch is absolute he concluded that we lose both our humanity and our liberties and we become slaves
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