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    Law and Morality

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    ASSIGNMENT: REPORTED CASE ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND MORALITY OFFENCE OF INCEST MOHD RAMZAN BIN RAMLI v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR NAME: RAJA NUR HANANI BINTI RAJA ABD RAHMAN STUDENT’S ID: 2012205054 CLASS: LWA01A INTRODUCTION WHAT IS LAW? POSITIVISTS J.M. FINNIS: Rules made‚ in accordance with regulative legal rules‚ by a determinate and effective authority (itself identified and standard constituted as an institution by legal rules) for a ‘complete’

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    Formal Criticism

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    Survey of Humanities Formal Criticism: The Triumph of Death The Triumph of Death is an amazing and very exaggerating piece of artwork. I was going through the Artcyclopedia database and found this masterpiece. The image presented is very chaotic; we can see a scene of death all over the artwork. It is really hard to describe all the elements that we can see in the painting. The medium used in the painting is oil in panel. First of all the perspective used in the artwork is very effective. The

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    Torts - Defenses

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    be a causal connection between the fault or negligence and the damage; and 5. There must have been no pre-existing contractual relation between the parties. DEFENSES GENERALLY AVAILABLE IN TORTS CASES IN RELATION TO THE ELEMENTS OF A QUASI-DELICT: 1. NO NEGLIGENCE This is a defense of denial that is a COMPLETE DEFENSE against any imputation of negligence. The defendant‚ in order to be absolved from liability must be able to prove that he exercised the proper degree of diligence

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    In Defense of Food

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    ENGWR 301 13 February 2014 In Defense of Pollan When Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma was published‚ many readers began questioning him for advice on what they should eat in order to stay healthy. In his more recent book‚ In Defense of Food‚ he responds with three rules‚ "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants"(Pollan 1). This seven word response seems too simple for a relatively complicated question‚ but as he further elaborates these rules into specific guidelines‚ this summary turns

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    Criticism of Ecotourism

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    Ecotourism (also known as ecological tourism) is responsible travel to fragile‚ pristine‚ and usually protected areas that strives to be low impact and (often) small scale. It purports to educate the traveller; provide funds for conservation; directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities; and foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Ecotourism is held as important by those who participate in it so that future generations may experience

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    law and morality

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    Law and Morality 1 Lecture 1 Ancient Athens (3rd-4th century BC) Country on its own‚ city had a border like a wall around it 3 ways of organizing this rules 1. The king decides it (monarchy) 2. Handful of rich people make a decision in a closed committee 3. Democracy (small number of rich people‚ not everyone necessarily‚ but broader number of people Athens known as a democracy Average citizen played a central role in making the laws what they are There are many court sessions regularly

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    Objective Morality

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    in writing this is to argue for the existence of an objective morality based entirely on rational and scientific reasoning. By "objective morality" I do not simply mean that morality exists in the sense that various societies consider various actions to be immoral. What I mean is that certain actions are inherently right or wrong regardless of what any society thinks about them. In other words‚ I mean that there is an "objective morality" which exists independently of human beliefs and human civilization

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    Morality and Crime

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    ; crime or morality? Thesis Statement : Crime is not a problem to the society; morality is. Argument 1 : Morality itself causes crime Detail 1 : Low morals Detail 2 : Lack of parental guidance and supervision Detail 3 : The lack of religious education Argument 2 : Morality is the basis of all human actions Detail 1 : Good foundations of morality Detail 2 : Nations with low crime rates Detail 3 : Morality influences human emotions and instincts. Argument 3 : Morality creates awareness

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    Morality Play

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    attractive lewdness- indecent. abscene. offensive in a sexual way conjuring- the performance of magical tricks cavil- (v.) to find fault in a petty way‚ carp; a trivial objection or criticism cupidity- (n.) an eager desire for something; greed scruple- a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action folly- lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking patron- (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to

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    Morality Plays

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    Morality plays: themes and characters The morality play developed during the Medieval period. The morality plays attempted to educate via entertainment. The main theme of the morality play is this: Man begins in innocence‚ Man falls into temptation‚ Man repents and is saved. The central action is the struggle of Man against the seven deadly sins that are personified into real characters. It is believed that the allegory of vices and virtues fighting over Man’s soul goes back to the 4th century

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