In Aristophanes’ play‚ “clouds”‚ there is a battle between the “old” and “new” way of going out about life. This can be seen through the “just” and “unjust” speech‚ whose argumentative outcomes dictate the way in which society should go about educating its citizens. The “unjust speech”‚ which is a heavy logical and manipulative approach to thinking about life (“new”)‚ seems to subvert the “just speech”‚ which appears to rely on moral and mythical justification
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The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1820 according to U.S. government records. 325 men are known to have arrived before the 1849 California Gold Rush[12] which drew the first significant number of laborers from China who mined for gold and performed menial labor.[13][14][15] There were 25‚000 immigrants by 1852‚ and 105‚465 by 1880‚ most of whom lived on the West Coast. They formed over a tenth of California’s population. Nearly all the early immigrants were young males with low educational levels
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The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi was unjust because Gandhi was non-violent‚ he was a spiritual leader who fought for independence and equality. However many people believed Gandhi had too much power and authority. He wanted to make a huge impact on other’s lives to prove you can make a difference without having to fight. Mahatma Gandhi was a very non-violent person. Whenever Gandhi was attacked or abused he wouldn’t fight back with fists or weapons‚ he would always use his words to prove his
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After reading Chapter 9‚ I became more aware of what revolutions really were. Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington described a revolution s “a rapid‚ fundamental‚ and violent domestic change in the dominant values and myths of a society‚ in its political institutions‚ social structure‚ leadership‚ and government activities and policies” (p.186). This definition from Huntington goes hand in hand with what I read in powerpoint 13B. it didn’t take me long to find out something new about revolutions
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Garret Hawthorne HIS 14 FALL 2012 Essay Assignment Due: November 29‚ 2012 An analysis of the book Harriet Jacobs autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl reveals‚ in my opinion‚ that it is an accurate representation of the antebellum South under a slave system based on other published works such as Soujourner Truth‚ Address to the Womens’ Right’s Convention Akron‚ Ohio 1851 and Benjamin Drew‚ Narratives of Escaped Slaves 1855. The accounts described by Harriet Jacobs are consistent
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Akari Palafox Mr. Vidaure Law 1-2 September‚ 17th‚ 2014 The History of Law Enforcement “The police is the public‚ and the public is the police.” ~Sir Robert Peel Modern policing has come a long way from the cave dwellers. Even though they had no idea they were enforcing laws they did so by keeping their caves safe from intruders. There has been many contribution to law enforcement since it has begun. These contributions range from the Magna Carta all the way to the Civil War. In addition‚ these
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the sixth king of its capitol city‚ Babylon. During his reign‚ Hammurabi established law and order and funded irrigation‚ defense‚ and religious projects. He personally took care of and governed the administration. In fact‚ in 1786‚ he wrote two hundred eighty-two laws governing family‚ criminal punishment‚ civil law‚ ethics‚ business‚ prices‚ trade‚ and every other aspect of ancient life—this set of laws became known as “the Code of Hammurabi.” Carved upon a black stone eight feet high
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The History of the Common Law of England by Matthew Hale 1713 I. Concerning the Distribution of the Law of England into Common Law‚ and Statute Law. And First‚ concerning the Statute Law‚ or Acts of Parliament The Laws of England may aptly enough be divided into two Kinds‚ viz. Lex Scripta‚ the written Law: and Lex non Scripta‚ the unwritten Law: For although (as shall be shewn hereafter) all the Laws of this Kingdom have some Monuments or Memorials thereof in Writing‚ yet all of
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Hammurabi’s Code was Unjust CURSED!! That’s what happens when you change Hammurabi’s laws. When Hammurabi was king 4000 years ago he established a series of 282 laws. He wrote these laws on his 38th year of ruling. These rules are unfair just like putting an innocent man behind bars. Hammurabi’s code are unjust because of it’s family law‚ property law‚ and personal injury law. In addition‚ injustice is found in law’s 48‚ 53‚ and 54 in the area of property law. For example‚ “If a man has borrowed
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• 1. In the Apology‚ Socrates recounts how he disobeyed the unjust order of the Thirty Tyrants to arrest a fellow citizen; he also claims that he will never stop philosophizing‚ regardless of what the legally constituted political authority commands. Yet‚ in the Crito‚ Socrates provides numerous arguments for obeying the decision of the legally constituted political authority‚ even though the decision (to put Socrates to death) was unjust. Critically assess whether Socrates’s view about political
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