ABOUT PASSIVE RESISTANCE There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Everyone has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely‚ everyone has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. It is morally justifiable to peacefully resist unjust laws; unjust laws do not change because a court or government decides; they change because people stand united together to make change happen. The governments of today make laws that self serve their own interests and that of
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HIS 121 Study Guide #1 The American Promise: A Compact History The first exam will cover chapters 1-4. The exam will consist of 33 multiple choice questions and three short answer paragraphs. Please know the following: Historians/Archeologists: Historians direct their attention to mostly writing (personal and private jottings‚ letters‚ diary entries‚ public documents: laws‚ court cases‚ newspapers‚ speeches)‚ arachaelogist tend to focus on physical objects (bines spear points‚ pots‚
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HIS310: American women’s history | EVER CHANGING WORKING WOMAN | Sphere of Life | | Jonathan C. Pape | 4/26/2011 | [This essay details the history of working women in American history. From colonial times through today ’s business woman. Goes over the challenges and breakthroughs in roughly each era with references.] | It was not long ago when women were looked upon as slaves to the hard- working man. In today ’s society women now are more respected and are acceptable for many
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Mindy Ou Mr. Bridges English 12 28 Jan 2013 Introduction Historically and sexist speaking‚ women are discriminated because of gender. And issues arose because of this. Even in the beginning 1990’s there was a big gender gap in American history. It still goes on even today. Women get paid lower in income‚ suffraged in elections‚ and are abused domestically. Money wise‚ job amounts of payments are not getting distributed proportionally. There’s a big difference within a male’s annual income and
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to Socrates‚ an unjust person is an unhappy person. Why do you believe Socrates made this analogy? How does one become a balanced individual? Furthermore‚ Plato also has an opinion of what a well-balanced person is. Show how Plato’s understanding of a well-balanced person is necessary to a society in harmony with itself‚ and how that ties in with Socrates’ preceding analogy. Socrates believed a unjust person could not be happy that only the just person could be happy. The unjust person was sick
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The history of U.S. prisons from the late 1700s to the late 1800s was marked by a shift from a penitentiary system primarily concerned with rehabilitation to one concerned more with warehousing prisoners. The failure of reform minded wardens to justify rehabilitation caused state legislatures to set economic profitability as the new goal for prisons. This resulted in a worsening of prison conditions during this period. Early colonial criminal law was a curious mix of religion
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Not all Indians were very peaceful with the English settlers like it usually is pictured in history. As a matter of fact‚ one of the tribes to have gone to war with English colonist was the Pequot tribe. Located in Connecticut‚ the Pequot tribe would trade frequently with the Dutch and the English. The tribe would trade items like furs and wampum for European treasures. However‚ the English would fight the Dutch over trade. Subsequently the Pequot tribe became the English colonists rival‚ causing
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What Did Jesus Teach About Repentance With the Parable of the Unjust Steward? In a previous writing we looked at what it means to repent. Repentance was one of Jesus’ chief messages spanning his entire ministry. Repentance was also an integral part of John’s and the Church’s message to the world. But what can we learn from Jesus about repentance by his teaching of the parable of the unjust steward‚ Luke 16:1-13? Let us try to understand this parable (in part) by understanding who is a steward
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Gandhi’s assassination was unjust because he was nonviolent and he fought for civil rights. Although some people didn’t like his tolerance of Muslims. His tolerance of Muslims is the reason why he was assassinated. He was killed by a fanatic in 1948. He was killed for political and religious reasons. Gandhi was shot three times in the chest. He was a leader that influenced the world. He fought for Indian liberation non violently. Gandhi’s assassination was unjust because he was a nonviolent
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do today. The “perfect wife” was one who was soft-spoken‚ obedient‚ and knew that their main purpose in life was to serve men. In William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ Shakespeare criticizes the unjust standards that were set for women‚ and their devotion and perceived inferiority to men. Shakespeare shows the unjust standards for women through Desdemona‚ who is considered “the perfect wife”. Desdemona is a soft-spoken and obedient Venetian beauty who understands that her purpose is to serve the men in
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