one’s beliefs are Plato’s “Crito” and Justin Martyr’s “First Apology”. Although these two literary works derive from different periods‚ reflecting contrasting societies and cultures‚ both highlight the concepts of justice and defense in differing contexts. In short‚ “Crito” is a philosophical dialogue that determines certain rights as a citizen and the nature of justice under Socratic philosophy. On the other hand‚ Justin’s “First Apology” showcases a defense of Christianity after suffering constant
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across many obstacles as one would. In Plato’s Apology‚ Socrates remembers the time his friend‚ Chairephon asked an oracle at the Oracle at Delphi is anyone was wiser than Socrates‚ as to the oracle replied to Chairephon telling him that no one was wiser. Socrates heard this reply and thought “Whatever does the god mean? What is his riddle? I am very conscious that I am not wise at all; what then does he mean by saying that I am the wisest?” (Apology 21a-b). Socrates knew that the Oracle could not
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that laws should be upheld and citizens should obey them to maintain social order. However‚ in the instances that laws are unjust‚ obedience to them could result in harms to innocent citizens‚ the case which is brought up in Plato’s works Crito and Apology‚ where Socrates was wrongfully accused of corrupting the youths of Athens and had to suffer the death sentence. Therefore‚ it is important to analyze the appropriate extend to which the ’rule of law’ should be upheld in the cases that laws are unjust
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On 10/16/20116 I responded to Walmart‚ in reference to a retail theft. While conducting my investigation on theft case #2016-1547‚ I was notified by Walmart Loss Prevention Officer‚ Fabiano Estrela‚ that the male subject‚ who was with the suspect on 10/11/2016‚ was currently in the store. Estrela advised me that he positively identified the subject while he was at customer service. I immediately notified Sergeant Koch who arrived on scene within several minutes. The White male subject‚ later identified
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“An unexamined life is no life for a human being to live.” Socrates believed that the purpose of life is to become a virtuous person. In his eyes virtue meant knowledge‚ and knowledge was attained through examination. By analyzing his trial in the "apology"‚ we can see that he thought man must reflect on what he believes‚ ask questions based on what he does and doesn’t know‚ and live in accordance with these views. If one doesn’t follow this path‚ per Socrates‚ he will not gain any actual value out
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Car Theft With the television on and my mom asleep I found myself with a problem. With my mind open and my knees bouncing I searched the house looking for something to do. After several laps around the house I found my mom’s keys. Without hesitation I bolted out the back door slowly shutting it behind me. Jumping the fence and approaching the car I finally decided to jump in. Already knowing how to drive‚ I wasn’t nervous. Leaving the lights off so that the glare wouldn’t seep into my mom’s
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Criminal Law‚ 26/04/11‚ Dr.Filletti Theft No definition of the offence of theft; Carrara gives us a definition which has been taken up by our courts‚ “The malicious taking of an object belonging to others without the owner’s consent with the intent to make gain.” This is the definition which our court uses‚ our law simply creates one distinction for these offences. The law creates two types of theft: Simple Theft and Aggravated Theft. Simple Theft: First element is “contrectazio” this is the taking
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Theft Asif is liable for theft. This can be seen in the Theft Act 1968 amended by Theft Act 1978. Under s.1 (1) Theft Act 1968‚ ‘A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.’ However the Actus reus and the Mens rea have to be taken into account when dealing with Theft. The Actus reus is appropriating property belonging to another. The Mens rea is dishonesty and intention to permanently deprive
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offence robbery. Section 8 of the Theft Act 1968 provides that (copy statue?) Robbery is theft with an aggravating factor‚ and from the case Forrester‚ Forrester [1992] Crim LR 793 (CA) ‚ to prove robbery‚ all elements of the offence theft must be proven. There are in total five elements that constitute theft. The first three elements is the Actus Reus while the rest are Men Rea. The first stage we look at is the appropriation‚ which is from section 3 of the Theft Act 1968. Appropriation is defined
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million people have experienced at least one identity theft innocent and did not report it to any type of authority or try to do anything about it. Identity theft has been a growing issue affecting billions of people nation-wide‚ and we need to find a solution to save all
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