In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck‚ George is completely justified in killing Lennie‚ and he is a man for others due to the choices he makes. For example‚ Curley instigates a fight between himself and Lennie‚ demanding respect‚ and power when he says‚ “Come on‚ ya big bastard. Get up on your feet. No big son-of-a-bitch is gonna laugh at me. I’ll show ya who’s yella” (62). This quotation helps shed some light onto the extent of punishment and violence that Curley has‚ the same violence
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Examine the extent to which expenditure on arms and the armed forces is justifiable in the modern world. ! ! With all its wars‚ terrorist attacks and genocides‚ history might suggest that the armed forces has a critical and unquestionable role in any nation-state. However‚ as Steven Pinker puts it “We believe our world is riddled with terror and war‚ but we may be living in the most peaceable era in human existence’. Since the peak of the cold war in the 1970s and 80s‚ organised conflicts of all
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"On January 1‚ 1804‚ Haiti declared independence‚ becoming the second independent nation in the West and the first free black republic in the world" ("History‚ par 11). This triumph followed the long and violent Haitian slave revolution in which Haiti‚ specifically the island of Saint Dominique suffered from. After the enlightenment the Rights of Man act provided equality among all Frenchmen‚ including blacks and mulattos. Fury rose in the plantation owners and they eventually got the act retracted
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Domingue‚ now known as Haiti‚ was justified because the Haitians formed a new state with a new successful government‚ they separated from France‚ and the Haitians achieved their own rights as humans. Every revolution has a cause‚ no country would overthrow their government for no reason. There was one main reason which fueled the inspiration of a revolution for the Haitian people of St.
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The world changed in 1945 when the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan‚ many people have debated whether or not this was necessary. The United States atomic bombing of Japan was justified. The Japanese would not have given up if the United States had not dropped the two atomic bombs. The Japanese code to encrypt messages was called the Purple Code‚ by this time in the war the United States had long broken the Purple Code and in their “Secret” messages. They said that they were not going to surrender
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unskilled and inexperienced torturers is always unjustified. 4. However‚ institutionalising torture has very bad consequences; it will mean that torture will metastasise instead of being limited to one-off cases. 5. Conclusion: Torture is never justified (one should never torture). This can be an additional argument for the theory of deontology‚ as are we professional tortures? Nowadays‚ a lot of the governments in the world have stopped torturing by law. Approximately‚ 45% countries in the world
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half of those killed were women and children. It was the final major clash between the Native Americans and the U.S. military‚ and it finally proved that white men are the “true savages” of humankind. Yes‚ the Native Americans’ resistance was justified. White Americans brought many atrocities upon the Native American people. The white men gave them unfulfilled promises‚ purloined their lands and decimated their people. Prior to the Wounded Knee Massacre‚ the United States government gave
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spies were rampant on the streets. To defend from internal enemies‚ prominent French leader Robespierre enacted the Reign of Terror. Anyone suspected of aiding the enemy was swiftly put on trial and executed. (doc. G) The Reign of Terror was not justified because the threats to France externally and internally did not warrant the methods used. Those suspected of being spies or opposers of war during the French revolution were quickly tried and unjustly executed. Steven Otfinoski remarks in Triumph
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SukWoo Lee Period 2 1/19/13 Position paper Imperialism Justified During the end of the 19th century after the war and trying to recuperate‚ America had gone into a state of expansionism. The never ending change with the economy‚ agriculture and the industrial growth. Democratic National Platform‚ 1900 states “We assert that no nation can long endure half republic and half empire…” With this new sense of power‚ expanding for the Americans was inevitable. The spreading of the “good” word of God
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cannot be justified. Close your mind. Close your eyes. See with your heart. How do you forgive the murderer of your father? These are just four lines from a song by Lupe Fiasco called “American Terrorist”. It might be just a song but can you really answer that question? - How do you forgive the murderer of your father? - If you can’t forgive the murderer of your father than terrorism is not justifiable. My name is Liliya and I will be persuading you that terrorism cannot be justified. What is terrorism
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