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    When Committing Murder is Morally Justified There are many occasions when murders are committed and murderers are not brought to justice. In And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie the theme in the books is‚ the morality of murder - that murder can be right and morally justified. Both books illustrate that murders took place and that the individuals that committed theses murders got away with them. As a result‚ the surviving family‚ friends and others such

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    What is Tolstoy’s opinion of violence? Is he repelled by it‚ or does he admire it? In Hadji Murat‚ does he glamorize violence or criticize it? Does the novel moralize about violence or does it take an objective approach? Tolstoy definitely is repelled by violence‚ in every opportunity he has to expose a battle or a conflict he does it in a very anticlimactic approach‚ very much so like real life. There is nothing heroic about violence and the destruction it leaves behind. According to Bayley

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    Although credible sources acknowledge the death of William McIntosh as an assassination commandeered by rival Chief Menwana‚ Creek law divulges that Chief Menwana was not only justified‚ but also encouraged by Creek law to kill Chief McIntosh. Chief McIntosh was a controversial Creek leader whose strong relationship with the United States government cast suspicion about his loyalty to the Creeks. In the years prior to his death‚ William McIntosh attempted to remain a trusted Creek leader while supporting

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    Mexican-American War: Justified/not Justified They invaded we were trying to protect‚but US called war. Many historians disagree whether the war was justified or unjustified. For example Mexican- American war was controversial topic. Does the United States have a right to go war ? The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because border problems‚US invaded Mexico land ‚ and Mexico have different rules. The Mexican war happened in 1846 through 1848(Roden‚319).. The first armed

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    There are circumstances in which it is better to lie. In life we sometimes avoid the truth in order to prevent people from getting hurt. I do not believe lies should be used only for our convenience because that is wrong and selfish. If a small lie is told with intentions of protecting someone‚ than that is acceptable. In the book‚ My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult‚ the mother does not tell her daughter that her boyfriend has passed away. When the daughter asks where he has been‚ she simply

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    I think the colonial grievances were justified because the colonies were forced to change‚ England lacked power of the colonies‚ and British Law was unjust. The colonist way of life evolved around trade. England had told them to trade only with them and they would‚ in return give them recourses back. This did not do the colonies any good because they were not left with money and went into debt. The colonies decided that they would hold back some resources and would trade with the West Indies to

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    The Odyssey: End of Book Essay I believe that Odysseus was both justified and not justified‚ in his decision to not tell his men that they will not make it back to Ithaca. The background of this scene is that a god comes to Odysseus and tells him that his fate it to make it back to Ithaca. The god also tells Odysseus that he will be the only one to return to Ithaca. Odysseus decides that the only way that he can make it back to Ithaca is if he lets his men believe that they will all make it back

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    of these measures was an association agreement with the European Union which would provide Ukraine with funds contingent to several reforms in almost all aspects of Ukrainian society and break its economic ties with Russia. Yanukovych‚ at first‚ considered the contingencies to be fair but ultimately refused to sign the agreement considering it too grave and detrimental to Ukraine. Instead‚ he signed a treaty with Russia which sparked civil unrest in Kiev that ultimately led to violent clashes between

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    The Bucket Rider opinion essay In “the Bucket Rider”‚ the writer used lots of surreal elements to make it more interesting and catch the reader’s attention. This makes the short story more thoughtful. It says “I ride off on the bucket”; “he has opened the door to let out the excessive heat”; and “my bucket has all the virtues of a good stead except power of resistance‚ it’s too light‚ a woman’s apron can make it fly through the air”. First of all‚ the writer says “I ride off on the bucket”. This

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    Were the Peace Treaties Justified at the Time? On August 4th 1914 one of the most hideous events in history started – the first world war. The war was caused by many things that caused tensions between the two opposing groups within Europe (the allies and the central powers) to become strained but the assassination of the archduke of Austria (Franz Ferdinand) was what caused the fighting to start. This event took place on the 28th of June 1914 and the war began of the 4th of August that same

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