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    Was the stamp act justified? If you were a government that had to tax people because they had to pay for a war‚ what would you do? Back in 1763 the colonists were just enjoying a good day‚ but then the government started to tax everyone because they had just fought the war and won‚ but when they won they realized that they had been dept because they had to pay for their soldiers and supplies. People say it was not justified because they don’t know how many soldiers lost their lives out on the battlefield

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    Revolution was not justified because the colonists started tarring and feathering the tax man‚ the British started taxing the colonists in not the right process‚ and the British say Parliament can do anything they want with the colonists. This explains that the colonists did non-professional things and the British did to because feathering the tax man and taxing colonists in not the right process is non-professional. This explains about why the American Revolution wasn’t justified is because the British

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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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    The Boston Tea Party started at midnight on December 16‚ 1773. More than one hundred colonists called the Sons of Liberty threw about forty five tons of tea from British ships into Boston Harbor. This “protest” was a very justified act that showed confidence‚ determination‚ and bravery. Others believe that the act was unnecessary and the colonists went overboard (no pun intended) with their behavior‚ even though the colonists didn’t even damage the ships at all. This whole thing probably wouldn’t

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    Parmenides’ Argument Parmenides was an ancient philosopher who developed the ideas of "The Way of Truth" and "The Way of Opinion." The thinker introduced his ideas through an epic poem in which he claims to have visited a goddess. The goddess lets him see the "heart of well rounded truth" and it is through this revelation that Parmenides acquires his philosophy. Parmenides’ "Way of Truth" has been very influential among modern philosophers and has had a very big impact on the way we study

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    war with Mexico was justified or not justified? It can be a struggle to decide. Mexico won its independence from Spain in the nineteenth century. Spain controlled most of Central America. Due to the extremely low population for such territorial extension‚ Mexico relaxed its immigration policies‚ as a result‚ allowing American settlers to help populate the northern territories. Their conditions to settle were self-explanatory. Now what do think? The United States was justified in going to war with

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    often as a result to torture. Humans are treated like animals‚ when there are more sophisticated ways of getting information. Torture also causes a lot more problems than it fixes. Torture should not be justified because it is ineffective‚ inhumane and unnecessary. Torture should not be justified because torture is ineffective. Accurate information does not always result from torture. A study proves this by stating “Under torture a person will say anything to stop being tortured” (McCain). In other

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    Customize Your Death: Why Some Forms of Euthanasia may be Ethically Justified Out of the study of religion‚ science and philosophy arise questions like‚ “who owns our lives?” or more strikingly‚ “can we and should we be allowed to take our own lives?” At first thought‚ suicide springs to mind‚ and the scenes of despair‚ depression and distress follow. Then‚ one might ask why voluntary death is associated with gloom when it may not necessarily be true. Indeed‚ to some people it is quite the opposite;

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    Insights and Opinions on Canadian Identity Read and reflect on the following quotes about Canada and Canadian Identity. “Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.” ~ Marshall McLuhan “There are two miracles in Canadian history. The first is the survival of French Canada‚ and the second is the survival of Canada.” ~ Frank R. Scott “It is more than four centuries since the Aboriginals‚ francophones‚ and anglophones began their complex intercourse in this

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    believes for invalid reasons‚ such as a faulty premise‚ counts as knowledge. It is named after American philosopher Edmund Gettier‚ who wrote about the problem in a three-page paper published in 1963‚ called "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?". The paper refers to the concept of knowledge as justified true belief‚ credited to Plato‚ though Plato argued against this very account of knowledge in the Theaetetus . In the paper‚ Gettier proposed two scenarios where the three criteria seemed to be met‚ but

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