David is charged with grievous bodily harm and from the facts provided; he may rely on the defence of automatism. Automatism is when actions are carried out without the control of the mind‚ for example‚ reflexes. An act cannot be punishable if it is carried out involuntarily. Criminal liability requires voluntary acts. A successful plea could result in a complete acquittal. For this reason‚ the courts have narrowly interpreted the defence to make it difficult for defendants to rely on it. The defence
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Bibliography: * Biggar‚ N.‚ 2004‚ Aiming to Kill: The Ethics of Suicide and Euthanasia‚ London: Darton‚ Longman and Todd. * Brock‚ D.‚ 1993‚ “Voluntary Active Euthanasia”‚ Hastings Center Report‚ 22 (2): 10–22. * Burleigh‚ M.‚ 1994‚ Death and Deliverance: Euthanasia in Germany c. 1900–1945‚ Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * Commission on the Study of Medical Practice Concerning Euthanasia:
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Given that John Stuart Mill was a student of Aristotle’s work‚ it comes as no surprise that there are many commonalities between Aristotle’s and Mill’s ideas. One of the biggest ideas shared by the two is that all humans are striving towards the Good in their lives. However‚ while they both believe happiness is the ultimate Good in our lives‚ they differ in their conclusions of what happiness is and how to reach it. As previously mentioned‚ Mill studied Aristotle’s works in his early life which directly
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In comparing both Kant’s resolution and Mill’s resolution to Aristotle’s expected resolution‚ one can view the many similarities and differences between Aristotle’s philosophies and those of Kant and those of Mill. Primarily‚ Aristotle would resolve the moral conflict by siding with the judgement that expresses the virtue as the mean and coincides with achieving a human’s highest end of the Summum Bonum‚ which equates to happiness‚ both according to the situation‚ but not relevant to the individual
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Distinction Between Critical Thinking and Psychology by Akpan‚ A.M‚ OP Introduction The mind in this discussion is the mind of the human person‚ also known as the psyche. Many a philosopher of mind asserts that it is an immaterial and spiritual component in the human person which is the center of thought and behaviour. It is also referred to as awareness and consciousness. From it flows‚ with necessity‚ thoughts and basis for human behaviour. Hence‚ to know why we think the way we do and why
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Dialogue between Plato and Aristotle(c. 428–347 B.C.E.) “Beauty is the example of a form; beauty is not something that you can encounter directly in the physical world like an object such as a tree or horse. A tree or a horse may or may not be beautiful‚ but beauty meets with objects. Beauty does not stand alone‚ but it accompanies objects in the physical world”‚ said Plato. “Form determines what a thing is and in combination with matter is to have a thing”‚ replied Aristotle. “Form is not
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Alan’s offence: Involuntary manslaughter - involuntary manslaughter is when a person commits an unlawful killing of a human being without intending to kill‚ involuntary manslaughter is often caused by recklessness or criminal negligence as you can see in this scenario Adam admits the only thing he wanted to do was to frighten off Pete he had no intent to kill anyone (Regina -v- Meeking [2012] EWCA Crim 641) In this case the appellant was convicted of involuntary manslaughter of her husband on the
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In my essay I shall discuss Aquinas’ understanding that blame is excusable due to ignorance if and only if they are involuntarily ignorant. I shall outline Aquinas’ understanding of voluntary ignorance and involuntary ignorance as an excuse from blame. Then I shall analyse this view‚ and conclude that whether or not the individual is blameable can‚ in some cases‚ only be prescribed by the individual. Aquinas as a Neo-Platonist believes that existence is a good in itself‚ therefore‚ all things that
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world around them. The Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle are responsible for some of these major early discoveries and are a big reason as to where we are today due to their endeavors to understand various philosophical topics. In this essay‚ I am going to explain Plato’s views on knowledge and science‚ Aristotle’s views on change and science‚ and ultimately how although both contributed to man’s understanding of philosophy today‚ Aristotle started a departure from the views of Plato and into
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Distinction of administration and management Management (BS201) Simplex @2012 2012 UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE STUDENT As an opening point in an attempt to distinguish administration and management‚ administration has been defined by Theo Haimann as the overall determination of policies‚ setting of major objectives‚ the identification of general purposes and laying down of broad programmes and projects. Management has been defined as the process of planning organising directing and controlling
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