Truth-in-sentencing debate Learning Team B CJA/204 November 26‚ 2012 Deana Bohenek Truth-In-Sentencing Debate Opening Argument Truth-in-sentencing laws do not deter crime. The federal truth-in-sentencing law guarantees that certain violent offenders will serve at least 85% of their sentence (Schmalleger‚ 2012). However‚ if the offender acts accordingly in prison‚ he or she can attain
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Truth Essay Miles Dijan October 8‚ 2013 Block 2 Day 2 The writer Oscar Wilde once said that “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Wilde claims that truth is hardly wholesome and unadulterated‚ but rather tainted‚ or polluted. Wilde also states how truth is never straightforward and effortless. Truth could come with questions‚ ambiguous feelings‚ and abstract thoughts. Three pieces of literature exemplify Oscar Wilde’s quote about truth. In The “Allegory of the Cave”
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white lie occasionally can be revealed somehow. Mark Twain said: “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” So‚ what shall we do: tell the truth or lie? People often find that white lies are an important part of our lives. These can be innocent lies which make life better and more interesting. Moreover‚ there are times when we might want to avoid the full truth‚ or even tell a lie‚ in order to protect someone’s feelings‚ or prevent a conflict. I would rather tell someone a lie instead
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An Inconvenient Truth The climate crisis that our planet faces has become an ever-increasing and extremely controversial issue. In the book “An Inconvenient Truth‚” Al Gore goes beyond the political and economic implications of this crisis and states that global warming is a moral issue that humans need to address. For years‚ scientists have been examining the reasons for the changing climate and have come to the conclusion that global warming is real and it is serious threat to the world. Eventually
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For this assignment I visited the Shoppers Stop store with cautiously noticing the moments of truth. • First: When I was depositing my polybag at the luggage counter I was welcomed by a person with a smile that was something good and different from the attendant present at Big Bazaar or Dmart. • Second: The second encounter was the ambience of the supermarket overall which was quite neat and lively. There was a perfume counter with a person standing and demonstrating different perfumes. In
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should we trust our senses to give us truth? Our senses should be trusted in certain circumstances. Our senses can only provide us with raw information‚ but in order to gain knowledge and understanding of the information we need to implicate other ways of knowing. There is a limitation to trusting your senses because our perception will only go as far as our sense organs will allow us‚ but other ways of knowing such as but not limited to‚ reason will allow us to progress even further. Senses
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Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts‚ which includes the creation of images or objects in fields including painting‚ sculpture‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ and other visual media. Architecture is often included as one of the visual arts; however‚ like the decorative arts‚ it involves the creation of objects where the practical considerations of use are essential—in a way that they are usually not for a painting
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Individuality Brings Leadership In a community where one is expected to fit in with the group and not standout‚ anyone who expresses individuality is bound to stand out and make an important identity in that society. Individuality can make leaders‚ which have the potential to bring a long-term positive change to a modern society. Individuality creates leaders in any society. When a human has an attitude of being content with themselves to the point where they can freely express themselves‚ it brings out
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The Coherence Theory of Truth First published Tue Sep 3‚ 1996; substantive revision Tue Sep 9‚ 2008 A coherence theory of truth states that the truth of any (true) proposition consists in its coherence with some specified set of propositions. The coherence theory differs from its principal competitor‚ the correspondence theory of truth‚ in two essential respects. The competing theories give conflicting accounts of the relation between propositions and their truth conditions. (In this article‚ ‘proposition’
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peace‚ a sense of match‚ of fitting in the society. You just bought yourself time‚ you did not have to put up with the arguments that might have taken place had you shared the truth. You did not have to hurt the sentiments or trust of the other person by covering up your truth. This is the foremost cause of lying. People lie because they want to avoid confrontation and conflict. Lying becomes the easier route. 2. A matter of habit Often pursuing the first one‚ that is‚ hiding information‚ one
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