one day every lie she told came back to haunt her. She ended up hurting me in the long run and lost my trust as a friend. I am positive she regrets the lies she once told that gave her the reputation she withholds. All in all‚ I think a lie can be justified depending on the situation. Not everything in life goes the way it should and we often try to cover that up. With good intentions‚ no one will get hurt‚ with bad intentions- a negative outcome is almost
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Does breaking a law makes a criminal? To judge whether breaking a law makes a criminal‚ first we must define the terms law and crime. Every society makes and enforces laws that govern the conduct of the individuals. Without law we cannot live. Laws maximizes our individual right‚ facilitate the orders of our society‚ and it keeps peace in our civilization. The violation of those duties that he or she owes to society and for the breach of which the law provides is defined as a crime. Breaking the
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Before a person breaks a law in an attempt to accomplish a greater good‚ he or she should exhaust all options available under the law. In an attempt to accomplish a greater good‚ a person should not cause serious harm. A person must have sufficient knowledge and authority before acting on behalf of another person (or animal‚ in this case). No one is obliged to obey unjust laws that suppress one group while elevating others. In breaking the law in an attempt to accomplish a greater good
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‘Americans are used to thinking that law-and-order is threatened by only violent crime‚ but the foundation of social order are profoundly shaken when ordinary law-abiding take to skirting the law’. The author has some valid points when he says this. Small laws can hurt the community when people who regularly obey the law are breaking the law in small ways. People are just to used to hearing about the big crimes that people just might not give a damn about the small laws. Some people who might be
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Young People and the Law Youth are a unique group when involved in the legal system of today‚ as their laws differ significantly than those laws that are set for adults. Jason’s Day shows a prime example of a young misguided teen breaking the law - specifically‚ the act of underage drinking and child labour. On Wednesday morning‚ Jason walks into the Irish Bar on Edward Street‚ where he knows the bartender (his cousin billy). He then proceeds to order two beers in the time he stays at the bar -
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Law and Social Work 1. Are personal laws justified in secular India? Give reasons for your answer. Secularism in India mainly implies parallel treatment of all religions by the State. Secularism in India acknowledges religious laws as binding on State and thereby equivalent cooperation of State in various religions‚ which is different from western concept of secularism.[ ][ ] Here the question of personal laws being contradictory to the idea of secularism is not a point at all because the way
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"Were the American colonists justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain" The colonists were in every right‚ aspect and mind‚ not only justified but also it was about time that they stood of and actually take action against the British. The choice of going to war with them‚ was the only choice that they had. All diplimatical options that they had ceased to stand a chance against the tyrant Britain. From the very beginning when the colonists felt upset against their mother country and
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“If the law requires you to be the agent of injustice‚ then‚ I say‚ break the law” (Henry Thoreau) This famous quote is taken from the famous essay Civil Disobedience written in 1848‚ Civil Disobedience still stands as an expression of moral and individual conscience against a un just government. To begin‚ the quote written by Henry Thoreau‚ “If the law requires you to be the agent of injustice‚ then‚ I say‚ break the law” is essentially saying If following the law results in a wrong done to another
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rather peaceful. As Hitler came to power‚ the Jews were held responsible for Germany’s problems. Due to his anti-semitic views‚ the lives of the German-Jews changed for the worse. When the Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Germany‚ Jewish influences were completely removed from Aryan society. These laws were extremely discriminatory against Jewish people which lead to restricting their daily lives. Kristallnacht showed that the Jews were not welcome in Germany. The gruesome event also revealed how violent
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America was or was not justified in breaking away from Great Britain? America had every right‚ mind and aspect‚ to throw off the almost inexorable chains of Great Britain. Not only declaring war against the British was justified‚ but it was the only choice America had. From the very beginning‚ (when the colonists first migrated to America) the colonists were displeased with Great Britain’s law-makings and government. When diplomatic options and agreements with Great Britain failed‚ America realized
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