obliged to obey even unjust laws? Think about what this means. This means that laws‚ regardless of how unfair‚ unjust‚ or immoral they may be‚ must be followed with no better reason that they are the law. To the thesis that we are obliged to obey even unjust laws‚ I will argue that the standard objections to Civil Disobedience‚ given by Singer‚ are incorrect To begin‚ however‚ I believe it is necessary to define an "unjust" law. According to St. Thomas Aquinas‚ "Any law that uplifts human personality
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hurry up and make a phone call to a relative or another friend to ask if that person is okay? All of these questions are very common questions when it comes to the HIPAA law having great effect. The HIPAA (Health Insurance Probability and Accountable Act) law was first established in the year of 1996. The main goal of this law was to ensure that people would keep their health insurance‚ and to keep all of their health care records confidential and secure. I had stated a few very common questions
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you do? According to Chapter 2‚ “Section 406 defines a code of ethics as written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote such behaviors as honest conduct‚ full disclosure in reports‚ compliance with all applicable laws and rules‚ prompt reporting of violations and methods for conforming to the code’s expectations.” Seeing that rules forbid them to hand out personal information they are stuck between two situations which could cause a dramatic outcome. On one side
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For this assignment‚ the norm that I will break is invading personal space. Having personal space is a norm because people do not like to have other people excessively close to them. It makes them uncomfortable. Most people consider someone that they don’t know walking or sitting very closely to them as very discomforting. It is essentially an unspoken rule that you must give people their personal space‚ at least around a foot. In order to violate this norm‚ I will get very close to everyone I encounter
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Presented to: Vipulanandam Wijayaratnam Presented by: Mahmud Shourov Student ID: 11504809 Answer to question no.1 Issues After unforeseeably hitting drunk Mary and injury her (breaking her leg)‚ is Bob liable for Mary’s injury according to Torts? Can Sam sue Tom because he was stuck in traffic for the accident? Law When a party caused physical injury to some as long as the harm was foreseeable‚ a defendant is liable for all types harm suffered by a plaintiff‚ including those that were not foreseeable
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Role and Functions of Law Laws assist in many purposes in both business as well as society. The author will discuss the roles and functions of law in both business and society. This discussion will cover the different types of laws including statutes‚ common laws‚ treaties‚ ordinances‚ and executive orders. The author will also discuss the classification of those laws into criminal and civil law‚ substantive and procedural law‚ and public and private laws. There will also be a discussion
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should not do. However‚ some rules that are made by the state or the courts are called "laws". Laws resemble our moral compass because they are designed to control the way we do things and determine what is right and what is wrong. But unlike our own moral compasses‚ laws are enforced by the courts; if you break a law‚ even if you like that law or not‚ you may be forced to pay a fine or go to prison. The purpose of laws is to help keep our society under control and provide a safe place for people to live
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It Should Be Law! Handguns and teens do not go together. Why then is the number of young people being killed by handguns increasing each year? It is against the law for anyone under the age of twenty-one to handle a gun‚ but it seems that this law isn’t being followed by the world today. Many people have guns in their homes‚ for “protection” they say‚ but one cannot honestly say that the weapon killing young people is a good means of protection. As a nation‚ a society‚ the people of today should
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Laos‚ being a developing country is slowly and steadily organizing the legal system. Most of the laws are reasonable but they should be more stringent. Compared to other developed countries‚ many of the laws today in Laos are not as strict as it supposed to be. One major problem that Lao people are facing is following traffic regulations‚ even though they are the one who make those easy laws to become a national problem. Traffic signs are almost completely meaningless to vehicle users. Speed limits
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of Law Law performs many functions and plays a central role in business and society. Melvin (2011) stated "A generally accepted generic definition of the law is a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority‚ and having legal binding force." (p. 4). Law is comprised of statutes and precedents‚ leading to rules that tell us how to act in business and society. Law continues to grow and expand and is open to reason and interpretation. There are several types of law: constitutions
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