When is Humanitarian Intervention Justified? “The regime is killing us‚ many of the opposition fighters are becoming criminals and the world is watching it like a film” (The Economist‚ 2013). This is a statement by a Syrian student whose sentiment has become common amongst Syrians. According to the UN‚ since March 18th 2011‚ the date that marked the beginning of the Syrian uprising‚ 70‚000 Syrians‚ mostly civilians‚ have died‚ but the death toll is likely to be considerably higher (ibid
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Is Death Penalty ever justified? Capital punishment otherwise‚ also know as death penalty is a legal process whereby a criminal gets executed as a form of punishment. In the past‚ Capital punishment had been practised by almost all the societies. However‚ currently due to the increase in awareness of humans’ rights an approximate of 97 countries had abolished this form of punishment. That being said‚ there are still 58 nations of which includes Singapore‚ are actively practising it. In my opinion
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Is Medea Justified In Her Actions? Is the killing of anyone ever justified? Is the life of one individual more important than another? In Euripides‚ Medea‚ Medea kills the princess of Corinth‚ the king of Corinth‚ Creon‚ as well as her own children. Are her actions the actions of an insane‚ distraught person or those of wise‚ foreign‚ barbaric woman trying to protect her children? Through the story of Medea‚ Medea justifies the killing of others while several other characters portray the injustice
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gave abolitionist a bad name. John brown is a terrorist who had no need to murder people or attack a federal facility. John Brown killed 15 people at Harpers Ferry which cannot be justified because most of the people were civilians. John Brown also killed people at Pottawattamie creek which can be justified because they were proslavery people that terrorized towns that wanted slavery to be abolished. That still could be considered terrorism because he brutally killed the people instead of
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Are constructivist criticisms on realism justified? Introduction In this essay‚ I will argue that constructivist criticisms on realism are justified‚ provided that the alternative procedural decision making process that constructivists offer seems plausible. I will argue for this by showing that not only arguments derived from is/ought problem‚ but also practical problems justify the criticisms constructivist have towards realism. First of all‚ one viewpoint that realists and constructivists
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human rights and therefore cannot be justified for any reason. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ every human has the inalienable right to life and the right not to be tortured or subjected to any cruel‚ inhuman or degrading punishment. The death penalty is not always smooth and painless‚ and therefore it is torture. Every legal system is fallible‚ and it would therefore be very possible for innocent lives to be extinguished. The death penalty can be unfairly administered to the poor
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civil-rights movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. However‚ these two men were drastically different. While King preached about nonviolence and equal rights‚ Malcolm X condoned violence as a means to get what one wants. While Malcolm X was justified in some of his endeavors‚ his philosophy as a whole was unhealthy and damaged the minds of young people. In the late 1950s and early 1960s‚ Malcolm X was a widely known civil-rights leader. People were drawn to him‚ because he has a willingness
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cannot be justified. Close your mind. Close your eyes. See with your heart. How do you forgive the murderer of your father? These are just four lines from a song by Lupe Fiasco called “American Terrorist”. It might be just a song but can you really answer that question? - How do you forgive the murderer of your father? - If you can’t forgive the murderer of your father than terrorism is not justifiable. My name is Liliya and I will be persuading you that terrorism cannot be justified. What is terrorism
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behind it can be either misunderstood or ignored. One side‚ for or against‚ does not outweigh the other; neither can be proven justified. Some view child labor as a negative reality because of the idea that there are children working in sweatshops‚ while others see it as an opportunity to lift financial burdens from impoverished families. For the most part here in America‚ parents are the caregivers and breadwinners and‚ in some cases are encouraged to have fewer children because they can be seen as
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major reason to President Obama and the US congress to show extreme desire to intervene military force in Syria. Obama says that a military intervention in Syria is the only way to stop the uprising war‚ and a violence of Assad’s regime. Is this a justified decision? Or there is another reason aiming Obama to do so? This paper examines the possible answers to these questions by analyzing two different articles which consider possible consequences of military intervention in Syria. Finally‚ several reasons
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