State laws are not always just. State violence is not always legitimate. Discuss these issues in relation to protest and dissent. In his 1918 essay Politics as a Vocation‚ Max Weber described the monopoly of state violence as an essential characteristic of modern governments. (1918 p.1) State violence is monopolised towards the pursuit of societal compliance‚ which according to political history‚ is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy. (1918 p.2) As Tolstoy points out‚ history has
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Stacy Norton 03 October‚ 2012 Old Testament Ballard Terrorism and the Old Testament Many terrorist organizations use their religious texts as justification for their acts of terrorism. People even go as far to say that God‚ as depicted in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible‚ encourages those acts as a way to defend their actions. While it is true that the Old Testament has evidence of God sending out his people to defend his word and his chosen people‚ it should not be taken as black
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Is Achilles Justified in Killing Hector and is Odysseus Justified in Killing the Suitors? Holding the power of life and death is a very serious responsibility. Under most circumstances death penalty is not right and can be handled in a much better way. Because we are made in the image of God we are commanded not to kill. But there are some circumstances in which the killing of a wrong-doer is justified. Actions speak louder than words.
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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 a quick
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conception of morality. Each culture has different moral and ethical systems. One culture might believe an action is ethically right‚ while another believes it is wrong. This leads to the main question of this chapter: is Morality totally absolute or can it be relative? The first idea of morality is based off of relativism.
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Paris and found out that they had a problem. Three days after the attacks on Paris‚ the New York police went on an “offense and defense” strategy in response to the terrorism threats. “The story of how the new unit‚ known as the Critical Response Command‚ came into being traces the history of the city’s evolving approach to terrorism‚ from the creation of the counterterrorism and intelligence divisions in the months after the attacks of 2001‚ to 2004‚ when the Police Department began pulling precinct
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Dirty War Review 1. What is terrorism? A definition of “terrorism” refers to the use of force or violence against persons or property for the purpose of intimidation‚ coercion (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services‚ 2011); Terrorists often use violence and threats to create fear among the public. Terrorism is a criminal act such as airline hijackings‚ bomb scares‚ weapons of mass destruction that influences an audience beyond the immediate victim. The strategy of terrorists is to commit
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Terrorism as a “Social Status” After September 11‚ 2001‚ Muslims have been the targets of social discrimination due to the high belief that all Muslims are terrorists. That fateful day changed the way America perceived them‚ which increased animosity between those of Muslim faith and those who are not. Post 9/11‚ we as a country look at Muslims as people who are violent‚ evil‚ and that none practice what they preach. However on the other hand‚ we believe they all are radical Muslims‚ ready to
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acting in humanity’s interests. Cromwell it seems‚ always emphasized that it was wrong to allow for the unnecessary spilling of blood. He did this wherever he went in Ireland‚ but it was also something he did during the Anglo-Spanish war. Cromwell justified fighting in the war with Spain because of the ‘millions of Indians being so barbarously butchered by the Spaniards’. Obviously‚ in both cases Cromwell was simply trying to find a way of legitimising his actions. However‚ in Ireland the situation
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William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the tragic characters often have ambition to thank for their fatal or perilous ends. Ambition cannot exist in a pure form‚ free from consequence because there will always be a dark path to take that might seem to be justified by the ends. The natural order of humanity is disrupted once Macbeth indulges his ambitions. In addition‚ Macbeth begins to lose sight of what he wanted and what he aspired to be originally. He reaches a place of no return. In the end‚ Macbeth and
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