War is Hell A review of chapter 2‚ ’The Crime of War’ in Michael Walzer’s book‚ "Just and Unjust Wars: A moral argument with historical illustrations." Allen Lane 1997. In this chapter‚ Walzer discusses the cruelty of war and whether there can be any justification for such cruelty. He begins by distinguishing between the justice of war (jus ad bellum) and the justice in war (jus in bello). "War is always judged twice‚ first with reference to the reasons states have for fighting‚ secondly with
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ESL053-001 02/18/2013 Essay #1: Narrative BEING ON THE WAITING LISTS My decision to enter a Community College and to attend classes for the first time can be difficult or easy depending to my motivation. I opt to attend this community college of Denver. My choice is based on four aspects: advantages‚ location‚ cost and quality of education. I think the community college of Denver’s location is in a good place for me that will help me to go to school. I love to see all the interesting things around
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think he is. This quote tops all of the other examples off showing that even though the so called “victims” are in their car‚ where most people think they are safe‚ they still feel the need to lock their doors. It is absurd that during his nightly walk people thought that he was so dangerous that their was a possibility that he would rob their car. This quote is deemed important mainly because the true colors of society bleed out and are exposed for everyone to see. Just by the fact that the people
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the reading claims that it is just a myth that Greek people in one of its port cities defended themselves during a war with Romans by using an equipment called burning mirror and presents some reasons to support this claim. However the lecturer finds all the reasons dubious and provides some explanations to refute them all. first the reading brings up the idea that Greeks did not possessed the technology that was needed to make such a large curved copper sheet and explains that for using a sheet
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The author in “Just Another Soldier” had a unique message: “I know war‚ have experienced it‚ but accept it though I do not understand it.” A rough message to say the least‚ and it is not without its flaws‚ but it is extremely effective in conveying the idea that war is inherently morbid and close-minded. The author showed us this through his mention of different casualties he had encountered thus far through the course of the war he was engaged in. For example‚ the author mentions that‚ “in situations
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In E.E. Cummings’s unrhymed poem‚ “[in Just-]‚” Cummings emphasis on the importance of the start of spring‚ children‚ and innocence-filled world. In addition‚ Cummings symbolizes spring to youthful children and their innocence throughout the whole poem‚ because spring is the season after the chilly and empty atmosphere of the outside during winter. Spring is often visualized as a colorful‚ warm‚ and bright season‚ where children are playing from “running from marbles and piracies” to ‘hopscotch and
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forces people to live according to their reason rather than their passions. The downside of this ideology‚ is that the thoughts on a particular topic one would have‚ would be significantly different from other people‚ thus there reasoning on what is just and unjust can also be different. As a result‚ if a leader cannot distinguish the wrong in an unjust act‚ society would not be able to protect people from evil individuals‚ resulting in a dangerous society to live in. Moving on‚ Aristotle thought humans
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The rite of passage that is most significant in the story Just be Yourself is growing up and finding what you want you love to do and want to do. I chose this because that is what is going on in my life right now‚ I am trying to find what i love and want to do when i grow up. You should find what you like not what others like. “It’s about exploring yourself and finding out who you really are on your own terms and in your own way‚” This quote is trying to explain that you need to evaluate yourself
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The Death Penalty Is the death penalty just or unjust? It has been argued that capitol punishment is imposed merely to gratify a desire for revenge. Whether or not a punishment is legal depends upon whether or not it serves a valid goal or purpose of a policy. The death penalty is usually defended on two grounds; is useful and that is just . Is capitol punishment moral or immoral? Is the death penalty moral? Capitol punishment is imposed to spare future victims of murder by carrying out the
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Narrative I have consistently demonstrated high academic achievement during my school career. For three years in a row my website was one of the top three websites at the Pinellas County National History Day fair and even moved on to the State competition in the last of the three years. National History Day (NHD) is a rigorous competition that requires students to select a topic based on a theme‚ create an annotated bibliography that requires students to explain what each source contains‚ and
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