Unintended consequences are situations where an action results in an outcome that is not what is intended. The unintended results may be foreseen or unforeseen‚ but they are almost always logical or likely results of the action. These consequences could be positive or negative‚ but it is often said that almost all human actions have at least one unintended consequence. In other words‚ each cause has more than one effect‚ including unforeseen effects. A real-world example of this is the Treaty of
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Assignment 1: Age‚ Crime and Consequences Submitted: June 14‚ 2013 “Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime” - John Ruskin There is one‚ and only one‚ thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely‚ repressive justice. Simone Weil Age is one of the strongest correlates of criminal behavior therefore an important variable in defining‚ explaining and responding to official acts of rule breaking in
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BEING DIFFERENT‚ BEING UNPOPULAR In the world there are a lot of people‚ but nobody is the same. Every person looks different‚ maybe he has a black skin‚ green hair‚ is blind or deaf‚ but all humans have positive and negative characteristics. In small social groups‚ such as a normal class in school‚ differences are very clearly visible. Some children have better possibilities to study and have a lot of expensive things. If somebody of majority of schoolmates does not wear costly clothes or does
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Evaluate the consequences of migration Migration is regarded to be the transfer of people from one place to another. This constantly increasing phenomenon is the result of different factors such as globalization or if we enter in more detail‚ what we call push and pull factors or even compulsory migration due to war or social complications. Nowadays‚ migration has become a subject of controversy. There is been in the last decades serious limitations to one the most important freedoms the human
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The Consequences of a Forgotten Invention There have been people who have influenced every person in the world yet a seldom few know their contributions let alone their names. Of these people was a man named Johannes Gutenberg; the man who invented the printing press. The printing press is one of those inventions that most people take for granted and do not realize their importance. Without the press we would still be handwriting every single copy of any book every written and so the question
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action separately and the effects that arise from it. Act utilitarianism‚ the most common form used in many circumstances‚ looks at the consequences of each individual act and calculate utility each time the act is performed (Hinman‚ 24). Act utilitarianism works out the benefits before taking a morally right action. Rule utilitarianism looks at the consequences of everyone follow a particular rule and calculates the overall utility of accepting and rejecting
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decision has been made‚ the consequence is delivered. With that being‚ we have to live with these consequences. Your personal choice leads to your personal consequence. For example‚ Sebastian Junger‚ as the prominent politian puts it‚ “Combat isn’t where you might die - though that does happen – it’s where you find out whether you get to keep on living.” The consequence in that sentence provided is a situation between life and death. Also‚ another quote relevant to consequences by Ken Levine would
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------------------------------------------------- Confronting Late Employees July 17th‚ 2012 During the month of July‚ we publish “best of” content. The following article was first published on February 24‚ 2010. Dear Crucial Skills‚ At our organization‚ we expect our employees to be ready to care for patients at the start of their shift. But I have several employees who are far in the disciplinary path because they consistently “clock-in” a minute or two late. Of course‚ they would have been on time if “the
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Imagine a person being sold by their parents‚ and taken from their home to a place that they’ve never been and then forced to do unpaid labor‚ and in some cases‚ also involuntarily have to do sexual acts against their will. Human trafficking is an extreme violation of human rights that should hold heavy consequences towards those guilty of trafficking. Because of the fact that human trafficking is an inhumane practice‚ there are many steps that can be taken to address the issue of human trafficking
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Being Rich to Being Famous Everyone wishes they could be rich or famous and many wish to be both. This is the pushing force that drags other people to strive and work harder but they never spend their time to put their thoughts‚ into the meaning and significance of these building blocks of life. The biggest difference between rich and famous is that being rich means you have money and being famous means that you are widely known. You can be famous without being rich or being in the news and vice
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