Sara Ryan PHIL 150-03 First Response Paper February 20‚ 2012 Was the Death of Socrates Justified? The life and death of Socrates is a topic that can spark great debates. Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who was put on trial for two specific reasons. In the Apology‚ we learn that the people of Athens claimed that Socrates did not believe in the gods of their city‚ but in other spiritual things. This was thought to be impious. They also believed that Socrates was corrupting the
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Capital Punishment or commonly known as the death penalty is the punishment of ending one’s life for a serious crime that they committed. The death penalty serves both as a good consequence and as a deterrent or prevention for future crimes. Capital Punishment addresses crimes that simply cannot be repaid‚ or compensated for. If one were to rob a store the thief can payback the amount that was stolen‚ in fact‚ under biblical law from the bible the criminal would then be tasked to work for the
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Is there a Divine Creator? That has been the question debated by Mankind since the beginning of time. As Christians‚ we know that God has made everything with His mighty hands. In the 19th century‚ a theory was proposed by Charles Darwin that would change the outlook on life forever. Darwin proposed that there was no Creator at all. Perhaps we have “evolved” into the creatures we are today from a common ancestor. This topic is very important because the view of our origins can shape a whole societies’
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Once in a while‚ we may drop in a seemingly harmless white lie with no evil intent; either to protect people from the hurtful truth or to promote our self-image without hurting another. Yet‚ we seldom realize that these white lies have posed as a threat to our credibility and reliability as well as‚ perhaps even‚ starting a chain reaction that may lead onto a bigger lie that may be caused at the expense of another human being. Human beings often despise the feeling of guilt and therefore justify
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civilization". President Harry Truman made a difficult discison and the day the first atomic bomb was dropped Philosophers‚ Historians‚ and many other scholars have had the debate: Was using the atomic bomb on human beings justified? I think it was indeed justified and justified on different levels. It prevented a land invasion of japan witch would cost massive toll on American soldiers‚ the soldiers were already been at war for two long violent years with million’s killed and injured and japanese
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Essay Underhand Marriage Morally Justified or Not Disusun untuk memenuhi tugas Bahasa Inggris Disusun Oleh : Dyah Utari Hastrarini XI - IPS SMAN 1 Yogyakarta 2012 Nowadays‚ underhand marriage is booming. The great business person‚ Sheikh Puji‚ artist‚ like Dewi Persik-Aldiansyah Taher did this kind of marriage. Do you know what the meaning of underhand marriage? Underhand marriage is marriage without the presence of the family‚ and is done secretly. Maybe‚ it is because the woman’s
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Was Appeasement a ‘Mistake’? H/W 07.03.13 There are many arguments for and against appeasement before WW2. Appeasement was a policy between Britain‚ France and Germany. The policy meant that the allies would give Germany what they wanted as long as they didn’t start a war or cause trouble. The Dictionary definition of appeasement is: (Government‚ Politics & Diplomacy) the policy of acceding to the demands of a potentially hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace. Many people now
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< Labor Unions: Were They Justified? > In the late 19th-century‚ a new theory in the field of business and production was emerging. Most commonly known as ‘Social Darwinism’‚ it was a parodical twist of the Darwin theory of natural selection‚ or the ‘survival of the fittest.’ The corruption and the dark sides of business were accepted as a natural process‚ and was not questioned or intervened. In a full-fledged Industrial Age‚ the average American citizen had to try his best to rise from his
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The definition of “justified” is having‚ done for‚ or marked by a good or legitimate reason. The second definition is declared or made righteous in the sight of God. The war with Mexico was both of these definitions. It was justified. In 1836‚ Texas had won it’s independence and had become apart of America. Mexico had attacked U.S. soldiers on Texas territory. Polk became president. He believed in Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that God wanted America to spread across the continent
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When deciding whether or not to end the suffering of a loved one‚ how can one know if they are justified in doing so? George‚ a strong‚ defined man‚ ponders this question at the end of John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men. George’s companion‚ Lennie‚ is a mentally challenged individual who always finds a way to whip up trouble. After countless accidents and mishaps‚ Lennie makes the innocent but cataclysmic mistake of killing Curley’s wife. This leads the men of the ranch to try to put Lennie
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