The sailor dies and the cook butchers and eats him. Pi and his mother try to stop him. He kills Pi’s mother and throws her head towards Pi. Later Pi fights the cook and kills him in a moment of revenge and self preservation Was Pi’s act morally justified? As moral arguments are best proven by analogies‚ let us consider four people in the same situation but a different setting. Four strangers (namely A‚B‚C‚D) are stuck in a lifeboat. A has a gun and decides to kill B (who was already injured
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this event‚ arguments have transpired as to whether this action was ethical‚ and whether it was really necessary to end World War II quickly. However‚ due to the wartime situation and Japan’s extreme cruelty‚ the United States were predominantly justified in their decision to drop the atomic bombs. Dropping the atomic bombs in Japan was a strategic method to finish the Second World War‚ and to avenge the Japanese with minimal casualties. Since Japan acted brutally toward the Allies‚ it was absolutely
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The assassination of Osama Bin Laden was justified because he was a terrorist and had murdered over 2‚977 people during the 9/11 attack. However‚ some believed that he was Muslim and believed in peace. Osama Bin Laden was held accountable for a lot of deadly acts of terrorism. Also‚ terrorism is illegal in any country. Bin was apart terrorist group called “Al – Qaida “. In 1988 Bin Laden created a new group called “Al – Qaida“ (“the base “) that would focus on symbolic acts of terrorism
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Customize Your Death: Why Some Forms of Euthanasia may be Ethically Justified Out of the study of religion‚ science and philosophy arise questions like‚ “who owns our lives?” or more strikingly‚ “can we and should we be allowed to take our own lives?” At first thought‚ suicide springs to mind‚ and the scenes of despair‚ depression and distress follow. Then‚ one might ask why voluntary death is associated with gloom when it may not necessarily be true. Indeed‚ to some people it is quite the opposite;
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Was the american revolution justified? What events caused to lead up to the revolution? Yes the american revolution was justified.When any form of government becomes destructive of the unalienable rights it’s the people’s right to alter or abolish it. These eventually came into mention due to taxes the british government put on colonists and their reactions to it‚ Which the government had to add acts but that didn’t stop the colonists. Taxes‚ Money that paid for it’s war debts in the 1760’s‚ the
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The Founding Fathers were justified in their actions of starting the American Revolutionary War against Britain. The Founding Fathers started the American Revolutionary War because of the excessive taxation‚ lack of parliamentary representation‚ and forced participation in the French and Indian War by Britain. The colonists attempted to work with Britain by boycotting and lobbying for representation but their attempts were dismissed by Britain. Britain simply continued to treat the colonies as
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efforts to bring back peace failed‚ it was justified to raise the ‘swords’. This would be done under strict Sikhism rules Buddhism has phrases which preach love. From the Holy book quotes‚ hatred should by paid and appeased by love. The founder of the religion‚ Buddha believed human suffering can be solved by employing some way of living. He had the perception of no harm. Buddhism condemn violence and in turn teaches pacifism. The have the saying; “better to be killed than to kill’. Some Buddhist
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Is Hamlet’s Revenge Justified? I would say‚ emotionally “Yes” but physically “No”. No matter what‚ revenge is wrong‚ as is murder. There is nothing wrong with having a grudge. The angry Hamlet decided to seek revenge for the murder of his father and accomplished this goal. In the play‚ revenge is killing his uncle‚ Claudius‚ who killed Hamlet’s father by pouring poison into his ear‚ while he was sleeping. I completely understand how Hamlet feels about what Claudius has done to his father. Hamlet
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Despite the simplistic fact that King Charles I was the legally lawful leader of England‚ Parliament was more than justified in executing Charles I due to the divergent and passionate views of law and life between the people and the king in politics‚ society‚ and religion. Parliament never desired a position where they could control England with full-fledged power. They simply wanted enough limitations on the king’s power that would guarantee the people certain rights that the king
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controversial topics around the world. There are many people that strongly oppose the idea of reinstating of the death penalty while at the same time there are countless other people that support it. The main question is: Can the death penalty be justified? Although the side against the capital punishment has a strong argument against it‚ the opposing side also has legitimate reasons for favouring it. One very common argument that people bring up‚ is that enforcing the death penalty could lead to
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