"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." Because I agree with Mahatma Gandhi‚ I affirm the resolution which states Resolved: Rehabilitation ought to be valued above Retribution in the US Criminal Justice System. To clarify the round‚ I offer the following definitions: Retribution: punishment is intentional harming‚ with the aim of harming. (Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Nick Smith‚ University of New Hampshire Department of Philosophy) Ought to be valued above: Moral
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Should the aesthetic (beauty) dimension replace the moral (goodness) dimension? To start I will give a description as to what I believe is the moral dimension. To explain this I will use an example of physics. We must all realize that the moral dimension is explained through the law of relativity which states that nothing is good or bad‚ big or small until it is related to something else. The law of relativity tells us that everything in our physical world is only made real by its relationship or
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Should the woman have the consent of the baby’s father to get an abortion? First affirmative In order for a woman to be able to get an abortion‚ she should first have to get the father of the babies consent. Fathers across the nation have been feeling this way for years‚ and it’s time to give them a say in what happens to the baby they helped create. For example‚ take New York couple David and Toni Ostreicher. Toni recently became pregnant‚ and wants to get an abortion. David does not want her to
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Existence of authority in many different forms is primarily vital for group of people to maintain each other’s safeties as well as rights. On the other hand‚ inborn greed which everyone sometimes leads people in positions or authority to make mistakes as well as misconception. Thus it is important to question the idea and decisions of people in positions or authority. Galileo Galilei‚ Italian scientist‚ illustrates this on history. During his time in Italy authority of Catholicism‚ Vatican‚ not
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Structure as patterns of relations. Structures are applicable to people in how a society is as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships. Power as influence over those relations. The structure of any organization‚ seen in this way‚ will partly be the outcome of the efforts of managers and other organizational designers to structure tasks‚ activities and establish a controlling hierarchy of command (Watson‚ 2008). A sharp distinction should be made between the formal structure
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making units in Pakistan as well as in the US and their interaction in the light of Waltz’s “Levels of Analysis”. Keeping Pakistan and its army’s approach towards India in view‚ neighbouring relations are based on the norms of survival‚ jealousy‚ power‚ identity‚ and comparison. Therefore‚ the realist school of thought and Kenneth Waltz’s “Levels of Analysis” are applied to the South Asian regional foreign and security policy paradigm as well as the Pakistan Army’s relationship with the US policy-makers
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Should the government provide health care? In most developed economies health care is one of the two largest government expenditures. However‚ there has been a huge debate over the decision to provide health care to who cannot afford to provide it for themselves. Even though many believe that the government should not be responsible for providing health care‚ there are many sick uninsured people who would disagree. People without health care should not be discriminated against for getting sick it
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The Collapse of Authority Authoritative regimes are built on the foundations of power and control. This essay will discuss why authoritative regimes collapse based on their ideals and how the Apartheid regime managed to maintained power through the misuse of legislature. In an authoritative regime individuals exercise power over the state and able to so without being held constitutionally liable to the public (Gandhi & Przeworski‚ 2007: 1279). Thus‚ the leaders in an authoritarian regime have
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that “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely”. Give an example to argue your answer. (more or less 500 words) 2. How does media coverage of communal conflict in Indonesia recently influence your views on power and how power may be used to attain political objectives? Give example for your answer. (more or less 1000 words) Answer : 1. “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely” is a famous statement of Lord Acton. Power can be
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✵ Argumentation and Debate Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making TWELFTH EDITION AUSTIN J. FREELEY Late‚ John Carroll University DAVID L. STEINBERG University of Miami Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Argumentation and Debate: Critical Thinking for Reasoned Decision Making‚ Twelfth Edition Austin J. Freeley‚ Late David L. Steinberg Publisher: Lyn Uhl Executive Editor: Monica Eckman Assistant Editor: Kimberly
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