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    Retributivism and utilitarianism are two opposing ways of approaching punishment. The retributive view of punishment is backward-looking‚ while the utilitarian view is forward-looking. Retributivism pays more attention to the crime itself and what amends need to be made. Typically this results in harsher punishments. Immanuel Kant and Michael Davis both advocate for this system in their articles. However‚ they purposefully disregard how a punishment could affect society. For example‚ punishments

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    People often reflect on the past when considering the “most important” works of all art mediums. It is only after time has passed that we understand its significance and influence. So‚ when considering the greatest show of all time‚ it has hard to grasp what content in today’s culture will last longer than Vine. Key & Peele‚ an American television show created by Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele‚ is one broadcast phenomenon that will be looked back upon by both aspiring comedians and broadcast

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    Englishmen migrated to the New World because they wanted independence‚ political freedom‚ and economic opportunity. The Spanish came as conquerors; the resulting political system was entirely autocratic and solely devoted to the furthering of the motherland. Spain gave its colonies little self-rule. Instead‚ Spanish rulers dictated all the policies of its New World territories. The English and Spanish both wanted to explore and find new territories too politically and economically control. The

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    Today Sexually Transmitted Infections affect more than half of the world’s population. In the United States‚ the two most common Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are chlamydia and gonorrhea. These infections affect many people but teen and young adults are at a higher risk because they are more likely to have unprotected intercourse. Also‚ many are not aware of some of the dangers and risks of unprotected intercourse. Every day many people are at risk of contracting and spreading both Chlamydia

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    What would make the U.S. Turn on each other and enter battle? I think they turned on each other because of slavery. I think that all people should be treated the same no matter what color their skin is. The north has no slaves at all but the still don’t treat the African Americans poorly. There are many major cities here but they are all crowded and and dirty. There are warm summers and snowy cold winters with a short growing season. The forest is used to build ships which is very helpful since

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    What do the terms race and ethnicity mean to you? Race to me is a human definition of skin color and physical features. In America‚ we are so easy to classify a race just by looking at a person’s skin color and hair texture. In other countries‚ such as Brazil it is harder to tell a distinct race by skin color being that it’s a hot country. Examples of race will include; Whites‚ Blacks‚ Native Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ Chinese‚ etc. Ethnicity to me is a cultural and physical background

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    Task 1 Counselling and Mentoring are both to do with helping people to develop. Counselling helps people to develop with the emotional concern in a safe and trusting relationship. For example‚ one of the staff in the Restaurant that I work in was worried about his father being ill in India. He wanted to go and see his father to see how he was progressing with medical treatment. He was also worried that his father is old at the age of 85 and that he might die. He was also worried whether they

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    MIND READING: Determining Her Type S o what’s great about this system is that there are 8 types‚ but you only need to figure out 3 things about her to know her type. The first thing you need to find out is her timeline. Tester / Investor. You need to know that in the first 30 seconds to a minute. The second thing you need to find out is if she’s a Denier or Justifier. You need to know that before you start touching‚ or before you change locations with her or plan a date.

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    So‚ in any case where Search and Seizure is acceptable‚ is there a way to compensate for the damages done during a search and seizure. One type of damage one can be compensated for is called compensatory damages. This is the typical type of damage that is thought of during a search a seizure. For example‚ while officers are searching your apartment‚ and a sofa was ripped in the process‚ then the person can receive full compensation for the value of the item that is damaged. Another damage that

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    Introduction Additions Many areas of the film have been completely altered‚ For example in Herodotus The histories there is no mention at all of Leonidas’ wife queen Gorgo. In the times of aqncient Greece women were not involved in political debates within the film Queen Gorgo argues her husband’s case to send more Spartan troops to Thermopylae while he is fighting the Persians. This would not have occurred in ancient Greece as women were not considered citizens or equals to men.(Although Spartan

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