ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF THE DEATH PENALTY. by Greg Slack There are many among us that feel the death penalty is both cruel and barbaric‚ and not an effective crime deterrent. Others may feel it makes murderers of us as well‚ thinking that one is no more morally right than the other. To that end I ask one simple question: what are our alternatives? What are our alternatives when prisons are overcrowded‚ funding for the correctional systems are overstretched‚ and finding places for new prisons
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LIGHT- REFLECTION AND REFRACTION 01. What are the various uses of concave mirrors? 02. What are the various sign conventions for reflection by spherical mirrors? 03. A convex mirror used for rear view on an automobile has a radius of curvature of 3m. If a bus is located at 5m from this mirror‚ find the position‚ nature and size of the image. 04. What are the various factors of refraction of light? 05. (a) Define Power of a Lens. Write its SI unit. (b) Find the focal length of a lens
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A Defense of Ethical Relativism-Ruth Benedict Summary Paper Ethical relativism is the theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture. That is‚ whether an action is right or wrong depends on the moral norms of the society in which it is practiced. The same action may be morally right in one society but be morally wrong in another. Benedict mentions emotions such as joy‚ anger‚ and grief‚ or human drives such as the sex drive‚ and argues that these emotions can be expressed
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characteristics of a person or a certain group of people that share a culture ‚ religion‚ or language. Moral relativism is just a viewpoint from someone’s ethnical standards‚ which is how they feel. Basically it is something that people feel in their opinion that it is either right or wrong from a moral stand point in their eyes. Everyone has ethnics they might not be same as the ones you or I might have grew up with or have ever heard of but it does not mean that they are wrong or right‚ they are
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Do you agree with the modernisation theorists’ assumption that development involves a process of modernisation? Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social‚ economic and political systems that have been developed in
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Do You Believe in Magic? It was the night we had all waited for‚ the night that was to bring 15 years of a magical journey to an end. As my friends and I walked into the movie theater‚ we were immediately surrounded by people dressed as witches and wizards‚ snitches and half-giants. We continued to retrieve our tickets and walk toward our respective theater‚ passing movie posters declaring‚ “It all ends here”. For the generation that has grown up with Harry‚ Ron and Hermione‚ the premiere of
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accurately portrays the views of the American people‚ or if the so-called “convoluted” system is even necessary. Critics of the Electoral College believe we should simply abolish it and move on to a direct popular vote system‚ but what many of these critics do not realize is that the Electoral College is a facet to the framework of the American government. It was written into the U.S. Constitution due to concerns about a nationwide election becoming a maelstrom of confusion‚ and fears about the politically
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This program has a direct correlation to my field of study‚ Commerce‚ as homelessness entails having a weak economy with a large unemployment rate. In terms of ethical relativism‚ both personal and social relativism share the same notion when it comes to homelessness‚ and the responsibilities that are involved. As ethical relativism holds that there are no universally accepted ethical standards for individuals‚ there cannot be an objective standard that would be forced onto all of us.
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uncivilized will ruin it because they are “sloth and heathen Folly” meaning that they are lazy and foolish. However‚ the uncivilized would not appreciate it because they do not understand that it is benefitting them. The creator of this source demonstrates racism and ethnocentrism when he keep repeating the white man’s burden and suggests that you can judge someone’s inner character by their looks on the outside‚ in which
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Moral Objectivism and Moral Relativism Today there are many people that stand by moral relativism‚ which claims that moral values are not objective. The liberal mindset of accepting other cultures and values leads some people to select moral relativism over moral objectivism‚ which claims that moral values are objective. Moral relativism is problematic in that it allows one to validly select any moral argument‚ and ultimately subverts the primary goal of ethics. Moral values are objective‚ and
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