Does Just War exist? The belief that a war can exist which is completely just‚ has been around for many centuries. Philosophers have argued since the time of Cicero on how actions can be justified‚ and have written many papers on the subject. Although many people from different backgrounds and religions have disagreed on the topic‚ it is somewhat agreed that four factors of a war must be just‚ for the war itself to be considered just: 1. The reasons to go to war must be just 2. The actions
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Utopia to exist? The answer to that would have to be no. Utopian societies cannot exist in the real world because of human nature‚ government and authoritative figures‚ and the failure of past Utopias. Human nature is a very important part of you‚ it is what makes you who you are and defines what you do. Many people would argue that a Utopia can exist because a person’s personality can be changed‚ which isn’t completely false. A person will change throughout their life‚ but they will still follow their
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Psychology 324 Does true altruism exist? ______________________________________________________________ The concept of altruism has been around for a long time and the debate on its existence has been for almost as long in both philosophical and psychological circles. Altruism has been defined by Batson et al.‚ (1981); the motivation that arises within in an individual to help another in distress‚ from the desire to reduce the other’s distress. Some have argued that true altruism does not exist. Those believe
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“It appears Chivalry still does exist‚” is what an older woman said to me when I held the door open for her. Chivalry is the medieval knightly system with its religious moral and social code. It is also known as the code of honor. The word Chivalry comes from the word cheval. John Keegan‚ who wrote the article “The Face of the Battle”‚ is known to be one of the most prominent military historians alive today. He describes Agincourt as “one of the most instantly and vividly visualized of all epic passages
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Does God exist? For thousands of years we have been trying to prove the existence of God‚ but we have no evidence to prove that there is a God. Through many biblical texts such as Psalm 147; 4-5‚ Matthew 19:26‚ Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 13:5‚ Psalm 90:1-2 and John 3:16; we have interpreted that God is omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ omnipresent‚ benevolent and eternal. Many philosophers have tried to create theodicies to prove the existence of God. Whilst some philosophers have concluded that God does not exist
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society. The reason why I decided to choose to do this report was because of the huge impact that the internet has had on our lives during recent years‚ in particular social media and social networking websites. Many people believe that privacy doesn’t exist anymore and that the internet has allowed peoples’ lives to be an open book and be viewed by anyone and anywhere. Although some people would disagree on this‚ others focus on Social networking sites being the main cause of privacy not existing anymore
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is impossible for any being to be the efficient cause of itself because then it would have to bring itself into being‚ and to bring itself into being‚ it would have to exist before it existed. If a being exists‚ it is because some being prior to it was its cause. Therefore‚ if no first cause exists‚ neither will any other being exist. Therefore‚ there is a first efficient cause--God. Matter is just as suitable of a conclusion to us as a being and it answers the first efficient cause argument. Matter
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Polio Still Exists? About two months after you were born your parents took you to the pediatrician for your set of “two month shots” (Crosta). Your doctor handed them a list of vaccinations he was going to administer to you and they looked over it carefully. They were curious to see exactly what diseases might have infected you without the doctor’s care. On the lengthy list in their hands a few names of the vaccinations puzzle your parents‚ a small amount intrigue them‚ but only one vaccination
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Why does racism persist in the modern world? To start‚ racism is a way of cruelty used to offend or discriminate another person and their background.The term race was born after scientists classified the different systems such as Americans‚ Europeans‚ Africans and Asians as systems that were called races. The races were identified during the European era of exploration where Columbus noticed the differences between the populations of the places he discovered and their behavioral patterns. Meaning
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Finch does about Tom Robinson‚ a black male accused of raping a white woman‚ in Harper Lee’s book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Atticus believed that although Robinson was African American‚ he deserved a fair trial and not to be killed‚ despite what the other white people were saying in the town. Atticus thought that Tom had just as many rights as the Caucasian people. The towns’ people felt as though Tom was beneath them and deserved to die for a crime he did not commit. That is an example of racism. Racism
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