” (JM) 2. JM distinguishes forgiving a person from excusing the act and from justifying the act. To (successfully) excuse an act is to show that the wrongdoer is not fully responsible for the wrongdoing: “He was tired.” “She has Alzheimer’s‚” “He was pushed” and so forth. These explanations of the cause of the act locate that cause outside of the agent’s control; so‚ they excuse the agent from blame for the act. 3. To justify wrongdoing is to continue to see the act as a responsible doing of
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com/dictionary/plagiarize Plagiarism.com (n.d.) What is plagiarism? Retrieved from http://plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/what-is-plagiarism The Pennsylvania State University. (2012). Common excuses for plagiarism. In Plagiarism tutorial for students. Retrieved from http://tlt.psu.edu/plagiarism/student-teacher/common-excuses/
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least adolescent can do for their irresponsible actions caused by tantrums. In that same article about Brazill‚ Paul tries to excuse Brazil’s actions by saying all adolescents lose brain tissue. Thus making juveniles act corrupt and irresponsible. Later in the article‚ he contradicts his statement and says gray matter can help understand adolescents‚ but‚ it doesn’t excuse their behavior. If all adolescents have this so-called gray matter‚ then there would be more young offenders in the world. Canada
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attending to personal issues not related to what is expected. Excuses are not accepted by anyone who expects something done a certain way‚ and the only way to make sure no excuses are made‚ is to do what is expected the right way‚ when expected. Doing so will not only prevent any totally avoidable consequences‚ but build a work ethic valued by teachers‚ professors‚ and employers everywhere. Compliance and the understanding that excuses are hardly ever tolerated will take someone much farther in life
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consider abortion to be murder‚ since the being inside the mother is living. Thus‚ if it is living‚ it has the ability to grow‚ which is exactly what is going on inside a woman who is pregnant. ABORTION! Such thing is a crime and there is no logical excuse for an abortion! The killing of any human being including a human in the womb is so immoral‚ isn’t it? Murder is definitely wrong! Why should it be any different if said human was smaller and looked a little different? Don’t you dare give me some
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individuals or communities’ theories that excuse or justify the rapist’s actions. They are justifications that support the idea that somehow the victim which are usually women are the cause of their rapes. Rape myths are prejudicial ideas that are created by false stereotypes. There are rape myths that apply to the victim and the perpetrator. Sociologist believes that observance of rape myths promote an abuse climate that blames the person who has been violated‚ excuses the person who performed the crime
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Chapter 1:No-Kill Shelters and How they Work No-kill shelters are good with animals and have a policy to not kill animals. Animals are simply euthanized (Killed)because no one will adopt them or that there is no room in the shelter. The definition of euthanized is to kill a human or animal (In this case an animal) painlessly because of an incurable sickness according to dictionary.com. “Adopt and Kill” is the policy for kill shelters and has lasted for 100 years leaving countless animals to die
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Anzac Day is Not an Excuse to Party The Anzac Day is now become an excuse for the ‘yobbos’ to have party and get drunk. Last Tuesday night at two different hotels‚ Colonial Hotel on Lonsdale St and Royal Melbourne Hotel in Bourke St‚ many idiots were lured to attend ‘Plastic Anzac Day Eve!’ by a poster which bragging “Cheap as F*ck Drinks” and “Free Anzac Biscuits”. This kind of event should not take place at the same time with Anzac Day when people should be commemorating and not celebrating
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focus on women being told to take measures to prevent rape instead of men being told not to rape. rape jokes are used daily and are being defended. We live in a world where we support‚ excuse‚ and encourage male sexuality and aggression. 15 women will be raped in her lifetime. c. Thesis In society today‚ rape culture has forced the world to support‚ excuse‚ and encourage male sexual aggression‚ and lay the blame on the woman victim. II. Body Paragraph 1 (strongest Point): A. Transition/ Topic Sentence: In the US there is a reported rape every 6
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as well. If it wasn’t perfect we would get points taken off and we would have to re-do the problems we got wrong. Teachers are also unreasonably lenient in high school too. For example‚ the “I left my paper at home‚ can I turn it in next class?” excuse is okay in high school. This is because they will and always will. Teachers know what college is like and want to give students the benefit of the doubt as much as they can before they get crushed in college. College as you would expect‚ is much
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