psychological. So if we dont have a control on our psychology‚ then how can we be morally responsible for the consequences of the actions that arise out of that psychology? In order for us to be morally responsible for our actions we have to have created our own psychology‚ but this is impossible. So since we never had control on what our character is or how or psychology is then how can we be morally responsible for the actions that arise from our psychology? Therefore‚ Strawson concludes that
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“Guns don’t kill people‚ people kill people” is probably one of the dumbest quotes I have ever heard in my life. For those of you who disagree with me. Imagine this‚ you are in a room by yourself with a psychopath who is armed with a gun‚ and then imagine you are in the same room with a normal‚ mentally sane person with a gun‚ both would be scary but which situation would you feel safer in? Well to be honest‚ neither. At any moment‚ both the psychopath and the normal being could fire one bullet and
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be hold responsible for a life or death situation. Say if someone killed another human being or a living organism you would be hold accountable for their action. But it depends on what they did. They should be responsible for a life or death situation but it depends on what they did or did not do.“I am getting out there! I yelled to k... I was sure l had yelled loud enough but my voice did not seem to have reached (Murakami 139)”. In this case he is not responsible for his friend k death it was
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Essay Written By: Michelle Yang Topic: Who is ultimately responsible for Romeo & Juliet’s deaths and why? Death is and always will be a hard topic to talk about‚ especially when someone is to blame. In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ many characters could take responsibility for the deaths of the young lovers‚ but who is ultimately to blame? In my opinion‚ Romeo is the main cause of their deaths. He rushed into marriage without thinking ahead as to what they
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Gun Control and Why it is Necessary What does it take to maintain a proper and orderly society? This question is not easily answered. There are numerous statements that can answer that question. One answer that some people may use is “Gun Control: Securing the use‚ sale and purchase of firearms in a society so that the murder and violence rates decrease.” There are different extremes of the gun control issue. There are those who say that ALL firearms should be registered by ALL owners or that
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Guns. They are devastating sources of pain and can easily punch a hole right into your head at an insane 2‚500 feet per second‚ about 1‚700 miles per hour (“Doge-a-Bullet”). This is faster than sound‚ meaning you would be dead before you hear anything (“Doge-a-Bullet”). This old piece of technology had uses such as offensiveness or attacking‚ defense‚ and hunting. These tools of killing have left thousands dead‚ thousands fed‚ and thousands defended. Guns have a clear impact on the world that has
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trained to give up their belief in their right to defend themselves‚ which is not an easy thing to do. You must attack “peasant justice” in any ways you can think of‚ such as: 1) “Vigilante justice can never be as just or fair as our system”; 2) “You can’t possibly protect yourselves; let us do it”; 3) “If you have a gun‚ you’ll only hurt yourself”; 4) “If the peasants were allowed to use force‚ there would be chaos”; 5) “Private protection agencies would just deteriorate into competing gangs
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March on Washington Arsen - Yelnikov 7.02 Summarize each event‚ including which of the civil rights organizations and leaders were responsible for it. March on Washington The March on Washington was a civil rights movement to abtain Jobs and Freedom for all people regardless of race. It took place in Washington‚ D.C.‚ on August 28‚ 1963. Attending were about 250‚000 people‚ which made it the largest protest/demontration ever seen in the capital. It was organized by a number of civil rights and
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Directors have responsibility to encourage socially responsible behavior? Why or why not? I do think that‚ for modern corporations‚ the Board of Directors have responsibilities to encourage socially responsible behavior. As we learned from the class lectures and Julia’s talk on last class‚ the Board of Directors is primarily loyal to shareholders and has the fiduciary duties of taking care of shareholder wealth. So the rising question now is: “Is Corporation Social Responsibility (CSR) conflicted
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Even though manufacturers claim that the Taser guns are a safe and non-lethal tool. Amnesty International disagrees and has taken measures in suspending its use or at least restricting the types of situations in which they could be used to the extreme. According to statistics‚ between 2001 and 2008‚ 334 people have died in the U.S after being struck by Tasers. In August of 2011 there was another incident of a student who died as a result of a Taser gun shock in Cincinnati. Everette Howard‚ who was
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