remarkable similarities in their instructions on how to live a moral and righteous life. Although they were written hundreds of miles apart from each other‚ and in totally different cultures and civilizations‚ the Edicts of Ashoka‚ the Bible‚ and Hammurabi’s Code all elucidate the moral principles of self-control‚ justice‚ and abstention from harming living beings. In the Thirteenth Rock Edict‚ Ashoka‚ the greatest Mauryan king of India‚ points out that he desired to have self-control. This is the
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whether laws are necessary or not. I was pretty sure that laws are necessary to run a successful civilization because if you look back at ancient times to know think of one country or culture that did not have laws to follow. You are about to see way laws can be really important in a civilization. Hammurabi was one of the kings of Babylon was took it very far during his rule. He had a certain set of codes that his people followed and this was called Hammurabi’s Code. These laws came from Hammurabi and
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between a just law and an unjust law? To me the answer is evident‚ and I have a hard time believing that anyone couldn’t easily know the distinction or disagree with the distinction that Martin Luther King Jr. makes during his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” That “a just law is a man-made code that’s squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law” (533). At its very basic definition‚ just laws protect the people and unjust laws hurt
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with their own law systems were Hammurabi‚ Draco‚ Solon‚ and Diocletian. All four rulers established laws of their own that the people of their nation had to abide by or else they would pay the consequences. The people feared their laws whether it was because of the harsh punishments‚ the threat of death‚ the fines they had to pay‚ or a tax system that hurt the poor even more. Hammurabi‚ Draco‚ Solon‚ and Diocletian all had their own ways of displaying their laws and showing the consequences. However
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“ Go away!” I screamed. The words fell clumsily off the end of my tongue. “Wait! I think I hear something.” It’s my alarm clock. Thank God. This must just be a bad dream. As I pull myself out of the dream‚ I am once again in my pale blue room sitting upright‚ staring out the window at the beautiful day. I reach for my clock. Shoot! I’m late. Mr Gerdini will put me on detention for sure. I jump out of bed‚ get ready and run downstairs. As I grab an apple and run onto my front lawn‚ I realise I’ve
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The assassination of Malcolm x was unjust because he was a activist of black rights‚ and an influential leader. However some believe that he was a violent man ‚who encouraged physical retaliation . The assassination of Malcolm x was unjust because he was a activist of black rights .Malcolm x was born March ‚ 19 1925 . During that time (early 1900s) blacks were treated like low lives and were given little to no respect by whites. This consequently created a genuine hate in his heart. With his upbringing
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In Babylon life was probably hard for the people because they didn’t have as much resources as we do today. The people of Babylon had very strict rules and this was what made it hard the people had too build good houses and make good houses and had too be very careful. It was also hard because Hammurabi’s religion was huge and they all had too follow his beliefs. So they couldn’t believe in something different or they would die. In Source C it says if a man breaks another’s man’s bone his own shall
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Select a minimum of TWO [2] primary-source documents [easier if a contrast] from the list on Blackboard HICC 101 course package as a basis to answer the central questions listed below. In other words‚ answer the question using evidence from what the authors at the time thought about these issues. Always clearly state your idea first‚ and then quote from the source. REMEMBER: the term “quote” should be restricted to a verb form. You are quoting the text‚ but if you refer to the text‚ don’t say “In
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even unjust laws? Think about what this means. This means that laws‚ regardless of how unfair‚ unjust‚ or immoral they may be‚ must be followed with no better reason that they are the law. To the thesis that we are obliged to obey even unjust laws‚ I will argue that the standard objections to Civil Disobedience‚ given by Singer‚ are incorrect To begin‚ however‚ I believe it is necessary to define an "unjust" law. According to St. Thomas Aquinas‚ "Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any
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Oleh Lemishka PHIL 182 Response #1 Let me approach this question at an angle. I believe that unjust people exist only because the rest of the people are just so the unjust can take advantage of them. Those people are not self-sufficient‚ so they are in need for things that they cannot provide themselves with therefore they have to rely on others. Socrates said‚ “perhaps there would be more justice in the bigger and it would be easier to observe closely” (Book II 369 a). Socrates’ use of the city
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