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    Today the school dress code positively impacts teenagers. Our dress code today allows us to wear what we want‚ so we can express ourselves through our style. In addition‚ it allows us to feel more comfortable in schools. Therefore‚ the school dress code implemented at Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School (MASH) is better for teenagers today than it was for them in the 1960s because of stricter dress codes‚ comfort‚ and less gender specific clothing. The school dress code today is less strict than

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    Ring Of Unjust Actions

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    and personal conscience. Individuals refrain from unjust manners and actions because of the penalty that they could potentially receive. If the penalty for unjust actions were removed‚ then there would be a lot more people partaking in said unjust actions. Unjust

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    The idea of any rule being righteous is often questioned‚ since a righteous rule or law is very ambiguous . In the past‚ Hammurabi created the first complete set of rules called‚ Hammurabi’s Code‚ that was intense in some area’s ‚ and too lenient in others. In some of his rules‚he wasn’t fair to the accused‚ to the victim‚ and to the society in all his laws. The accused should be punished enough to learn the lesson. Being harsh is necessary in some cases‚ but some cases harshness goes to the extreme

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    beatitudes‚ and Codes of Hammurabi are all similar in the sense that it defines the law and restrictions of that culture. We find that each culture and religion has their own laws and rules but they vary according to the ideals and beliefs of each groups. The largest difference between these set of rules is the idea that they reinforce. The ways they differ is numerous because the ideas behind them support different ideals and cultures. First‚ the Code of Hammurabi. The Code of Hammurabi was a list

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    1939's Internal Revenue Code

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    OTHER THAN TREATIES‚ AND PROCLAMATIONS COMPILED‚ EDITED‚ INDEXED‚ AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF LAW UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE VOLUME 53 PART 1 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE APPROVED FEBRUARY 10‚ 1939 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1939 PREFACE The Internal Revenue Code‚ approved February 10‚ 1939‚ and published in this volume as Public Act No. 1 of the Seventy-sixth Congress‚ is the first Federal act of its kind since the Revised Statutes of the United

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    Why Is Socrates Unjust

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    Socrates and Glaucon ultimately agree that it is better to be actually just and seemingly unjust than it is to be actually unjust but seemingly just. Their reasons for holding this position are because people just have control over themselves. They are able to maintain dominion over their desires‚ to avoid self indulgence in evil desires‚ and to choose good things. This is something the unjust person loses no matter how just he may seem. Socrates uses the image of a beast to show how injustice causes

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    Hammurabis Laws

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    McKenna O’Kane August 14‚ 2013 Period 7 Hammurabi’s Code of Laws Law 8.) Stealing * If a man were to get caught stealing‚ depending on what the item was they would either get a large fine or it could even result in spending time in jail. Law 142.) Going back home/Divorce * In today’s world if a man belittled or neglected his wife she would have the right to “go back to her fathers house” or divorce him. Law 143.) Women is at fault * Today if a woman were at fault she

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    Ethical And Unjust Laws

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    responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely‚ one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” (382) Just and unjust; right and wrong is the basic skill that everyone have to learn when they were young. People come to school to learn how to follow the laws‚ and it is true that laws are made to protect people and make things fair for everyone. However base on Martin Luther King Jr‚ I recognized not all laws are ethical and just. Arizona’s immigration law is an unjust law and it should be abolish

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    Hammurabi, the Law Giver

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    Hammurabi‚ the Law Giver Hammurabi became the king of Babylon in 1792 bc. He was one of the most unforgettable person of earl civilized history. Clearly he was not only a king but also with his conquest he was a warrior. In addition he provided justice and thereby he could be considered as ruler or diplomat. He codified and prescribed virtually 300 laws which could not be overlooked in his world. Therefore it is important to analyze these laws‚ in order to understand the social order and why he

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    Strepsiades Unjust Speech

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    learning the just and unjust speech. Although‚ since Socrates only uses the practical wisdom of philosophy‚ he hinders Strepsiades’s knowledge of knowing the right and wrong. By just applying practical wisdom it adds justice to the unjust speech and does not create a balance for both speeches. Furthermore‚ the weaker speech is considered the unjust speech in the play because it opposes all the theories that the just speech has to say. Moreover‚ in addition to comparing the unjust and just speeches

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