"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." Because I agree with Mahatma Gandhi‚ I affirm the resolution which states Resolved: Rehabilitation ought to be valued above Retribution in the US Criminal Justice System. To clarify the round‚ I offer the following definitions: Retribution: punishment is intentional harming‚ with the aim of harming. (Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Nick Smith‚ University of New Hampshire Department of Philosophy) Ought to be valued above: Moral
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Should the aesthetic (beauty) dimension replace the moral (goodness) dimension? To start I will give a description as to what I believe is the moral dimension. To explain this I will use an example of physics. We must all realize that the moral dimension is explained through the law of relativity which states that nothing is good or bad‚ big or small until it is related to something else. The law of relativity tells us that everything in our physical world is only made real by its relationship or
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Should the woman have the consent of the baby’s father to get an abortion? First affirmative In order for a woman to be able to get an abortion‚ she should first have to get the father of the babies consent. Fathers across the nation have been feeling this way for years‚ and it’s time to give them a say in what happens to the baby they helped create. For example‚ take New York couple David and Toni Ostreicher. Toni recently became pregnant‚ and wants to get an abortion. David does not want her to
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That feminism is irrelevant to young women today Feminism IS relevant to young women today. Let’s take a moment to think about the topic that we have been given today. The negative team are arguing that feminism is irrelevant to young women at the present……right….so despite the fact that throughout history‚ women have faced many difficulties and have succeeded in overcoming them‚ feminism is irrelevant today….*intended pause*. Despite the fact that women have fought for equal rights – voting
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Abortion During the past quarter century‚ abortion has joined race and war as one of the most debatable subject of controversy in the United States. It discusses human interaction where ethics‚ emotions and law come together. Abortion poses a moral‚ social and medical dilemma that faces many individuals to create a emotional and violent atmosphere. There are many points of view toward abortion but the only two fine distinctions are "pro-choice" and "pro-life". A pro- choicer would feel that
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Fingerprint Paper (Arizona) The applicant must contact the Department of Public Safety (DPS) by phone‚ fax or email (see below) to request an application packet for Identity Verified Prints (IVP) fingerprint clearance card. The required fee is $67.00‚ made payable to AZ DPS. DPS accepts money orders or cashier’s checks‚ only. DPS does NOT accept cash or personal checks. You may have your fingerprints rolled at a Police or Sheriff’s office in any state. The person rolling your fingerprints
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Marijuana should be legalize for several reason. First‚ the government could earn money from taxes on its sale. Marijuana is actually less dangerous than alcohol‚ cigarettes‚ and even most over-the-counter medicine and prescriptions. Marijuana‚ in its natural form‚ is one of the safest therapeutically active substance known to man. By any measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within a supervise routine of medical care. For marijuana to be illegal in the Philippines when alcohol
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In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton‚ the Socs are the ones to blame for all of the problems. After all they are the cause of the rumble. The Socs are no good drunk 24/7 idiots who need to turn their ego down‚ and intelligence up. They screw up MANY times in the book. Yah yah‚ greasers are not perfect‚ but at least they have some common sense. And I’ll tell you why the greasers are innocent and the Socs are not. First of all‚ Johnny was justified in killing Bob. It was in self-defense‚ the
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1st speaker affirmative: More than 50 years of media research attests to the significant influence of media on child and adolescent health.5 Both “old” media (television‚ movies‚ magazines) and “new” media (the Internet and social networking sites‚ video/computer games‚ cell phones) can have an impact in virtually and intellectually that concerns practitioners and parents about young people‚ including aggressive behavior‚ risky sexual behavior‚ substance use‚ and disordered eating. (1st negative
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I. Social networking sites have become grounds for the abuse of the right of freedom of expression II. Social networking sites decrease violence and abuse of the right of expression III. There is no right to be free from "speech harm". How do you define the "harm" caused by other people’s words anyway? Government’s side hasn’t sighted exactly how the right to freedom of speech is abused or the standards of this abuse. Freedom of expression is a fundamental right and should not be curbed or threatened
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