The question of what the law is a philosophical one‚ which probably has no definite answer to it. This is evident as we have seen a lot of legal theorists trying to come with answers to the question. Ronald Dworkin says it is “a set of explicitly adapted rules and ought to maximise the general welfare” ‚ Fuller on the other believed “law should withstand the scrutiny of reason and opposed the idea of legal positivism that law is no higher than a particular authority” ‚ John Austin defined it to
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Should Veterans With PTSD Be Able to Own Guns? Community Health Courtney Gosnell East Tennessee State University Executive Summary Veterans with Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder should not be allowed or able to own a gun. By federal law‚ under 18 U.S.C. § 922(d)‚ it is unlawful for anyone to sell a firearm or ammunition to any person while knowing or having a reason to suspect that person has a mental disorder or defect (Doeden‚ 2011). There is a reason for this; people who have PTSD are more
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In the United States justice is defined as equal treatment of all its citizens under the law. When one citizen is mistreated an injustice has been committed against all people. Affirmative Action is a program whose purpose is to make sure that citizens are treated equally by enforcing a set of policies which are designed to promote the inclusion of all individuals regardless of race‚ disability‚ sex‚ or religion. In the United States democracy we are all equal‚ but some groups have been enjoying
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The assisted death movement gained traction and popularity in the early 90’s‚ making the death with dignity laws a fairly new and recent controversial topic. Oregon was the first state whose legislation passed a death with dignity bill and are looked upon for guidance. About 20 years ago in 1997 the Supreme court gave the state lawmakers jurisdiction over the right to assisted deaths in the washington V Glucksberg case. Laws both legalizing and prohibiting Death with dignity were found to be constitutional
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all involve trading off the possibility of perfect outcomes for security against the worst outcomes. Policing is the most visible part of this: employees on the bottom have more discretion than employees on the top. Philosophers such as Ronald Dworkin and H.L.A. Hart have referred to discretion as "the hole in the doughnut" (doughnut theory of discretion) and "where the law runs out" (natural law theory). In perspective‚ discretion is the empty area in the middle of a ring consisting of policies
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Introduction Prior to understanding the multiple perspectives with regards to the statement‚ I will first decipher the terminologies used. (Volti 2012) states that technology can be defined in the most general way as the use of knowledge and organization to produce objects and techniques for the attainment of specific goals. Adding on‚ to my understanding of organisations‚ it is where it is designed to achieve specific goals with the collaboration of variables such as technologies‚ frameworks relating
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1. What is sociology? What are the aims‚ uses and concerns of sociology? (Criteria 1.1‚ Level 2 and level 3) Sociology is the systematic study of patterns of human behavior between different societies and how they are transmitted through generations. It is concerned with the study of various social institutions within society and how they function and affect each other. For example‚ the influence the family might possibly have on whether a child is religious or not. Sociology is also the study of
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39; pp. Tribe‚ J. (2007) Critical tourism: Rules and Resistance. In I. Ateljevic‚ N. Morgan‚ & A. Pritchard (Eds.)‚ The Critical turn in Tourism Studies: Innovative Research Methodologies (pp Weber‚ R. (2004) The Rhetoric of Positivism Versus Interpretivism: A Personal View. MIS Quarterly 28(1‚) pp
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Introduction In this modern era‚ the global business environment is changing so fast that organizations need to manage differently to suit customers’ unlimited wants. Organization theory is an area of study where organizations are the phenomenon of interest for theory that applies to everybody. Organization are defined as a consciously coordinated social entity‚ with a relatively‚ identifiable boundary that performs upon consciously basis to accomplish a mutual goal. Organizations are structured
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“The study of sociology cannot and should not be seen as scientific” To what extent do sociological arguments and evidence support this view? (33 marks) The debate about whether sociology can be represented as a science has existed for many years. Comte; who first used the word sociology argued that sociology should be based on the methodology of the natural sciences. He argues that the application of natural science methodology to the study of society would produce a ‘positive science of society’
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