Examine the extent to which expenditure on arms and the armed forces is justifiable in the modern world. ! ! With all its wars‚ terrorist attacks and genocides‚ history might suggest that the armed forces has a critical and unquestionable role in any nation-state. However‚ as Steven Pinker puts it “We believe our world is riddled with terror and war‚ but we may be living in the most peaceable era in human existence’. Since the peak of the cold war in the 1970s and 80s‚ organised conflicts of all
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major reason to President Obama and the US congress to show extreme desire to intervene military force in Syria. Obama says that a military intervention in Syria is the only way to stop the uprising war‚ and a violence of Assad’s regime. Is this a justified decision? Or there is another reason aiming Obama to do so? This paper examines the possible answers to these questions by analyzing two different articles which consider possible consequences of military intervention in Syria. Finally‚ several reasons
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Are constructivist criticisms on realism justified? Introduction In this essay‚ I will argue that constructivist criticisms on realism are justified‚ provided that the alternative procedural decision making process that constructivists offer seems plausible. I will argue for this by showing that not only arguments derived from is/ought problem‚ but also practical problems justify the criticisms constructivist have towards realism. First of all‚ one viewpoint that realists and constructivists
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"Warner Bros. felt their seven-year deal with Bette was more than justified. They had a genuine start on their hands" (IMDB.com). With so much success Bette started pushing for better and more meaningful roles. Although‚ it took a battle with Warner Brothers before they took her more seriously. After a lawsuit she was offered
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The debate over child labor has been a controversial topic for many years and the ethics and reasons behind it can be either misunderstood or ignored. One side‚ for or against‚ does not outweigh the other; neither can be proven justified. Some view child labor as a negative reality because of the idea that there are children working in sweatshops‚ while others see it as an opportunity to lift financial burdens from impoverished families. For the most part here in America‚ parents are the caregivers
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To the fairest Hero‚ Oh my love I have wronged you. Deception is all but simple and I have lost my way. You are the best thing that ever happened to me and I treated you as a knave or stale maiden. You are royalty and were faulted for with false claims. I am so sorry‚ but now you are gone. You have passed and now I feel empty. I am your murderer and should have been your husband. I haveth dishonor you and the prince and myself. I was all but clear headed when I dishonored you. Oh my love I
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they tried to kill his son. So‚ as expected‚ he reacted pretty negatively towards to the them and anyone involved with their plan. So‚ he did what he had to. Personally‚ I agree with Odysseus’ decision to punish them. I think that Odysseus was justified in his actions towards the suitors. Think about it‚ if you were in his situation‚ you would be pretty upset too. Also‚ keep in mind that the punishments in that “time” are very different compared to now. And this is greek mythology. Therefore none
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ruling class would easily accept their own false stories and that the lower classes would surely accept it. The “noble lie”‚ and the underlying deception it embraces‚ brings up a fascinating point to the entire framework of an ideal society. It would seem that Plato embraced the acceptability of deception‚ yet at the same time did not want this kind of deception to be common. It seems that it would be known‚ at least to the rulers‚ that the “noble lie” was‚ a lie. If it was the case that‚ at least the
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The colonists were justified in dumping the tea into Boston Harbor. This is because‚ they already had the Stamp Act‚ they didn’t want the tea in the first place‚ and they were just trying to prove a point. If you were forced to do something that you didn’t have a say in‚ would you be angry? If everything you could possibly do to make it stop backfired‚ would you do whatever it takes? This is exactly the kind of frustration the colonists were experiencing. The colonists already had the Stamp Act‚
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Deception in the Investigative‚ Interrogative‚ and Testimonial Processes Lisa Moore University of Phoenix Ethics in Justice and Security CJA 530 March 23‚ 2010 Roger Long J.D. Deception in the Investigative‚ Interrogative‚ and Testimonial Processes The term deception means the deliberate act of misleading an individual some may refer to deception as “little white lies.” Deception has long been used in the criminal justice area by officers in the detecting process of criminal cases‚ and
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