The ideas of government were not exclusive to the nation in isolation and were extended out‚ here in the interests of the state violence would be justified both in protecting its own interests and in civilizing others. In the ever more global world 18th century European nations traded through North Africa as part of this growing globalised economy. Owing to problems with Algeria in the form of piracy they attempted negotiations‚ when non-violent attempts at agreement were unsuccessful they made
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" War on iraq was not justified" The 2003 Iraq War lasted less than three weeks. It began in the early morning hours of March 20‚ when American missiles struck Baghdad. By April 9‚ U.S. forces had advanced into Baghdad. By April 15 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had vanished‚ and U.S. and allied officials pronounced the end of major combat operations. Although the war itself was short‚ arguments over whether it was justified had been made for months and years prior to the attack‚ and still continue
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Can the bombing of dresden be justified? On the evening of February 13‚ 1945‚ a series of Allied firebombing raids begins against the German city of Dresden‚ reducing the “Florence of the Elbe” to rubble and flames‚ and killing as many as 135‚000 people.More than 3‚400 tons of explosives were dropped on the city by 800 American and British aircraft. The firestorm created by the two days of bombing set the city burning for many more days‚ littering the streets with charred corpses‚ including many
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Is capital punishment justified? This is something that has been effectively an area of debate not only legally‚ but morally‚ ethically‚ economically‚ and philosophically for decades. Capital punishment is defined as The lawful infliction of death as a punishment for committing capital crimes such as rape and third degree murder; More commonly referred to as “the death penalty”. The area of contention arises when discussing whether or not it is ethical to inflict death upon a human being regardless
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The Bombing In Japan America was justified for dropping the bomb on Japan during World War Two because they didn’t want to lose any more American lives. These American lives are major values to their loved ones. In this document it shows a poster saying "Avenge Pearl Harbor"(document A) by that meaning how the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor by kamikaze basically bombing the boats and tankers by crashing into them with the enemy plane. Since Japan bombed the tankers‚ United
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“Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” (The Gettier Problem) Background Epistemology: A theory of _____________ What do we mean when we claim to know something? What kinds of conditions must be satisfied in order for a claim to become knowledge? Note: we are interested in __________________ knowledge here (S knows that p)‚ not knowledge of how to do things (e.g.‚ knowing how to ride a bike) The tripartite theory of knowledge – knowledge as justified true belief (JTB) The truth condition We
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“The Case of Torture” “The Case of Torture” written by‚ Michael Levin is a an essay about how torture is valuable‚ that “the lives of the innocent people must be saved even at the price of hurting the one who endangered them”. Pg. 360 The other gives two great scenarios‚ in my opinion that would permit for torture. The first incident he gave an example of was; suppose a terrorist planted a bomb at an important monument and said the bomb was going to go off at a certain time. Say for instance we
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Justified Independence Kimberly White 12/18/2014 The American colonists’ were justified in declaring their independence and breaking away from Great Britain. There were many reasons the colonists wanted their freedom. Among these reasons‚ the most important were unreasonable taxes‚ control of trade‚ and the violent nature of Britain. The first justified reason the colonists had for declaring their independence from Britain was the unreasonable and unfair taxes that the British
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Imperialism…Justified? The United States was justified in expanding its territory‚ influence‚ and power in the Westward Expansion because the country saw an opportunity and took it. In this expansion of the United States‚ the foreign policy of Manifest Destiny is present. Manifest Destiny is the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent. One of the firs things that happen during the expansion to help prove that America was justified was that President
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responsible goes over 40 million (Price 2014). Can his actions be justified and what was the end of the means he used? Stalin‚ as his predecessor Lenin‚ was mostly affected by the ideas of Karl Marx‚ a german philosopher‚ who explored the value and application of philosophy in real life: ”The philosophers have only interpreted the world‚ in various ways: the point‚ however‚ is to change it.” (Marx‚ 1845). His most
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