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    The American justice system is one of the greatest aspects of the U.S. Constitution. The judicial branch insures that anyone in America receives a fair trial‚ that a nobody is incarcerated without due process and significant evidence‚ it assumes innocents until proven guilt‚ and protects the rights of citizens‚ victims‚ and the accused. The American justice system works most of the time‚ in that criminals normally go to jail while innocent people are set free; however‚ every system has its faults

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    getting tared apart. Our justice system is discriminating against our african-american citizens and this needs to stop! We have to stop the shootings of african-americans that has occured all over our country so that we once again can be proud to call ourselfs Americans. During the last couple of years atrocious killings have occured here in the US. I belive everyone has heard about cases like Trayvon Martin‚ Michael Brown and Eric Gardner‚ all innocent african-american men killed by policeofficers

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    opportunity‚ and justice took hold as thinkers of the Enlightenment began to encourage such liberties. In “John Locke’s Vindication for the Glorious Revolution: The Social Contract”‚ Locke said that government should protect life‚ liberty‚ and property. The people‚ in return‚ have obligations‚ creating what is called a social contract. Simply put‚ if the government broke this contract the people had the right to revolt. Locke’s ideas lead humankind’s search‚ not long after‚ for justice and prosperity;

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    What the American Justice System addresses is that sometimes the system pushes toward the wrong side. For example‚ it seems that the American Justice System would rather excuse a couple of innocent men and to punish an innocent man. Sometimes‚ they don’t have enough evidence to say who did a crime. So‚ the Justice System has many flaws that need to be addressed. I found the documentary‚ “Making a Murder” and the podcast‚ “Serial” very similar because in both stories the authorities made a big

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    3) True conversion requires consent As seen in the previous argument‚ the State doesn’t have the authority to force men into religion‚ to go against their own conscience. Going back to Locke’s state of nature‚ he insists on the consent aspect of men leaving that perfect equality in order to protect their property. Accordingly‚ we consent to leave the state of nature to enter a society and this very consent has to keep going in order to protect men’s rights against Christianity authority. Analyzing

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    In this essay I will be discussing Thomas Hobbes’ and John Locke’s interpretation of the social contract theory. I will then be evaluating Locke’s argument that his conclusions differ from Hobbes’ as he claims. My thesis is the following: John Locke’s argument that his conclusions are different from Thomas Hobbes’ conclusions is not valid. He makes no claim as to why people are motivated to enter into a social contract; he also does not establish where the understanding of personal property comes

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    John Locke argued that a legitimate government would be validated through the consent of the people it governed and protected‚ specifically the protection of a citizens natural rights of life‚ liberty‚ and estate. He also believed that citizens had the right of rebellion in the event that a government was acting against the rights and interests of its citizens‚ ultimately allowing those governed to replace the government with another in the interests of the people. Locke believed that the state of

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    John Locke was born on August 29‚ 1632 in England to a middle class family. He was named after his father‚ an educated attorney who had participated in the Civil War with the Long Parliamentary. Locke shared a great deal of affection and respect for his father. The relationship he built with his father influenced him to create his own views on education and government. His theory on education was published in 1693 titled‚ "Some Thoughts Concerning Education." Locke was accepted to Christ Church

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    BAC 223 (One) An essay on the Theory of justice by John Rawls Mr. F D Bisika 7th March 2013 Steve Tseka – third year A-BAF/2013/1/45 Distance learning Page 1 of 5 Critical discussion on the central features of John Rawls’ Theory of Justice John Rawls is an American philosopher who was born in 1921 and died in the year 2002. In His books‚ Theory of Justice and Justice and fairness published in 1971 and 1958 respectively‚ Rawls is noted for being a social contract theorist in that he believes that

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    A Theory of Justice is a work of political philosophy and ethics by John Rawls. It was originally published in 1971 and revised in both 1975 (for the translated editions) and 1999. In A Theory of Justice‚ Rawls attempts to solve the problem of distributive justice (the socially just distribution of goods in a society) by utilising a variant of the familiar device of the social contract. The resultant theory is known as "Justice as Fairness"‚ from which Rawls derives his two principles of justice:

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