War is a very sensitive subject that most people have very opinionated and specific ideas about. Some believe that war can be a justifiable operation and others recognize it as an unjust act that harms human life. No matter what side you look at both opinions can generally agree that resorting to war risks human life and creates hostility that could easily be prevented. Even though those that promote war apprehend that it as protection‚ in actuality it causes more harm than good by the loss of
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What is the most effective means of protesting an unjust law? by Maria Cristina Coello June 19‚ 2014 Summer 2014 No matter how much society fights against injustice and inequality‚ there is always something that corrupts laws into unjust ones. Often these “unjust” laws affect directly to a certain type of group or individuals just because of characteristics or social class. The minority groups affected by the special treatment given by the law to them for their characteristics should not be
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George Washington once said‚ “My first wish is to see this plague of mankind‚ war‚ banished from the earth” ( www.brainyquote.com) This shows that among historical figures against war‚ George Washington‚ general in one of the biggest defining moments in American history is against the commodity he was a part of for so long. People all over the world have fought each other since ancient times‚ Mesopotamia in 2700 BCE being the first war ever recorded. War seems unavoidable‚ but when thought deeply
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and personal conscience. Individuals refrain from unjust manners and actions because of the penalty that they could potentially receive. If the penalty for unjust actions were removed‚ then there would be a lot more people partaking in said unjust actions. Unjust
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Socrates and Glaucon ultimately agree that it is better to be actually just and seemingly unjust than it is to be actually unjust but seemingly just. Their reasons for holding this position are because people just have control over themselves. They are able to maintain dominion over their desires‚ to avoid self indulgence in evil desires‚ and to choose good things. This is something the unjust person loses no matter how just he may seem. Socrates uses the image of a beast to show how injustice causes
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learning the just and unjust speech. Although‚ since Socrates only uses the practical wisdom of philosophy‚ he hinders Strepsiades’s knowledge of knowing the right and wrong. By just applying practical wisdom it adds justice to the unjust speech and does not create a balance for both speeches. Furthermore‚ the weaker speech is considered the unjust speech in the play because it opposes all the theories that the just speech has to say. Moreover‚ in addition to comparing the unjust and just speeches
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History 25 February 2013 War is unjust War is defined as a conflict battled between two political communities. Although some may say that fighting in a war creates peace and settles problems‚ it truly only causes death‚ brings countries into debt‚ and does not always conclude in what was expected. Many precautions can be taken to prevent opposing forces from advancing into war. Even if there are no other possible ways to approach the problem at hand‚ war is unjust on all levels. The disputes between
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Some of Hammurabi’s codes were just but most of them were unjust. Hammurabi’s codes were too rough and unfair to people because son’s would get their hands cut off for things that could have been handled differently and better‚debts were not fair‚ and slaves were treated differently than free people. In document C‚ law number 195‚ it said " If a son has struck his father‚ his hands shall be cut off." This law was unjust because they should have no right to cut the son’s hands for hitting
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clarifying the blatantly subjective nature of the term "Justice‚" it is easy to determine that the Count of Monte Cristo was unjust in his actions. He may have been acting out of a personal sense of justice‚ but was selfish and short-sighted enough to injure people on whom he did not intend to wreak revenge. His sense of justice‚ was not‚ contrary to what the term itself implied‚ just. The fates of‚ and events surrounding‚ Caderousse‚ Benedetto‚ Albert‚ and Danglars all support the charge that the Count
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society. According to Thrasymachus‚ the just man leads a good life because he is fearful of the repercussions of his actions and the unjust man is not fearful of these repercussions because he is stronger and more intelligent than the average citizen. These traits will allow him to avoid social comeback for his unjust actions. Furthermore‚ the more unjust a man is the stronger he becomes. Thrasymachus finally states that since the unjust man is living outside the law‚ he will lead a happier and more fruitful
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