As reader leader‚ I decided to do my summary on “What Is a Just War?” by Jean Bethke Elshtain. Elshtain opens by discussing the main priority of any government: providing security‚ thus ensuring tranquility. Elshtain makes the point that civic peace and security are the foundations for all the other human rights. For example‚ for someone to exercise their right of freedom of speech‚ that person should be able to exercise their right without fear of consequence. A flaw‚ as Elshtain points out‚ in
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War in Afghanistan Just War theory points out that there can be motives for going to war that do have a moral content‚ and just war theory claims that war can‚ under certain conditions‚ be morally justified. Proportionality is perhaps the most utilitarian of all Just War tenets. It calls upon leaders not to lose their head and engage in costly conflict if there are cheaper (e.g. economic‚ diplomatic) options available to them. There are three main opponents to the Just War theory: the decision to
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Is It Just A Crush? Is it just a crush? Or is there something more? I ask myself these questions every time I talk to this certain person. When you’re young and have crush on someone it usually goes away when something better comes along. But what if someone better doesn’t keep your mind off the one you’ve lost. Yes‚ you can keep o pretending that those feelings aren’t there anymore but you know deep down their not. I can say that at the age I’m at now that I have a serious crush. Never thought
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Jessie English 12 26 March 2013 Just in Case Meg Rosoff Young Adult Novel 246 Pages Prediction with Explanation A. Judging by the front of the book‚ I feel as though this book may be about the life of this teenage boy on the cover of the book‚ but as I look towards the back of the book and read the reviews‚ I think that maybe it’s going to be a little deeper than just the boy’s life description. Maybe it will be about how a boy takes a journey somewhere. I think these things because
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Grandma Dee’s old dresses‚ Grandpa Jarrell’s paisley shirts‚ and one faded blue piece from Great Grandpa Ezra’s Civil War uniform shows that quilts aren’t always just a blanket. They can be so much more. Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” is a story that’s all about heritage. This theme is shown by Walker’s use of conflict‚ irony‚ and symbolism. A symbol is when the author uses an object in the story to represent a greater meaning. In this case‚ the quilt is a symbol of the family heritage that can only
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Sharon Mead Engl 1301.40707 Summer 2013 Essay 2 Just Desserts If you asked what my favorite food would be‚ I would ask could I possibly choose a dessert‚ because my favorite food no matter what will always be something that’s rich in sweetness in flavor. It has to be filled with sugary goodness and gooey chocolate centers also it has to make me savor each bite as if it were my last. If you would give me the choice I’d certainly pick German Chocolate Cake‚ for multiple reasons including the ones
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A Rhetorical Analysis of “Just Be Nice” Zahra Khan Eng101 Feburary 19‚ 2013 A Rhetorical Analysis of “Just Be Nice” The article “Just be Nice” is written by Stephen L. Carter. Stephen L. Carter is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at the Yale Law School. This article was written for the Yale Alumni Magazine in May 1998‚ and was a response to former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s remarks that the citizenry
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MATTHEW ARNOLD “THE STUDY OF POETRY” (1880) In his anthology of English poetry‚ Arnold illustrates the allegedly objective critical judgment of which he speaks in “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time” in terms of his selection of those poets worthy in his view of being anthologised. In his preface to the anthology‚ he clarifies what he means by ‘judgment’ by turning his attention in particular to the questions of literary history and canons. The main criteria informing Arnold’s approach
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Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this unit the student will be able to: 1. Understand the micro-economic business environment 2. Understand the macro-economic environment in the domestic context 3. Understand the implications of operating in the international economic environment on business organisations Scenario As an consultant‚ you are giving consultancy service to the business organisations for their economic development. As a part of your job‚ you have to give consultancy
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Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space 1. Why does staples characterize the woman he encounters in a paragraph 1 as a “victim”? One of the author’s purpose of characterizing the woman he encounters‚ is to share the reader a personal life experience in order to engage and catch the reader’s attention with this ironic and sarcastic situation. The author uses this type of language to transmit and inform the magnitude of racism at that time and how can affect an individual
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