Wells uses a straight-forward writing style to prove a very bold argument against lynchingdiscrediting the excuse of rape‚ and more. Wells uses specific examples and theory to disprove the justifications of lynching made by Southerners. Within her pamphlets‚ Wells portrays the views of African-Americans in the 1890s. Southerners allowed widespread lynchings while hiding behind the excuse of "defending the honor of its women." (61) The charge of rape was used in many cases to lynch innocent African-American
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Since the creation of religion‚ there has always been a debate to whether or not religion is the main cause of conflicts throughout history. In Karen Armstrong’s book “Fields of Blood”‚ she argues that people use religion as an excuse for the cause of wars and ignore all other aspects. Karen Armstrong is correct. Throughout history‚ there were many wars and conflicts that weren’t caused by religion yet many leaders used the blame of religion to their advantage to conceal their true intentions. Wars
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Excuse making is part of your auto-pilot meta-programming. In fact‚ excuses are red flags‚ revealing what you TRULY believe‚ what your most closely held TRUTHS and beliefs are. The reason we make excuses is called cognitive dissonance in psychology. Cognitive dissonance is when our behavior and actions conflict with our attitudes and beliefs. According to Saul McLeod‚ in Simply Psychology‚ “It is the feeling of discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes‚ beliefs or behaviors to
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children to those schools. Instead‚ when parents see that mostly African Americans and Hispanics attend these schools‚ they pull their children out of them and send them to private‚ white institutions. But never the less all this is not a proper justification of the gap that still exist between black an white in the education system and in the active live. In this article the author point the fact that money is the key for a good education‚ By trying to compare the curriculum of student from private
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values or commands that could legitimize [his] behavior." Furthermore‚ man has no means of "justification or cause;" man has no excuse for his actions‚ because he has chosen them on his own‚ out of his own freedom. Although freedom is traditionally characteristic of "good‚" Sartre describes it almost as a burden‚ because of his belief that God does not exist. When man discovers that he is "without excuse‚" he has come to realize that he "cannot find anything to depend on;" for without God‚ everything
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and only secular: to protect the public good and to provide peace and security. (Locke‚ Letter Concerning Toleration). Tolerance is a mentality that can be good‚ and was meant to bring peace and stability‚ but more often than not‚ it is used as an excuse to shut people down and cut off any controversial topics. It is used so there is never a point where there are people who are uncomfortable. Sometimes people do not want to hear the truth because it contradicts their beliefs and they like to stay
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Unit 2 Test Review Sheet Questions: 1. What factors influence self-presentation? How do they influence self-presentation? * Personality: play big role in your sense of who you are * Gender roles * Cultural roles * Reflected appraisal: your self based on responses you get from people * Social comparison: compare you to others‚ how they act and that affects you. 2. What is the Johari window and how does it relate to self-presentation? * knowing a lot about yourself
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Too many people hide behind the excuse religions beliefs to justify their judgment of homosexuals. Although I feel everyone has the right to their own beliefs‚ convictions‚ and opinions‚ I feel that hating homosexuals because of religious convictions is an easy justification for many people’s hate. One common rule of many different faiths is: hate the sin‚ not the sinner. The problem today is that this
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References: Haksar‚ V.. (2011). Necessary Evil: Justification‚ Excuse or Pardon? Criminal Law and Philosophy‚ 5(3)‚ 333-347. Retrieved October 31‚ 2011‚ from ProQuest Criminal Justice. (Document ID: 2455221301). Democracy versus dictatorship: Influence of political regime on economic and social development. Ph
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Pinker describes how one has learned to accept the standards of morals subconsciously. Pinker makes a claim that we tend to make excuses as opposed to utilizing reason when settling on ethical judgements. He illustrates this with situations regarding incest and destroying the American flag. Many view these acts as immoral and struggle to make justifications. Upon reading the paragraph of insect between siblings‚ it was a huge shock. It made
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