I read “The Woman Taken in Adultery” which is actually a chapter in the New Testament. The story is about how the scribes brought a woman (who committed adultery) in front of Jesus asking if she should be stoned. Instead‚ Jesus turned the tables on them and said‚ “He that is without sin among you‚ let him cast the first stone at her.” I have heard of this saying before such as‚ “People who live in glass houses‚ should not throw stones. The author wrote this to show us how Jesus would show mercy on
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The Longest Memory – Fred D’Aguiar The Longest Memory is a novel by Fred D’Aguiar‚ which has many different underlying themes and ideas communicated through it‚ but all relating back to two main themes of the book. These themes are Racial Superiority and the opposing ideas of Slavery and Christian Values. The date in which this novel is set (early eighteenth century) was a brutal and a seemingly amoral time. The white population at that time had deemed it just to enslave African peoples‚ whom
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OPINION OF JUSTICE FOSTER Judge Foster it is said represents the alter-ego of Fuller. He represents the natural school[14] of jurisprudence. His opinion is the best written one of the five. Justice Foster expressed shock at hearing of Chief Justice Truepenny’s opinion. He argued that the Law of the Commonwealth is at stake if we try to textually apply the law in this case. According to him‚ the defendants when trapped in the cave were outside the jurisdiction of Commonwealth of Newgarth. VERDICT:
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active euthanasia (or assisted suicide) raises a number of arguments‚ for and against‚ the dilemma faced by doctors‚ parents‚ the individuals themselves and lawmakers is‚ should active euthanasia be allowed or ever justified? To answer this‚ justification of good cause requires analysis in terms of the pro’s and con’s as well as the role that moral consideration plays in terms of how we value life‚ and to what extent we place emphasis on that value and at what point do we say that suffering is good
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Iago’s cunning and ingenuity‚ although helpful in his course of destruction‚ in the end do not disguise the fact that he is a malevolent manipulator who‚ throughout the play‚ fails to conceive a legitimate motive for his malicious actions. Iago is a villain. He is the embodiment of evil‚ hatred and spite‚ a vicious sociopath with no moral compunction‚ and therefore while he does initially provide a reason for his wicked intentions‚ his true motive is only the promising destruction of purity and
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...................3 THE STATE OF THE CHURCH..............................................................................3 MARTIN LUTHER.....................................................................................................4 JUSTIFICATION........................................................................................................5 SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY....................................................................................6 LUTHER’S THESES...............
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learn from the Nurse’s opening speech? 2. What new trouble has the Tutor heard of? 3. Why does the Nurse fear for Medea’s children? 4. Why does the Nurse say she prefers not to be great? 5. Whom do the members of the Chorus represent? 6. What excuse
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unintentional or provoked‚ even if the defendant’s explanation is not accepted‚ he is entitled to be acquitted. Therefore‚ it was for the prosecution to prove Mr Woolmington killed with malice‚ rather than for Mr Woolmington to prove that he had some excuse‚ justification or explanation for the killing. The rule established by Woolmington is subject to exceptions and it is the rules of substantive law that determine which party bears the
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World War I. Visiting the town of Sarajevo the young woman ponders Princip’s decision to murder the Archduke and his wife‚ and these thoughts move her into a different course of action. Weldon’s story is filled with irony‚ as the young woman seeks justification for an affair with a man who was‚ "supervising my thesis on varying concepts of morality and duty" (Weldon 147). Peter is her professor; his duty is to teach her about morality. As a married man‚ Peter is burdening her with the choice between her
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip‚ leader of a radical group whose purpose was to end foreign rule over Bosnia and Serbia. Austria-Hungary used the assassination as justification to launch a war on Serbia‚ blaming them for the radical groups’ actions. This regional conflict sucked in most of the great countries of the world. The countries took sides and it became a power play where no one wanted to back off‚ they all wanted
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