In my opinion‚ the treaties of Versailles couldn’t be justified at the time in a large extent. The treaties led Germany and her allies a very harsh punishment and suffered a lot at the time. The War Guilt Clause made them had to accept the total responsibility which was unfair because the Allies also caused the war happened. The ￡6.6 billion reparation from Germany was unacceptable for German at the time and led to the hyperinflation in 1923 and other economic problems. They had to pay reparations
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Ethical Issues Surrounding the Use of Torture by the United States Torture‚ as defined in lecture‚ is the infliction of extreme pain and suffering on a victim that is both non-consenting and defenseless with the intention of forcing him or her to divulge information against their will (Moser and McDonald 2016a). By this definition‚ it is easy to see how policy makers would categorize the practices of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation methods” as torture‚ as they cause intense psychological
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�PAGE � �PAGE �1� Jefferson ’s Justification JEFFERSON ’S JUSTIFICATION FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION NAME COURSE Instructor Date Jefferson ’s Justification for the American Revolution Even after fighting in the American Revolutionary War began at Lexington and Concord in April 1775‚ most colonists still hoped for reconciliation with Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson saw a need to justify this revolution in the eyes of the people. He‚ and other founding fathers‚ knew that for this revolt to be
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"Critical Thinking Paper — Draft Background and Preparation: Now it is time to write a first draft of your position paper and to self-evaluate the draft. Please note: For this assignment you will write both a draft and your self-evaluation of the draft. However‚ you will submit only the self-evaluation of your draft. Even though you are not submitting the draft itself‚ it is important to follow the guidelines below‚ because these are the identical guidelines for the final paper that is due in
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Justification for an Internal Control System Cynthia Kinney ACC544/Internal Control Systems June 27‚ 2011 Gary Godfrey Justification for an Internal Control System An internal control system is described as a way to control an organization better‚ minimize risk‚ reduce loss‚ and achieve goals. Two approaches‚ political and insurance‚ are used to justify the need for this type of system. Issues such as security valuation‚ asset allocation‚ optimization‚ and performance are considered with
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Justification for an Internal Control System ACC/544 December 2‚ 2013 Justification for an Internal Control System The internal control system has been used since the company was in need of the system and until this day it has been working to its fullest potential. Internal control plays an important key in making sure that the accounting information‚ financial data‚ meeting the targets‚ and ensuring that the management policies are getting followed. There are two elements in making an
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Moral literacy depends on disputability‚ fairness of application‚ derivability‚ prescriptiveness‚ and justification. Focusing on disputability‚ fairness of application‚ prescriptiveness‚ and justification‚ Kant’s ethical system‚ deontological ethics‚ has a strong sense of disputability because it relies solely on the person’s ability to reason out any moral claim to decide whether it is ethical. Kant believed that only through people’s reasoning and sense of duty and not through their emotions‚ which
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most people seek justification for their prejudiced actions or beliefs. If one can convince himself that another group is inferior or a threat to his way of life‚ he will feel comfortable with enforcing increased authority over that group of people. This desire to warrant asserting dominance over others is deemed “self-justification” in the literary text Causes of Prejudice by Vincent N. Parrillo. Bob Ewell in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ and
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The poem “Torture” by Margaret Atwood is a free verse poem and uses first person to present her thoughts throughout the poem. It is used to express anger by using a constant bitter tone‚ possibly as an indication of Atwood’s discontent towards women’s position in society. Margaret Atwood mentions in an interview with Jo Brans that she is a feminist‚ which Atwood specifically self-defined as “human equality and freedom of choice” (page 81). This belief plays a significant role in the poem; it directs
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experienced torturers are available only if torture is institutionalised. 3. Torture by unskilled and inexperienced torturers is always unjustified. 4. However‚ institutionalising torture has very bad consequences; it will mean that torture will metastasise instead of being limited to one-off cases. 5. Conclusion: Torture is never justified (one should never torture). This can be an additional argument for the theory of deontology‚ as are we professional tortures? Nowadays‚ a lot of the governments in
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