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    Moral law decrees that lying to a friend in order to spare his or her feelings is impermissible. According to Immanuel Kant‚ lying in any instance is an immoral act and is not allowed. Subsequently‚ Jeremy Bentham‚ would state that people will always attempt to maximize happiness and minimize suffering‚ making lying acceptable in some cases. Lying is immoral especially in the case of attempting to keep a friend from feeling pain by telling them the truth. For example‚ if your friend were to ask you

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    For Immanuel Kant‚ guilt is considered a necessary condition for punishment and judicial punishment can never be used merely as a means to promote some other good for the criminal himself or civil society. He argues that‚ an offender must first be found to be deserving of punishment before any consideration is given to the utility of punishment for himself or his fellow citizens. In this view‚ utilitarian concerns can never justify the punishment of an innocent person while guilt itself demands

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    AN OVERVIEW OF PEACE AND CONFLICT DEFINITIONS: Peace is often seen as the converse of war. i.e. peace and war as two sides of the same coin. Hence the definition of peace as the absence of war‚ and that of war as the absence of peace The problem with this definition is that it does not explain everything about peace and war For example even in situations of war‚ some conditions of peace still prevail. E.g. in spite the long years of hostilities between the Israelis and Palestinians‚ both

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    part of life. In itself‚ it is to a great extent a necessary tool that enhances development and can be regarded as normal and a prerequisite under certain conditions. In view if this‚ this paper will labor to clearly examine the conditions in which peace is said to be a normal phenomenon. The term conflict will exhaustively be defined from different school of thoughts and its kinds or types outlined‚ followed by cited conditions that advocate for the presence of conflict as being normal. Thereafter

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    Inner Peace Written by Cody Doerhoefer Rain was slapping hard against the window. As the rain pattering continued‚ powerful booms of thunder shook the old house. A younger man sat in his bedroom reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula. While sipping on a glass of iced water‚ the man lit a candle because the sky outside continued to be engulfed in an infinite darkness. The only lighting for the man’s reading was the small candle and the continuous bright flashes of light from the lightning outside of

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    America’s Biggest Disservice to Her Peace Keepers “Greater love hath no man than this‚ that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13‚ KJV) In March of 2010‚ a survey was completed that totaled the number of active service members to 2‚266‚883; surprisingly the number of military personnel make up less than one percent of the United States total population. At this time‚ there had been 2.28 million military personnel that have deployed to places like Iraq and Afghanistan. Since World

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    The Platonic Rationalist and Aristotelian Empirical Way of Thinking Philosophical Inquiry Section ON22 Erich Grunder Jim Cook 3/2/2007 During the 17th and 18th century two philosophers‚ Plato and Aristotle‚ arose carving for themselves a trench in the philosophical world. We can see the biggest distinction between the two in their theories of how we know things exist. The traditions of Plato and Aristotle have been dubbed rationalism and empiricism respectively. Under these traditions many

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    is no reason that they should not be treated as people and be acknowledged as having human rights. In a situation where two people’s benefits are conflicting‚ this right must be deliberated and equivalent. I will argue that the moral principles of Kant‚ Marquis‚ and Thomson on abortion will oppose Sue and her husband’s decision to have a late-term abortion at seven months pregnant. Reason 1: As discussed in the Marquis document‚ “The loss of one’s life

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    Critical Analysis of “To Peacekeep Or Not To Peacekeep” By James Ash In “To Peacekeep Or Not To Peacekeep” James Ash argues that if we consider both the pragmatic and ethical view we can see how peace keeping is the best role for Canadians to take. However‚ although Ash describes peacekeeping as essential to Canada’s identity‚ if we look critically at this essay you will find that Ash’s argument is flawed in numerous ways. Ash provides a subjective view in favor of peacekeeping without giving

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    You be the Judge #3 Deborah Andriaccio D’Youville College Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of LAW 303V Judge Thomas Rebhan June 6‚ 2014 Kashin V. Kent 457 F.3d 1033‚ 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 20496 United States Court of Appeals for The Ninth Circuit‚ 2006 Scope of employment refers to a person actively involved in an employment task at a particular time. It usually becomes an issue when an accident occurs‚ which is required to make

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