Obeying the law is a general moral obligation. Usually‚ laws are written from societal ethical codes; therefore the law can embody morality. Obeying the law usually implies the greatest good for the greatest number of people and therefore complies with Mill’s utilitarianism. Especially if the law reflects general morality or protects people from pain‚ such as the admonition against murder‚ utilitarian theorists would argue that obeying the law is a general moral obligation. However‚ there are certain
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My Opinion on the Electoral College The Electoral College is the current system America uses to elect the president. How this systems works is when you vote‚ you aren’t really voting‚ you are telling an elector where you would like your vote to go to. Once everyone has voted‚ the elector votes for a candidate based on the votes of the people. There are anywhere from three to about 55 electors per state. I believe this system should be replaced with the popular vote method. One of reasons I believe
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What is Tolstoy’s opinion of violence? Is he repelled by it‚ or does he admire it? In Hadji Murat‚ does he glamorize violence or criticize it? Does the novel moralize about violence or does it take an objective approach? Tolstoy definitely is repelled by violence‚ in every opportunity he has to expose a battle or a conflict he does it in a very anticlimactic approach‚ very much so like real life. There is nothing heroic about violence and the destruction it leaves behind. According to Bayley
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Media Opinions Have you seen today ’s headlines? Yesterday ’s paper looked more like an opinion page than news. Nicholas Von Hoffman wrote‚ "Butchers make sausage. Newspapers make public affairs. Has that hunger driven the media out of control?" (Nachman 26). The media manipulates the facts of the news to fit their own agendas and I think it needs to stop. In the beginning ages of our country‚ the people of our nation made laws that they thought would be just and good for the nation. Of the
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FOUNDATION CFC YOUTH FOR CHRIST CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS PREAMBLE We the students and members of CFC Youth for Christ in ANGELES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION‚ Angeles City having experienced the Lord Jesus‚ touching and changing our lives‚ see the need of personally taking up the call of our Institute and of the Church to proclaim Christ’s message to all men and especially to our fellow students. In drawing up this Constitution and By-laws we put down in writing and signify our individual and
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The Bucket Rider opinion essay In “the Bucket Rider”‚ the writer used lots of surreal elements to make it more interesting and catch the reader’s attention. This makes the short story more thoughtful. It says “I ride off on the bucket”; “he has opened the door to let out the excessive heat”; and “my bucket has all the virtues of a good stead except power of resistance‚ it’s too light‚ a woman’s apron can make it fly through the air”. First of all‚ the writer says “I ride off on the bucket”. This
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Parmenides’ Argument Parmenides was an ancient philosopher who developed the ideas of "The Way of Truth" and "The Way of Opinion." The thinker introduced his ideas through an epic poem in which he claims to have visited a goddess. The goddess lets him see the "heart of well rounded truth" and it is through this revelation that Parmenides acquires his philosophy. Parmenides’ "Way of Truth" has been very influential among modern philosophers and has had a very big impact on the way we study
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Theories of Relativity Opinion Essay: Why We Should Read This Novel in the ENG3C Course Living on the street can be tough‚ especially if you’re a teenager. In Theories of Relativity by Barbara Haworth-Attard‚ readers have a chance at seeing just how hard life on the streets can be for teenagers. We should study Theories of Relativity in the ENG3C course for many reasons‚ including how many students can relate to Dylan‚ because the book has many interesting characters and because of
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provide me a better communication‚ and entertain me to the point where I have never experienced before this innovation. A software such as Microsoft Word can help me to do my assignment faster with a better arrangement than I do it by writing on paper. Microsoft Word helps me to correct my mistake with ease and to rearrange the format in the way I want it to be. I used to use a paperback dictionary to check my English words. In doing so‚ I have to spend an average time of at least 20 seconds while
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LAW DEVELOPMENT CENTER NAME: SUNNA HILAL LUQMAN Answer to the question; BREIF FACTS: Peter reads an advertisement in the new vision of a special x-mas discounted fare of shs 20000 only to Arua by the executive coach bus company but on reaching he was told that the offer was only for the first ten customers and he was not eligible which made him pay 40000 for a regular seat. His suitcase with clothes valued at 1000000shs was given to another passenger whose suitcase was given to peter since
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