the boy who won the game did nothing wrong to anybody – except the boy who lost. It is possible that the boy who lost took the celebration as a taunt‚ got angry‚ and attacked the winner. These examples show that the argument of whether revenge is justified varies greatly‚ not so much depending on a situation itself‚ but on the perspective a person has on the situation. Going back to the first example‚ a judge who might be deciding the appropriate punishment for the impaired driver would probably immediately
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Enhanced Interrogation is Justified By: Nathan Ciatti English III 4A March 2‚ 2015 Throughout the past century‚ the United States has faced a multitude of foreign and domestic threats against the homeland. Several of these terror plots have been successfully executed‚ most notably the September 11 attacks of 2001 and then recently the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013. While a country cannot fully advert such attacks‚ it is the responsibility of the acting government
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Moral Objectivism and Moral Relativism Today there are many people that stand by moral relativism‚ which claims that moral values are not objective. The liberal mindset of accepting other cultures and values leads some people to select moral relativism over moral objectivism‚ which claims that moral values are objective. Moral relativism is problematic in that it allows one to validly select any moral argument‚ and ultimately subverts the primary goal of ethics. Moral values are objective‚ and
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Can war be justified? Since September 11th‚ American news has been filled with stories and photographs of violent war. We were attacked mercilessly on our on soil‚ so most would say that the war on Afghanistan and Iraq are justified. But looking further into the matter‚ what are we really accomplishing with war? Are we proving that they shouldn’t bother us anymore? Or are we just getting revenge? Neither are justifications for war. We should in the first place keep the best relations possible
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Was it Justified or Necessary for the Americans to Drop the Bombs? Introduction On August 6th‚ 1945‚ an American B-29 bomber named “Enola Gay” dropped the world’s first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. The nuclear explosion killed nearly 90 percent of the cities population‚ killing 75‚000 people from the point of impact and thousands more dying from Radiation Poisoning later on. Three days later‚ on August 9th‚ a second B-29 bomber named “Bockscar” dropped a second Atomic bomb on the Japanese
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Kangxi vs. Louis XIV- Absolutism Absolute monarchy or absolutism means that the sovereign power or ultimate authority in the state rested in the hands of a king who claimed to rule by divine right. Kangxi and Louis XIV were both shining examples for absolutist rule. Age of Absolutism was between 1610 and 1789. Absolutism is a term used to depict a type of monarchical power that was not at all restrained by institutions‚ for example‚ legislatures‚ social elites‚ or churches. Both Kangxi
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Is violence justified in politics? Politics can be defined as acquiring the position of government which includes controlling the human community‚ making laws and developing the country. Politics has been criticized as dirty game by many professionals but a country would not be able to run without politics. If a person has chosen to become a politician‚ yes‚ people will criticize him/her‚ people will praise him/her but it is his/her responsibility to maintain the laws‚ and operate the country in
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have the right to act‚ do and say as they wish to do.They also have the right to believe in whatever they believe in‚ but most importantly‚ they have the right to be safe within their own place.This is where everything takes a turn‚ at this point one cannot let others win‚ that point is when situations need for a
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Absolutism‚ “the political practice of unlimited power and absolute sovereignty‚ especially as held by a monarch‚” was a prominent form of government in Europe until the eighteenth century. Monarchs believed that they alone held the “divine right to rule‚” and there were no checks and balances on their authority. Leaders felt as though they were justified in ruling in any way that they wanted‚ even if it caused harm to their people. France and Spain both had absolutist monarchies for significant
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movements within society leading to the corruption of the society. Absolutism is a concept that rose during the late sixteenth century and early seventeenth century. The idea of Absolutism consisted of a belief that each country has a divine right from G-d to rule. Within each country‚ an absolute monarch rose to power. Each absolute monarch was economically in charge of taxes and politically in charge of mobilizing an army. Over time‚ Absolutism transforms into a social movement in which a king is in total
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