York ruled that the National Security Agency’s collection of American phone records in bulk is illegal. Specifically‚ they ruled that the practice did not fall under the scope of the USA Patriot Act‚ which allows wire tapping of individuals to detect and prevent terrorism. What is the USA Patriot Act? The USA Patriot Act is a 10-letter acronym for uniting and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism act of 2001. It was passed by Congress following
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A moral value is a universally accepted ethical principle that governs the day to day living of life. These principles are important in maintaining unity‚ harmony and honour between people. Moral values are usually communal and shared by the public in general‚ thus if there is no agreement among community members no moral values will be established. Moral values define the principles and standards which determine the extent to which human action or conduct is right or wrong. They encompass a wide
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Watching You The Patriot Act and The Department of Homeland Security both correspond with George Orwell’s 1984. Even though The Patriot Act and The Department of Homeland Security were both created after the year 1984‚ there are quite a few similarities between them and the book. George Orwell’s 1984 is connected to The Patriot Act because both governments operate in a similar fashion and The Department of Homeland Security because they both have a way of monitoring people. The USA Patriot Act was signed
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Moral Muscle can be defined as pushing ourselves to do more than the minimum in our moral life. Moral Muscle is not just having physical strength but metal strength. The phrase Moral Muscle is a metaphor in which shows a type of strength someone obtains mentally. Someone who exercises his or her moral muscles has an mindset to do the right thing. Someone is considered to have moral strength when they restrict themselves from doing bad things and in place of that commit good thing. Moral strength
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Moral Courage Given our already stated definition of "moral courage" as (the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition‚ shame‚ scandal‚ or discouragement) several instances can be found throughout history of the use (or lack of) moral courage to influence the decisions impacting the significant events of the world. Our first demonstration of the lack of moral courage can be found during the Holocaust‚ in which Jewish men masqueraded in Hitler’s army and willingly took part in the
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Violence 68% say they hit someone because they were angry in the past year (46% did so at least twice)‚ and nearly half (47%) said they could get a gun if they wanted to (for males: 60% say they could get a gun). Are today’s youth really in a state of moral decay? What do all these statistics mean? Well‚ for starters‚ they mean that something has to change! Attitudes like these are shocking in any age group but when they come from young people they are also heartbreaking. Aside from the fact that the
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Ben Cesar Chef Alan Bergman CUL1315 May 7‚ 2014 Lessons in Excellence The chapter started with a short story from Charlie’s life. It started by talking about a hard night that he has with his staff where he had to keep cheering them up to keep the energy going and to keep the morals up. After this short introduction‚ he goes on and gives us ways to cheer for our own employees; how to encourage them. But during all those praises‚ he warns not to congratulate the employees too often so
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Moral Hazard A few years ago when Hurricane Katrina wake‚ many people fled the ravaged Gulf Coast were spending disaster relief paid for by taxpayers‚ on tattoos‚ expensive handbags and making trips to their favorite places. In this case the damage has already done and people are using the debit cards issues by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). The debit cards are issued to buy the necessities like food and clothing. But the damage was done and people misused its money. FEMA swore that
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Yu Chen Professor Gaines ENGL 100 10/13/2014 The Moral of Drones Bradley Jay Strawser’s "The morality of drone warfare revisited" discusses his argument in support of using drones. The audience is the government. His thesis is that drone strikes may cause less collateral damage than bombing‚ but that is not an argument for current US targeted killing policy. Mark LeVine’s “When philosophers join the kill chain” discusses the negative side of drones. The audience is the scholars. His thesis is that
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oral complexity in the making and keeping of promises The making of a promise involves the voluntary giving of one’s word that‚ if and when a particular circumstance or situation comes about‚ one will undertake to act in a manner defined by the terms of the promise one has given. The act of making the promise‚ in other words‚ implies a willingness to keep it. What is being agreed is that‚ on the basis of something said in the past‚ one’s future actions will‚ insofar as the future is foreseeable
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