Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention 1954 The Hague‚ 14 May 1954 - First Protocol‚ The Hague‚ 14 May 1954 - Second Protocol‚ The Hague‚ 26 March 1999 | | The High Contracting Parties‚ Recognizing that cultural property has suffered grave damage during recent armed conflicts and that‚ by reason of the developments in the technique of warfare‚ it is in increasing danger of destruction;
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The Civil Action (1988) is film that based on a true story of an environmental lawsuit‚ which took place in Woburn‚ Mass. In this movie‚ Jan Schlittman‚ a personal injury lawyer‚ agrees to represent a group of families whose children died from leukemia after a large corporation carelessly deposed toxic chemicals damaged the water supply for Woburn‚ Mass. This case becomes Jan’s obsession‚ even to the extent that he is willing to give up everything. When we look at the case in ethical way‚ we can
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There are two objections that interrelated to verify Hobbe’s assertions to be inaccurate. The first objection would be that the specific mechanism that initiates Hobbes’s assertion of the state of nature is actually not egoism‚ but rather‚ the idea of “uncertainty”. The second objection would be that the state of nature does not necessarily mean lack of government. Conflict‚ violence‚ and war are still very prevalent in today’s society although we have authority such as the government. The idea
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The answer to the question of whether it is scripturally consistent for god to be human and divine would seem obvious to many‚ however I do think there are some objections which at least require consideration. For instance‚ the incarnation seems to move away from the Torah and some major fiercely held beliefs. God in the Torah continues to assert himself as radically different from the various gods worshiped by the people groups that surrounded them. The Roman gods‚ for example‚ were seen to constantly
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but rather causing in others their necessity. This all men speak of as God” (p.50 Classic Philosophical Questions‚ Mulvaney). There are a couple objections to this argument. The first is the basic premise of his argument is that there is no being that owes its existence to itself. Yet in the conclusion‚ he claims that God is able to do so. Another objection is that just because it is possible for everything not to exist‚ how does that prove that there is existence of greater being to start it all?
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argument‚ Paley states and replies to various objections: I. We have never seen a watch made‚ or known anyone capable of making one; nor are we able to make one ourselves‚ or understand how it is done. II. The watch sometimes goes wrong (or seldom goes exactly right). III. There are parts whose function is unknown or of whom it is not known whether they have a function. IV. The watch is “one out of possible combinations of material forms.” This objection is obscure. V. A principle of order “disposed
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Furthermore‚ authors vary according to your beliefs‚ therefore everyone has their own “author” for the moral principles they believe in. Moral principles must require an author. R1: Objection 1 is unconvincing because‚ principles have existed before humans existed; moral principles differ from natural laws therefore are not able to be traced back to a single author as they were already established before humans existed. Although some
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The verb‚ “accept” as used in Article 1235 means to take as “satisfactory or sufficient” or “to give assent to” or to “agree” to incomplete or partial performance. The Esguerras did not assent to the payment. The law does not require that the objection of the creditor be made in a particular manner or at any particular time. The acts of the creditor binds his acceptance or assent to the fulfillment of the obligation. ESGUERRA v VILLANUEVA Petitioner Esguerra and respondent de Guzman entered
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Humanitarian intervention: a liberal perspective The moral legitimacy of states and the limits of sovereignty 1. Introduction According to Slocombe (2003‚ p.117) there is no question that has more preoccupied the discussion of international relations than that of the legitimacy and wisdom of the use of force. Sincere efforts to substitute international institution and diplomacy for military power‚ the costs of multiple terrible wars‚ and even the potential consequences of war fought with nuclear
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that cause would be God. In the cosmological argument God is a self-caused‚ necessary being that needs no explanation for existence. Nagel’s objections to this argument is that if God can be self-caused then there is no reason as to why the universe could not be self-caused as well‚ thus dispelling the cosmological argument. The rationale behind Nagel’s objections to this argument are ones that I believe to be accurate‚ I personally do not hold credibility in the cosmological argument as a definite reasoning
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