ETHICS IN POLITICS As the great teacher Mahatma Gandhi‚ said many years ago‚ the first evil in this century is "politics without principle." Ethics is the discipline dealing with right and wrong. The true worth of a nation is‚ in the final analysis‚ the true worth of its leaders and the people that they lead. If the leaders are good and committed to the service of the country and the people‚ and if the people themselves take active part in governance and select good leaders‚ a nation achieves
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http://www.lawteacher.net/jurisprudence/essays/trespass-to-person.php#ixzz2Zf4KlLwK Wilson V Pringle [1986] 2 All ER 440 The plaintiff and the defendant were two schoolboys involved in an incident in a school corridor as the result of which the plaintiff fell and suffered injuries. The plaintiff issued a writ claiming damages and alleging that the defendant had committed a trespass to the person of the plaintiff. In his defence the defendant admitted that he had indulged in horseplay with the plaintiff
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Religion and Politics Historically‚ religion and politics have always played a very significant part in our everyday lives‚ dating back to the ancient pharaohs of Africa to our modern day society‚ religion have had a profound effect on our existence as a society. For a good example of how religion affects politics in our modern world we need not look very far but in our own backyard. The influence of Catholicism on Latin American politics‚ and the role religion plays on Middle Eastern
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The Dichotomy of Divine and Human Law The Trial and Death of Socrates Many have puzzled over Socrates’ contradictory statements between Plato’s Apology and its sequel‚ the Crito. The stance on justice that Socrates articulates in the Apology seems to be immediately contradicted by the moral opinions he expresses in the Crito. While in a broad sense Socrates appears to offer opposing opinions in each work‚ when one looks more closely at the meaning behind Socrates’ words‚ he will find that his
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Money in Politics In the world of politics today there are many problems. Nasty campaigning and Slamming ones opponent have become commonplace in today’s world. This is a very Distinct problem. Yet the root of the problem isn’t the candidates themselves‚ in most Cases. The national committees for the republicans and the democrats is at the true heart Of the problem. The money which is spent by those massive institutions to their party’s candidate in each election is
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Celebrities and Politics The word media stars or as we call them celebrities‚ refer to those people who via mass media enjoy a greater presence and wider scope of activities in fields such as commonly associated with celebrity prestige‚ are careers in entertainment sphere. Also they are people who have a prominent profile‚ have some public fascination‚ and have a big influence in day-to-day media for people especially young ages. Politician is someone who actively involved in politics‚ plays a very
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is generally known as the feeling of love and devoted to the country. Having and willing to do anything for the sake of the betterment of the country. Quoting Enizahura Abdul Aziz‚ a senior research officer from the centre of shariah‚ law and politics from IKIM‚ patriotism also implies feelings of solidarity and mutual responsibility among people of different ethnicities and religious backgrounds. Because of our various backgrounds‚ Malaysia needs to find commonalities due to the differences that
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India. Inequality is also divided into three main categories such as Geographic‚ Social and Demographic. The second part is an approach to identify the problem of corruption among political leaders and discussing the development of criminalization of politics. One of the major issues facing Indian democracy today is Inequality among the citizens of India‚ weather it is Geographic Inequality‚ Social Inequality‚ or Demographic Inequality. First of all‚ Geographic inequality occurs when a government and
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Politics and the Economy The social institutions of economy and politics are intricately intertwined and they always will be. Economies organize how a society makes and distributes its goods and services to other member’s in society. Goods are things that are made or grown and services are specific things that someone does for another person. Goods and services are given in exchange for some type of payment. Politics is the social institution through which power is acquired‚ usually referring
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Politics have come a long way from Niccolo Machiavelli in the late 1400’s to current political philosophers of the twentieth century. Many of those great theorists had one single thing in common: they have strived to break old concepts of political thought‚ being it racial and gender inequality‚ or ideas on how to be a leader with less opposition. In modern politics‚ after a long period of centralized governments‚ the brief trend of gaining freedom and equality has been deteriorating and the creation
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