1. You should have a basic understanding of the terms ‘valid’ and ‘sound’ and be able to identify valid and sound arguments. 2. In the trial of Dudley and Stephens‚ how did the defense argue that Dudley and Stephens were innocent? Why does the prosecution reject this argument? How would a utilitarian judge the case? * They were argued to be innocent because it was out of necessity to kill the boy * Had they not killed and eaten the boy‚ they could have died * The boy was already
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GROSSMONT COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AOJ 224/225 – FORENSIC PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP INSTRUCTOR: Tina Young‚ MFS‚ CBPE VOICE MAIL: 619-644-7837‚ 24-hrs / day E-MAIL: tina.young@gcccd.edu or gt_young@prodigy.net WEB SITE: http://www.tinayoung.webs.com/ OFFICE HOURS: Office location: Building 34‚ Room 266 (Most often will find me in forensic lab‚ Bldg 34‚ Rm 111) Mon: 12:00noon -1:00pm; 12:30 – 1:30pm during academic senate days: Tue/Th: 11:30am-12:00pm; 2:50-3:20pm Wed:
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In drama‚ struggles and tensions within the lives of characters and the situations they face are important for the building of the plot and maintaining the attention of the audience. In Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller and Fences by August Wilson‚ the main characters of the plays face struggles which move the plot along‚ while adding anticipation and excitement. Willy and Troy face struggles internally and externally with society. Willy struggles with failing business‚ while Troy struggles
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Descartes Proofs of God’s Existence Over the years‚ God’s existence has been a subject of much thought and research where many philosophers have tried to outdo each other countless times. Rene Descartes came up with three proofs of God’s existence. These theories of proof are The Cosmological-Ontological Argument‚ Conservation of Existence Argument and Existence Is a Perfection Argument as listed by Kung (2006). The aim of this paper is to compare the Existence Is A Perfection Proof and the Cosmological-Ontological
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In the story “The rabbit hole” the author Ann Beattie‚ challenge us to think about the conflict among family members when dealing with an aging parent with a serious illness. As a person ages In today’s society there is a role reverse between parent and child. Children are taking care of their parents and assuming all the responsibilities and decision making about their parents health care needs. The story raises a question about family relationships among family members‚ more specifically the
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In the play‚ Fences by August Wilson‚ the main character Troy is a very bitter man. Troy blames the white people for why he could not get ahead in life. Troy wanted to play baseball but the reason he could not because he says‚ “ I wasn’t the right color” ( Wilson). I believe that there are other factors that limit Troy from getting ahead. Poverty is one factor that keeps Troy stuck because he repeatedly talks about‚ “ having a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of” (Wilson 28). Other factors
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The Criminal Justice system has a set of laws in which the people follow the laws. When someone commits a crime‚ there is a clear set of rules on what the protocol is to make sure that individuals do not commit that crime again and is punished for what was done. Left behind are the victims of these crimes and often there is not a good enough justice that is served. The process of get criminal getting punished is retributive justice. This is done through the court and is usually a unilateral decision
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Oedipus Rex’s responds in a way of justice. Oedipus plays the main character of the play. as well as he is the person that causes tragedies. In fact‚ Oedipus was in search of who his biological parents were until he was told about his prophecy. Oedipus wanted justice for knowing who his biological parents were since he was told that he was adopted. Although he had lived satisfied until that day‚ he still wanted to know the truthfulness. He proceeds across the mountain to realize the facts when
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Jose Morales English 164 Dr. Kidd 08/03/2012 “Fences” and “A Raisin in the Sun” Plays‚ “Fences” and “A Raisin in the Sun” share similar plots. They take place in the mid-western United States in the 1950’s and explore the family dynamics of the African-American Family and the paradigmatic shift it experienced between two generations. The older generation‚ who could remember slavery by first-hand experience or by being born during a time when success for the average African-Americans was
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idea of God or with the definition‚ and by that supposition prove the existence of God. Rather‚ Aquinas determined that there are certain proofs that can be reached in order to prove the supernatural and in turn‚ prove the existence of God. It is important here to clarify that in Aquinas’ opinion there
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