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 struggling to stay alive‚ he would have been the first to die anyway * A utilitarian would say that it was for the benefit of three others‚ when otherwise all 4 of them would have died
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restoration justice is as futile as restitution justice. Concerns about the ineffectiveness of traditional criminal justice systems have perpetrated new approaches to criminal justice. Such new approaches to transitional justice or restorative justice like truth commission‚ trails‚ reparation‚ and lustration or vetting. But the apprehension of restorative justice and retributive justice bring to light the argument and made clear that each is not as impeccable or a straightforward answer to justice for
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"She loved me for the dangers I had pass’d‚ and I loved her that she did pity them" (Othello‚ I.iii 166-167). William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Othello‚" is pervaded by a dominant theme‚ one of love. Othello‚ the Moor of Venice falls madly in love with a woman named Desdemona. They marry and are very happy together. Othello and Desdemona face many trials during the course of their nine-month marriage. The most notable one occurs when Barbanzio‚ Desdemona’s father accuses Othello
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Fitzgerald ’s Great Gatsby and Elliot ’s The Wasteland are two stories that similarly express the modernist post-war disillusionment. Both stories comment pessimistically on the direction that our world is moving in from the post-war modernist perspective. Both men looked past the roaring twenties‚ and realized that this time period was actually a moral wasteland. The final paragraphs of The Great Gatsby sum up their mutual lack of faith in American culture to improve. Fitzgerald uses a number
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Alyssa Barrios Mr. Carlo AM Psych 3-6-13 The American Dream Michael Bloomberg stated “This is the city of dreamers and time and again it’s the place where the greatest dream of all‚ the American dream‚ has been tested and has triumphed.” The American dream is something that many people strive for. This lifestyle is what some believe to be the superior way of living. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby there are many examples of what the American Dream was thought to have been back in the day
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Distributive justice concerns the proper and equal distribution of goods and attention‚ mostly from a monetary basis such as taxes‚ compensation and re-imbursement. This distribution is most often based on the needs and merits of individuals and organizations. The difficulty lies in deciding how and to whom allocations are dispersed as well as fairness of disbursement of funds based on individual and organizational entitlements. It mainly deals with what is fair monetary compensation for labor
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PHIL103 A Rational Choice After reading John Rawl’s “A Theory of Justice” and applying its components to the ideal societies of Singer‚ Rand‚ and Arthur‚ I believe that from the unbiased and rational state of the original position I would choose to live in Arthur’s social order. I want to begin with my reasoning for rejecting the ethically egotistical society that Rand would support as well as a society under Singer’s utilitarian beliefs. From the original position‚ I would not choose a society
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Why does Kant object to Utilitarian justifications of punishment? Do you agree with Kant’s objection? Explain your answer. In this essay‚ the utilitarian justification of punishment will briefly go through first. Then Kant’s objection to the utilitarian justification of punishment will be explained in the second part. In this part‚ Kant’s fundamental principle in ethics will be used to explain his view in punishment and how utilitarianism violates his principle in ethics. In the final session‚
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this paper is to highlight the concept of affirmative action in the workplace‚ and explain why one person of gender or race would be hired over another more qualified for the position just to fulfill hiring requirements‚ while using Kantian and Utilitarian ethical theories to justify each side of the issue. Affirmative action policies can be described as any policies that attempt to actively dismantle institutionalized or informal cultural norms and systems of inscriptive group-based disadvantages
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An experiment is a study in which the researcher manipulates the level of some independent variable and then measures the outcome. Experiments are powerful techniques for evaluating cause-and-effect relationships. Many researchers consider experiments the "gold standard" against which all other research designs should be judged. Experiments are conducted both in the laboratory and in real life situations. Types of Experimental Design There are two basic types of research design: True experiments
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