a 3rd degree felony can serve up to 5 years in prison‚ A 2nd degree‚ up to 15 years‚ and a first degree‚ 30 years. Stealing/Shop-lifting‚ depending on the circumstances‚ can mount up to many years in prison. Any type of stealing will always be a crime and will have an effect on your future‚ and even your city. There are not just a few shoplifters in your area‚ NASP has recorded millions. Stealing can not only get someone into a lot of trouble‚ but can cause many problems in the future not just
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moral rules. A rule is something that determines the way in which we behave‚ whether because we submit ourselves to it voluntarily‚ as would be the case with moral rules‚ or because it is enforceable in some general way‚ as would be the case with laws. Many rules are neither morally binding‚ nor do they ultimately have the force of law attached to them. Nevertheless‚ they are necessary and generally adhered to because of the context in which they operate. Rules might also come about through custom
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high schools. However‚ some people may question if certain types of cheating are okay and not dishonest and others dishonest. For example‚ some people may think copying a homework assignment is not a big deal and dishonest while other people think that cheating on exams is dishonest. In addition‚ some people may resort to cheating when they are not too aware of the material they are trying to learn when it comes to being tested and others do it for the good grade‚ not because they don’t know it. Also
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our country’s progress has stalled. Many people believe that with skin color comes a specific set of attributes which can decide the way everyone will behave. They also believe that skin color is some sort of ranking of importance which is why slavery was a problem in annexing states into the Union. This was such a problem that most of the wars amongst ourselves were caused in some way by slavery. Most towns exhibited racial segregation at it’s worst. However‚ for nearly 200 years‚ Longtown
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Imagine getting fired from your job or getting disrespected because you’re 40 or older. This is going on in today’s society. There are many elders in America that are getting fired from their jobs or not getting jobs because they are too old. Us Americans need to realize that these people have rights too. Ageism is bad; it is in companies and because of this we had to make laws to control age discrimination from getting out of hand. First‚ ageism occurs in our society many ways and it needs to stop
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Brittney Wiggs November 28‚ 2012 PHI 3200 Professor Greig Mulberry Case Study: Mr. Martinez The case study goes as such: Mr. Martinez was a seventy-five year old COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) patient. He was in the hospital because of an upper respiratory tract infection. He and his wife had already requested that CPR should not be performed if he required it and a DNR is placed in his charts. While in his room on third floor‚ being maintained with antibiotics‚ fluids‚ and oxygen
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The main idea of the article “To Err is Wrong” is most people assumes success and failures as complete opposites‚ but “they are both products of the same process”. According to Roger Von Oech‚ almost everyone‚ from an early age‚ are taught that right answers are good and wrong answers are bad; especially if you went to school. People learn that doing mistakes and errors is wrong. Roger Von Oech says that with a fail or succeed attitude‚ people aren’t going to be taking up many chances. With an attitude
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Originally‚ Darwin did not believe in the idea of evolution and trained to be a priest before studying geology and biology. In 1831‚ when Darwin was 22‚ he set sail around the world on HMS Beagle‚ a naval survey ship. The trip lasted for 5 years during which time the ship stopped at many places including the Galápagos Islands‚ just off the west coast of South America. Darwin examined animals and plants from everywhere he visited‚ taking specimens back to England and recording his observations in a diary
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is ethical because it is a basic human right‚ relieves pain in terminal illnesses‚ and gives one a chance to die with dignity. If one is diagnosed with terminal cancer and in pain‚ one might choose to end his or her life to avoid the pain or accelerate his or her death. Euthanasia is not an easy subject to talk about but it is definitely worth standing up for. The choice to accelerate one’s own death should not be hindered by people who have not been in the same situation themselves or a who have
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Many people see guns as their right and often point to the 2nd Amendment in the U.S‚ which gives all people and groups such as the NRA‚ the right to carry guns no matter what happens. This is a right which has been laid out and given to all Americans‚ along with freedom of speech‚ religion‚ the press‚ etc. But on the other hand‚ in the wake of mass shootings which have now become a trend across the U.S‚ and rising crime rates following the biggest jump in murder rates from 2015 to 2016‚ many advocates
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