Socrates’ Conviction Was Socrates guilty of the charges brought against him? Does his trial and execution represent the effective functioning of the Athenian democracy‚ or a failure of it? Why‚ in a society relishing freedom and democracy‚ would a seventy-year-old philosopher be executed for what he was teaching? What could Socrates have done to prompt a jury of 500 Athenians send him to his death just a few years before he would have died naturally? He was charged with not believing in the gods
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Hey so this is how you say Hi. Hi! You can also say hi by saying Hello‚ Hola‚ and bye..... wait that is not right. Bye is how you say bye. You can Which of the following describes the selection of federal judges? The president nominates someone to fill a vacancy‚ and the Senate confirms the choice. The Senate nominates someone to fill a vacancy‚ and the president confirms the choice. The president nominates someone to fill a vacancy‚ and the House confirms the choice. The House
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Ismayrani Olmos October 20‚ 2015 English 2.Peeples.1st period Breaking the Rules‚ Wrong or Right? Is it ever okay to break the rules to get what you want? Well it is never okay to break the rules to get what you want. Do you know what that is called? Greed‚ acquisitive‚ avaricious‚ self-seeking. You become so caught up in winning or getting what you want that to satisfy your desires that you disobey the rules. Regulations that have been set so that things run smoothly or fairly for that matter
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Convictions 1 Convictions Ohio Christian University CM3000 – Christian Excellence Convictions 2 We all live our lives according to our set of personal convictions. Personal convictions are the blueprints that guide us down the path of life. We generally obtain our core convictions during childhood based on our culture‚ where we live and our religious beliefs. It is probably safe to say that no two people will have the exact same convictions because each of our experiences and backgrounds
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those changes did not have an long lasting effect. Reconstruction aimed to reconnect the South with the rest of the Union and assimilate blacks into American culture. Reconstuction failed society because it was a short lived success and the Freedsman Borough was of little service. Reconstruction was successful in restoring the Union but lacked significantly in trying to assimilate blacks into society. After reconstuction was over white southerners still degraded blacks and did everything in
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Essay 2 Doing something for the right reasons can never be wrong. If doing something for the right reasons‚ means doing something that is considered the morally necessitated action. In everyday circumstances‚ it is considered morally wrong to kill a fellow human being. But this does not therefore mean‚ killing a fellow human being is always wrong‚ there may well be circumstances in which doing so; is considered the reasonable and morally right action. One may be put in a situation where the only
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How to Say Nothing in 500 Words- Response The writer of this text gave some very influential information that I could really use to further develop my writing skills. I admit that I do generally use common things that everyone uses and that do affect my scores on essays. After reading this‚ I really want to improve my essays by using more descriptive language and venturing out of the box. Surprisingly‚ even though the speaker’s essay was written 50 years ago it is still very relevant today.
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death row for nearly 10 years. Three stays of execution and endless appeals kept Bundy alive for almost a decade‚ when his victims lives were untimely and viciously taken from them (Lamar‚ 34). If a sentence of death is handed down‚ then it should be enforced‚ not as a question of morality‚ but simply as an act of justice. The moral issue of whether the death penalty is right or wrong and its constitutionality‚ is beyond this argument. The death penalty already exists in 36 states‚ and‚ given
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Notes on “Right and Wrong” First‚ plenty of people who don’t believe in God still make judgments of right and wrong‚ and think no one should kill another for his wallet even if he can be sure to get away with it. Second‚ if God exists‚ and forbids what’s wrong‚ that still isn’t what makes it wrong. Murder is wrong in itself‚ and that’s why God forbids it (if He does.) God couldn’t make just any old thing wrong-like putting on your left sock before you’re right-simply by prohibiting it. If God would
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Salem‚ Massachusetts at the time. “Although it was ordinary practice for young girls to live with relatives to learn about housewifery‚ we know very little about Abigail‚ including where she was born and who her parents were.” (Yost‚ 2002) In an indirect way‚ Abigail has contributed to American history being that she was the main cause of the Salem Witch Trial accusations. The 6th amendment of the American Constitution was highly influenced by the Salem Witch Trials. With the 6th amendment‚ the accused
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