Is torture ever morally acceptable? If so‚ under what circumstances? (Argumentative Essay) Written by mystery1227 under Uncategorized Is torture ever morally acceptable‚ If so under what circumstances? Firstly‚ what exactly is torture? It can be defined as the act of inflicting excruciating pain‚ as a punishment or revenge‚ to try and acquire some sort of confession about some particular issue or some information; also is could be just pure cruelty or hate for that particular individual
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The Shortest career ever. All my life I have wanted to be an athlete and break records‚ I took time to physically research each sport I could think of and I concluded on basketball. When I turned fifteen I realized why I couldn’t achieve much‚ then I realized that I lived in the most boring and malnourished country when it came to basketball‚ I lived in Canada. You might think Canada has some major basketball leagues‚ well you’re wrong. The only team in this snowy desert that I could think of playing
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Does one not really sit down and question oneself? What is it that I hold precious? It is a difficult question to answer because one takes so many things for granted and yet even if one of them was removed we would miss it terribly. Many people cannot do without money or the comforts which money can buy; but I think in the long run these are the things one may manage without. There are other things which are indispensableand which are precious in life. Health is the foremost amongst them. One cannot
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“Is war ever justified?” The history of war is as old as the first murder.It is a heinous act which is usually performed either for defend‚wealth or property.To those of us who are horrified by war‚ it is easy to say at once that war is never justified and will totally disagree with this topic. Nevertheless‚ there are some circumstances in which going to war are justified. Like the war against Jews by Palestinian‚ war against Indian army by Kashmiries is justified. So I totally agree with this
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Is Terrorism Ever Justified? “Terrorism has no justification‚ no matter what pretext terrorist use for their deeds.” Says Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour‚ a Tunisian Culture and Preservation of Heritage Minister. (UN News Centre.) Many people view terrorism the same way as Ben Achour‚ especially in America. But there are also many of those‚ such as Alan Dershowitz‚ who counter with questions like‚ “Is ‘terrorist’ just a negative version of ‘freedom righter’?” and “How are civilian deaths in terrorism
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Teacher Ever My parents and I had the finest life in Miami‚ Florida. When my uncle died we moved Detroit‚ Michigan to go live with my aunt and my mema while they mourned his death. He died by having a rare flesh-eating-skin-disease that ate away his flesh. I could not stand Detroit it was loud‚ crude and had rats in places rats are not usually in. The most terrible part about was that I had school coming up and I was not at ease‚ being told that I was going to have the worst teacher ever. We could
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Protectionism ever justified? Explain with examples. Ria Rajendra C11IB (International business management) Dr. UmmeSalma Mujtaba October 29‚ 2013 Contents a. Introduction b. Arguments for protectionism i. Infant industries ii. Free Trade iii. Anti- dumping iv. Environmental factors v. Employment opportunities and the concept of balance of payments disequilibrium vi. Cultural influences c. Protectionism vs. Free Trade d. An analysis based on % news articles from‚ The Economist i. Appendix
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ENC 1101 Essay#2- A Place Analysis 02/24/2011 Grandma’s House: (Home away from home) I was raised in a small‚ but familiar town on the outskirts of Tallahassee known as Havana. A place where everyone practically knows everyone that lives there. My hometown upholds a sense of charm and southern hospitably in the atmosphere‚ with the many boutiques and restaurants for one to enjoy. However‚ I feel that it is a place where more mature individuals could appreciate (like adults)‚ due to its historical
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The greatest invention ever Out of the 6‚973‚738‚433 people who currently live in the world‚ how many people use the internet? According to Internet world stats‚ in the year 2011‚ thirty two percent of the world population used the internet in their everyday lives. After a year had past‚ more teenagers and elders started to use the internet to communicate research and watch the news. This great invention by Tim Burners-Lee had become a part of us‚ something our teenagers cannot survive without-
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Is it ever right to kill? What is Killing? What is killing? Well the dictionary definition is: to cause death/the act of causing death. But is that enough? I s there another type of killing? A type that is justifiable. For example if a person steals or puts you in mortal danger is it acceptable to take their life in return? But more importantly is it morally right? In this journey I hope to answer all these questions if not more‚ but also explore the views of theists‚ atheists and agnostics this
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