Is the Death Penalty Justified? Jessica Valentine PHI 103 Informal Logic Professor Stephen Carter March 20‚ 2012 Is the Death Penalty Justified? The death penalty will always be a topic some people refuse to talk about. When in fact‚ it is a very serious topic and people should know how and why the death penalty is not justified. I believe the death penalty is not justified in the least bit because there are people sitting up in prison just living life because the state does not want to
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Were the colonists justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain? After all of the hardship and violence the British imposed on the colonists‚ the Americans were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain. The Colonists were justified in breaking away because the parliament passed laws that were unjustified‚ The British king was of tyranny‚ The Stamp Act of 1765‚ The Townshend Act and The Boston Massacre. All of this lead to the colonies joining together and rebelling against
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But this is justified; how can you respect the one whom Prophets proclaim as a threat to Albion-- a threat to your Destiny? Were Mordred’s intentions noble‚ you would treat him as a brother. You long for companionship‚ yet you turn away from Mordred. But this is justified; how can you befriend the one who will kill Arthur? The one who will pour blood and grieving over your sacred Destiny‚ leaving you stranded‚ broken and useless? To do so would be to spit in the face of your hard work. Which
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The play Hamlet is a play about revenge. In the play Hamlet‚ it leads me to believe that revenge is not justified in any way. Because Claudius dies‚ Hamlet dies‚ Ophelia‚ Horatio all die at the end of the play. The first reason why the Hamlet play is proof that revenge is not justified. Hamlet is the main character of the play trying to figure out how to get revenge on Claudius. Claudius killed hamlets father by pouring poison in his father’s ear. In order to become the new king of Denmark. And
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Colonialism in the Congo: The Terror of Civilization The images of gaiety and wonder that typically accompany one’s thoughts of an expedition into the magnificent natural wonders of Africa lie in stark contradiction to subjugation and cruelty of a people as displayed in The Congo Report. An aspect of the government’s masquerade of a virtuous mission in the Congo is the “efforts to suppress such barbarous practices” and bring civilization to the “savages”. Private enterprise was able to hide a large amount
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Death Penalty Justified or Not? When people sit back and think about the death penalty‚ they begin to either get offended or deeply saddened as to their thoughts on the death penalty. One may feel as if the death penalty is cruel and just plain wrong‚ where as another person may feel as if the death penalty is a good punishment but is not being used as much as it should be. The arguments based upon the idea of the death penalty would be as such‚ the death penalty was put into place to execute a
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For those who spend their lives working to prevent and end wars‚ whether and how war itself can be justified must be an urgent question. Of course‚ war’s justification is an ancient tradition. Bizarrely‚ Just War theory was formulated within the Christian church‚ whose founder chose a donkey instead of a war horse and taught his followers to overcome evil with good. Not only is the theory still mainstream among churches but‚ as Dan Smith‚ head of an important NGO working for conflict transformation
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The Reign of Terror throughout France had a significant contribution to the French Revolution. Between the years of 1792 1795‚ France experienced highly dramatic political‚ social and economic changes. The French Revolution began when the most privileged class of France‚ the aristocracy‚ tried to resist reforms attempted by the government. The Terror was instigated and carried out by a coalition of Jacobins and sans-culottes. Among the most important leaders of those who encouraged and administered
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someone commits an act of wrongdoing‚ is it ever fair for the sufferer to take vengeance on them for the crime that the person has committed? The punishment depends on the situation and the form of punishment taken‚ but in most cases revenge is not justified‚ and retribution or reparation are better options. If a person commits a crime‚ they should obviously be punished as with any justice system. However‚ revenge should be avoided as an option. Fortunately most justice systems nowadays do not use
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Was the Atomic Bombing Justified? The Atomic Bomb made a very serious statement at a time when the world was in disarray (“Manhattan”). World War II was one of the most destructive times in history causing over 50 million deaths and leaving behind mental and physical casualties of war. (“World War II”) It started in September‚ 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and continued on a destructive path through Europe. Britain and France declared war on Germany. Two years prior in 1937‚ the Sino Japanese
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