civilian death and suffering. The utilitarian justification for assassination lies in the many deaths and much suffering potentially prevented if just one man or woman is killed. The greater good demands a single evil act is done‚ especially if it would avert the immediate and certain danger of much worse evil. Oppressive‚ tyrannical dictators who sustain their own power through fear have no legitimacy. Who now wouldn’t wish that Hitler had been killed in 1933? Or Pol Pot in 1970? The casualties directly
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biggest arguments against abortion is that it is the murder of an unborn child or an innocent baby. But what I would like to suggest is that we usually reserve the terms ‘child’‚ ‘baby’ or ‘human’ for a thinking‚ feeling and most importantly conscious being. Abortions are only carried out in the early stages of pregnancies‚ where the embryo has not reached a stage of development that would render them a conscious being. Now I ask you the question: what is it that makes a child so inherently precious
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Psychology provides explanations as to why children who are being babysat would listen to their caretaker‚ and how the caretaker influences the children. For example if the caretaker asked the children to get along‚ keep their play area clean‚ watch no more than one hour of t.v. ‚ and work on their school projects then they most likely will be obedient to the commands. Obedience is a form of social influence where an individual acts in response to a direct order from another individual‚ who is usually
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civilization. Numerous monuments and masterpieces of the Ancient era and Middle Ages can be found throughout the country. Due to harsh and cold weather conditions‚ I was amazed to read how they do farming. The Armenian winters are so cold that farmers would dig up the grape vines and foods to prevent their freezing in order to be replanted in the spring. The summers are long and warm and thus the harvests are plentiful. Vegetables such as squash‚ onions‚ tomatoes‚ garlic‚ cabbage‚ okra‚ green beans‚ peppers
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[briarpatch922] Melanie Woody English 1010-C92 17 September 2013 Classical Music Would be Ordinary without the Oboe Handel‚ Bach‚ Mozart‚ Saint Saëns‚ Beethoven and many more composers wrote countless music for full‚ grand orchestras and their pieces of music have been played regularly and imitated to this day. In almost each work‚ they chose to exhibit one instrument in particular: the oboe. Why the oboe? What does it have that other instruments are lacking? If many world-renowned composers
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In the “What‚ of this Goldfish‚ would you wish?”‚ one of the protagonists named Yoni‚ is a cynical person who wants to get money from everyone. In the story‚ Yonatan is a mercenary who has a “genius idea” and will try to benefit economically as much as he can from people’s emotions. Instead of helping people‚ he uses their rawness and melancholy stories to benefit from it. The narrator in the story‚ stated that out of this idea instead of helping people‚ “Even better‚ maybe he’d cash out…” (Keret
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Journal Review 11/11/10 KINS 4813 James Bowen If Only She Would Play? The Impact of Sports Participation on Self-Esteem‚ School Adjustment‚ and Substance Use Among Rural and Urban African American Girls. Reference: Taylor‚ M.‚ & Turek‚ G. (2010). If Only She Would Play? The Impact of Sports Participation on Self-Esteem‚ School Adjustment‚ and Substance Use among Rural and Urban African American Girls. Journal of Sport Behavior‚ 33(3)‚ 315-336. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete
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Covenant Marriage Would Decrease the Rate of Divorce Most people have the need to have a stable and secure life. Consequently‚ banks and financial advisors assist society in securing finances‚ police safeguards our lives and well-being; but what can protect our emotional state of life? What can save a marriage from divorce? The one of the possible effective ways to protect marriages from braking apart is covenant marriage. Covenant marriage is an option for couples to receive premarital counseling
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In “The Halo That Would Not Light”‚ Brock-Broido depicts a woman’s decent into insanity to convey the idea that insanity is greater than reality. Through her use of symbolism and imagery‚ Brock-Broido is successfully able reveal a woman’s loss of purity to convey how harsh reality truly is. In the second and third stanzas‚ Broido states‚ “He dropped your tiny body In the scarab-colored hollow Of a carriage‚ left you like a finch Wrapped in its nest of linens wound”. This depiction of a fragile body
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Describe a country you would like to visit. Madagascar is an island in the Indian Ocean‚ it belong to southern Africa. This country is a green gem in the Indian Ocean. Madagascar is very charming. It has wood carvings‚ strange animals‚ and lots of sapphires. Wood carving is a sign and symbol of this country and the nation’s culture and history (Heale‚ Abdul‚ 2008). There are known locally as the “holy wood”‚ this kind of wood is hard and heavy‚ and the texture is black and white (Ashamu et‚ al
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