In 399 BCE‚ Socrates was put on trial and convicted to death for “impiety and corrupting the youth of the city” (Apology‚ p. 202). He asked many questions of people‚ making them look unintelligent and the upper-class youth followed suit. Instead of accepting his fate‚ he killed himself‚ denying his opposition the pleasure of doing so themselves. Confucius was a philosopher in China many years after the death of Socrates in Greece. His philosophy was based on natural order‚ specifically children minding
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Define who is an agent and give TWO (2) reasons why agents are appointed. GHL Fridman describes agency as ‘the relationship that exists between persons when one‚ called the agent‚ is considered in law to represent the other‚ called the principal‚ in such a way as to be able to affect the principal’s legal position in resects of strangers to the relationship by the making of contracts or the disposition of property’. The Australian High Court in International Harvester Co of Australia Pty
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There are several differences between stops and arrests. As an exception to the Probable Cause and warrant requirements a stop has to have the underlining basis of reasonable suspicion. At its core a police stop is when an officer stops you from doing anything that you were doing prior and after an officer has observed an individual doing something suspicious. While an arrest is an officer actually taking a person into police custody. If a stop is arbitrary or not supported by reasonable suspicion
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There are several speculations as to why Neanderthals went extinct. One very valid reason is because of competition and changes to their habitat due to climate change. Neanderthals were known to be very good hunters‚ so when the climates began to change‚ animals that Neanderthals would hunt would have realistically gone extinct. This would have opened a platform for starvation. Another plausible cause would have been competition among both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens for resources needed for survival
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from being sad if parents tell them the truth. Now children do lie quite more than adults for their own reasons. The real question is why do children lie? Children lie often because they think the truth hurts people’s feelings and they are afraid of telling the truth. Parents teach their kids not to lie‚ but yet they allow their children to lie when it involves someone’s feelings. That is why children lie because sometimes they feel
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Confront your actions and assume your consequences. Sascha should go to trial. He should get the punishment he deserves and needs to be accountable with society‚ paying his crime. The colonel states that Sascha should go to court and resolve his crime on his own‚ he is against paying the debt for the promissory note because it is his signature the one involved in the crime‚ so not only would the family honor be lost‚ but he would also be incriminated in the matter. “Suppose we were to forgive him
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Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister in 1922 due to the depriving affects that world war one had on Italian society. The war destroyed Italy economically leading to a rise in socialism. This in turn lead to highlighting the weaknesses of the liberals as the country was torn apart in the red years. This strengthened the appeal of fascism as it was the cure that Italy needed to get rid of the socialists. The fascists needed only to organise their party and take advantage of the open opportunity to
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James P. Collins What Was at Stake? Analyzing the Significance of the Scopes Monkey Trial for American Education Analytical Introduction This article was written to remind students and teachers of the past historical events which served to shape current American education trends‚ standards‚ policies‚ and norms. In writing this piece‚ I hope to highlight a pivotal point in American education history when the right to think and question and status quo was threatened. I carefully contemplated
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different races in their history class‚ and it influences their behavior towards people that look different‚ because if their ancestors did it than their must have been a reason for it. Although‚ the only reason for it was that white people wanted all the power so they put themselves at the top of the social structures‚ and that is why race continues to stay around
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Turkey was on the same side as Germany in the First World War‚ that made them the Anzac’s enemy. It was decided that soldiers needed to land and fight in turkey. This is where the famous battle of Gallipoli happened now known as ANZAC cove because of the horrific losses of the Australian forces in a so seemed futile and pointless battle. This essay highlights why the Gallipoli campaign was a failure. On April 25th 1915 the Anzac’s arrived at the Anzac cove‚ after an element of confusion which cause
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