Capital Punishment - a necessary evil? View PDF | Print View by: Smrithy Word Count: 933 0 comments “An eye for an eye‚ a tooth for a tooth and a life for a life” Is it ever justifiable to execute criminals? Is Capital punishment the penalty (sentence of death) for committing a crime or is execution in the simplest of terms a state-sanctioned killing? The principle of capital punishment is that certain murderers deserve nothing less than death as a just‚ proportionate and effective
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The change in climate is something we are all facing. We sometimes hear of winter days becoming longer in some states and summer months becoming hotter than usual. All of these changes are contributed to the choices we make in our day to day lives; do we recycle‚ are we conscious of our surroundings‚ etc. Would I consider this to be an issue of morality? Yes‚ I would. Everyone has the responsibility to be aware of their surroundings. We each must take a part on how we treat the planet‚ i.e.
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It was around 5 pm on a Tuesday evening when the National Hurricane Center in Miami‚ Florida‚ issued a warning to its citizens that a tropical storm would soon become a hurricane. Being only 350 miles from the populated city‚ Floridians didn’t have much to fear. At age four‚ I was one of them. But we and the residents of New Orleans‚ Louisiana and Mississippi didn’t know just how wrong we would be. Hurricane Katrina was the third deadliest hurricane in the United States history‚ claiming over a
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an attorney. Where did these rights originate from though‚ what is the purpose of them and are they really necessary? This paper will look at the origin of Miranda Rights and why they are necessary through the use of court cases. Before these rights were known as the Miranda Rights‚ they stem from the Fifth and Sixth Amendments: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital‚
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Electoral Votes Are They Necessary Someone asked the question what is an Electoral College‚ what does it mean and how does it work. The Electoral is a formal body which elects the President and Vice President of the United States. Every state is given a number of electoral votes according to its population. However‚ in this day and age is the Electoral College/vote need today‚ or just another loophole that the government is exploiting. Even though electoral voting has been in play for
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Animal testing is a practice that helps new discoveries in the fields of science and health sciences. However‚ it has been laid on top of a hidden‚ dark torture chamber. The reckless torture of animals involved is abysmal. The theme of the essay is to point out that animals and humans share the same fate during torture and humans should start treating animals with the respect they deserve and give them the freedom they are destined to enjoy. Even though animal testing has so many advantages‚ this
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suits. Some medical mistakes can’t be avoided due the fact that patients do not have control of‚but others can be avoided with the proper care. Let’s have a look at things we can do in order to prevent medical malpractice. Steps to prevent medical malpractice 1.Recognizing medical mistakes In order to prevent them you have to be able to recognize them first. Don’t be afraid to ask if you have any type of questions. 2.Getting a second opinion from another doctor Before any medical procedure‚it is very
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charge. Nine years later‚ the gas tax became permanent through the Revenue Act of 1941 in order to help fund the war effort and increased by half a cent per gallon. In 1959‚ President Eisenhower raised the tax to four pennies per gallon to fund his creation of the interstate highway system. As of 2005‚ the federal gas tax alone is 18.4 cents on the gallon. Unfortunately‚ gas taxes are a necessary evil and not only hit Americans at a Federal level‚ but at local and state levels as well. (Alter‚ 2008).
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Are social networking sites necessary…?? Social media helps people stay in touch with each other more easily‚ as well as reconnect with people they may have once known but lost contact though you may live far away from each other. It plays a very important role in making events. For example‚ you have to plan for a school event but you can’t do so during school timings. So‚ you can communicate via social networking sites without having to pay. They are also becoming increasingly important for business
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Animal Experimentation: A Necessary Evil It is time for society to realize that no one benefits from the suffering of animals used in expensive and useless experiments. Animals may not be able to speak like humans but it does not negate the fact that they are capable of suffering. The human species has taken the liberty of deciding what is valuable in the world‚ and therefore they prize themselves as the highest level of the food chain. The human species has used animals for transportation‚ food
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