History 25 February 2013 War is unjust War is defined as a conflict battled between two political communities. Although some may say that fighting in a war creates peace and settles problems‚ it truly only causes death‚ brings countries into debt‚ and does not always conclude in what was expected. Many precautions can be taken to prevent opposing forces from advancing into war. Even if there are no other possible ways to approach the problem at hand‚ war is unjust on all levels. The disputes between
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Some of Hammurabi’s codes were just but most of them were unjust. Hammurabi’s codes were too rough and unfair to people because son’s would get their hands cut off for things that could have been handled differently and better‚debts were not fair‚ and slaves were treated differently than free people. In document C‚ law number 195‚ it said " If a son has struck his father‚ his hands shall be cut off." This law was unjust because they should have no right to cut the son’s hands for hitting
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leads a good life because he is fearful of the repercussions of his actions and the unjust man is not fearful of these repercussions because he is stronger and more intelligent than the average citizen. These traits will allow him to avoid social comeback for his unjust actions. Furthermore‚ the more unjust a man is the stronger he becomes. Thrasymachus finally states that since the unjust man is living outside the law‚ he will lead a happier and more fruitful life because he is free from the social
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I personally think that the death penalty is unjust. Murder is murder no matter who is doing it. So if someone kills someone‚ does that give the judicial system the right to kill someone? In my opinion no‚ because all in all‚ it is still down right murder. I think that that life in prison is torture enough especially when you have people who have been wrongfully convicted of murder. Does the legal system have authorization to take innocent lives? Being that this scale is unbalanced‚ I believe that
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mesopotomia people had to follow strict laws called the Hammurabi’s code. Hammurabi was born 1810 B.C in Babylon‚ Iraq and ruled for 42 years. He wrote 282 laws. My personal opinion on the Hammurabi’s code is that it is unfair to all people. There are three laws I want to explain that can be shown that Hammurabi’s code was unjust. They are law 196‚ law 199‚ and law 218. Law 196 is an eye for an eye‚ if a man puts out a free mans eye then he shall have his eye put out. Law 199 on the other hand‚ is if a
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“If a plant cannot live according to its nature‚ it dies; and so a man.” As related by Henry David Thoreau‚ one of the most famous contributors to the concept of civil disobedience‚ there are some conditions regarding unjust laws that must be changed for the welfare of the people. If this is something the government cannot understand or agree with‚ it is the responsibility of the people themselves to work to the best of their abilities to change them. Most commonly‚ this is done through marches‚
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Unjust and Unfair Society We live in a world with freedom of speech and everyone is said to be treated equally. We have the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence which protects us. Even with that I believe that our society is not fair and just; as well as not as democratic as we like to believe. Thomas Jefferson‚ Cady Stanton‚ and John Rawls has different prospective of what a just society is. There are many phenomena that leads to the democracy’s potential for a lesser democratic institutions
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the sixth king of its capitol city‚ Babylon. During his reign‚ Hammurabi established law and order and funded irrigation‚ defense‚ and religious projects. He personally took care of and governed the administration. In fact‚ in 1786‚ he wrote two hundred eighty-two laws governing family‚ criminal punishment‚ civil law‚ ethics‚ business‚ prices‚ trade‚ and every other aspect of ancient life—this set of laws became known as “the Code of Hammurabi.” Carved upon a black stone eight feet high
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un-peacefully when he was shot on January 30‚ 1948 at the age of 78. His assassination was unjust for several reasons buy mainly because he was the commander of the fight for Indian independence from the British‚ was known around the world as a symbol of peace‚ justice and human rights. In spite of his good intentions many believed he was the destroyer of India. The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi was unjust because he led the fight for Indian independence from the British. It was an international
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does one know if a society’s actions are moral or not? How does one know if their unjust actions are just? To authentically judge a society one must isolate the just and the unjust. As stated in The Republic by Plato‚ Now‚ if we are to form a real judgment of the life of the just and unjust‚ we must isolate them; there is no other way and how is the isolation to be affected? I answer: Let the unjust man be entirely unjust‚ and the just man entirely just; nothing is to be taken away from either of them
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