Auschwitz-Birkenau was operating‚ the allies (The United States‚ Britain and Soviets) were well informed about the atrocities occurring at these camps‚ but failed to send support. World leaders had knowledge about the genocide and mass murder in early 1940s as it began to unfold around the world but did nothing about it. Winston Churchill‚ and Franklin Roosevelt presented as speech to give a public warning to Germans in 1942 after Germany announced the execution of Jewish civilians‚ but this was the most support
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ENGL 1301 Composition I November 9‚ 2013 Is Torture justified? What is torture? Basically‚ this is the action of physically or psychologically hurting a person without their permission and against their will. The torture has many goals such as obtaining a confession or information of the victim‚ revenge for an act committed by the victim or just for entertainment morbid and sadistic of the torturer. According to the 1984 United Nations Convention against Torture‚ the torture is: “any act
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Plato`s Defence of Socrates: Retribution In the Defence of Socrates the citizens of Athens condemned Socrates to death. I will explain and evaluate the prophecy that was given before his death. His prophecy held that the citizens of Athens would be harmed by Socrates` death more than he will be. I will explain Socrates reasoning behind his belief that the citizens of Athens will be harmed by Socrates’ death. I will also explain how he attempts to convince them that death is not evil but instead
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It was unjustified for Clytaemnestra to murder Agamemnon on the basis of revenge for their daughter Iphigenia because of how long it had been‚ the fact that it was done for the greater good and because of Clytaemnestras’ infidelity to Agamemnon. This is summed up elegantly by the chorus of old men when they say to Clytaemnestra‚ “…And You‚ innocent of his murder? And who could swear to that? and how?...” (A‚ 1534-35). One reads very early on in the book of Agamemnon that “Ten years gone‚ ten to
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Britain attempted to control through mercantilism and tried to increase tax on colonies‚ which resulted in the resistance from colonies. This eventually led to the outbreak of fighting to declare independence. The Britains believed in achieving a favorable balance of trade‚ they wanted the colonies to be prosperous because they wanted all of the exports to come straight to Britain and for the other colonies to receive a small portion of goods. Britain wanted to make as much money as possible out
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For the purposes of this essay the assumption will be that there is no after life or god. Eliminating the concept of god in a sense dissolves the issue of sinfulness and blameworthiness. Therefore a relativist stance will be adopted and the absolutist stance rejected. The issue of cowardice also should be addressed as arguably a soldier going to certain death is not a coward and few people would be able to harm him/herself. The taking of life can be considered under three categories‚ as an exercise
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According to Plato‚ there is a manifold of reasons as to why Socrates was on trial. The Athenians believed Socrates as guilty of blasphemy‚ investigating concepts that failed to acknowledge the presence of gods‚ as well as‚ corrupting the youth. Socrates was on trial for the accusations made specifically by three men of the community. Oppressed for the poets‚ the first accuser was Meletus. A young poet himself‚ Meletus was dismayed with Socrates’ scant opinion. He arraigned Socrates for corrupting
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United States: Justified or Unjustified Mexico wanted to steal America’s land that they have won. Mexico was crossing American borders‚ and some Mexican soldiers killed sixteen Americans. Mexico crossed the line with America and the United States decided to go to war with Mexico. America has too little land for too many people‚ and America had already won Texas. Mexico denied Texas’s independence and wants Texas back. America had decided to go to war because the belief to fulfill Manifest Destiny
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Was The Reign Of Terror Justified? The French revolution was planned to overthrow the monarchy of France because the King was over taxing the poor‚ spending the tax money on himself‚ and didn’t seem to care about the starving people of France. It was not planned to kill large amounts of people every day because they were suspected to be against the revolution. Influences like Marat’s newspaper made Robespierre and the people think that the answer to keeping the revolution alive was blood. The Reign
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seventy-thousand Japanese citizens. This was the atomic bomb Little Boy. Only three days later‚ the atomic bomb Fat Man fell on Nagasaki‚ resulting in eighty-thousand deaths. In addition‚ hundreds of thousands would later perish at the hands of radiations sickness‚ which was not yet understood at the time. It was then and still is a point of contention between scholars‚ but‚ ultimately‚ President Truman made the right and just decision in bombing Japan. Even after four years of war against
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