PROCESS ESSAY Written by: Salman Diamond‚ a precious metal‚ is famous for two important characteristics which are its hardness and thermal conductivity‚ although‚ extraction and processing of a diamond are a very difficult process. Diamond is one of the most expensive metals in the world as it is rarely found in the world. The extraction and processing of a diamond is done in the following manner: Discovery of diamond mine‚ Extraction of diamond in raw form‚ further processed in industries and
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The Bombing In Japan America was justified for dropping the bomb on Japan during World War Two because they didn’t want to lose any more American lives. These American lives are major values to their loved ones. In this document it shows a poster saying "Avenge Pearl Harbor"(document A) by that meaning how the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor by kamikaze basically bombing the boats and tankers by crashing into them with the enemy plane. Since Japan bombed the tankers‚ United
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“Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” (The Gettier Problem) Background Epistemology: A theory of _____________ What do we mean when we claim to know something? What kinds of conditions must be satisfied in order for a claim to become knowledge? Note: we are interested in __________________ knowledge here (S knows that p)‚ not knowledge of how to do things (e.g.‚ knowing how to ride a bike) The tripartite theory of knowledge – knowledge as justified true belief (JTB) The truth condition We
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Is the Use Torture Ever Justified? According time in the follow Asian‚ Middle East and other countries have used torture as a tool of murder for over two thousand years. Dictators believed that torture is a way to rule their country. “Is torture ever justified?” this question was asked on ABC News in 2004. In that poll sixty three percent of respondent believed that torture should be abolished‚ thirty one percent agreed with torture but with limits‚ and seven percent agree torture without
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Is torture ever justified? This question response automatically comes the way one may perceive torture or defines torture’s meaning. In a number of dictionaries torture is defined as‚ “extreme pain; anguish of body or mind‚ or the act of inflicting excruciating pain‚ as punishment or revenge as a means of getting a confession for information”. In layman’s terms‚ torture is just sheer cruelty and in no way morally right‚ not permissible‚ or in no situation justified. Slavery would be a situation
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Justified Independence Kimberly White 12/18/2014 The American colonists’ were justified in declaring their independence and breaking away from Great Britain. There were many reasons the colonists wanted their freedom. Among these reasons‚ the most important were unreasonable taxes‚ control of trade‚ and the violent nature of Britain. The first justified reason the colonists had for declaring their independence from Britain was the unreasonable and unfair taxes that the British
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believe that the United States was not justified to drop the atomic bombs. Theses bombs killed up to 140‚000 innocent Japanese citizens and injured thousands more. Thousands more innocent lives suffered third degree burns and many other type of injuries. The two bombs destroyed many houses‚ buildings‚ and crops. The United States also invested 2 billion dollars in these bombs. Was it worth it to kill all of these thousands of innocent lives? The United States was not justified in dropping these two atomic
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Is war ever justified? Is war ever justified? I would say yes. Others would say no. I believe that there are some situations that resort to going to war and that there are some that do not. If Britain hadn’t declared war on Germany when they invaded Poland‚ what would have happened? Would Jews still be persecuted? Would Hitler have had his "perfect" race or blonde hair and blue eyes? Would most of Europe now not be speaking English or French‚ Spanish‚ Portuguese etc.‚ but be speaking German? Britain
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Is capital punishment justified? This is something that has been effectively an area of debate not only legally‚ but morally‚ ethically‚ economically‚ and philosophically for decades. Capital punishment is defined as The lawful infliction of death as a punishment for committing capital crimes such as rape and third degree murder; More commonly referred to as “the death penalty”. The area of contention arises when discussing whether or not it is ethical to inflict death upon a human being regardless
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Stalin was a dictator of the Soviet Union starting from 1922-1953 (Mazelev‚ 1999). Stalin is famous for his extremities used to build and sustain Communism in USSR. He is considered as one of the leaders who were responsible for the death of many people during their rule. The estimated number of deaths for which he is known to be responsible goes over 40 million (Price 2014). Can his actions be justified and what was the end of the means he used? Stalin‚ as his predecessor Lenin‚ was mostly affected
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