Simon Lewis’ Justified and Ancient He laughs best who laughs last: That is one of the statements made in Simon Lewis’ short story from the year two thousand. Another one may be a statement of justice. Justice may be a term of the type which value is diminished because of the word put on it. Reading the short story provokes us to reconsider our normal interpretation of the word since the word acts paradoxical in it. When are you justified to do certain actions and who is justified against who
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Johnny a greasers kills a socs named Bob and it causes more issues. Johnny IS justified in what he did and is not not guilty because Johnny had to take control and stop the bad action that were happening. He was trying to protect Ponyboy‚ and defend himself in case something worse was going to happens to both of them. Johnny had to take control and stop the bad action that were happening. For an example‚ “His eyes were huger than I’d ever seen them. “‘I killed him‚’ he said slowly. “I killed that
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Can terrorism ever be justified? Since the turn of the century‚ the postmodern world has seen increasing levels of political‚ cultural‚ military and socio-economic tumult‚ much of this due to a series of terrorist attacks on American soil and the resultant waging of Washington ’s “War on Terror”. Consequently‚ the nature of terrorism has come under intense media focus and is subject to immense debate‚ especially on its justification. Before engaging in such a debate one must first identify terrorism
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In Today’s Society‚ War can be Justified Philosophical Social Issues In today’s society‚ the possession and effective use of force is necessary. We have to recognize that we live in an imperfect world where evil seems to be an inevitablity. Our constant need for power makes the idea of a violent free world unimaginable. As long as we continue on this power hungry path the political issues will continue on this same path. Force is necessary with our current societal conditions and can be looked
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from making irrational decisions. During the time of the American Revolution‚ colonists were forced to use common sense in order to defend not only themselves‚ but also the land that they called home. The call for independence came to the colonists out of necessity of gaining back their rights and establishing a government that worked to fulfill their needs. Looking back on the history of the American colonies‚ it is clear that the colonists’ movement for independence was in fact “common sense.” For
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then the morals dictated by this are confused and unclear. Is abortion morally wrong? Can it ever be justified? In the UK abortion became illegal in 1861 under ¡¥The Offences Against the Person Act¡¦ when the penalty for ’procuring a miscarriage’ was life imprisonment. This was backed up in 1929 in the Infant Life Preservation Act. Women trying to escape the burden of an unwanted pregnancy were forced to use unreliable and dangerous methods‚ including poisonous drugs‚ knitting needles‚ soap or
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Is Medea Justified In Her Actions? Is the killing of anyone ever justified? Is the life of one individual more important than another? In Euripides‚ Medea‚ Medea kills the princess of Corinth‚ the king of Corinth‚ Creon‚ as well as her own children. Are her actions the actions of an insane‚ distraught person or those of wise‚ foreign‚ barbaric woman trying to protect her children? Through the story of Medea‚ Medea justifies the killing of others while several other characters portray the injustice
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Revolution‚ the colonists had developed a strong sense of unity as Americans. Many events leading up to the American Revolution had been responsible for a small part of uniting the coloists together as Americans. One of the first visible steps was the French and Indian War (0). Especially after the embarassing failure of Braddock’s battle‚ Britain’s strong and invincible image was shattered in the eyes of the colonists. The war also bolstered colonial self-esteem‚ and united the American peoples when
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British in the American Revolutionary War‚ they were fighting for independence and freedom from Great Britain. “It took the War for Independence to create American citizens." The former colonists wanted to govern themselves apart from their former mother country‚ and upon their victory‚ they accomplished just that. They learned the real meaning and background of what being an American citizen was and learned many things amongst themselves as well as their sense of nationhood. They were then on their
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surprising because of how many siblings she has‚ the age she got pregnant‚ and the other experiences she has gone through in so far. I believe that TeLinde’s research was important by him trying to find out what she had and not really justified because she didn’t know her cells were going to be given to someone else as well. Dr. Gey
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