Is it ever ethically justified to torture a terrorist to save millions of innocent lives‚ or is it always unjustifiable to torture a person? Imagine one summer day when all the news stations broadcast a message saying that a terrorist has planted a nuclear bomb in New York City and that the bomb will detonate in approximately one hour and two million civilians will parish. The news then says that the terrorist has been captured‚ but the only way to find out the key information to stop the detonation
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Oppression has been justified by many governments throughout history. Governments often justify oppression of their people through laws which are passed for “the betterment of society.” A prime example of oppression justified by “bettering the society” are the policies of the Russian Dictator‚ Joseph Stalin. Stalin believed in order to survive as a whole the russian people must work to increase economic standing against advanced capitalist nations. Stalin’s speech entitled “The Need For Progress”
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Can breaking the law ever be justified? Imagine a world without those brave people who dared to not abide by the law and fight for a right. A world without Gandhi would be a world without independent India; without Mandela there would be white superiority in Africa; without freedom fighters‚ there would be no democracy in Nepal. I believe that all the actions of such law breakers are good‚ even though they were against various laws‚ and such actions can be justified to some extent. Even though laws
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after what he did‚ The question is though‚ is it justified for George to kill Lennie to save him from the lynch mob heading for his lead by Curly himself. the argument that it was that it was justified‚ because he was going to do it as an act of mercy‚ he was thinking about how he could not save Lennie from society and vice versa‚ and that George could never make money and get Lennie his “American dream” when George shoots Lennie it was justified in the way that it was in the way of mercy saving
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The assassination of Osama Bin Laden was justified because he was a terrorist and had murdered over 2‚977 people during the 9/11 attack. However‚ some believed that he was Muslim and believed in peace. Osama Bin Laden was held accountable for a lot of deadly acts of terrorism. Also‚ terrorism is illegal in any country. Bin was apart terrorist group called “Al – Qaida “. In 1988 Bin Laden created a new group called “Al – Qaida“ (“the base “) that would focus on symbolic acts of terrorism
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The colonists policy toward the native Americans had different origins and therefore different consequences. Much has been written about the encounter of these two cultures‚ which would sooner or later bring about a painful clash. Because of their so diferent cultures‚ only one would prevail. The colonists as a group‚ depending on their beliefs‚ had a hard‚ harshpolicy toward Native Americans. Native Americans‚ on the other hand‚ structured their lives on beliefs which had no common base ground with
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and harsh criticism as a result of his belief and religion and had several reasons for revenge against his counterpart‚ Antonio‚ as he was mocked by him and had suffered many problems on his behalf. Although he had many reasons for revenge‚ were they justified? Shylock hated and did not respect Antonio as he had injured and insulted him in the past and made it very clear that he would in the future as he says "I am as like to call thee [dog] again‚ / to spit on thee again‚ to spurn thee too." Shylock
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Although credible sources acknowledge the death of William McIntosh as an assassination commandeered by rival Chief Menwana‚ Creek law divulges that Chief Menwana was not only justified‚ but also encouraged by Creek law to kill Chief McIntosh. Chief McIntosh was a controversial Creek leader whose strong relationship with the United States government cast suspicion about his loyalty to the Creeks. In the years prior to his death‚ William McIntosh attempted to remain a trusted Creek leader while supporting
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friendship decisions‚ medical diagnosis (especially psychological)‚ and police decisions. This is another reason why diversity needs to increase‚ thus justifying affirmative action. I received a “little to no racial preference for African Americans or European Americans (I can’t remember the exact phrase- sorry)”after taking the IAT‚ but I had a hard time during the test just because I got used to the arrangement of the categories from the first round‚ so I made more mistakes because I was used to pressing
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due to the wartime situation and Japan’s extreme cruelty‚ the United States were predominantly justified in their decision to drop the atomic bombs. Dropping the atomic bombs in Japan was a strategic method to finish the Second World War‚ and to avenge the Japanese with minimal casualties. Since Japan acted brutally toward the Allies‚ it was absolutely virtuous to act brutally back toward them in order to show them who we were‚ what we could do‚ and how hard we would fight to purge the world of injustices
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