The Odyssey: End of Book Essay I believe that Odysseus was both justified and not justified‚ in his decision to not tell his men that they will not make it back to Ithaca. The background of this scene is that a god comes to Odysseus and tells him that his fate it to make it back to Ithaca. The god also tells Odysseus that he will be the only one to return to Ithaca. Odysseus decides that the only way that he can make it back to Ithaca is if he lets his men believe that they will all make it back
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information in this day and age. People are losing their basic rights very often as a result to torture. Humans are treated like animals‚ when there are more sophisticated ways of getting information. Torture also causes a lot more problems than it fixes. Torture should not be justified because it is ineffective‚ inhumane and unnecessary. Torture should not be justified because torture is ineffective. Accurate information does not always result from torture. A study proves this by stating “Under torture
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I believe‚ in drastic cases that can’t and shouldn’t be ignored‚ we can intervene and try to help out in anyway. There are many reasons as to why this philosophy is good to try. Somethings are small and domestic‚ where it’s only a problem in that country and the country can and needs to handle it on their own. Then‚ there are some things that are on a larger scale that need to be looked at with more than one vision. Now‚ i’m not saying that all small things don’t need intervenance from other people
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must be termed as justified belief for us to believe that it is a true belief. For a belief to be justified it must follow a certain standard of principles . Believing and knowing are two different things‚ belief is not a true indication of the truth and is not sufficient for knowledge if there is no justification. According to Roderick Chisholm’s attempt at revising justified true belief; truth is a necessary condition for knowledge. Attempts at revising the theory of justified true belief all have
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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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were destroyed. WWII was broken into two main areas‚ where fighting took place and these included the Pacific Theater and the European Theater. The European Theater came to an end when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were defeated‚ but the Pacific Theater was still in progress. The Pacific Theater is generally forgotten when it comes to WWII‚ but in reality the war between the US and Japan was strenuous and horrific. This war did not seem like there would ever be an end until the US decided to unleash
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Revolution was not justified because the colonists started tarring and feathering the tax man‚ the British started taxing the colonists in not the right process‚ and the British say Parliament can do anything they want with the colonists. This explains that the colonists did non-professional things and the British did to because feathering the tax man and taxing colonists in not the right process is non-professional. This explains about why the American Revolution wasn’t justified is because the British
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Hitler’s reign was one of the worst things to happen in history. At the time many people were afraid of putting him to a stop; even so‚ a few brave souls attempted to assassinate him. His ideas were inhuman and many things he did were crazy. He was a callous man. There were many assassination attempts and Hitler never got severely hurt‚ near the end of the war people began to think he was invincible. Contrary to what many may think‚ assassination attempts were a needed repeating theme for Adolf Hitler
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The Boston Tea Party started at midnight on December 16‚ 1773. More than one hundred colonists called the Sons of Liberty threw about forty five tons of tea from British ships into Boston Harbor. This “protest” was a very justified act that showed confidence‚ determination‚ and bravery. Others believe that the act was unnecessary and the colonists went overboard (no pun intended) with their behavior‚ even though the colonists didn’t even damage the ships at all. This whole thing probably wouldn’t
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Are Huge Profits of Investment Banks Justified? Investment banks are the financial institutes‚ that attract the capital for the large companies and governments on the global financial market‚ provide consulting services during buying and selling business‚ as well as provide the brokerage services. Being the leading mediator at the trading stocks and bonds‚ derivatives‚ currencies and raw materials‚ the investment banks also release analytical reports on all markets operated by it
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