discussions and notes‚ violence is defined as any action or structural arrangement that results in physical or non-physical harm to people or living things. It can be willful and deliberate‚ it may be intended or not intended‚ and it could also be justified or not justified‚ such in the cases of capital punishment‚ wars and self-defense. Violence effects all forms of wellbeing‚ and often times it’s not even recognized as violence by the recipient or victim. Violence operates in multiple spheres that are all
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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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In 1945‚ when the atomic bomb was dropped in Japan I felt that it was not justified. Even though it saved thousands of American lives it was at the cost of others lives. The United States could have gave the Japanese a warning before dropping not one‚ but two bombs on them. However‚ the Japanese did not surrender until after the second bomb I think a warning would have made the bombing “justified.” To begin with‚ even though the United States and Japan were at war and were protected their own citizens
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there needs to be world peace established. “Suicide bombings” and “ferocious retaliatory assaults” will not bring any reconciliation to the world (Staff). Instead‚ people should be trying to contain their anger for others rather than lashing out in revenge. I feel as though the Paris attacks were unethical‚ but done for a reason. This does not mean that they were appropriate and the people who killed all the Paris civilians should be punished‚ but not in a way that is immoral and will cause more death
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The Treaty of Versailles was created to ensure a lasting peace‚ and to reward the victors of the war; however‚ was it justified? The Treaty of Versailles was a peace settlement designed by the Allied leaders‚ the ’Big Three’- Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau of France‚ Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Britain and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States. Clemenceau wanted Germany to be punished. He had seen his country invaded‚ large parts of its industry destroyed and millions of its
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To What Extent is Civil Disobedience Justified in a Democracy? Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 What is Civil Disobedience? 5 Democracy 8 Conclusion 11 Bibliography 12 Abstract My interest in the topic of civil disobedience was sparked by a specific news article in which activists climbed Mount Rushmore to hang a poster demanding that the president of the United States‚ Barrack Obama‚ address issues of global warming. The activists
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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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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 by the ideas of Karl Marx‚ a german philosopher‚ who explored the value and application of philosophy in real life: ”The philosophers have only interpreted the world‚ in various ways: the point‚ however‚ is to change it.” (Marx‚ 1845). His most
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Was The US Justified in Their Actions Leading Up to and During The Nez Perce War? During the 1860s and 70s‚ US settlers killed as many as 30 Nez Perce‚ though many never stood trial. The US was not justified in their actions leading up to and during the Nez Perce War. To start off‚ the Nez Perce were left with little of their homelands. Also‚ the Nez Perce’s homeland held significant importance for them‚ as the land was where ancestors were buried and religious ceremonies performed. In addition‚
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as justifiable. Racism was justified during World War II when the Japanese people‚ including Japanese American citizens‚ were degraded and poorly treated in based on the idea that anyone of Japanese decent could be a spy or harm the United States. Black racism had been prominent for years‚ and even after the slaves were emancipated‚ Jim Crow laws in the South continued to reflect the racist views white Americans had toward black Americans. These racist views were justified based on religion‚ safety
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