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    folks in Salem are filled with hysteria when a group of young girls falsely accuse them of witchcraft. John Proctor is one of the folks falsely accused and he must decide his fate through his strong beliefs. John Proctor is justified with his decision of not falsely confessing to the court because by saving his name and reputation it did more good than bad. Before the Salem witch trials start‚ John Proctor is already suffering from an internal conflict when he commits adultery. He is unable to forgive

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    Can terrorism ever be justified? Introduction The purpose of this essay is to explore the issues surrounding the morality of terrorism. I will begin by providing contextual information of the topic through exploring the history of terrorism. From the Sicarii in 50AD who carried out assassinations with short daggers to more recent attacks such as 7/7 bombings in the London underground. In this section however we will find it is not only the methodology of terrorism that has changed but its definition

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    Mexican-American War: Justified/not Justified They invaded we were trying to protect‚but US called war. Many historians disagree whether the war was justified or unjustified. For example Mexican- American war was controversial topic. Does the United States have a right to go war ? The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because border problems‚US invaded Mexico land ‚ and Mexico have different rules. The Mexican war happened in 1846 through 1848(Roden‚319).. The first armed

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    the U.S. justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?” The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki dropped or not‚ were ones of the man-made disasters that occurred on August 6 1945‚ and August 9 1945 respectively. The launching of the atomic bomb has numerous opinions and aspects on whether United States of America should be justified for launching atomic bombs on those cities or not. The essay question for our class is‚ “To what extent was the United States justified in dropping

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    slaughtered” might have been talking about King George; he got “fed” because he got money and resources from the colonies with very little work‚ he got “slaughtered” through the revolution because he started asking for too much. The colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain. Britain treated the colonists unfairly‚ and used their limitless power to harm the colonists. Britain had complete control over the colonies and enforced their power through their armies. Document 5

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    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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    Were the Americans justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945? The dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945 by the Americans is a very controversial issue with no definite answer. Both sides of the issue have very justifiable arguments. Reasons for dropping the bomb include the fact that Truman’s options were limited at this point in the war‚ that the bomb did have the desired outcome of Japans surrender and that the majority of reasons

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