State laws are not always just. State violence is not always legitimate. Discuss these issues in relation to protest and dissent. In his 1918 essay Politics as a Vocation‚ Max Weber described the monopoly of state violence as an essential characteristic of modern governments. (1918 p.1) State violence is monopolised towards the pursuit of societal compliance‚ which according to political history‚ is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy. (1918 p.2) As Tolstoy points out‚ history has
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Employment Relations Issue of Unfair Dismissal and Pregnancy A recent employment relations concern deals with unfair dismissal. When an employee is dismissed for certain statutory reasons‚ is inequitable and is incompatible to the merits of the situation; this phenomenon is known as unfair dismissal. This has been a long debated issue concerning all participants in the employment relationship. Investigation of the current employment relations issue of unfair dismissal found that emphasis is placed on
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Is Achilles Justified in Killing Hector and is Odysseus Justified in Killing the Suitors? Holding the power of life and death is a very serious responsibility. Under most circumstances death penalty is not right and can be handled in a much better way. Because we are made in the image of God we are commanded not to kill. But there are some circumstances in which the killing of a wrong-doer is justified. Actions speak louder than words.
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William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the tragic characters often have ambition to thank for their fatal or perilous ends. Ambition cannot exist in a pure form‚ free from consequence because there will always be a dark path to take that might seem to be justified by the ends. The natural order of humanity is disrupted once Macbeth indulges his ambitions. In addition‚ Macbeth begins to lose sight of what he wanted and what he aspired to be originally. He reaches a place of no return. In the end‚ Macbeth and
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acting in humanity’s interests. Cromwell it seems‚ always emphasized that it was wrong to allow for the unnecessary spilling of blood. He did this wherever he went in Ireland‚ but it was also something he did during the Anglo-Spanish war. Cromwell justified fighting in the war with Spain because of the ‘millions of Indians being so barbarously butchered by the Spaniards’. Obviously‚ in both cases Cromwell was simply trying to find a way of legitimising his actions. However‚ in Ireland the situation
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for the intervention of unfair dismissal law in the employer ’s ability to manage its own business: redressing the imbalance in bargaining power between employers and employees; protecting a property right that employees have‚ or ought to have‚ in their jobs; and protecting the dignity and autonomy of employees. The protection of these values is far from absolute‚ and in many cases economic efficiency and managerial discretion take precedence‚ but unfair dismissal law demonstrates society ’s recognition
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Year 10 History – Research Assignment – Gough Whitlam Part A Edward Gough Whitlam was born on 11th July 1916. He is well known as Gough Whitlam‚ Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. In 1972 he led the Labor Party into government after a period of 23 years of conservative (against reform and progress) government in Australia. Major Policies Gough Whitlam came to office claiming a demand for a wide-ranging program of social reforms. In a lot of activity the government: • Ended
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NAME: Liu Yiran ID: 11412011 TA: Ramesh Ganohariti Instructor: VYAS Utpal The Serious Consequences Of Torture The subject of my article is Torture. I would like to talk about the serious consequences of torture. Let’s make an example about that. Filled with brutal torture and capital punishment witch trial. Let me briefly explain background events. From the fourteenth century to the seventeenth century‚ during this period of up to three hundred years‚ the whole of Europe into a female Asian
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Hitler was a bad man‚ right? Lots of Germans looked up to him as a leader though. Why? Hitler gained power without firing a single shot because people were desperate‚ they were afraid‚ and he denied Jewish rights. The first way Hitler rose to power was because people were desperate. People were desperate to get out of the Great Depression‚ which was terrible for Germany. They were also desperate to blame somebody or a group of people for their loss in the war and all of their current problems
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Brutus convinces himself that Caesar needs to be killed‚ by justifying that once Caesar becomes King‚ the power will manifest his true selfish nature and he will ruin Rome. Brutus has no personal grudge against Caesar. But if it is for the greater good of the people‚ for Rome‚ he will kill Caesar. In Brutus’s personal experience Caesar has never shown fault. Thus‚ he goes through a process of logic in the unknown to convince himself that Caesar should die. In his justification‚ Brutus considers that
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