It is critical that people take responsibility for solving problems that affect their community so that everyone will have a better world to live in. It is lucid through several examples from literature such as 1984 and historical figures such as Rosa Parks and Peter Benenson that people must take responsibility to solve problems in their communities. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ the main character‚ Winston‚ takes the responsibility of fighting against the oppressive government under which
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Dingwei Wang Dec 15‚ 2012 Abolish Capital Punishment Capital punishment is the legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime. In my country‚ China‚ the government could use of capital punishment to murderers‚ robbers‚ arsonists‚ and people who make felonies. Every year‚ many people have been killed by capital punishment policy ("Resource 1).They lost their life‚ rights‚ and relatives. they have no chance to amend their mistakes and thoroughly reform themselves. Although
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Nations‚ “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” The interconnectedness in the world produces a new agenda of international issues which affect both powerful and less powerful countries. The doctrine of human rights aspires to provide the contemporary‚ allegedly post-ideological‚ geo-political order with a common framework for determining the basic economic‚ political
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Capital punishment became a controversial issue lately‚ and it is a big debate in the world. The debate of capital punishment has two sides: the people who argue in favour of capital punishment and the people who argue against capital punishment. The most compelling arguments against capital punishment can be made on the basis of it doesn’t reduce crime‚ risks executions of innocent people‚ inflicted disproportionately on the poor and targeting people of colour (racist)‚ persons who commit vicious
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Dominican University‚ River Forest‚ IL. 7 December 2007. <http://ezproxy.dom.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=2873146&site=ehost-live&scope=site>. “Death Penalty Statistics 2006.” Amnesty International USA. 11 Apr. 2007. Amnesty International. 9 Dec. 2007 http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=EHGACT500122007 <=e. Auchter‚ Ellen. Anti-Death Penalty Information Homepage. Anti-Death Penalty. 7 December 2007 <http://www.antideathpenatly.org>.
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Mentally Retarded and the Death Penalty Today at least 10% of death row inmates are mentally retarded. According to the Wikipedea‚ mental retardation is defined as a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills during childhood‚ and a significantly below-normal intellectual capacity as an adult. Mentally retarded people are defenseless when it comes to being wrongfully convicted and/or punished. With their desire to please the authorities‚ mentally retarded
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affairs of another country getting to the point of declaring war. History has many sad examples of this. In contrast other countries that need international assistance do not receive it. Some African countries have been at civil war for years‚ and in some other their inhabitants live without respect of human rights. Organizations‚ like Amnesty International‚ claim this fact. In today’s world‚ it is incredible that individual countries interfere strongly with the affairs of another country‚ unless
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The Argument for Capital Punishment Is capital punishment really destroying the justice system? Although death penalty abolitionists may argue that capital punishment is ruining the justice system‚ Americans should grapple with the idea that capital punishment is beneficial to society for seven primary reasons. These reasons include the convictions rate‚ deterrence‚ a not so cruel and unusual punishment‚ the fallacy of racism‚ pro-life inconsistency‚ the Christian argument against death and‚ finally
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“Ethics is a kind of investigation- and includes both the activity of investigating as well as the results of that investigation-whereas morality is the subject matter that ethics investigate” (Manual G. Velasquez). Here in this analysis we’ll try to differentiate the right and wrong in Unocal’s actions in engaging in the Yadana project from four different key ethical perspectives which are the Utilitarian‚ Rights‚ Justice and Caring perspective. 1. Utilitarian Perspective: “Utilitarianism is
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Cited: “Death penalty: Death sentences and executions in 2007.” Amnesty International <http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty/death-sentences-and-executions-in-2007> More‚ Suzan. History of Capital Punishment in Canada. About.com <http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/crime/a/cappuntimeline.htm> The Death Penalty: any nation’s
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