democracy we have a moral duty in general to obey the laws or to attempt altering laws we don’t like through the electoral process. In America civil disobedience cannot be justified since it goes against the ideals of democracy. Living in a country where there are legal solutions to a problem that can take months or years to solve‚ people must voice their concerns and rebel against the government through grassroots movements and protests. Breaking laws that were created to protect the government and its
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about laws. However‚ if a law is written in a way such that it would be illegal to protest it‚ in those times‚ breaking the law might be the only option. For example‚ during the 1960s‚ civil rights leaders had to break the law to get attention from the media and rally for change to show how wrong segregation was. Breaking the law peacefully positively affects a free society if the laws restrict the freedom of the country. In the 1960s‚ many people such as Martin Luther King Jr. broke the law to show
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Crime is the breaking of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction. I believe that every country has some problems with crime‚ Lithuania isn’t an exception too. It’s not a secret that crime rate in Lithuania is rather high. According to the statistics the crime rate is about 50 % higher than it was 20 years ago‚ so a growth of crime is uncontrolled. Most often committed crime in Lithuania is probably thievery. For some people in Lithuania it’s the
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I would not say that breaking the law is morally wrong because everyone has their perception of reality. Some individuals may think that breaking the law is morally wrong because of how they were raised while others may disagree. However‚ a particular situation may require breaking the law may be the only option to get the desired result that one may need to live a full life. In certain situation‚ peoples’ actions‚ can be justified if they provide the enough evidence as to why they did what they
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Is Affirmative Action in the university setting morally justified? Affirmative action is defined as the effort to improve employment and educational opportunities as well as promote the rights or progress of minority groups and women. A minority group is any type of person that is differing from others in some characteristic of the same population and are often subject to different treatment or discrimination. Discrimination is the act of showing favor on a specific person based on group‚ class
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decision of the House of Lords in A(FC) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 71 and the article by W.L. Twining and P.E. Twining ‘Bentham on Torture’ at vol. 24 Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 305‚ what is morally wrong with torture? Can it ever be morally justified? If so‚ when? If not‚ why not? Torture is not a popular practice amongst any developed society. To some‚ it is an extremely emotive word‚ the mere utterance of which brings to mind feelings of disgust and hatred
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Krista Cannilla Professor Gonzalez ENG 151 (9061) April 9‚ 2013 Defining the Elasticity of the Law In what situation would breaking the law become plausible? What circumstances will justify a person’s actions when they decide breaking the law becomes a necessary matter? The variables are essential. What type of crime was committed? Does it affect anybody else negatively? Whenever the law is broken‚ the potential perpetrator is brought to court. The justice system and its judges then decide
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For example‚ in the article‚ “Animal Testing: Is Animal Testing Morally Justified?”‚ when it says that “animal testing violates animals basic rights‚ and experiments conducted on them result in extreme and even torturous pain.” When being tested on‚ animals are often forced to endure harmful chemicals being poured on their
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you think that is okay for a political leader to bend or break the law for the good of the country? No it may not be right to harm someone or allow something bad or harmful to happen just because you are following the law. If you break the law with any type of good intentions of not hurting anything or anybody‚ it should be okay. Breaking this law Julius was helping the huge population of their people. At the same time breaking a law isn’t okay! If you expect someone to follow the rules‚ everybody
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think about why do we have laws? and do we really need them? Frank Trippetts explains why many people today don’t follow the laws he also talks about the importance of the laws. Trippetts argument is to show people why they should not break the law no matter how big or small the law is. He goes on explaining how millions of americans never think twice before breaking the law. The author’s tone is critical to the millions of americans. Some people might think that the laws are unnecessary and people
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