Can war be justified? Since September 11th‚ American news has been filled with stories and photographs of violent war. We were attacked mercilessly on our on soil‚ so most would say that the war on Afghanistan and Iraq are justified. But looking further into the matter‚ what are we really accomplishing with war? Are we proving that they shouldn’t bother us anymore? Or are we just getting revenge? Neither are justifications for war. We should in the first place keep the best relations possible
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For those who spend their lives working to prevent and end wars‚ whether and how war itself can be justified must be an urgent question. Of course‚ war’s justification is an ancient tradition. Bizarrely‚ Just War theory was formulated within the Christian church‚ whose founder chose a donkey instead of a war horse and taught his followers to overcome evil with good. Not only is the theory still mainstream among churches but‚ as Dan Smith‚ head of an important NGO working for conflict transformation
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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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Racism cannot be justified‚ because not only can we all relate to each other because we are all humans. But racism is also unloving‚ and in the end that in what is important not our ethnicity. Native american were treated badly during the colonization of the new world‚ and to this day continue to be treated poorly. Initially they were treated well by the settlers‚ but as time went on they began to be manipulated. When the Spanish came to the Americas with an unquenchable thirst for gold
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When are we justified in breaking the law? In the case of Socrates I believe him breaking the law was justifiable‚ although I don’t believe what he did was really breaking the law especially today in modern government. Today we are free with our speech‚ press and free to do what we want within limitations of laws. According to Mill “The only freedom which deserves the name‚ is that of pursuing our own good in our own way‚ so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs‚ or impede
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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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go to war.” That man is Albert Einstein. He is a well-known physicist who developed the general theory of relativity. He was one of the people who thought that war could not be justified. He thought that unless the people refuse to go to war‚ it will keep on going - never stopping. I also think that war cannot be justified. To strengthen my opinion‚ I have three strong reasons. These reasons are; many people become victims during the war‚ the government should not start war just for religious reasons
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complicate things‚”explained Rebecca on page(2) in paragraph 4-5.Rebecca lied about something instead of telling the truth.Life is smooth when you tell a lie and it is a good form of communication Some people may argue that lying can destroy your human dignity.For example‚Immanuel Kant says‚”Lies harm the liar himself‚by destroying his human dignity and making him more worthless even than a small thing.This an understandable concern‚ however lies protect others from hearing the
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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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NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING A PLAN OFACTIONFOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT SEPTEMBER 1992 Boston Hon. Francis M. Roache Police Commissioner Boston Police Department 154 Berkeley Street Boston‚ MA 02116 Dear Commissioner Roache: September 15‚ 1992 Neighborhood Policing: A Plan of Action for the Boston Police Department provides a framework‚ schedule‚ and list of tasks for converting all operations of the BPD to the practice of Neighborhood Policing‚ while meeting the basic need of
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