Justice - Recognition of human rights - Equity - Equality - Fairness - Access to the legal system Access: the capacity to gain access to the legal system in order to achieve a legal remedy. Equity: the law doesn’t ’see’ individual circumstances - Justice should be blind. Fairness: a difficult concept. What is ’fair’. Equality does not always lead to fairness. We agree it should be ’fair’‚ but cannot always agree on what this means. Equality: Equal treatment of all. Human Rights:
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HSUN TZU AND MENCIUS: Their Conflicting Perspectives of Society The Warring States period in China (453-221 BCE) presented a time of great confusion and chaos among the people of China. However‚ it was also a great period for the philosophy of Confucianism‚ with the teachings of Mencius and Hsun Tzu to lead the way for their lost followers. According to Hsun Tzu and Mencius‚ human beings give birth to their children with a sense of an inherent reaction to life. Without proper teaching‚ children
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Advanced English Telling The Truth Texts: The Justice Game (book) Bowling for Columbine (film) The Simpsons – Homer Badman (TV episode)?? Trials notes: • Further talk about Robertson’s civil rights agenda • Write in a way appropriate to text type – don’t rely on essay! If it’s a speech‚ address the audience often. General course notes: • All representations are tainted by perspective‚ bias‚ background‚ author’s intention‚ etc. • Truth cannot be represented with
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The Justice Game Thesis statements * Conflicting perspectives are often expressed by the common person‚ an individual may choose to accept one view point whilst in contrast to this‚ one may oppose – creating conflicting perspectives. Within the non-fiction text‚ ‘The Justice Game’‚ author Geoffrey Robertson has successfully revealed conflicting perspectives throughout various chapters. * Perspectives allow a subjective view on issues where an individual is influenced by personal values
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Discuss how conflicting perspectives on events‚ personalities and situations are represented in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and one related text. Written in 1599‚ Shakespeare’s historical tragedy Julius Caesar portrays the conspiracy against Julius Caesar‚ his assassination and the defeat of the conspirators. Julius Caesar is one of the many Roman plays that Shakespeare wrote based on true events from Roman history. This play presents varying perspectives on not only characters such as Julius Caesar
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others comes from power and status. In some instances the people of power have opposing views and conflict presents itself. Conflicting perspectives comprise a variety of issues of consequence relating to both society and the individual. For characters in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Stephen Frears’ film The Queen‚ the point of view of two individuals influences the perspectives within society. Power can be used to sway people’s attitudes and opinions. Often people can be steered in different
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CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES Conflicting perspectives arise due to subjective human experiences‚ resulting in alternative perceptions of situations‚ events and personalities. In Ted Hughes’ anthology of “Birthday Letters”‚ poetry is utilised as an emotive medium to express the ephemeral nature of perspectives by reflecting on his turbulent relationship with Sylvia Plath concurrently Comment [MM1]: ? Are you sure you want to say perspectives are ephemeral? You do know that means temporary‚ or
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The Trials of Oz‚ The Justice Game by Geoffrey Robertson. The character is Richard Neville. ********************************************** They still send me Tharunka‚ the student newspaper of the Uni of New South Wales. I was its editor in 1963. It was confronting and radical then‚ and it still is today. Obviously‚ throughout my years at Oz‚ Tharunka’s influence was with me. The theme of this edition is free speech. How ironic! Nearly forty years ago Geoffrey reminded me that “free
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Conflicting perspectives are an inevitable part of human existence as they arise from the complex interplay of individual experience‚ social and cultural background and influences. Representations of these discrepancies are fundamentally constructed through acts of deliberate selection and emphasis‚ enabling composers to manipulate audience’s conscious perceptions of truth and reality. David Guterson’s Snow Falling on Cedars portrays the necessity of accepting the inexorable existence of nature‚
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Often in novels‚ a character faces conflicting directions of ambitions‚ desires‚ and influences. In such a novel‚ like "The Awakening‚" the main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ faces these types of conflicting ideas. In a controversial era for women‚ Edna faces the conflict of living in oppression but desiring freedom. The patriarchal time period has influenced women to live only under the husband’s thumb but at the same time‚ break away from such repression. These opposing conflicts illuminated the
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