Aquinas’ Fifth Way Aquinas’ fifth way deals with things that lack cognition‚ and the ends these things function for. Thomas states: “For we some things that lack cognition‚ viz. natural bodies [i.e. the elemental bodies]‚ function for an end. This is evident from the fact that they always or very frequently function in the same way and end up resulting in what is best” (Aquinas 105). Aquinas goes on to make two claims: the first discusses God and his insurance that good things can and will come from
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Amanda Froes RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS Eric Gaspard The Bill of Rights is composed of the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Amendments can become a part of the Constitution by one of two ways. These are spelled out in Article V of the Constitution. To propose an Amendment both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives must approve the proposal by a two-thirds supermajority vote. An Amendment can be ratified by a three-fourth states legislature approval
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Is Abiding by the 8th Amendment Constitutional? The government has laid out an array of civil rights to protect the liberties of the people with the induction of the United States Bill of Rights in 1791. The large majority of these amendments are appropriate and remain prominent in the modernized American governmental system but these basic human rights carry substantial controversy‚ the most arguable being the eighth. This amendment states that there shall be no cruel or unjust punishments inflicted
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Adversity is the most important factor in shaping character and/or identity. Assess the validity of this statement with reference to Fifth Business. Identity is individual characteristics by which a person is known or recognized. In Fifth Business‚ a character’s reaction to adversity is the foundation to shaping identity. Others may not know what the adversity is but they observe the way a person is acting. The composure held in rough situations allows people to formulate opinions based on these
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mechanisms‚ distributive‚ procedural‚ and interactional justice. Distributive justice is the equality of how people are treated in terms of reward or what is received from resources. Procedural justice is what is used to allot decisions through impartiality. Interactional justice is the quality of treatment received through methods that are employed. (Kreitner‚ & Kinicki‚ 2013‚ p. 215‚216). The organization in which the writer works there is always some type of procedural justice taking place. A few
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Reflections on the First Amendment On December 15th‚ 1971‚ the first X amendments to the Constitution went into affect. The first X amendments to the constitution were known as the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment was written by James Madison because the American people were demanding a guarantee of their freedom. The First Amendment was put into place to protect American’s freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom of assembly and freedom of petition. The First Amendment was written as follows;
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Snyder v. Turk p40 Procedural History: Lower court entered a directed verdict for Dr. Turk b/c there was an absence of evidence that he intended to inflict personal injury Directed verdict: a ruling by a trial judge taking a case from the jury b/c the evidence will permit only one reasonable verdict (after trial) -testing sufficiency of evidence (enough facts to prove elements) Issue: Did Dr. Turk intend to commit a battery when he touched D but did not intend personal injury? -Does
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The First Amendment is thought by many to be the most important of the Amendments. Under the First Amendment freedom various types of expression are protected. Just like a house of cards will topple if a card is removed‚ if one right of the amendment is removed‚ other rights will soon topple. For this reason many believe all parts of the First Amendment must be protect at all costs. In this essay‚ several different ideas will be discussed concerning the First Amendment. The first paragraph will
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issue still was how congress would allot for its representatives given the numbers of constituents in each of the states; originally they attempted one for every thirty thousand which if initially ratified would have fell short of the necessary three-fourths (Amar‚ Akhil Reed‚ 1992). Direct representation Madison would point out during the attempt to find a solution is impossible‚ even a tiny state like Rhode island would find it difficult to be at every assembly‚ he insisted on a smaller select group
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Fifth Harmony was a singing and dancing girl group found on X-factor US in July 2012. The girl group was consistent of 5 humble girls from different parts of the world that got put together. Ally Brooke‚ Normani Kordei‚ Dinah Jane‚ Lauren Jauregui and Camila Cabello originally auditioned for the show as solo artist but unfortunately they did not make the cut to advance in the show to make it on the live shows. Simon Cowell‚ Demi Lovato‚ Britney Spears and L.A. Reid thought there was too much talent
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