EXAMINE THE KEY FEATURES OF NATURAL MORAL LAW & DICUSS WHETHER ITS STRENGTHS OUTWEIGH ITS WEAKNESSES Natural Law has roots that stem back to Ancient Greece‚ and it was Aristotle who really created the approach. It was also depicted in Sophocles’ play Antigone‚ where the protagonist claims her right to bury her brother despite the King (Creon) ordering that he be fed to dogs. Antigone‚ (the protagonist) proclaimed this because she believed that there was a higher law than the King’s‚ particularly
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There are two types of experiments which are used by sociologists to study various causes and effects of variables within settings and situations‚ these include laboratory experiments and field experiments. As favoured by positivists‚ the laboratory experiments are artificial environments where the researcher controls variables to discover their effect‚ with the aim to discover a causal law. However‚ sociologists sometimes use field experiments to overcome the lack of validity of laboratory experiments
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To what extent did the weaknesses in the Weimar Republic allow for the rise and power of the Nazi Party to 1933? The Weimar Republic was the federal and democratic government that was adopted in 1919 by a constitution. Under Weimar constitution‚ Germany was divided into 19 states. All citizens had the right to vote‚ electing members of the Reichstag or German Parliament along with the President. Weimar Constitution was a brilliant document but many weaknesses‚ extremists on the left and right rejected
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Psychology Homework Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Milgram obedience study. Should the study have taken place? Milgram’s study is a very controversial study as it broke many ethical guidelines and has many methodological issues‚ but it also had many strengths. One strength of the Milgram study on obedience is that the experiment was reliable as it can be replicated and the results are consistent. The fact that the experiment was a Lab experiment makes the study even more reliable
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To what extent do modern versions of Virtue Ethics address the weaknesses of Aristotle’s teachings on virtue? Aristotle’s idea of Virtue Ethics was influenced by his belief that all things and all humans have a purpose (a telos). For him a complete explanation of something has to include its final cause or purpose which essentially is to realise its potential. Virtue Ethics itself is concerned with the characteristics of a person rather than how a person behaves and it is this he outlined in his
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this country today. In fact while local authority housing solves many problems it can also be the cause of some problems too. In this paper I will look at and evaluate the strengths and the weaknesses of local authority housing in Ireland today. I will also look at prime examples of these strengths and weaknesses‚ using a number of local authority housing estates throughout the country. Firstly I feel it is imperative to briefly describe the housing system Ireland as a whole‚ in order to gain
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Identify and assess the main strengths and weaknesses of Simone de Beauvoir’s book‚ The Second Sex. Christopher Jacobi To some extent The Second Sex (1949) successfully conceptualises womanhood as a social structure and offers a „strikingly original theory of female subjectivity under patriarchy‟ (Okely‚ 1986: 20). Beauvoir‟s1 statement that „one is not born a woman‚ but becomes one‟ (1949: 295) draws attention at the difference between biological sex and gender; this distinction can be used
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is presented in the play? What is there to admire and what are his weaknesses? Shakespeare’s tragedy introduces Macbeth‚ the strongest character in the play‚ as a brave‚ powerful‚ and well known solider. His strengths were ambition‚ courage and honour. It is in recognition of his bravery that he is bestowed the title of ‘Thane of Cawdor’. However‚ as the play unfolds‚ these very strengths that defined him become his weaknesses. Macbeth is consumed by evil ambition to become king and as a result
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Explain the strengths and weaknesses of one or more criminological theories for explaining crime in contemporary Britain Word count:1‚200 Outline plan * Explain in brief the purpose of this essay. * Define the biological theory. * Evaluate Lombroso’s theory and link it to contemporary Britain. Include statistical data. * Discuss Charles Goring’s critisms of Lombroso’s theory. * Evaluate Sheldon’s somatypes theory. * Describe and evaluate the biological chromosomes theory.
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Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of faith as a basis for knowledge in religion and in one area of knowledge from the TOK diagram. It is said‚ “When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness Of the unknown‚ Faith is knowing One of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or You will be taught to fly.” For as long as man has been known to exist‚ there has been a development of belief systems formed to explain unknown
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