War is Hell A review of chapter 2‚ ’The Crime of War’ in Michael Walzer’s book‚ "Just and Unjust Wars: A moral argument with historical illustrations." Allen Lane 1997. In this chapter‚ Walzer discusses the cruelty of war and whether there can be any justification for such cruelty. He begins by distinguishing between the justice of war (jus ad bellum) and the justice in war (jus in bello). "War is always judged twice‚ first with reference to the reasons states have for fighting‚ secondly with
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Amy Jones PHIL 1400 May 5‚ 2010 America’s Unjust Drug War It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over‚ expecting a different result; this statement fairly sums up the War on Drugs. Let us imagine a scenario of two men‚ one of them has killed 4 young women in cold blood‚ for ‘sport’ as he likes to say; the other man was caught with a large amount of an illegal drug. In prison it would not be unlikely for these two to share a cell‚ but my question is
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Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th‚ 1941. Some believe that this was necessary to make America more secure but the internment camps were unconstitutional and unfair to the Japanese. The Japanese internment camps in the United States were unjust for many reasons. The ten camps that the Japanese Americans were forced to live in had filthy and cruel
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controversial claim‚ I have come to the assumption that doing what’s unjust is one of the worst things an individual can do. The points discussed in this paper were wrongdoing and wickedness are two of the greatest evils‚ the only way to cure an impure soul is through punishment‚ and one should avoid living their life as a tyrant. All of these points aim toward the conclusion that an illness of the soul resides in a person who performs unjust acts‚ and that person can only be cured by painful punishment
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In Plato’s Republic‚ the protagonist Socrates provides three proofs that a just life is more satisfying than an unjust life. Of the three proofs‚ The third is the focus of our attention today. It states that “ when the entire soul follows the philosophophic part‚ there is no civil war in it‚ each part of it does its own work exclusively and is just‚ and in a particular it enjoys its own pleasures‚ the best and truest pleasures possible for it...but when one of the other parts gains control‚ it won’t
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To what extent was the Japanese Invasion of China Unjust? During World War II‚ specifically the second Sino-Japanese war from 1937 to 1945‚ the Japanese empire was completely unjustified in the prosecution of the war. Whether or not the war was justified or unjustified can judged by the the Principles of Just War‚ the Geneva Convention‚ as well as the Hague convention. Unit 731 was a unit of the Japanese army used for lethal human experiments on prisoners of war during the years 1939-1945. The
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least‚ heard the name of. Normally old pieces are left forgotten by many‚ but Hamlet is still popular today. That would be due to the fact that Shakespeare questions the action of murder leaving the reader to question whether the murder was just or unjust. Hamlet is also kept popular by questioning the morality behind suicide. Many characters are murdered in the story. Murder is considered immoral in our society‚ but many would say that a majority of the killings were just in their own way. Hamlet
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Is an unjust government better than no government at all? INTRO: I do not agree that an unjust government is better than no government at all. Is it really logical to give your allegiance to a country whose government violates principles of fairness? I would have to agree with St. Augustine’s famous quote‚ "an unjust law us no law at all‚" and therefore I think that an unjust government is no government at all. CONTENTIONS: a.) IF YOUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT LOYAL TO YOU THEN YOU DO NOT OWE
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Outline and evaluate one or more explanations of why people obey There is a choice given to people‚ either to obey or to disobey orders give by others. Some psychologists have researched into why people obey‚ and what factors cause them to do so. An autonomous state is where an individual or individuals are aware of the consequences of their actions and chose voluntarily to behave in a certain way. This can be changed however‚ and particularly shown in the study of Milgram’s obedience‚ into an
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Obey and Command Niccolo Machiavelli once stated‚“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.” This seems simple‚ but some don’t understand‚ including most in the play Julius Caesar. Mark Antony‚ one of the few who understands how to command‚ is a loyal friend who is gifted with the ability to use rhetorics‚ and is able to appeal to people’s hearts. While Brutus uses force and facts‚ Antony is able to lift others up while conspiring against them. It is a skill that comes into play later
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