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    P A R T 4 Corrections RIGHTS OF THE CONVICTED AND IMPRISONED Common law‚ constitutional‚ statutory‚ and humanitarian rights of the convicted and imprisoned: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A right against cruel or unusual punishment A right to protection from physical harm A right to sanitary and healthy conditions of confinement A limited right to legal assistance while imprisoned A limited right to religious freedom while imprisoned A limited right to freedom of speech while imprisoned

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    Just and Unjust Wars

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    inevitable‚ and show that freedom of choice does not exists for the parties involved. I will present an argument for the inevitability of war after outlining Walzer’s objections to the realist’s point of view on the morality of war. In Just and Unjust Wars‚ Walzer argues against the realist’s view on the morality of war; namely‚ that war is inevitable therefore eliminating freedom of choice. Before delving into the argument‚ it is important that we understand a realist’s belief; Realism‚ as presented

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    We Must Obey Our Elders

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    Should we OBEY our Elders?? A Photo of an Elder! A Tale of Correction  By Ray Walter Swangkee ― The Colorful Peacock from Angel Ridge‚ Box 305H2‚ King’s Mountain‚ Kentucky 40442 The Divided States of United Lies! My E-mail Address is: theking@alltel.net‚ as in: “The King at TELL ALL‚ dot‚ Network of Truth.” Please Visit the most Beautiful‚ Enlightening‚ and Inspiring Website on the Internet‚ at: www.ThePeacock.com “O my Son‚ no one likes to Obey any Person that he or she

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    Disobedience in an Unjust America According to the infamous essay by Henry David Thoreau‚ civil disobedience is the conscious and intentional disobeying of a law to advance a moral principle or change government policy. Throughout the essay‚ Thoreau urges the need for individuals to put their personal and social consciousness before their allegiance to their government and its range of policies. Thoreau believed that if a government is unjust‚ citizens should simply refuse to follow the law and eventually

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    Why Was Hammurabi Unjust

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    Hammurabi had 282 laws many with extremely harsh punishments like death. Hammurabi was the ruler of Babylon for 42 years and was thought to have gotten his laws from the god of justice Shamash. I believe that Hammurabi’s code was unjust because of the family law‚ property law‚ and the personal injury law. First of all‚ it is unjust because of the family laws. Law 148 states that if a man’s wife wife is severely ill the man can remarry but he cannot divorce the ill wife and still has to take care

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    Just or Unjust Introduction Paragraph Hammurabi’s was a king in Mesopotamia with laws that were used for just or unjust reasons. Hammurabi’s codes are set of laws that are written down. Hammurabi was the king of Babylon in Mesopotamia. The purpose of Hammurabi’s code was for the citizens of his city-state to follow the laws if not they deal with Hammurabi. Hammurabi’s Code was just for three reasons personal injury‚family law‚ and property law. Body Paragraph 1 Example of just laws can first

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    Life’s a precious gift and it is given by our parents.So should we always obey them? From ages‚ obedience been thought to us. It is followed by many people from all around the world. It is a way to say to our parents that we respect them. However‚ people still argue that children shouldn’t obey their parents. Firstly‚ most people believe that if children listened to their parents they wouldn’t be in independent. However‚ I strongly disagree on that because parents would never think anything bad

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    Why do people conform and obey? Psychology Essay 4 Essay: Why do people conform and obey? In psychological terms‚ conformity refers to an individual`s urge to follow the rules or behaviours of a social group to which he belongs. Psychologists have put forward many theories to find out why people conform and obey and have completed studies to confirm their ideas. In this essay I will explain why people conform and obey. An important experiment demonstrating under which circumstances people

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    Milgram (1974) gave reasons for obedience. Obedience is a type of influence causing a person to act person to act in response to a direct order from someone with perceived authority. In this essay I am going to explain Milgram’s reasons on why people obey. The process of learning throughout life or when a person learns to adjust to a group and act like the group is called socialisation. It is a central influence on behaviour‚ beliefs action but the society that one is raised in can also affect the

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    Vietnam War Just or Unjust

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    Matthew-Donald Toombs C & D Block 12-5-12 Vietnam‚ Just or Unjust? Some ask the question‚ was the Vietnam War just? Some may say yes it was just‚and others say that it is unjust. However‚Certain people view justice as slippery concept. There are always ways to get aroud justice‚ and that is why people believe that justice is a slippety concept. Even Plato one of the brightest of his time could not figure out whether war was just or unjust. A Certain individual‚ by the name of Aquinas‚ also attempted

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