Personal Response to Kevin Rudd’s Apology Kevin Rudd delivered a formal apology on February 13th 2008‚ to Indigenous Australians‚ 17 years since the reconciliation process began. Past treatment of Indigenous people in Australia have caused much pain and suffering‚ especially those of the Stolen Generations who had to suffer mistreatment. The main points of the speech reflected on the mistreatment of the Indigenous Australians‚ more particularly‚ the Stolen Generations‚ the road to reconciliation
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In the Apology‚ Socrates asks many people at various status levels about their view on virtue and what wisdom truly means to them. From this he is able to deduce that the most honorable people in the society; mainly by their possession of money and a high ranking
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After the false accusations in the Apology‚ Socrates is imprisoned for being wrongly tried and condemned to death‚ later on he is greeted by Crito his friend who visits in the cell with him. Crito tries to convince him through compelling‚ but at times selfish arguments. Socrates responds against these arguments with selfless reasons to explain the bigger issue of his own principles. Firstly‚ Crito argues minor and major points of logic on why it is right to escape‚ but Socrates does not escape based
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I honestly never gave you an apology for the disrespect I have done. So I’m going to try my best now. I’m sorry the lack of respect I shown to you. So‚ Steve I’m really sorry for what I did. I feel soo bad because all you were doing was try and help us not get into this situation. My stupid actions not only hurt me‚ it hurt a 14 / 15 year old boy who has now grow up‚ you‚ Kecia‚ my parents‚ and many more. I should have been smart and thought with my head‚ but I didn’t and I’m sorry for that. I can’t
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Before one can examine a path to knowledge‚ one must try to understand‚ and define what knowledge is. In Plato’s Five dialogues‚ Socrates critiques the individuals who are thought to be the most knowledgeable‚ specifically in the Apology‚ when Socrates is explaining a conversation he had with a well-respected intellectual in the community. Socrates states: "When I began to talk with him‚ I could not help thinking that he was not really wise‚ although he was thought wise by many‚ and wiser still
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Analysis: Aspect One Kevin Rudd’s apology was to the Aboriginals; but in particular‚ to the Stolen Generations. From 1909-1969‚ the Australian Government forced a policy know as assimilation upon the Aboriginals. Assimilation is the forced integration of minority groups onto the dominant society. Inhumane acts were inflicted upon these proud people because of the ‘Aborigines Protection Board’ which entailed that the Australian Government had full rights to forcibly remove half-caste children from
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study of the nature of things‚ or knowledge as it were‚ are rich with questions about life. Many philosophers follow down their own rabbit hole to arrive at answers to common themes yet from an entirely different perspective. In the case of The Apology and the Allegory of the Cave as well as the story of the Good Brahmin‚ both Socrates and Voltaire did exactly that‚ arrived at similar conclusions yet walked an entirely different path to arrive there. The paragraphs below briefly discusses this
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that laws should be upheld and citizens should obey them to maintain social order. However‚ in the instances that laws are unjust‚ obedience to them could result in harms to innocent citizens‚ the case which is brought up in Plato’s works Crito and Apology‚ where Socrates was wrongfully accused of corrupting the youths of Athens and had to suffer the death sentence. Therefore‚ it is important to analyze the appropriate extend to which the ’rule of law’ should be upheld in the cases that laws are unjust
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The Apology is Plato ’s account of Socrates defense against the charges that Meletus‚ Anytus and Lycon had brought before the Athenian court. These charges we impiety and confusing the minds of the youth. In the beginning of his defense he points out that there had been previous accusations against him. He had been accused of being a sophist - who were people that taught the art of rhetoric not based on truth‚ and made the weaker argument strong - he was accused for questioning things above
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What does Socrates mean when he says that “an unexamined life is no life for a human being to live?”. As I read Plato’s Apology‚ Euthyphro and The Allegory of the Cave‚ I could sense two things about unexamined life. First‚ unexamined life means someone who lives in self-reflection such as sin‚ guilty‚ and self-examination. According to Socrates‚ for living life‚ the most important one is that should be analyzed and explore the mind itself. One of an important thing‚ self-reflection of our inner
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