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    normal; not respecting securities measures in order to save money is also something that needs to be fight (risking people’s health or lives to win money in obviously something unethical) B - Are union’s actions ethical? At first sight‚ yes. Defending people’s interests is something ethical. Not letting children working against their will is something ethical. Fighting against abuses is

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    explains to use the word ‘Negro’ and talks about how he is defending one. “‘You mean if you didn’t defend that man‚ Jem and me wouldn’t have to mind you anymore?’ ‘That’s about right’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because I could never ask you to mind me again. Scout‚ simply by the nature of the work‚ every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one’s mine I guess.’” -Atticus talking to Scout about why he is defending a Negro (Chapter 9‚ page 84) With the explanation that

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    Jeremy Bentham to be his defending lawyer. Write a report of the trial recording the debate between Locke and Bentham and the court’s final judgment. Name: Ma Wai Ching Student ID: 10555573 Lecturer: Danny Leung No. of words: 516 Adolf Hitler was in a court trial for the Nazi party’s human experimentation‚ sterilization program and genocide during WWII. John Locke was the prosecuting lawyer who advocates liberalism while Jeremy Bentham was the defending lawyer of Hitler who advocates

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    Some evidence for that; “Nigger lover “‚ was a word used by many characters to describe Atticus and Tom Robinson´s relation while Atticus was defending him. When people used nigger lover it was meant to be offensive but still people tended to use it. "Your father’s no better than the niggers and trash he works for" was what Mrs.Dubose said while Jem and Scout were passing by her house. The word

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    first learn about empathy from Atticus. Then Later on in the novel they both learn about Mockingbirds and how it is a sin to kill them. Also they start to understand and learn about what the real courage is. Lastly Atticus shows Scout integrity from defending the black man in the case even though he will still go to jail. The first life lesson takes place early on in the novel when Scout does not want to go back to school because of the way her teacher Mrs. Caroline treated Scout. It was Mrs Caroline;s

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    Alvin Ailey once said “One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.”. The book is told through the perspective of Scout‚ who is a child‚ and how the racism in her community affects her and her family. In the time To Kill a Mockingbird takes place‚ numerous people believed that if you were black you shouldn’t have the same rights as white people. This was a horrible time for people of color because they were discriminated as it shows in the book with Tom Robinson’s case. The

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    the truth‚ but it was sort of a manipulation. That was probably the turning point when I realized that being a lawyer is not always a faithful job of defending the truth‚ but it is about arguing for the own truth and beliefs. According to Julia Galef’s division‚ this behavior portrays a soldier mindset based on attacking someone else’s idea and defending your own‚ while the

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    The final stand of Leonidas which took place at Thermopylae is a part of history that has stood the test of time. It is one of the oldest underdog stories in which a smaller army of weaker strength stands up to an invading force even though the odds are stacked against them. The final result of this conflict eventually saw Leonidas and his men defeated‚ so why is this particular battle seen to be worthy of celebration? It’s due to a number of reasons I believe that this particular battle is still

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    can completely change someone’s life. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a black man named Tom was falsely accused of raping a young white girl. When a white lawyer with a good reputation came upon this case he knew how people would react to him defending a black man‚ but he took the case anyway because he truly believed that the man was innocent. In the end of the novel it is proven that the woman made the story up and one of the kindest black men was put to death just because he was black and people

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    Charles de Montesquieu once said‚ "In the state of nature‚ indeed‚ all men are born equal‚ but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it‚ and they recover it only by the protection of the laws." This quote is saying that all men are created the same way‚ but society divides them based on false judgments. It says that the only way to achieve self equality is before the law. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ justice plays a substantial role expressed in Atticus’s opinions

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