day every lie she told came back to haunt her. She ended up hurting me in the long run and lost my trust as a friend. I am positive she regrets the lies she once told that gave her the reputation she withholds. All in all‚ I think a lie can be justified depending on the situation. Not everything in life goes the way it should and we often try to cover that up. With good intentions‚ no one will get hurt‚ with bad intentions- a negative outcome is almost
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speech to give a public warning to Germans in 1942 after Germany announced the execution of Jewish civilians‚ but this was the most support Jews got‚ as the allies believed winning the war was more important. One key example of this was when Winston Churchill stated in July 1944‚ that “This was the most horrible crime ever committed in the whole history of the world” after receiving a report on Auschwitz‚ however little was done by the British Empire to stop the horrific crimes that were occurring at
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believes for invalid reasons‚ such as a faulty premise‚ counts as knowledge. It is named after American philosopher Edmund Gettier‚ who wrote about the problem in a three-page paper published in 1963‚ called "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?". The paper refers to the concept of knowledge as justified true belief‚ credited to Plato‚ though Plato argued against this very account of knowledge in the Theaetetus . In the paper‚ Gettier proposed two scenarios where the three criteria seemed to be met‚ but
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Are Huge Profits of Investment Banks Justified? Investment banks are the financial institutes‚ that attract the capital for the large companies and governments on the global financial market‚ provide consulting services during buying and selling business‚ as well as provide the brokerage services. Being the leading mediator at the trading stocks and bonds‚ derivatives‚ currencies and raw materials‚ the investment banks also release analytical reports on all markets operated by it
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Of those few historians’ rank Abraham Lincoln‚ also know as “the great Emancipator”‚ as the greatest president that ever lived. He is accredited with preserving the union‚ freeing the slaves‚ and enacting various new policies. Lincoln was a strong‚ confident president who remained steadfast in his principles. At a time of crisis he led the nation into an unpopular civil war. He could have gone the easy route‚ and ignored the Confederate States of America‚ ergo avoiding conflict. However
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February 21‚ 1965. A week after his house was bombed‚ he was shot to death by Islam leaders while giving a speech at his rally. He did not deserve to die because he was just trying to make the world a better place and make things equal for all people. People who supported malcom were very devastated and angry. Emergency measures failed to save him. Due to the fact that malcom X’s father may have also been killed by white supremacists‚ this Malcom’s supports 10x more angry. Malcom X was a dangerous
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I believe‚ in drastic cases that can’t and shouldn’t be ignored‚ we can intervene and try to help out in anyway. There are many reasons as to why this philosophy is good to try. Somethings are small and domestic‚ where it’s only a problem in that country and the country can and needs to handle it on their own. Then‚ there are some things that are on a larger scale that need to be looked at with more than one vision. Now‚ i’m not saying that all small things don’t need intervenance from other people
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’’To assure our country’s freedom‚ the government should be able to spy on its citizen.’’ The government most definitely should not have the right to spy on its citizens. Even if it was to supposedly secure our country’s freedom‚ it is doing nothing but taking away freedoms from its own people. It would be conflicting for our country to say that they are trying to secure our freedoms by spying on the citizens. Recent classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden (Former CIA and NSA employee) proved
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help and guidance. Throughout the book‚ trouble becomes increasingly worse‚ and George ends up having to kill Lennie. Most people believe that is was George’s responsibility to look after Lennie‚ making his killing unjustified. However‚ George was justified in killing Lennie because Lennie had previously hurt people‚ Lennie is not going to get a trial‚ and George cannot always be there for Lennie. First‚ George was right to kill Lennie because Lennie had hurt people in the past and would continue
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after what he did‚ The question is though‚ is it justified for George to kill Lennie to save him from the lynch mob heading for his lead by Curly himself. the argument that it was that it was justified‚ because he was going to do it as an act of mercy‚ he was thinking about how he could not save Lennie from society and vice versa‚ and that George could never make money and get Lennie his “American dream” when George shoots Lennie it was justified in the way that it was in the way of mercy saving
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