Examine The Key Philosophical Justifications For Punishment ’Punishment proceeds on the principle that there is an eternal distinction between right and wrong‚ and that this distinction must be maintained for its own sake’ (Dictionary.com‚ 2012). In this essay I will examine the idea of revenge‚ retributivism and just desert‚ utilitarianism and deterrence and finally restorative approaches as the key philosophical justifications for punishment. The aim of this essay will be to argue that there
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of the samurai class‚ especially with the high-rank samurai. The Twilight Samurai and Musui’s Story both depict the deficiency of samurai class during the Tokugawa period with the struggles of the low-rank samurai trying to find ways to support themselves all while trying to keep up their status as a samurai. Both the film and autobiography also show that bushido was far from a normative philosophy through the acts of
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History Speech (1st slide) What were the Samurai? (2nd slide) These are my sources. The excerpt from Yamaga Sokō is a primary source written as an original document in his work ‘Way of the Samurai’. Yamaga Sokō wrote this work in the mid-seventeenth century as a Japanese Philosopher during Medieval Japan times. He was an expert in military techniques and was highly respected. This source is very reliable as it is from the time and although it is an opinion‚ it is not biased or unwitting as well
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Taming of the Samurai. Romanticized samurai are ever-present in western conceptions of foreign Japan. Katana wielding warriors in elaborate armor have been featured endlessly in American and Japanese entertainment alike. Are the samurai‚ as we know them‚ simply a vestige of a now dead culture? Are the Japanese clinging to an outdated old mascot from their past? Ikagami doesn’t think so. The development of the samurai class is one of the most important features of Japanese History. The Samurai were not
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soldiers‚ which were knights in the west and Samurai in Japan but both followed a similar code of honor and loyalty. The real question is how did this class of aristocratic warriors rise out of nothing to become the ruling class of Japan. The Samurai are one of Japan’s most iconic cultural symbol that has drawn interest from both Japan and the West and has been used to create many novels and movies for people to enjoy the rich cultural heritage of the Samurai. When Nara became the capital of Japan
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The samurai and the knights had a lot of similarities but they did have a lot of differences to. Like how they were both classified warriors who fought mostly for their kingdom and their families. The samurai followed a code called bushido‚but the knights didn’t follow the same code they followed a code called chivalry. The samurai and knights were both highly trained warriors who protected their kingdom as well as their people. More than a thousand years ago‚ a class of professional warriors
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The commoner women of course were separated from the other students. Samurai women compared to commoners had much heavier regulations in their daily lives. As Yamakawa Kikue writes in her book Women of the Mito Domain‚ samurai women rarely left their household. Samurai women received most of their education from their fathers or female tutors. The text they had to study differed among their family situation. One of the
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Franklin J. Manao March 4‚ 2011 BS Industrial Pharmacy Dr. Paula Sioco Philosophy I Reaction Paper The first movie was El Krimen del Padre amaro (The crime of Father Amaro). There are so many immoralities in this movie. The first one is regarding what Father Amaro committed. Being a priest of a catholic church‚ you are
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a creative way to add new learning experiences to the lives of students. Phases: * Analysis phase – the instructional problem is clarified‚ the instructional goals and objectives are established and the learning environment and learner’s existing knowledge and skills are identified * Design phase – deals with learning objectives‚ assessment instruments‚ exercises‚ content‚ subject matter analysis‚ lesson planning‚ and media selection. The design phase should be systematic and specific
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hilosophy is more of an intellectual activity in which one engages than a specific subject matter which one studies. Consequently‚ a philosophical essay should show this intellectual activity at work--by intelligently discussing a chosen philosophical issue or problem and by critically defending a stand towards it. Your stand may be a constructive and positive one‚ defending an already-proposed solution or justifying your own answer to an issue; or else it may be a critical and negative one‚ disagreeing
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