3.3. Robert Nozick on John Rawls. The publication of A Theory of Justice of Rawls is extensively acknowledged as an essential contribution to the notion of justice. However‚ his work raises many questions. One of the major responses to the book came from Robert Nozick in his book‚ Anarchy‚ State‚ and Utopia. Nozick offers a libertarian response to Rawls. Libertarian notion of politics implies that there is a recognition of natural human rights and if these rights are deprived would be an immoral
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philosophy of John Rawls with regard to the theory of societal justice. My aim is convey Rawls’ conception of justice. I will discuss his original position of equality and how the essential veil of ignorance collaborates with the original position to arrive at a societal ground zero. I will also address the two principles that Rawls believe would emerge from the original position to guide a just society. Rawls aspires to investigate and present a conception of justice. He believes that‚ in order to create
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CASE STUDY – Page 1 of 2 KERN COUNTY’S VIRTUAL JAIL SUMMARY When California’s Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011 became law last year‚ Kern County‚ CA‚ was faced with a significant increase in the number of offenders to be supervised by the Sheriff’s Office or housed in one of its four existing jails. At full implementation of the Act‚ projections were over 2‚000 additional offenders. They built a “Virtual Jail” system around the idea of reliable‚ innovative electronic monitoring technology
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I understand the guilty offender to be blameworthy and that desert theories in criminal justice are premised on notions of individual blameworthiness. Within the criminal law this is historically referred to as the mens rea requirement. An agent has the mental state of purpose with respect to a conduct if and only if the agent intends to engage in the conduct and understands its nature. Having a guilty mind means that the criminal knows certain things and chose (or failed to choose) certain things
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The Iceberg Theory summary This theory was created by Hemingway and was called The Iceberg Theory. According to Hemingway‚ the stories could be written through succinct words‚ distinct images‚ plentiful emotion and profound thought. In this theory‚ the writer omits items‚ facts or descriptions that are obvious or are already stated by symbols‚ images‚ metaphors‚ similes‚ or some other figures of speech leaving the reader to think‚ imagine‚ understand and create his own point of view. The main
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Justice Antonin Scalia has said in the past regarding abortion that there is nothing in the Constitution that mentions anything about a right to abortion. The Constitution simply states nothing about this issue. One possible way to fix whether there is a female right for women or not is to look at how most rights are created in a democratic society and then either amend the Constitution‚ or create a law. The Constitution cannot compromise‚ but a law can because the Constitution as Justice Scalia
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lies within the juvenile justice system. A huge suggestion for reforming the juvenile justice system would be to make the children their number one priority‚ rather than focusing on punishment. Although these children have committed crimes to get them there‚ they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. They also deserve to be protected‚ educated‚ and properly treated for their mental and physical health issues. Three major proposals for improving juvenile justice are: Multisystemic Therapy
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The criminal justice system: How the police agency is organised in carrying out its tasks Introduction Performance is usually gauged through efficiency and effectiveness in any department whether in a public or private institution. (Skogan‚ 1976‚ p. 1). Efficiency is mostly about costs whereas effectiveness deals with the ability to meet goals and solve problems. The criminal justice system is tasked with various duties key among them are punishing for wrong doing‚ protection of the society from
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criminal justice professionals whose duties involve ensure public safety and enforcement of laws. Within the criminal justice system law enforcement detectives performs investigative duties such as gathering facts and collecting evidence. The initial information provided to detectives is the most critical factor in solving a crime. Therefore‚ it is inherently important that the detectives follow all department rules and demonstrate sound judgment when making decisions. The criminal justice ethics
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Ethical Theory Summary This is an outline and summary of three of the most prominent ethical theories in the history of philosophy. (Note that all three of these represent different ethical absolutist/universalist theories. A view known as ethical relativism follows these.) Please take this as a sketch that invites you to investigate these ethical theories further. After each brief sketch‚ I will provide some web links that will be helpful to read. Virtue Ethics (especially Aristotle)
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