First Response Paper February 20‚ 2012 Was the Death of Socrates Justified? The life and death of Socrates is a topic that can spark great debates. Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who was put on trial for two specific reasons. In the Apology‚ we learn that the people of Athens claimed that Socrates did not believe in the gods of their city‚ but in other spiritual things. This was thought to be impious. They also believed that Socrates was corrupting the youth. Socrates did his best
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The definition of “justified” is having‚ done for‚ or marked by a good or legitimate reason. The second definition is declared or made righteous in the sight of God. The war with Mexico was both of these definitions. It was justified. In 1836‚ Texas had won it’s independence and had become apart of America. Mexico had attacked U.S. soldiers on Texas territory. Polk became president. He believed in Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that God wanted America to spread across the continent
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Jacksonian Democracy was or was not democratic? Jacksonian Democracy marked the age "of the common man" and the era for an improvement on government and society. When Andrew Jackson was president‚ he led the nation of the United States into dramatic changes both socially and politically which affected the government system and the lives of the American people positively. He fascinated the American people greatly because he stood for values they stood for such as a better government system. Because
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Pipeline Argumentative Enbridge‚ the world leader in crude oil pipelines‚ proposed a pipeline running from a tar sand oil plant in Bruderheim‚ Alberta to Kitimat‚ British Columbia. If passed‚ this pipeline will ship hundreds of barrels of oil a day to a port in Kitimat‚ where the majority will be shipped to Asia. Enbridge claims that there will be large economic benefits (jobs)‚ especially local. However‚ there a many risks‚ economical‚ environmentally‚ and negative health effects such as weakness
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Was the conquest of Mexico justified? Was it the work of men carrying out God ’s will on Earth? Or was simpler than that? Was it just greed and jealousy‚ as old as Cain and Abel? This question can be debated to no end by people on opposite ends of the spectrum. The Spaniards were quick to justify their actions as fair‚ proper‚ and necessary. However‚ a more modern‚ western mind can certainly look at the events and judge them to be unjust‚ perhaps even evil a likening to the violence and prejudice
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" War on iraq was not justified" The 2003 Iraq War lasted less than three weeks. It began in the early morning hours of March 20‚ when American missiles struck Baghdad. By April 9‚ U.S. forces had advanced into Baghdad. By April 15 Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had vanished‚ and U.S. and allied officials pronounced the end of major combat operations. Although the war itself was short‚ arguments over whether it was justified had been made for months and years prior to the attack‚ and still continue
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Imperialism…Justified? The United States was justified in expanding its territory‚ influence‚ and power in the Westward Expansion because the country saw an opportunity and took it. In this expansion of the United States‚ the foreign policy of Manifest Destiny is present. Manifest Destiny is the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent. One of the firs things that happen during the expansion to help prove that America was justified was that President
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ the thirtieth President of the United States was assassinated on November 22‚ 1963. He was shot as his motorcade drove through Dallas‚ Texas‚ by Lee Harvey Oswald. Even though some people may believe that this killing was justified‚ the assassination of JFK is unjustified because there are many conspiracy theories and the police investigation was not thorough or documented correctly. First‚ there were many conspiracy theories. Many people believed that Lee Harvey Oswald had
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Case study: Unocal in Burma Student name: Liyi Wen Student ID: 5061791 Word Count: 1947 words Professor: Calvin Hayes Content I Dilemma and Stakeholders 3 II Questions 4 III Arguments 5 Utilitarianism perspective: 5 Moral right perspective: 6 Justice perspective: 6 Reference List 7 I Dilemma and Stakeholders Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) specialized in developing oil fields around Los Angeles and operating all aspects of the oil business such as extraction‚ refining‚ distribution
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America was justified in its decision to drop Atomic weapons on Japan during World War Two’ Discuss. Towards the end of World War II‚ Japan had already been weakened by the battle of coral sea‚ but on August 6‚ 1945 an American B-29 bomber dropped a first hand developed atomic bomb on the civilian and military inhabited city of Hiroshima. 70‚000 people were killed instantly. Thousands were left heavily injured and sick. The United States had many different reasons to be justified to have dropped
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