In Article 21 of the constitution of India, it is been stated in the mandatory tone that no person should be deprived with his life and personal freedom except according to the method established by law. Further, the method mentioned in the Article is not some form of a procedure but it should be “reasonable, […]
Civil Disobedience is an essay written by Henry David Thoreau first published in 1866, in which Thoreau attempts to convince readers to oppose the Mexican-American War and the institution of slavery as a whole. First presented as a lecture in 1848, and shortly thereafter as an essay titled Resistance to Civil Government. It was not […]
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Get startedDeontology refers to an ethical theory that was introduced by a German philosopher Immanuel Kant. The theory postulates that individuals have a moral obligation to act in line with prescribed principles and rules irrespective of the outcome. John Stuart Mill, on the other hand, founded the Utilitarian theory that indicates that the outcomes of a […]
Should the First-Amendment free-speech rights of groups like the Klu Klux Klan and other groups that are seen as hate groups be protected? Why or why not? What effects if any could limit the rights of some groups have on all groups? What differentiates hate groups from other groups that promote the interest of a […]
Enlightenment era was when people started to use reason, or logical thinking, rationalism, and science to attack this power. The thinkers of the Enlightenment objected to the absolute power of the royal rulers and of the Roman Catholic church. Many enlightenment ideas deals with human freedom and individual rights. This article talks about the enlightenment […]
In most Hasidic schools, including the ones I attended, Aristotle is taught to be synonymous with sin, and is depicted as the symbol of non-Jewish promiscuity and wickedness. Therefore, when I noticed that we would be exploring Aristotle this semester, I was both enthusiastic and anxious. Enthusiastic, because I would be learning the teachings of […]
How does Aristotle define moral virtue? Aristotle defines moral virtue as a deposition to behave in the right manner and by recommending its relation to happiness. Aristotle defines moral virtue into subcategories, but he defines virtues as being exemplified by courage, temperance, liberality, etc.; the key intellectual virtues are wisdom, which governs ethical behavior, and […]
In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle aims to answer the questions of what makes a human good, what happiness is, and how we as humans may use our goodness, if we possess it, to achieve the end of happiness in our lives. For Aristotle, the question of how to be happy is the question of how […]
Thomas Lavenziano Professor Eugene Kelly ICPH 304 – W01 Aristotle on the Golden Mean One of Aristotle’s most well known works is the Nicomachean Ethics, written around the year 340 BC and was most likely named after his father or his son. Within this work Aristotle theorizes about the nature of the good life. He […]
It’s our responsibility’s as citizens to not only follow the laws in place but to challenge them when we deem them unjust. By doing this we are directly committing civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is a tool that when molested can hurt the system in place but, when used justly to alter the laws inhibiting certain […]
Prostitution, or the act of buying and selling sex, is currently illegal in the United States of America with the exception of the state of Nevada. In countries like Sweden, Denmark, and Germany: prostitution is legalized or the law is altered to decriminalize the act of selling prostitution while continuing to persecute those who buy […]
The Declaration of Independence established the core principles of our Nation, the United States of America. Our Constitution with the Amendments provides a rule of laws for an actual government to accomplish those principles. TheBill of Rightsprotects the individual rights of American citizens and was adopted as a single unit on December 15, 1791. Our […]
Recent reports of hate crime document significant increase in psychological distress as well as post traumatic stress and depression towards victims that are not motivated by bias crimes There are many types of hate crimes that happened throughout the world but three main ones that are common are sexual orientation, race and terrorist attacks ( […]
The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights has become an important role of American values over the years. The Bill of Rights is important to Americans because it stands for our rights and freedom. The Bill of Rights is made from ten amendments, the ones I will be talking about is the First, […]
The Bill of Rights – My Revision As we have learned during our American Government class that the creation of our United States (U.S.) Constitution was no easy task. Bitter arguments arose during the ratification process of the U.S. Constitution between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Both competing groups had valid arguments and concerns with […]
ABSTRACT:- The juvenile justice system is the biggest apparatus in India to work with two noteworthy gatherings of powerless youngsters: kids without family or family support, and kids who purportedly carry out wrongdoings or offenses. The Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act, 2000, further changed in 2006 from this point forward alluded to […]
Racial segregation is an issue that still exists in some parts of united states of united states of America for instance in Birmingham. Racial segregation is practice and habit of restricting or even prohibiting certain race of people to a given region or also separating institutions like churches, schools and hospitals as well as facilities […]
Prohibition of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The right to fair trail, their importance, features and to what extent they are incorporated in national legislation of Azerbaijan Republic under respective clauses of ECHR. Throughout the history there were so many people that faced with the torture which is done by another person or […]
Rates of Juvenile Arrest The arrests of American youth, while showing a decline since 1996, are still a great concern and with 2,553.6 youth per 100,000 arrested per year in 2016 (OJJDP, 2017). That is more than 25% of our youth somehow in the juvenile justice system. The ways we care for our youth once […]
Should criminal acts by youths be given the same weight as those committed by adults, or should they be seen as mistakes that can be corrected by care and counseling? (Gaines & Miller, 2013, p. 502) A juvenile delinquent is defined as minors, usually defined as being between the ages of 10 and 18, who […]
Aristotle felt that democracy was essentially an unsuccessful endeavor that did not represent the true nature of governance. Aristotle believed many people were unfit to rule, and that people with money and time to concentrate on the best interests of people and country were more fit (the rich). If rulers were poor, they wouldn’t have […]
Article 1: Passing of the controversial Secrecy Bill This is an article on the passing of the Secrecy Bill which denies the media the right to access some information of the government. As per the critics, this is a bill that promotes corruption of the government as most of the information would be sealed (1). […]
The relationship between ethnicity, gender difference and crime in the U.K is a subject matter for research, government surveys as well as public concern. Under section 95, of criminal justice Act 1991, the government has collected an annual statistics based on race, gender and crime rate as well. Ethnic difference According to the official statistics […]
Introduction Police work together in addressing and solving issues on crime and violation of law in the community actually referred as community partnership. Community partnership is an important tool in community policing. Community partnership with the police involves collaborations of community individuals with the law governing agencies working hand in hand in order to identify […]
When we consider the concept of utilitarianism we base it on the pleasures and pains we encounter and how they balance regarding maximizing happiness overall. As Jeremy Bentham defines, “whatever will maximize utility; producing the most pleasure or happiness and avoiding or preventing pain or suffering” in Sandel’s Justice (2007). When taking a utilitarianism viewpoint, […]
Since we are young we are taught to do good by others and as we get older we learn that we also have to please ourselves. When studying philosophy you see there are many philosophies that go like this, but there are others that go in different directions. These go in directions that only focus […]
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, is one of the most popular documents in the world. Although Jefferson is one of the United States’ founding fathers and is one of the biggest reasons that the United States is the way it is today, he did not want to be remembered for his presidency […]
John Locke values the idea of natural right, which he divulged in his book Two Treatises of Government. A shown in Sophocles’ play Antigone the character Creon idealized the opposite philosophy. The idea of natural right, as developed by John Locke is that all people have the right to life, meaning, having a basis of […]
According to John Stuart Mill, utility or the greatest happiness principle holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness (Mills 99). He believes the choice that will generate the greatest good for the greatest number would be the most ethical. […]
Thomas Jefferson once said, Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves… With the infringement of individual rights of the people, can America still be thought of as the land of the free and the home of the brave? To prevent this from happening, the framers of the Constitution has introduced a […]
