...view is that those act are right because the Gods love them.” the view of Socrates is that he love the god, he will follow all the acts that the God loves. The first view of “God loves them” is “all the right actions right because the God loves them”; the second view of “God loves them” is “God loves right actions because they are already right.” In those two views, we can realize that Socrates thinks all the things are right if the God loves them. The first as the “God says so”, in my mind that is god always right, as in a family, father says everything will be right. Like someone hits someone, the person who hit someone he must wrong, he doesn’t have any excuse, also “kill is wrong because God says it is wrong. Someone in the world, who is a justice person, to kill a hellion, at the end, he still does the wrong thing, because he kills a person. The second as “seems someone make something right, and then the God make sense to that”, in my mind, that it like “God stipulated certain things to be good is because these things itself are good.” Like the philanthropist, who always does benevolent contribution, everyone thinks that is the right thing. In the world, this is the right thing; they contribute their money for the poor people, those poor people have chance to live. I think that Euthyphro will take the first view, “all the right actions are right because the God loves them”, because the second view, he maybe says that “the God cannot set the rules, and then lose normal...
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...There is a nationwide debate on whether Lord of the Flies by William Golding is appropriate for high school students to read. It is filled with foul language, grotesque violence, and the horrible effects of insanity. The worse fact it that this is all happening to a group of kids between the ages 6 and 12. In my opinion, this is an inappropriate book for high school students to read. This book is intended for mature audiences. For teenagers, at still a young age, to be reading this book isn’t good. The ages of the children in the book are almost close to the ages of the teens reading the book. The time period which the story is set in is different than the time period now, so we have a different view of the story than society 60 years ago. First, let’s talk about the language. “You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!” (Golding 163). This is an example of the profanity used in the story. Ralph yells that at Jack before they’re about to fight before Piggy stops them. The boys in the story are British. In Great Britain, the use of the word “bloody” is considered profanity. Even though we don’t use “bloody” in that context, we can still understand how it’s implied. You wouldn’t want a little boy screaming “bloody” at everything. Just think of him screaming “F- this” and “F- that” at everything. It’s just the same context as “bloody” but in just American English. Teenagers are prone to use profanity a lot. It’s inappropriate, yet we still use it anyway. Like I stated in...
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...The Trolley Problem 1 and The Trolley Problem 2. Both problems have a runaway trolley that will kill five people on the track ahead if it continues on its course uninterrupted. The first problem has a switch that will turn the trolley off the track with the five people on it and turn it onto a track where there is one person on it. By hitting the switch you will save the five people, but the trolley will kill the one person. Do you hit the switch to save the five, or let the trolley go and save the one? I would hit the switch and save the five. I felt that if I was put in the position of having to choose to save one or save five, I would choose to save five. To not act at all, to me, is still acting because your inaction still kills one person. It is better to kill five people over killing one person? Definitely not. Although I don’t advocate that killing one person is justified. My choice is simply made because I was given the option of saving one or saving five. My option was not killing one or killing five. Mentally, this changes the scenario. It makes me feel less personally responsible for the deaths. In the second problem there is no switch. The problem is made more personal by the presence of an individual. You are standing on a bridge over the trolley tracks, next to this individual, who happens to be very large. If you push this individual onto the tracks, you will kill him; his large body will prevent the train from reaching the five people and save them. I could not...
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...Did George have to kill Lennie? This is one question that many people who read this book will ask them selves, some will even ask why did George kill Lennie? Both questions are very similar, and yet there will be various different queries and conspiracies for each of them. In the book, it is clear to see that Lennie and George are completely different. For instance Lennie comes across as being a stupid but soft hearted man as if he were a child, whereas George comes across as being the most switched on out of the two and isn’t really the nicest of guys. One answer to the question of Did George have to kill Lennie? Is that maybe George was playing Lennie for a fool, by making him work hard in the ranch only to kill him for the money he had earned, leaving George better off with more money. It gives you a hint in the phrase ‘I said what stake you got in this guy? You taking his pay away from him?’. George did often talk to Lennie about getting there own place with lots of animals and crops, this may have been true or maybe he was just telling Lennie this to lead him on and make him believe in what George was telling him then running off with his pay. This conspiracy may seem abit to far fetched but in the 1930s America money was hard to come by and the more money you could get your hands on the better. So by Lennie not being the brightest of men it was easy pickings for George. Another answer to the question could be to prevent Lennie from killing again. Throughout...
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...guilts he made was mostly towards Lennie such as, making him jump in the water when couldnt even swim, made a plan to kill him, and making a commitment to kill him like they did to Candys dog. The first person I found that was the least guilty was Crooks. All he ever did was mind his own business, but since he was different skin color they were...
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...Child soldiers have hurt and harmed many people and therefore don't deserve amnesty. First there is no possible way to tell if they are going to be good citizens or if they are going to become the next terrorist attack on the U.S. These kids are trained to be killers and liars so we can't tell if they are truly good or if they are telling one big lie. Even though some people may say that these kids are being forced at gunpoint to kill. But, even as this may be the case for some they are still killing people and they are at a young age, when they create their habits. Finally if we do decide to grant them amnesty we will be hurting them lots more then we are truly helping them. It will encourage the captors and commanders to take more child...
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...shouldn’t be allowed to kill each other, as this would be a violation of these rights. Should murderous animals be administered prison sentences or even…capital punishment? One method of preventing animals killing each other would be to provide animals with a vegetarian environment which caters for their every need. However, in this fictional vegetarian world wouldn’t the rights of the animal be suppressed as it is being held in captivity against its will? From an evolutionary point of view it is the natural right of a stronger animal to devour a weaker one. If this is acceptable then surely it is acceptable for us to eat meat too, as we humans are more evolved than the creatures we eat. But this argument implies that if you have physical power over someone or something then you should be allowed to do what you want. If this was the case, it would be perfectly acceptable for me to torture an infant, purely because I have the physical capacity to do so and if an alien race should happen to invade Earth with the intention and power to kill and eat us, they should also be allowed to do so. Being human beings, we have the ability to reflect upon that which we have done which is the main reason we choose not to attack those less powerful than us. Animals on the other hand cannot think about their actions in great depth and rely upon instinct to direct them. This is ironic because we are moral beings and can think about our actions, yet we kill and mistreat...
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...pushed over the edge by their parents, who don’t understand the children’s needs. This is reflected in the story “Just like that” by Michael Richards, in which a young boy is taken into the bush to shoot kangaroos, by a man who wants to teach him what it takes to grow up to become a man. Does the boy like to shoot kangaroos, if not; why? Why does the man say: “Don’t walk behind me”? What happens in the end of the story? The narrator is third person and is omniscient. The language is simple and informal because it includes dialogues and repetition of dialogues. The atmosphere is gloomy, because the man does not trust the boy. It is exciting. The story is told in chronological order. The boy is young and inexperienced. It is the first time, he is in the bush to shoot kangaroos. He is brought by a man, who seems to be his father. To him the son cannot become a man, until he knows how to handle a rifle. Shooting kangaroos is the method the father uses to turn the son into a man. The boy is looking for a role model, who he finds in his father. But to pass his father’s test of manhood, he needs to shoot kangaroos. But even though the father is the boy’s role model, the boy finds him unsympathetic because he shoots the defenseless kangaroos. The son’s conscience plays a big role in this story. He does not like to shoot the kangaroos. His father pushes him by saying things as: “If you can’t do it now you never will.” (Page 1, line 6). The son interprets it as growing up and...
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...to see him, but it more importantly sets the whole island up in flames. On page 231 it says, “All at once the lights flickering ahead of him merged together, the roar of the forest rose to a thunder and a tall bush directly in his path burst into a great fan-shaped flame.” (Goulding 231). This shows once again that the boys will do anything to overcome their obstacles, even if it involves pure evil. Although the fire was a dumb idea at the time to the boys, in the long run it was their way of escaping the island. Out on the shore, there was an officer who was there to rescue them. The irony ran through this incident because Ralph had been telling the boys to keep the smoke signal alive this whole time, and the one time they did it, was to kill...
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...Zebulan Dula First Year Book Report 2 11/07/12 Reflections On The Bait of Satan In Luke 17:1, Jesus says, “It is impossible that no offenses should come.” The bait of Satan is basically offense. 2 Timothy 2:24-26 says, “And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.” This scripture makes it clear that when we bit the bait, there is only one outcome, and that is that we are doing the will of Satan. Offense takes many different forms, so here are some common offense causing situations: Someone says or does something against our sense of justice, then We feel we are owed something as a result. Something good happens to someone else, and we feel the need to justify ourselves, perhaps finding something good that we’ve done or experienced as well, completely missing the opportunity to rejoice with our friend. Someone overlooks something you did, and you feel you deserve recognition. It is important to recognize that offense can be either real or perceived, but either way it is just as powerful in its hold upon our hearts. In The Bait Of Satan John Bevere makes its clear that we must recognize is that offense is always a choice. In the same way that two people can be in the same situation...
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...journey was so prolonged and treacherous. A few examples of revenge in the poem include Orestes’ revenge on Aegisthus, Zeus’ revenge on Odysseus and his men, and Poseidon’s revenge on Odysseus. These different examples of revenge in The Odyssey show the importance of the gods’ revenge in the epic journey of Odysseus. Orestes’ revenge is the first important example of the gods’ revenge in the poem. In Book 1, Hermes told Aegisthus, “’Don’t murder the man,’ he said, ‘don’t court his wife. Beware, revenge will come from Orestes…” (Homer 260). King Nestor delivers the story of Orestes’ revenge to Odysseus’ son Telemachus, while Telemachus is visiting Nestor to discover answers about his fathers’... The Character Medea's Revenge in Euripides' Medea Medea is a tragedy of a woman who feels that her husband has betrayed her with another woman and the jealousy that consumes her. She is the protagonist who arouses sympathy and admiration because of how her desperate situation is. I thought I was going to feel sorry for Medea, but that quickly changed as soon as I saw her true colors. I understand that her emotions were all over the place. First, she was angry, then cold and conniving. The lower she sinks the more terrible revenge she wants to reap on Jason. Medea's plan was set into motion. She has nothing to loose. She is even angrier because she betrayed her own father and her people for him. She even bears the burden of having Pelias killed...
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...“Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.” - Andrew “Old Hickory” Jackson. He took this quote quite seriously. Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. He was known as the “common man” because he grew up very poor. Jackson has been on the $20 bill since 1928; that’s 87 years. I don’t think that Andrew Jackson should be not be on $20 bill because of his bad impacts on history and our nation. First, Andrew Jackson only supported only white males and did not support minorities. In the article President Andrew Jackson's Case for the Removal Act First Annual Message to Congress, 8 December 1829 on www.mtholyoke.edu it says “in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation (Mount Holyoke College).” This evidence proves that Jackson was...
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...Othello is driven into madness, then Iago lies to Othello about Cassio talking in his sleep about Desdemona and when he finds the handkerchief he plans to place it in Cassio´s room. In act 4 scene 1iago admits to Othello that Cassio and Desdemona have slept together and manipulates Cassio in front of Othello to make it seem that they are talking about Desdemona and not Bianca, after that Iago suggest Othello to strangle Desdemona instead of poisoning her. Through the events given we can deduce that Iago is totally guilty for the murders as he have manipulated everyone in order to make them see and believe what he want them to, even he gave advises to Othello of how he should kill Desdemona, therefore all the misfortunes happened fall back into Iago. Not Guilty: Iago is not guilty because, in the first place, Othello should...
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...When the witches appear, they announce to Macbeth and Banquo that Macbeth will be Thane of Cawdor and then King of Scotland. The witches exclaim, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (1.3.52-53). After hearing this prophecy, Macbeth makes it his goal to kill Duncan and take the throne by force, even though Duncan highly respects Macbeth for killing the traitor, MacDonwald, at war, and Macbeth is loyal to Duncan. Macbeth states, “Stars, hide your fires, / Let not light see my black and deep desires” (1.4.57-58). As mentioned previously, even though Macbeth and King Duncan respect each other, Macbeth’s plan to destroy Duncan show his overpowering need for power, which are the first steps to Macbeth’s...
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...Yes I believe weed should be legal because it doesn’t kill people it helps people and can save lives. Weed is not a gun and is it not a weapon. There shouldn’t be a reason why people can’t use it for fun. Weed can make a lot of people money and create a lot of jobs. With more jobs that means more people working an off the street. Making this legal can change a lot of things like how we live an how we eat? This will bring joy to many people if this is legalized a lot of things will change. There will be a lot of stores and many people can benefit of this. Everybody smokes it so it is really hard to arrest everybody. So they might as well let everybody do it for fun. Alcohol is way more harmful then weed but that is legal people can die from alcohol but people still drink it. If you can get arrested for smoking weed you be arrested for smoking tobacco too. Tobacco can cause many problems down the road. A tobacco can actually kill you. The government tries to make people stop but it will never stop. Everybody is finding ways to use it. There really is no way to stop to it. I personal don’t mind it because it doesn’t smell bad or if I inhale it while is somebody smoking it won’t hurt me or cause me any problems. Weed is healthy for you it can’t hurt you it will just make your life better. Most people think this could save lives, it helps with medical problems .Allot of people will be shocked on how good this will help people with their daily lives. I also believe that this will...
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