...2014). This means that any U.S citizen who commits a crime that’s considered a felony will be sentenced to either the death penalty or will serve time in a state or federal prison. There are pros and cons pertaining to this particular subject. Comparing the pros and cons of whether felons should be allowed to vote will challenge facts and the opinions of others. Being able to vote is a right not a privilege. The right to vote in America is a key element of what...
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...“Most human beings have an absolute and infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” (Aldous Huxley) Young adults take things for granted: basic things, simple things, everything. Wasting food, not realizing what freedom means, not valuing education, and using up any readily available resources, has become a part of the daily routine without anyone realizing it. A rising problem amongst our age bracket today is young adults take what they have for granted, not realizing the long term consequences of their actions. How often does one finish everything that is on his/her plate? Many consumers often order more than they can eat. One’s eyes are bigger than his/her stomach. People will order multiple appetizing items from menus assuming they can finish it. On the contrary, they will eat about half of what is served, leaving the rest behind. Frequently, restaurants serve larger portions than the average person can eat. The American attitude is wanting beyond what is needed, the “Super-Size effect.” If one were to take into consideration the amount of food that is wasted in this country versus the amount that is needed throughout the rest of the world, anyone with a right mind set can see that Americans waste food. In contrast, there are starving masses in other parts of the world such as in numerous third world countries. There are people dying from starvation and lack of nutrients because of the absence of a sufficient food source, while contemporary Americans are...
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...Missouri Compromise of 1820. The Missouri Compromise divided states into a category of free or slave state, in which Maine became a free state and all western territories north of the southern border of Missouri were free territory (History). With this, Illinois was a free state, Dred Scott who was an enslaved man, and his family were taken into Illinois and when being taken back to Missouri which was a slave state, Dred sought to gain his freedom. During the year of 1846, Dred Scott, an enslaved black man, sued in the St. Louis Circuit Court to gain the freedom for himself and his wife. Scott...
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...Millions lives have been lost protecting the nation and fighting for many things that are taken for granted today. Our generation has been blessed by, not one, but many different gifts. Many of the gifts can be described by one word, freedom. Freedom means that you can do things without restraint. Everyone is granted, without any objection, civil rights stated within the Constitution. America has blessed not just American citizens with its gift, it has blessed the other countries that we’ve help. Furthermore, everyone, not just the people of America, should be granted the pursuit of happiness, life, and liberty. Much of the American history is the nation fighting to defend something that’s important to the people. During the civil war...
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...Soldiers nowadays are not seen as the brave and heroic men they are but are seen as just an average everyday person. American soldiers leave their friends and families and risk their lives for us to have the freedom we have today. People take for granted their freedom and don't realize that freedom isn't really free. American freedom has cost thousands of lives of soldiers and thousands of heartbreaks of families. One of the worst things is that when the soldiers come home they don't have a job waiting for them. Some soldiers end up homeless or living in poverty. Now is that a way a soldier needs to live after sacrificing his or her life for the country's freedom? No, they need to be provided with the same opportunities they provided and fought...
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...America did give the minorities a bad check because they did not get the rights that we do today. Minorities were segregated after being in slavery and forced to farm all day, while the slave owners would do nothing but order them around and beat them. They deserved to be granted all the freedoms and rights that the majority race in America has. As the constitution says “all men are created equal”, the majority should have taken on that advice and not judged people on their skin color. You can’t choose your family, hair color, eye color, or race, so why should minorities be judged on something that they didn't choose. That would be like someone making it so you can’t vote because you have brown hair or because you have blue eyes, wouldn't you...
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...relevant, however; equality is the most important. The declaration of independence stated that “All men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” Meaning that all people should receive the same rights, and be treated as equals. This is so important because everyone deserves the same rights. In document A Diana Pham a Vietnamese refugee, expressed how grateful she was of the equality given to her and her family. She said “America has given our family the chance to become whatever we choose...
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...The most extensive connotation of the word “property” is that which encompasses the entirety of the legal rights, whatever their nature may be, to which a person is considered entitled. Property is a very unique right to a particular object which may be enforced against the whole world. In other words a property right is binding in rem. William Blackstone famously defined the term property to mean the “sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe. This application of the term property may be simplified by stating that property is a right which enables the person possessing such right to exclude the world at large from the exploitation of such right. 1.1 Theories of Property There is considerable literature on the theories of property. Some of the theories that have been developed are reproduced hereunder. The Occupation theory is one of the oldest theories and it is based on the assumption that whoever discovers something will be entitled to its ownership. In other words the right to property is based on the original discovery and occupation. The Labour theory of property as propounded by John Locke provides that if man adds labour to anything that has been provided by God it entitles him to that particular thing. The Philosophical theory of property according to this theory the institution of property lies in the well being of the community...
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...that, "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed" The way that an individual interprets the wording of the Second Amendment influences their point of view on who has the right to "keep and bear arms" (Amendment 2). The controversy brought on by the Second Amendment is because the Second Amendment does not clearly define whom "the people" are. This ambiguity has left room for action by legislative bodies and the courts to pass laws and make interpretations that influence the way this Amendment is applied and enforced. The Second Amendment says, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed." (Amendment 2). A central argument put forth by gun-control advocates is that since there is no longer a "militia", that individuals should lose their rights to own a gun. They often assert that the term "militia" should now be defined as each state's National Guard or Reserves. On the other hand, anti gun control advocates argue that the Second Amendment clearly states that the people have the right to own and bear arms even if they are not part of an organized militia. II. ANTI GUN CONTROL ACTIVISTS VIEWS AND BASIS Anti-gun control activists interpret the Second Amendment as saying that any individual, weather he be in the military or not, should be allowed to own firearms. Anti-gun control activists believe that the constitutional right granted by the Second...
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...initial separation between judicial and administrative cases proved problematic as it came with the notion of not providing executive-related cases a rigorous decision-making procedure unless they were solely of a judicial nature.[3] The enablement of all case types to be granted a court-like procedure wouldn't be very efficient, bearing in mind the amount of time and money that it’ll cost. The concept of filtering judicial from executive cases may have been beneficial but it raised issues that needed addressing, such as how justice would be served for those whose cases fall under the administrative sector. Professor D J Galligan stated that, “whenever the state, through its officials, decides how people are to be treated, considerations of fair treatment arise…”[4] It’s the tension between administrative autonomy and legal certainty which has now shaped the concept of natural justice[5], by incorporating procedural fairness into governmental law as a means of balancing these competing issues. The Latin maxims 'Audi Alterem Partem' [6] and 'Nemo Iudex sua Causa’ [7] form the two distinct parts of natural justice. The main issue in Popeye's case is the revocation of his license by the Harbour Authority and the steps taken by them to reach their decision. To determine whether Popeye will succeed in his claim, the relative requirements of natural justice will be covered in turn whilst considering if the Harbour Authority’s decision-making process complied with them. The first question...
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...monumental shift in history. The concept of human rights has expanded vastly in recent history as has other things like technology. Yet this speed of progression is unprecedented in human history and is forming a different view of citizenship. Ever increasingly, humanity is heading towards more expanded human rights. Urbanization has led to more cities which breed diversity. Through the exposure to diversity, tolerance of differences has increased. These cosmopolitan areas reflect the ever increasing pace of human rights. These areas more anti-status than any other community in the world. They...
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...receive higher quality healthcare and would increase protections against violence, abuse, and sexually transmitted diseases. Legalizing prostitution would also allow sex workers to receive labor rights and would uphold the U.S. Supreme Court decisions that granted specific rights to women. Those that oppose legalization argue that prostitution corrupts society’s morals, spreads diseases, increases the likelihood of human trafficking, reverses the progress of women in society, traps women who do not have a choice but to join the industry, and...
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...that arise concerning file sharing in a multiuser system, and that is access rights and the management of simultaneous access. Access rights to a file is granted unique users whether singular or grouped. A flexible tool is provided to allow extensive file sharing among the users while providing a number of options so that certain access can be harnessed or controlled (Stallings , 2012). Although a wide range of access is being used, there is still a list of representatives with access rights that can be designated to a certain user for a unique file. One way is masking the existence of the file, leaving the user oblivious to its existence. If by chance the user gain knowledge of the files existence and owner identification, a petition to the owner can be put in place to gain additional access rights. There are ways where the user can load and execute a program with copy restrictions. Propriety programs are an example of this because they are made accessible to users with this restriction (Stallings, 2012). The only user with full access rights and the power to grant rights to others is the owner of the file created. There are also three classes of users provided said access by the owner. One- third of the class is a specific user, which are individual users who are assigned by a user id. User groups is the another class with a set of users that are not defined individually. The final class is granted to all users because the files are unrestricted (Stallings, 2012). In a system...
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...Analysis of A Gap of Sky You have to be a good daughter or son. You have to be a good girlfriend or boyfriend, a good friend, a good brother, a good sister. You have to be good at math, chemistry, social science and biology. You have to wear the right clothes, and be good at sports. You have to be popular and have the coolest friends. The pressure nowadays is enormous. There is no wonder why so many young people want to run away sometimes, so they can get away from the huge amount of pressure that they are dealing with. This huge pressure can make people feel very lonely, even though they are surrounded by lots of people, and this is exactly what the short story “A Gap of Sky”, written by Anna Hope, is about. In this short story we hear about a nineteen year old girl called Ellie, who is afraid of not living up to her teachers’ and parents’ expectations and this is what has driven her into a drug abuse. The short story gives us a portrait of a young girl, who is caught in between her desires and what is being expected of her. She is struggling with her inner demons and she is having an inner fight with herself about which decisions are ethically right or wrong. The short story is written as a 3rd person narrative. The point of view is limited to the main character Ellie and the text only describes Ellie’s thoughts e.g: “She remembers going out for booze. Did she get booze?” . The narrative technique that’s being used makes the reader come very close to Ellie’s personality...
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...Leadership is an essential element of human existence. It has served as an indispensable factor in defining our civilization throughout the history. Our understanding of the past is greatly concerned with studies of leaders, who have shaped the course of history. Today people look at leaders and try to predict what lies ahead of their life. Our vision of contemporary leaders is believed to provide the hints about how our future will look like in years from now. From this perspective studies of ancient political thought and concept of leadership play a vital role for deep analysis of contemporary leaders. An interesting perspective on leadership we find in works of Hobbes and Plato. Both philosophers approach concept of leader from rather different angles, providing their own background to it. Hobbes1, for example, emphasizes obedience and fear as great motivators that establish a power of a leader in society. Plato2, on contrary, suggests rather philosophical rulership, where leader uses his intellectual and moral power, rather than his military superiority. In Hobbes’s view the primitive kind of rulership sustains peace and quiet more effectively than more human, democratic and caretaking approach proposed by Plato. Hobbes in his concept of a leader appeals to a more primitive social strategy. Perhaps, this can be explained by his timidity. Thus, if city-state is more civilized, the natural “fight-or-flight” reactions result in increased inner tensions. In my opinion the best...
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