Mersault of Albert Camus" The Stranger and Raskolnikov of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment follow similar [existentialist] moral codes that regulate their attitudes toward death and religion. ... Beyond his lack of compassion for human existence, Mersault presents no sense of remorse for his crime. He clearly believes that his act of murder does not require the in depth analysis that is called for by the prosecutor. ... In Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov adopts a similar moral code. ... He shows no remorse for the crime he has committed. ...

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This essay is about justice and morality and people's ethical code. It starts with Plato's notion of Justice and moves on to a sophist philosopher Thrasymachus who simple believed that our justice is serving the interest of the stronger people in society rather than the weaker. It seems like in toda...

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Austin: Positivist Identity of law: what makes the law the law Law (is) = Rules + (issued by a) Sovereignty. Rules = General Commands A command is an expression of a wish backed by a threat to inflict an evil (=sanction, like telling the child to get the toy is not a command unless it is backed b...

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