Some people believe that the mental state of a person or the motive for that person committing a crime should be factors when sentencing time comes. Others think that no matter the situation, a crime is a crime, and no compassion should be felt for the guilty. In the studies of philosophy these beliefs are put into two categories: utilitarian, witch would give leeway to the guilty depending on the circumstances, and Kantian, were a crime is a crime, no matter the motives involved. ... It is based on a belief that reason is the final authority for morality. ... The law says that a crime is a cr...

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All codes of laws are based on the same principle, but are not quite as violent. ... They are still a bit violent in some cases but are very much like today's punishment for crimes. ... So we take a different approach to these crimes. ... We have a more refined and sensible approach to crime and punishment. ... The Hittite laws gave us the basis of monetary payments and what we base most court cases on today. ...

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However, after the events on September eleventh just over a year ago, it became abundantly clear that the one thing we revere the most is our freedom and ability to choose in a democratically based republic. It is this ability to choose, and the mutual respect of other people's right to choose based in their own beliefs which makes picking and finding one single, moral, and ethical law to govern any situation a difficult task. ... It is ridiculous to say that our technology has advanced to the point at which we know the child can survive outside of the womb, and not consider that the te...

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In Euthyphro, his father committed the crime of murder, and his claim was that it was just and that the murdered man had killed a slave. ... Everything we do when forced to make decisions based on emotion or sentiment rather then logical. ... Each person may have a different answer but each person is answering based on what their emotions are telling them. This applies to the case because the courts are seeing that he had sex with an eleven year old girl and they are making their decisions based on their emotions. ... Therefore when he is out of the veil of ignorance and commits the crime he ...

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The Importance of Law The Law. Those two words may strike fear in the minds of many people living in today's society. The truth is that the law is not implicated to create fear or scare society's individuals; it is in place as a basis for society. Our society uses the law and law enforcement...

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Superficial Moral Systems Exposed in Lord of the Flies, Crime and Punishment, The Scarlet Letter, and Pygmalion "The superficial nature of human moral systems" is a valid concern in society today. ... This very concept allows the idea to follow that the compassion that the charitable seem to have is based on appearances rather than an actual concern. In Crime and Punishment, the semi-charitable acts of Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov seem to support the hypocrisy that is inherent in most acts of human kindness. ...

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Despite the harsh reality of some of the crimes society commits, a great deal of people have tried to seek refuge and justification in their beliefs. ... To tell you the truth I personally believe that these people commit their crimes because of their own personal issues and not because they are following the teachings of their religion, But in reality the Bible justifies their crimes so what are we to do? ... Some people need to realize that being gay is not a crime, nor are a variety of other things in which the Church condemns. ... In this situation like others, it'...

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Angelo believes that he can purify and reform society by punishing every natural and comparatively harmless transgression as a capital crime. The play show's how a good man like Angelo will not hesitate to commit a 3 crime against morality as soon as a purely sensual passion takes possession of him. ... Claudio explains to Lucio his crime. ... In Shakespeare's world the fact that Angelo's crime is exceptionally dreadful suggests strongly that he will be forgiven, particularly in light of the play's title. ... The structure is based around secret identities ...

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The American economy at this time is at an all time high, and "the novel is appropriately set in [this] get-rich-quick decade that brought about the organization of crime as a concomitant of Prohibition" (Gatsby X). ... Scott Fitzgerald clearly shows through his use of his characters and literary devices in The Great Gatsby, that this is clearly a novel based on how the American Dream is inevitably crushed beneath the harsh reality of life, because of a society which is robbed of its social and moral values, leaving many people's lives without meaning or purpose. ...

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The morals, which were based on religious beliefs, were usually taken too seriously and gave birth to a generation of extremists known as puritans. ... When someone broke a rule of the bible they would be punished as if they had committed a serious crime. ...

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It became the best seller and has captivated millions of readers in the world through a crime story of the Corleone family. ... Based on destiny and personality of characters in the novel, Wilson reaffirms the novel's thesis about survival and how to survive in such a cruel world like mafia world, and that may be the reason why The Godfather makes it one of best sellers. ... The Godfather is really one of best novels about crime. ...

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I consider situationalism to be somewhat like a rule-based perspective. ... "Only capital punishment can fit the severity of the crime of murder, and a person who murders has forfeited his or her own right to life." ... But if the victim were my mother, I would want whoever did the crime to die, a slow and horrible death at that. ...

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As a society over the years we have all tried our best to present a standard and have based it on some form of general knowledge. ... His crimes were not morally right and his entire followers were punished, but he got his view out there as morally right in Germany. ... Summing it up, one can do what is morally right for themselves based on the feeling it gives them regardless of good or bad. It shows moral standards are formed more based on the appetite of the pleasure than its ethics. ...

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"(1) The people's foundation of values would be gone after the death of god so they have nothing to base their morals on. ... They thought they could be so intelligent that they could rise above the law and commit the crime that was impossible to trace. ...

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Also, parents can censor lyrics for children based on their family's values, but there is no direct reason why the government should be censoring lyrics. ... How can serious social problems like violent crime, racism or suicide be solved by covering children's ears?" ...

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Freud believed that the id is based on mankind's pleasure principle. ... The ego is based on the reality principle. ... As coalition forces bombarded these cities and forced local authorities to flee, the lack of authority and law gave way to a rash of crimes such as looting of stores and the theft of museum antiques. ...

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People are becoming more and more devoid of morals Just about all of us have a set of rules that we live by, a personal list of do's and don'ts that is based on our own belief system. ... However, now, more than ever, our society represents one based on a foundation of immorality and principles that are meaningless. As we look outside our windows, vast amounts of crime, war, and lies is all that can be seen. ...

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How you are in life determines whether you move on after death or remain on earth to suffer is determined by how well you treat your neighbor and whether or not you committed crimes towards humanity. ... The wisdom and experience gained by elder members are invaluable, and serve as a base for promoting the values of my religion. ... With the morals and traditions set into play by my religion people will no longer have to suffer through war or hate crimes caused by a divide in beliefs. ...

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They both based their actions on their beliefs of what is right and wrong. ... They believe that although respect is very important, following human law is more important because you must immediately face the consequences of your wrong doing after the crime has been committed. ...

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It would be like having a dictator that only ran the country based on how he decided, not what is correct. ... Arkansas Gov., Mike Huckabee believes, "We've got crime problems, pregnancy problems, drug addiction problems every one of these things are essentially moral or character problems. ...

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Many people make actions based on their own interests. ... When a person learns that they will be in jail for life then they can consider what could have happened if they did not commit the crime. ...

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In Entry 33, of The Freedom Writers Diary an adolescent must make the decision either to lie and send an innocent man to prison for a murder he didn't commit or tell the truth, which would in turn send her close friend to prison for this horrendous crime. ... This girl's family anticipated her decision based on the belief that no matter right or wrong you never go against your own people. ...

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Serious crimes in schools have risen to 3,000,000 a year, violent assaults have risen to 465,000, and the number of teachers attacked per year reaches 5,000 (Crisis). ... Our government was based on religious principles from the very beginning. ...

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Morality is a very broad and complicated topic due to the fact that it is based primarily on individual opinions. ... Crime rate, drug use, illegitimate births, single parent families, divorces, and abortions have all increased exponentially between 1965 and 1980; they continued to increase at the same pace into the nineties and the new millennium. ...

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Throughout the rest of the book Huck is thrown into situations were he has to make his moral decisions based on his instinct on what's right and what's wrong. ... Even though helping a runaway slave is a crime, Huck makes his first moral decision here. ...

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