Socrates valued morals and frowned on hypocrisy, and since he felt that breaking a law was immoral, he would not escape his punishment even though he has being jailed for a crime that he didn't commit, he refused to commit a crime even if it involved saving his own life. ... Afterward the citizens were so ashamed that they were about to put one of societies greatest thinkers to death, they were obliged to look the other way when Socrates jail guards were bribed to let him escape. ... His friend Crito tried to change Socrates mind to escape by using a couple of arguments. ... There...

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Legalization of Marijuana Legalization of Marijuana has quickly become a controversial issue in America. In the United States, legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes is spreading to the state level. For example, in November 1996, the people of California and Arizona voted to legalize ma...

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Some patients enduring intolerable, unrelievable suffering as well as some terminally ill patients who are enduring lesser but still severe suffering need this legal right, for they cannot escape from their suffering without it. ... Jack Kevorkian were villainized and thrown in jail for helping people escape their suffering. ...

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When an individual is on the path toward suicide the legal consequences are to say the least a moot point, as their sole prerogative is to attain escape from this earth, and all within it, including the legal system. ...

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Laws, the unspoken contract we have all agreed to based on what we wanted to be provided to us, but without a way for them to be viewed and attended to, to see if they have been broken in anyway, there must be a system in place, and that is the purpose of our courts. The American legal system has de...

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Similar to Hobbes, Locke starts his treatise by defining the concept of a state of nature. Their basic aim is to show the nature of man's existence before the establishment of the society and sovereign state and make a rational and reliable point for their philosophical enquiries. Starting from this...

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Since Socrates' trial and sentencing his followers had unsuccessfully been trying to convince him to allow them to intervene on his behalf, and when Crito implores Socrates to escape from prison to avoid death Socrates refuses once again. ...

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The Canadian Criminal Justice System (CCJS) was set in place to preserve order within the country. This system, founded by the Federal Government of Canada, ensures a minimum of peace and order is kept by establishing a set of rules also known as laws, rights and freedoms. The Canadian Charter of Ri...

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Nearly all of the industrialized countries have labor laws covering the quid pro quo sexual harassment as "constructive discharge- (the employee was forced to quit to escape the offensive behavior) or "wrongful termination- (the employee was fired for refusing to submit to unfair labor practices). ...

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Abortion has long been an extremely controversial issue within Australia and throughout the world. With a more liberal approach to abortion now evident, and two thirds of countries permitting such practices, it is perhaps surprising that abortion is still illegal within Australia. The abortion debat...

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He felt regret that Japanese people are not formed on these two principles, though he thought no one could escape the laws of number and reason, nor could anyone depend on anything but the doctrine of independence as long as nations are to exist and mankind is to thrive. ...

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Corporations have been fleeing countries with relatively prosperous economies and stable, democracies in droves not only to take advantage of cheap labor, but to escape government scrutiny and criticism from human rights and workers' rights organizations. ...

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Legalization of Medical Marijuana Introduction The legalization of medical marijuana in the United States would benefit millions of people throughout the country. If properly controlled and regulated, this prior illegal substance could become one of America's most helpful medications. Patients that would benefit from the use of marijuana, but suffer instead, have a right to demand treatment from marijuana. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, NORML, is in a constant battle against the laws that confine the use of medical marijuana. However, the issue of legal...

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Wiretaps are an issue that affects every person in this country. That's because no matter how much we don't like to admit it, we need depend on telephone services more and more as time passes. The issue of telephone privacy becomes bigger and bigger every day as our telephone technology becomes more advanced. Wire taps are devices that are being used more often by law enforcement agencies to capture criminals, but there does come time when the actions of law enforcement agencies aren't only protecting the public, they are overstepping their boundaries and intruding into people&#...

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"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so," founding father Thomas Jefferson expressed. "Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness,"preeminent leader Gandhi voiced. "One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws," nobel peace prize winner, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed. Civil disobedience can be defined as as the refusal to comply with certain laws as a peacefu...

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