In an argument against the death penalty to which any levelheaded and decent person(s) would see it is indisputable that innocent people have been murdered by the government in the past and in all likelihood more will follow. The wrongful execution of an innocent person is such an awful injustice that any civilized society could never justify it, yet this is the message that the United States is willing to pronounce. ... Over this eighty year period this figure averages out to the death of an innocent person about every 3.4 years. ... Those who support capital punishment claim that there h...

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A major part of utilitarianism theory is that something is virtuous and/or morally right/ justified, as long as it is directed towards promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons. ... If a person does something that is deemed 'morally justified' it means that the good outcome as a result of that act excuses any wrongs or 'immoral acts' committed to attain it. ... There are many cases where torture is not justified, in accordance to the utilitarianism theory, these cases include situations were torture is inflicted on a person for the sole purpose of...

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An example of this representation is in the Season 3 Finale "Full Measure" where Walter has seemingly been trapped into a corner with nothing left to do and to protect him and those that he loves he must kill an innocent, aloof character. ... For example in season 5 there is a character called Todd who is an assertive, respectful, abiding person who is the complete opposite in terms of choices, emotions and ethical viewpoint. A specific scene in season 5 where Todd kills an innocent child who poses a minor threat to their proceeding. ...

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Act utilitarianism is defined by J.C.C Smart as "...the view that the rightness or wrongness of an action is to be judged by the consequences, good or bad, of the action itself"- or, simply that a person's act is morally right if, and only if, it results in the most happiness of everyone concerned. ... Hence, in this given situation, ending the life of an inmate to save the life of an innocent is seen as the morally superior action. In the view of a rule utilitarian however, ending the life of any human being, whether a criminal or an innocent, is inherently wrong due to the ...

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An evil act is described by Darley as "a class of actions, in which innocent individuals are severely harmed, and this harm is done intentionally, as "evil" actions." In a business context, such harm may be inflicted on innocent individuals in the process of making profit. ... When a person becomes part of a business organisation they begin to obtain these needs. ...

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There are five general rules as to an offer the first being that the offer must be communicated by the offeror to the offeree, the second being the offeror may restrict his or her offer to one person or may make his or her offer to a limited group of persons or to the world at large, the third rule states that all terms of an offer must be communicated to "party" accepting the offer. ... If the nature of the breach of contract gives one party the right to end the contract, they may either choose to continue on with the contract or they may seek for the court to grant rescission where a conditi...

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The older generation (and the tabloid readers) wistfully assume that these parties run rampant with sex and drink, but in fact they are much more innocent than they are perceived to be. ... It is told in the third person in a slightly patronizing way and the use of simple conjunctions such as "and" and "but" abound. ...

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Minor research into the significance of narrative symbolism and motifs, and third-person narration of the reader into a novel is gathered to inform my understanding of the significance of narrative perspective. ... In Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, the use of third person narrative is there to scare and surprise the reader and must be first researched and explored as this is the reason behind the reader's understand and knowledge of both the story and the protagonist, which in this case is a psychopath. ... Body Paragraphs Searching up the different kinds of perspectives and narrati...

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Victimology refers to the scientific study of the "extent, nature and causes of criminal victimisation, it's consequences for the persons involved and the reactions thereto by society". ... Moreover, it became evident that women were fundamentally presumed guilty until proven innocent. ...

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By 1926 Mussolini passed a law that declared he was responsible only to the King and made him the sole person able to determine Parliaments agenda, this soon led to local autonomy being swept away and by 1928 all other parties were banned, this signifies Mussolini want to be the sole leader of this aspiring Fascist regime, which was officially declared in the Doctrine of Fascism of 1935.5 With the concept of totalitarian rule now widely accepted in Italy, Mussolini and his Fascist regime set an agenda of improving Italian culture and society, and with help from the new consensus one can see to...

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Statistics released by the Official National Statistics show that in May 2013, lone person families became the second highest household in today's society, with 7.7million citizens living alone, linking to the rise in divorce and fall in married people. ... For example, the advance of technology exposes children to indecent content on the internet, such as pornography and violent gaming affecting their innocent state of mind. ...

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Hobbes , descendhowever, gives the impression that men are intelligent enough to at least know what they are doing and not just blindly pursuing their desires, but because they know they are all equal and there is no greater person or power that has gained or has been given sovereign authority to keep them from doing as they like, which then ledescending into this state of ˜Warre' with every man against every man. ... This is said as he too agrees with Spinoza and Hobbes that there needs to be a body to exact the laws or all other laws would ˜be in vain if there were nobody to exact ...

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