So, you only say someone is a sovereign because they are obeyed. ... So making statement like someone is a sovereign does not illicit an ought from an is. ... Like rewarding good behavior or rewards. ... " you were supposed to clear your room because your mother told you so". sovereignty thus must be conferred by norms else it would not be sovereignty. ... Merits: Easy to explain- Analysis of law in non legal terms which shows how legal concepts can be analysed with more basic notions. ...

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Taking a course in philosophy is like taking a journey to a foreign land. ... Dialectal reasoning is simple and may be practiced by anyone and like most skills it has to be perfected through practice. ... When trying to solve philosophical questions you have to make sure that in the end you can identify, clarify, and classify whatever it was that you were dealing with. Like physicians, philosophers play an important role in our society by identifying the ills that afflict us and educating us to treat ourselves. ... Metaethics is a theoretical study centered on the analysis and meaning of the t...

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Taking a course in philosophy is like taking a journey to a foreign land. ... Dialectal reasoning is simple and may be practiced by anyone and like most skills it has to be perfected through practice. ... When trying to solve philosophical questions you have to make sure that in the end you can identify, clarify, and classify whatever it was that you were dealing with. Like physicians, philosophers play an important role in our society by identifying the ills that afflict us and educating us to treat ourselves. ... Metaethics is a theoretical study centered on the analysis and meaning of the t...

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There are still debates of whether or not a clone is a human being; it is arguable that a clone is like a younger twin (Holm 36). ... Moreover, because no one has disputed with the fact that twins are immoral, people "should treat clones like [they] would treat all twins or triplets- (Bailey 109). ... The medical community is pushing to enhance treatment and cures for people suffering from diabetes or epilepsy, which in the final analysis will prove to be extremely beneficial but it is uncertain how long sick patients will have to wait. ... But some people like Murray understand that "grief do...

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But when we lose everything and become exposed and vulnerable, we can behave just like any cornered animal. ... He is easily manipulated and, ultimately, just wants to be liked and accepted. ... Simon is then murdered in a ritual-like killing by Jack and the rest of the choir boys. ... Jack felt no remorse toward his death in saying to Ralph, "There isn't a tribe for you anymore! ... Golding, describing them, constructs, "The new people did not move like anything he had ever seen before. ...

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The book of Malachi "and the Old Testament itself "ends like this: Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. ... On an earlier occasion, kneeling Job-like in ashes (Job 2:8), the man expresses doubt about God's existence: "Are you there? ... The man wonders: "Have you a neck by which to throttle you? Have you a heart? Damn you eternally have you a soul? ...

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The third argument for the existential nature of the ecological crisis is found in Jonas' analysis of the modern dialectic between freedom and dependence, power and powerlessness, autonomy and heteronomy. ...

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