Is the law based on morality? ... Laws enforce those expectations and rules based on what is right or wrong. ... Is it morally passable for us to kill a person and call it justice or should it be our morals that force us to disagree with this allowable crime. ... Yes, he should pay for his crimes, but it is hard not to feel sorry for him all the same. ... Jones's examination of Smith and the medical journal article exonerate Perry Smith for his crimes because of his severe mental illness. ...

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The overall impression of this story was based on honesty; while reading Night one receives the inside information on the horror that took place in the concentration camps. ... Society can improve, we can dream of a better world with no crime. ... It can help those who are not as fortunate, get them off the streets and stop crime. ...

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The story of Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne was a story based on the beliefs of the existence of God and the devil. ... (Source #2) The famous Salem Witch Trials was a true history based on the Puritans value, customs, and also their beliefs. Salem was a village that was running based on Puritan's theology. ... Witchcraft was one of the greatest crimes a person could commit, punishable by death. ...

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The psychological myth states that myths are created based on human emotion. ... Myths in this category involve crime and punishment on the level of both gods and of normal people living in a community. ... Structural myths are said to be myths based on human emotion. ... The psychological myth theory shows how myths are based on human emotion and that they come from the subconscious mind. ...

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However, piracy is just the practice of a pirate: these pirates conducted robbery or illegal violence at sea; violence and crimes that killed, hurt, and affected the lives of others.1 Legally, crime is broken into three different parts: mens rea, the mental state of mind the criminal had during the crime; actus reus, the acts that are criminally committed; and locus, when and where the crime happened.2 These three things made the task of classifying a pirate as a criminal an extremely difficult one because the acts committed were inconsistent and the location of the crime was even less consis...

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The belief in truth based on Individual Relativism. ... There would be no right and wrong as a whole it would just be based on the individual; and more likely than not crime would run rampant upon the street. There must be structure in a society and our country is based on truth, when sworn in during a court proceeding you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. ... The Founding Fathers based our country on truth, justice, equality, and freedom. ... In summary, there are three different views on truth, the ones based on relativity can be dangerous and lead to destr...

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It is used when the crime committed is either incredibly bad or repeated more than once. ... There are many different beliefs and understandings based on the death penalty. ... If a person has continually committed bad crimes, then that is the only way that the death penalty can be enforced. ... Also, there is always the possibility that the person accused of the crime may not actually be the one who did it. ... If the death penalty were to be used against a person who has committed a crime such as murder and not given a second chance, that is morally wrong. ...

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Prejudice and discrimination came into play based on separation of these groups. ... However, discrimination is the unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice. ... The absence of prejudice and discrimination in this world would provoke worldwide peace, the end of ruthless wars, and many crimes. ... As an example, the Israelis and Arabs are still in conflict due to prejudice towards one other based on the lack of knowledge, from both sides, of the other culture. ... Finally, Society would benefit from the absence of Prejudice and discrimination because much of the human race&#...

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Especially for wives whose husbands have perpetrate such crimes or for parents whose daughters have resorted to such jobs as a mean of earning extra cash, wiping out prostitution will definitely do just to them. ... Moreover, morality is generally based on the one's beliefs, hence there is no definite right or wrong to prostitution, just that generally it is not accepted. ...

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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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The exploration for the meaning of the Christian faith in the story is based on O'Connor's view that contemporary society was drastically changing for the worst. ... At one point, the Misfit likens himself to Christ, stressing the fact that they were punished for crimes they did not commit. ... It was the same case with Him as with me except he hadn't committed any crime and they could prove I had committed one because they had papers on me- (1239). ...

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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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Since the number of people who accept abortion as a normal procedure is about equal to the number those who think of abortion as a crime, there have been a lot of steps taken against abortion, and many in its defense as well. ... The best way for someone to refer to abortion on an ethical basis would probably be through the description and evaluation of the subject based on two of the most known theoretical approaches: those of Kant's and of Utilitarianism (Act and Rule). ... As is the case with many issues in a utilitarian system, the rightness or wrongness of an act in question is b...

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Their goals were based around the idea of progress by mastering the natural sciences and the human sciences. ... Voltaire's drive for an empirical philosophy that would base all human certainty on empirical verification was a success in becoming the basis for French empirical science. ... Voltaire believed that the most inhumane crimes were religious-based, and like many Enlightenment attitudes towards the church, Voltaire desired to crush the Catholic Church but maintain a belief in God at the same time. ... Voltaire's work was based on the belief "that human society could and shoul...

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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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The hierarchy of importance of these agencies for an individual is based on the personality of that individual and how they define themselves in society. ... Sacred texts such as the Quran, or the Bible are based on personal interpretations of the texts. ... While culture seems to present a ground-base for religion to build on, personality is the individual tools used in the approach to the particular religion. ... She said in an interview, "I also recognize his courage by acknowledging that for one to renounce their once confirmed faith in Islam is a crime under Sharia punishable by dea...

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(O"Connor, 459) He thinks that himself and Christ were both punished for crimes they didn't commit. The only problem I saw was that Christ accepted death for the sins of all people whereas The Misfit didn't even accept the crimes that he himself committed. ... People write short stories based on events that surround them. ...

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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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She knows that it will be death to anyone who tries to burry him, but she must defend her beliefs, "But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy," (Sophocles 694). ... She is merely a woman in male-based society and does not know how to escape from the expectations that society places on her actions. ...

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There was also another type of indentured servant, when a convict of certain crimes would be allowed to become an indentured servant in America and after they would finish their contract they were allowed to become a free man/woman. ... Massachusetts was founded on the base of religious freedom but it became a Puritan dominant area. ...

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Although fundamentalism may be based on religious motives, it has often been politicized and turned to violent means. ... The worst excesses of materialistic greed, crime, and ethnic hatreds have erupted wherever repressive governments have fallen. ...

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The German philosopher Martin Heidegger addresses the matter of one's self, based on one being measured through their time lived. ... However, this argument does not prevail if the time lived in human form constituting to the true self is considered, based off of Heidegger's theory. ... Because Blake felt most alive during the prime days of crime fighting and war, he was at peace with his self and understanding of it. ... Based on the separation of time lived as a human (John) and time lived as Dr. ... The more experienced, then the closer one can become to identifying what attribute...

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In almost every state today, when the parents fail to seek medical treatment for a child based on the parents" own religious perceptions of the best interest of the child or their most fervent religious beliefs, the state can and should intrude and the parents should be prosecuted criminally. ... Since the 1960's there have been increasing numbers of members of other denominations, who have been charged with crimes for turning to prayer rather than to medicine for their kids. ... This teaching is base upon three passages in the Bible which prohibit the consuming of blood. ...

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There are many different reasons why a person would commit such a heinous crime. ... For example if one were to study the Muslim life style, and learn their beliefs, they would realize that religion based terror is a good thing, in the eyes of a Muslim. ... These people base their lives around their religious beliefs, but add their own beliefs as well. ...

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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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