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    Domestic Tranquility

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    As you know there are many functions that make up the Unites States which serve to protect, ensure stability and assist our government in running effectively. All of these functions are important when it comes to our government because it helps protect our freedom. Without this we wouldn’t be where we are today and we wouldn’t have the same amount of freedom. However there are three functions that are important to me. One Function that stands out is to ensure domestic Tranquility. Domestic Tranquility

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    Aristotle is incorrect in thinking that eudaimonia is the purpose of a city; because the body of a city itself is comprised of too many concepts of happiness. For Aristotle the polis is a group of the many who all maintain, within a reasonable approximation, the same idea of happiness. This government then exists to allow its citizens to reasons and reflect upon them selves, as the city has done, so as to find happiness. However, this approach to the purpose of a city is false; like Machiavelli believes

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    Justice is a word with more than one definition. To me, justice is treating everyone equally under well-known rules and laws. Fairness is a category of justice. In order for one to be just, they must first be fair. To be fair you must treat people with honesty and respect. Also, you must give everyone equivalent openings to succeed. To be just you must treat everyone with value. Everyone is unique, therefore you must value everyone and accept them for who they are. To be just you must know the laws

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    Injustice can be found everywhere in the world. It is in every household, every school, and every workplace. Examples of beliefs changing during adversity are shown in, The Nuremberg Trials, Gang Rape by Stephanie Chen, Perils of obedience by Stanley Milgram, Pearl Harbor Echoes In Seattle by Monica Sone, and the book Night by Elie Wiesel. In all these articles, Most of the time, it is people who cause injustice on others. But some choose to take a stand while others choose to participate. Participating

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    the laws as well as sexism which favored men over women. It also seems that these were humans that committed wrong deeds like any other human in history. It seems that the temptation to do evil is not something new. 2. The principal punishment was justice. For example, from law number one hundred and fifty-four and on if an individual affected another person in any way the person affected could do the same in return to the other. This is where the famous saying, “an eye for an eye” comes from. Law

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    Imagine you read a book that 2 kids were stranded in an island while at camp. when they got out of the island and they don't return to there camp. On there adventures there Actions that negatively affected a lot of people. On the way Crimes where done in the process and They went to places they shouldn’t go. You think they should be punished? This are all the actions that Howie and Laura and there Decisions were childish and immature and should be punished One important reason that Howies Laura

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    Socrates Plato Analysis

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    of controversy arises with the perception of the concept of justice; whether justice is worth pursuing or not, the definition of justice itself and what classifies a person as just and vice versa. However, in Plato’s Republic the same controversy arises. One by the name of Glaucon poses a challenge toward Socrates. He forwards his conception of a good and explains the three subcategories of what a good is. Glaucon then declares that justice is undesirable for its own sake in the sense that the act

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    Justice is equal rights to everyone. Oedipus the King tried to help solve the plague. This helps with justice because it will be fair to everyone who is sick get better. That will have everyone left with equal rights. It will be hard to make sure everyone has justice. Justice has a gray area. The hero and the villain is Oedipus. He brought the plague when he killed Laius, but is the hero because he goes away and the plague is lifted. Oedipus wanted equal rights by trying to find out how to help

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    The Lawmaking Process

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    It is generally agreed that laws are necessary for the safety and functioning of a community. A good citizen is often defined as one who shows obedience to the laws cast on him by a governing body that is constructed to benefit those residing in that inhabitance. For most people, laws are followed because they perceive them as legitimate and just, and, even if they don’t agree with them morally, they accept the laws as necessary for the good of the community as a whole. Additionally, they consider

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    Individual and Contextual Factors: The ethics of justice maintain the focus on solitary and structural consistencies which are the rules and the principle. This implies that all ethical occurrences to be interpreted on the basis of a universal rules. For instance, the general rules apply to a larger population or group that shares the same occurrence (Ebrahimi et al, 2015). On the other hand, the ethics of care phenomenon focus on the direct contexts and their importance. In the decision

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