Essays on Arguing

Perhaps one of the most commonly known rights guaranteed by the first ten amendments to the Constitution is the Fourth Amendment’s “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches” (U.S. Const. amend IV). Interestingly, while the meaning of the term “unreasonable” might seem intuitive, the Framers of the Constitution did not provide a specific or detailed definition of it. However, after the Supreme Court; relying on the fact that Article III of the Constitution vested the Court with the judicial power to “all cases” that arise under the “Constitution, ...

The high percentage of death in intensive care unit is always attributed to the withdrawal of life support machine. In Australia, research shows that a significant proportion of deaths that occurred in the intensive care unit preceded a decision supporting the withdrawal of the life support and this is a case in many countries across the globe including Australia. Withdrawal of life support refers to the process of discontinuing critical care treatment for a patient who is terminally ill, and the decision can be made by the family, government or doctor (Way, Anthony, & Curtis, 2002). The family can make ...

Before we delve into Singer’s arguments as outlined in the book, Exploring Ethics, it will be important that we familiarize ourselves first with the whole concept of ethics. Ethics in its simplest definition is that accepted code of behavior that is expected of a member of a society or a given profession. It involves the principles that enable one to know what is wrong and right. Singer in his book tries to bring the correlation between famine (and other evils), affluence as well as morality and how these come into play whenever ethics is being discussed. Singer tries ...

INTRODUCTION

Today the modern world is dealing with a number of serious issues all across the globe, like warfare, terrorism and civil and social unrest. This is currently the case in the United States. There has always been debate and protest among the diverse people of America, but that has seemed to increase over the last few years. There has been a great deal of political and ethical based arguments that are heatedly debated, from political, religious and societal levels. Most recently some of these issues are related to police violence, racial divides, women’s rights and the recent Presidential ...

Immediately after assuming the presidency, George H. Bush had to deal with the enormous deficit the country was in while simultaneously dealing with the American people who expected him to follow Reagan’s policies. Bush also had to contend with being the leader of a Democratic controlled Congress that fought his decisions at every turn because they believed the best solution would be to raise taxes while the Republicans wanted to cut government spending. Thus when one evaluates George H. Bush’s presidency, it is important to keep in mind that even if he had meant to keep the ...

Abstract

Several experts have been concern about the effectiveness of recycling in mitigating the effects of pollution and global warming. Some even argued that the recycling process is economically and environmentally ineffective due to the large costs and large amounts of energy required for the process. However, the practice of recycling should be continued and improved since it has numerous potential benefits against its alternatives. First, recycling is not a waste of money since the alternatives to this strategy such as incineration and landfilling has larger costs due to environmental damages. Second, issues and problems associated with recycling could be ...

Introduction to Contracts

Just like any other website dealing with social media, Facebook has terms of service that users must accept by clicking on a box before they go on to create an active account. Many legal experts around the world have questioned the legality of the Facebook terms of service seeing that the agreement process is just ticking a box. However, such terms of service are legally binding, and a violation on either side can result in a legal issue. For instance, agreeing to the terms of service allows face access and use of your personal data for research and another ...

United States v. Willis, 38 F.3d 170, at 179 Kathy Evelyn Willis appealed a court decision which had found her guilty of possessing a firearm during a drug transaction. Willis was also convicted of a drug trafficking crime as she transacted with an undercover agent known as Officer Debbie Bond. The case also involves a man, David Perez who was said to be Willis's lover and the defendant argued that he forced her to transact the drugs, and also the gun under police custody belonged to him. Willis sold Bond ¼ pound of marijuana and at the time of arrest, ...

Introduction

One of the most common strategies of criminal defense attorneys when representing a defendant who has an unusual condition such as a mental abnormality, is to argue either that regardless of their actions, they are nevertheless not responsible for the crime or that they never had the capacity to commit a crime. The reason that criminal defense attorneys can make these arguments is that criminal law recognizes a number of unique situations where otherwise criminal conduct should not be subjected to a determination of guilt and the offender should be exempted from the crime (LaFave, 2000). These arguments, which ...

Violent Video Games

Introduction Video games have become common among children especially when dealing with teenagers most of whom have access to video games. Video games are part of the media environment in which children are exposed to that help in defining their overall connection to their environments. Exposure of children to pro-social video game content may help in promoting overall brain development among children, as it makes it easier for these children to experience that overall connection towards their surrounding environments (AlShaiji 126). For a very long time, it has become important for scientists to study the impacts associated with exposure ...

My literacy skills have been very instrumental in the achievement of personal goals and accomplishments. Despite the many instances that these skills have come to my rescue, the most significant and memorable incident is during my college application. Apart from my high school qualifications and extra-curricular achievements, the application required me to submit a statement of purpose illustrating my interests and goals in the literature undergraduate program at Georgetown University. Although I was an exceptional student, the last two years of my high school education were laden with disruptions and struggles that affected my academic and extra-curricular performance adversely. ...

Violent Video Games

Introduction Video games have become common among children especially when dealing with teenagers most of whom have access to video games. Video games are part of the media environment in which children are exposed to that help in defining their overall connection to their environments. Exposure of children to pro-social video game content may help in promoting overall brain development among children, as it makes it easier for these children to experience that overall connection towards their surrounding environments. For a very long time, it has become important for scientists to study the impacts associated with exposure of children ...

Movie Review: THX-1138

THX-1138, the main character in the film THX-1138, works as a magnum operator in cell 94107. He was literally created to manipulate the magnum along with other people in his society. In general, the THX-1138 movie is one of the best films that the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas, has ever scripted and directed. In 1976, Lucas produced Electronic Labyrinth: THX-113: 4EB, a short film that won various awards and introduced Lucas to movie fans globally (“George Lucas Biography”). The success of Electronic Labyrinth impressed the director of The Godfather, Frances Coppela, who urged Warner Brothers to provide ...

Introduction

The majority of today’s economic commentators and politicians are opined that capitalism is the best way to build a perfect society. Furthermore, several research studies demonstrated that this assumption is also deeply ingrained in the contemporary public opinion of many Americans, who strongly believe that the current system of income distribution is the shortest way to making the American, and, possibly, the international society completely egalitarian (Robibson & Santos 9). Many people from the developing countries believe that the American economic system provides is the best way to make it possible for everyone in the country, as well as ...

Education is one of the basic requirements for survival today. In the past people used to ignore the importance of education because there were diverse ways of survival. Despite the desire for many adults to acquire knowledge through learning, a challenge of balancing between school and life responsibilities takes the center stage. I believe between college, and life responsibilities is a big challenge for many adult learners especially those with families. The following paper is a synthesis of the problem as a barrier to adult learning. The adult education program in collaboration with adult students and instructors should join ...

Principles

Greenberg identified several time management techniques as explained below: Assertiveness: The assertiveness technique allows the individual to express their desires and satisfy personal needs in a manner that does not hurt the feeling of others. Greenberg argued, “If you act assertively, you are usually achieving your needs while maintaining effective interpersonal relationships” (150). Active and reflective listening: Active and reflective listening helps in conflict resolution and promotes a good relationship between parties. As Greenberg claimed, "The listener creates awareness on the speaker's part that the listener cares enough to understand his or her views really by reflecting the speaker’ ...

Briefing Paper 1

a.) The “act of state doctrine” provides that a court in the United States, cannot pass judgement on the actions of a foreign government taken within their own country or territory that it has jurisdiction over (Cheeseman, 2012). In essence, the doctrine bars U.S. courts from interfering in the domestic policy actions of another government in their own country. b.) Under a communist theory of the world, the government of Cuba did act ethically when it appropriately the Glens’ property. From an American perspective, the expropriation was not only ethically questionable but most likely illegal. Club Med, under the ...

Sheila Renee White MAYO v. HYATT CORPORATION

898 F.2d 47 (April 10, 1990)

Facts: On February 20, 1987 Jack Mayo, Jr. died. His death was the result of complications pertaining to a fractured skull he suffered three days earlier on February 17 falling down the stairs of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, where he had been staying. Prior to the fall, Mayo had been drinking heavily off the hotel’s premises. Toxicology reports later confirmed that not only at the time of his fall was Mayo’s blood alcohol content over three times the legal limit but also that he had taken a significant ...

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“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is worst”—Aristotle The above statement made by Aristotle emphasizes the significance of law and justice in not only maintaining order, but also help to affirm the nobility and distinction of human beings. In Thrasymachus’s account of justice, the philosopher presents his argument that different individuals and different states perceive the concept of justice differently. For the purposes of this essay, I will be focusing on 377a and 344e, while paying special attention to 338d-339a, 338a-339d, and 343b-344c. ...

Introduction: “Cyberspace is now the playground of fools and psychopaths according to some people” (Suler, Psychology of the Digital Age.) In the early days, there was no cyberspace and people connect with others through personal relations, print, and written communications. Today, many people believe that cyberspace is a phenomenal approach to personal relationships because at the click of the mouse or by merely using their fingers, they can connect with their friends and love ones throughout the globe. Another thing is that they can say whatever they want in emails while they cannot say it directly in personal. However, ...

Crime is an act committed in violation of the law and is punishable. However, just because people fall into such situations does not necessarily mean that they are not human and, therefore, criminals should get respect under the law, just like any other person. For this reason, sentencing and correctional reform program were developed in the US with Pennsylvania being the initiator of the operation. In 1787, Pennsylvania Prison Society was established with the principal obligation to mend the living conditions of inmates and refinement in prison. There exist some bodies that joined this movement towards achieving the same ...

The Corn Laws were laws passed by the British Parliament in 1815 to keep the prices of grain high so that British grain farmers would be favored in the market. England had different laws that affected the importation of grains dating back to the 12th century (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica), but it became a serious issue in the 1800s because of the costs of war; England had a rapidly expanding population and had a naval blockade imposed during the Napoleonic era that caused the price of grain to rise. The laws became a big issue between the ...

According to Foner, the American Civil War laid the foundation for modern America, guaranteed the Union’s predominance, destroyed slavery in America and shifted power from the North to the South (551). However, the greatest challenge that faced the United States after the Civil War was the task of reconstructing America to ensure that liberated slaves retained their freedom (Foner 551). This essay will argue that ‘Reconstruction’ is the best word to characterise national priorities after the Civil War by exploring several reasons behind this term’s accuracy. There will be an analysis of the other terms historians have ...

List the reasons for and against Confederacy. Did financial matters take priority?

In the 1850s and 1860s, cracks in the relationship between Britain and British North America began to appear due to North Brunswick stamps being bought by cents, not pence, and they had Charles Connell’s, not Queen Victoria’s, face on them. There were many Canadians during the nineteenth century who felt that uniting with the United States of America was impractical, unpopular, unnatural, but entirely necessary. There were many Canadians who felt that they had so much more in common with the United States that it made sense to unite together from an economic, cultural, defensive and historical ...

Thomas More’s Approach to Utopia

The book is about a Utopian society whose story and details are narrated to Peter Giles and More by a world traveller and philosopher by the name Raphael Hythloday. More had been among the delegates sent to negotiate a diplomatic dispute between King Henry VIII and prince Charles of Castile (Thomas 9). The negotiations were not successful at first and the delegates from the two teams took a break as they awaited further instructions from their rulers. It is during this break that More travels to Antwerp to spend time with Giles ant it is there that he also ...

Where was Atlantis located? When did it exist, and how did it come to an end, according to Donnelly? What is the main historical source for Atlantis? Atlantis was a large island that was located in the Atlantic Ocean opposite the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea. The Atlantis existed 9,000 years before Plato’s time and it came to an end during a terrible flooding of the island caused by shifts in ocean water and eventually the whole Island with all its inhabitants submerged into the Atlantic Ocean outside the Pillars of Hercules. Only a few of the ...

Introduction

The 2nd amendment is one of the most important parts of the American Constitution, which gives an individual right to bear arms. “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed” (U.S. Const. amend. II) has raised many public debates about the controversy of the topic with trying to limit and even ban the right of the firearms from citizens. The 2nd amendment added to the Constitution on the December 15, 1791 has been questioned and seen different interpretations. The American ...

Philosophy

Introduction Man has always gazed at the stars and attempted to answer the question about the existence of any life anywhere else in the Universe apart from Earth. While for the better part of the first two thousand years After Christ, there was a popular assumption that Man is unique in the Universe, the acceptance of the ‘Copernican Principle’ (Tyson, 2003) in the 1500s, when Nicholas Copernicus put the sun back in its proper place at the center of the solar system, propelled the notion that man may not be unique after all. Given the fact that the three ...

Introduction

The United States government has the mandate of ensuring the security of the nation by developing and implementing legislations that promote the safety of all citizens. Numerous cases of insecurity experienced in the country over the last few years stretching from drug and human trafficking to terrorists have made the federal government more concerned about the future of the country regarding securing her citizens. Terrorism brings more concerns in the area of homeland security among many security threats facing U.S. The priority of the U.S. Department of Justice is to prevent future terrorist attacks in the country. September 11, ...

Part 1: Prosecutor’s Duty to Report

Although the American criminal law is based on the adversarial system where the prosecutor, representing the state, and the defense, representing the accused, engage in openly confrontational activities in order to persuade a neutral decision-maker of the truth of their story; the Supreme Court has held that under some circumstance, and despite the adversarial nature of the relationship, the prosecution must assist the defense in the preparation of their case. The underlying reason for this counter-intuitive element of the adversarial system, is the traditional belief that the substantial power of the state, as expressed through its law enforcement and ...

In the summer of 1884, four English sailors, Thomas Dudley, Edward Stephens, Brooks and Richard Parker who was a cabin boy were cast away in a storm in the Atlantic Ocean and were forced to put into an open boat from which they were stranded. Inside the boat, they had only two tins of turnips. They lacked supply of water and food for three days. Fortunately, on the fourth day they caught a turtle on which they fed till the twelfth day when it was entirely consumed. The depended on the sporadic rain for the supply of fresh water. ...

U.S. Position in the Post-cold War ERA U.S. Position in the Post-cold War ERA

The post-cold war saw the rise and growth of the Western liberalism and capitalism. The fall of the great communist powers gave the opportunity for capitalism to thrive in the world. The era of cold war was a struggle for power, where international political economy the struggle for power and wealth was witnessed and is still present to date. The struggle for power is what creates chances for conflict in the world, “the changes in the distribution of power between states increase the chance of ...

[English 101] [Submission Date]

As far as the students are concerned, the life at a university campus is extremely important for them. Most importantly, this life has a strong impact on the student’s future and professional career. It is no secret that the educational environment in the college or university is really helpful for a student to select the right career. In the same connection, campus discussions and related participations play a great role in the student’s campus life. Such associations and deliberations allow students enjoy their campus lives. Therefore, the universities should allow the groups with ...

Introduction

For many years, the American racial problem has seen discrimination in various aspects which lead to underdevelopment among the black community. Racial segregation has seen discrimination of the African-Americans within the society which increasingly leads to harassments and mistreatments to the people. The issue needs to considered as important to the society due it magnitude and effects on the people and their lives. Racism has resulted to the rise of activists and nationalists looking to fight for the rights of the black people. Initially, the black community was not considered as a voter population in the United States thus ...

The Canterbury Tales is one of the greatest pieces of literature because of Chaucer’s story-telling techniques. He weaves together various stories and characters to create this memorable tale that continues to be studied and examined throughout the ages. However, some of the pilgrim’s tales are more engaging to the readers than other ones. For instance, the Knight’s Tale is filled with courtly love, jousting and war scenes, as well as the time honored knight’s code. It can be considered a tale of courtly love as well as an epic due to its writing style. Despite ...

Introduction

In this paper, I will argue that the fact that a certain individual is recognized as an employee, automatically “grants” employer status to the person or entity that hires this individual; the legal status of employer is inherently connected to the status of employee. Both parties acquire certain rights and obligations as soon as their relationship falls under the definition of employment. However, as much as there are no strict criterion that help to determine whether a person is an employee, similarly, whether an entity or an individual is an employer will largely depend on the form of relationship ...

Introduction

Marriage proves to be a complex and dynamic institution. The involvement of two people and their decision to live together entails not only the love the couple share but also their individual differences and preferences. Living together with anyone under any circumstances whether marriage, cohabiting, cost sharing with friends in a college room among other life situations that require people to live under the same roof and room evokes difficulties in one way or the other. The individuals living together are prone to fall into disagreements that are at time exaggerated and even violent. When it comes to marriage, ...

Although China is known to be the home of the world's ancient and most continuous culture, it has experienced many institutional changes since the Communist regime came into power in 1949. In China, foundation of hierarchy and family, social set up was based on relational norms that were expounded by Confucius and Tang Dynasty's legal codes. Such an institutionalized relational kind of logic has shaped the society whereby the order is based on the social obligation to the authorities and family as opposed to the protection of individuals. The country’s history has been marked by two intertwined social ...

1. Introduction The health care expenditures in the United States are one of the highest among the developed countries. The studies and researches done on the topic of growing expenditures are showing the need to change the health care expenditures by introducing new policies in order to keep the health care system sustainable in the future. With the ageing population and the Medicare and Medicaid health programs the expenditures are rising and are predicted to grow beyond the governmental budget capabilities in the near future. The paper will examine the reasons for the high costs of the health care ...

The essay ‘The joyful sixties in Latin American Literature’ is written by Reinaldo while he is political imprisonment. His writings are based on the lives of people who had been imprisoned and are shaped by his own life experiences. His body of art indicates the animosity that existed in the Cuban government. Arguing from his biography, it is vital to understand that Reinold and the people of Cuba were infringed their rights to freedom of speech (Reinaldo). For instance, he was arrested from publishing his books abroad without the official consent of the government. His art depicted the atrocities ...

Introduction

Criminal punishments in the society are approved by many as a necessary action against those who commit crimes. Despite this universal appreciation of punishment, various theories have different justifications for such punishments. The Kantian approach differs from the utilitarianism approach in justifying criminal punishments. This paper analyzes how the Kantian justification for criminal punishment differs from the utilitarian approach,

Research design and Method

This research will be based on the historical concept. It entails analyzing the characteristics of the two theories and determining how best they could justify criminal punishment in the society as a means of punishing unjustified behavior. It will employ ...

1. By “Moral Panic”, Steven Pinker means that nowadays many people in the world are certain that technological innovations will spoil, or even damage society. They think that, especially technologies such as the World Wide Web, will lead to a society that is interested in achieving nothing, and loses its culture. Those assumptions are often proven by wrong by scientific experiments. 2. Pinker offers some myths about the negative effects of new technologies, and the Web. For example, Pinker argues that many people accused video games of increasing violence among young people. However, during the 1990s, crime declined very ...

The post-cold war saw the rise and growth of the Western liberalism and capitalism. The fall of the great communist powers gave the opportunity for capitalism to thrive in the world. The era of cold war was a struggle for power, where international political economy the struggle for power and wealth was witnessed and is still present to date. The struggle for power is what creates chances for conflict in the world, “the changes in the distribution of power between states increase the chance of conflict in the international system (Gilpin 1918).” The power shift from dominance by the ...

Modernism in literature is said to have its roots in the late 19th century after World War I that took place from 1914 to 1919. Modernism in literary work is a shift from values, religion and tradition to isolation, identity crisis, fragmentation and relative truth. Modernism was catalyzed by World War I, as it led to mistrust in the ability of existing institutions to solve societal problems and maintain order in society. It also changed people’s perception of the world and society. World War I therefore influenced how writers wrote not just in terms of content of their ...

the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Government or Governance and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Government or Governance are two different issue that deal with several of questions and issues about modern society. Problems are much more complex now, than they were a century ago. Government is only one part of modern society. The backbone of government is the ability to have power that is created by laws, regulations, and impressing taxes on the people it is supposed to govern. Modern society also includes the business sector that remains in power as long as there are consumers to buy whatever the business is selling. Society gives the business sector power ...

Proponents of utilitarianism envision a situation where human actions are judged by their consequences. According to Bentham, the best moral action must always maximize utility. Simply put, actions should ensure they bring about the greatest happiness among human beings. An action that does not promote happiness among people therefore does not meet this threshold. Bentham further argues that such actions must involve the two aspects of happiness; quality and quantity. Consequences, therefore, not legality, should form the basis of justification of actions by humans. Stuart Mill supports this proposition by arguing that bringing or increasing pleasure among humans should ...

On the 6th of August, 1945, the Enola Gay, a US B-29 bomber released an atomic bomb on the metropolis of Hiroshima and another unnecessary one in Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The incident resulted in the instantaneous death of 80,000 individuals in Hiroshima, and 40,000 more in Nagasaki after they were vaporized, and more than 100,000 continued to die because of burns resulting from the radiation. The Allied Powers had initially pressured Japan to surrender and had warned that failure to surrender would lead to mass destruction. However, the Allied Powers did not mention the ...

Introduction

The cloning is one of the contemporary controversial topics. The development in this area has been made through the history and there are various positive and also negative effects connected with it. Public opinion is not crystallized on the cloning topic where some are in favor and others against. The paper will provide information that cloning can have both negative and positive impacts, and that the knowledge in the public about the issue is insufficient which results in negative attitudes towards it. The thesis of the paper is that despite its therapeutic uses, cloning for the purpose of reproduction ...

Although the American criminal law is based on the adversarial system where the prosecutor, representing the state, and the defense, representing the accused, engage in openly confrontational activities in order to persuade a neutral decision-maker of the truth of their story; the Supreme Court has held that under some circumstance, and despite the adversarial nature of the relationship, the prosecution must assist the defense in the preparation of their case. The underlying reason for this counter-intuitive element of the adversarial system, is the traditional belief that the substantial power of the state, as expressed through its law enforcement and ...

The value and respect that citizens have in observing an established government of society is a tradition that has been established for centuries. The puzzling question about government is that it is important to ask where this respect to be a law abiding citizen actually comes from? Historically, there have been many texts throughout the ages that debate the citizen versus the government and how the government claims its inherit right to nurture, control, and aide the citizen. One of the literary works that has been a constant reference throughout the ages of how the citizen is obligated to ...

Laws are established in a country so as to maintain order in the community. Laws are mainly written by leaders and failure to follow the laws leads to punishment by law enforcers or the judicial department. One may wonder whether or not citizens should follow the law without any objections. The obedience and lawbreaking issues appear to be a crucial issue in the real world as people struggle with enforcing and obeying laws stipulated in various institutions or nations. Some famous philosophers such as Socrates have played a significant role in the world of philosophy. Socrates defined and considered ...