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- 1051: On Liberty
- J.S.Mill-On Liberty summary The main theme of on liberty was the individual.Everything else, society, education,government and so forth had their basis in the individuals rights to his own liberty. Noone, no member of society, government, even God, if he appeared before an individual, could inforce his will upon him. That is not to say that you couldnt change someones mind ... a man who learns from noone but himself has a fool for a teacher. There is however an exception to this rule. That is, if an individual in any way harms or comes onto anothers rights to liberty, or causes a social threat, hence he or she is subjected to forced inclinations by other members of society. For example, walking around nude on the streets of Cairo might be youre cup of tea, alas, in Cairo they prefer coffee. In other words, if you offend other individuals, you are in fact infringing on their rights as free citizens who poses a sovereign mind. However if you choose to remain nude while in the comfort of your hotel room in Cairo, then there is no reason why you shouldnt. According ...
- 1052: Metaphors that Justify War
- ... must understand U.S. ideology. Current U. S. ideology insists that direct aggression be met with self defense. Under this condition, the main concerns are the safety of its citizens, the freedom to exercise their rights and proportional intervention against the aggressor to ensure such safety and freedom. An example of U. S. policy for this situation occurred on December 7, 1941. The United States declared war on Japan in self ... considered a just venture that would elevate a potential threat to our nation. The Vietnam war was fought against communism and so was the Korean conflict. New Policy-World Responsibility and the Protection of Human Rights The Wall fell in the late 80's and the cold war disappeared. American policy had to make several adjustments to the new world order and our responsibility to it. Another concept was developed in ... justify coming to the aid of Kuwait. The results: They would not support our involvement based upon indirect aggression. However, they would support the other position offered by the Bush administration in support of human rights. Political and economic considerations are always woven into every military action and considered in-depth relating to the cost of war in both areas of concern. The Public was not politically or economically sagacious ...
- 1053: Female Genital Mutilation: Long Term Psychological Effects
- ... how the husband needs; the wife here is reduced to nothing but an object of pleasure. Psychologists, thus, argue that to deny a woman the basic right to her sexuality, is to deny her the rights to having strength, power and identity. The inability of a women to regulate their lives inhabilitates them; “they remain under the heels of patriarchal structures.”(Real Net, 1). Thus circumcised women, unable to have sex ... understand the disastrous effects of mutilation on women and their children in the future. The problem is that you create a social problem within those communities because you make their women stand up for their rights as being abused. One organization for Human rights stated: “Until now you could burn, torture, or mutilate a woman, and it was never counted. We finally made them see that abuse of women is a human-rights issue, not a cultural issue.”( ...
- 1054: The Prevalent Issues of Surrogate Parenting
- ... is unable to have a child because of the wife's infertility and a fertile woman who agrees to conceive the husband's child through artificial insemination, carry it to term, then surrender all parental rights in the child. Often, the surrogate mother receives compensation for her services. The final step in the process is typically the father's acknowledgment of paternity and adoption, with his wife, of the child. Through ... the infertile couple the baby of the surrogate mother mean nothing. This, in turn, can cause huge problems if the surrogate mother were to change her mind about giving up her child. Who has the rights to the child in this awful situation? Surrogate parenting is a wonderful alternative for infertile couples as long as all party's involved are educated on the subject and are fully aware of the pros ... she wants to keep the baby.Whether she decides early or late in the pregnancy, at birth, or after the child is born, the ultimate issue is whether she or the infertile couple have parental rights. How is the law to respond to this kind of problem? Normally people would agree that a contract is a contract and therefore the infertile couple should be the ones to receive the baby. ...
- 1055: Definition Of American Democra
- ... and disagreements on slavery that had been building up in the preceding decades. The United States Declaration of Independence clearly states that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But the men who wrote and supported this revolutionary declaration of separation from the British did not believe that this equality applied to the slaves. This ... run for office. Unlike most societies roman slaves held high positions in the Roman society. Most times teachers and artists were in high demand, and so many Greeks were made slaves and given full teaching rights. Slave were allowed in certain cases of ownership to even serve as a representative of the Roman Empire to other countries, they were skilled employers and quite intelligent, very contrary to more modern thinking on ... has been touched upon often in the course of history. The institution of slavery was addressed by French intellectuals during the Enlightenment. Later, during the French Revolution, the National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man, which declared the equality of all men. Issues were raised concerning the application of this statement to the French colonies in the West Indies, which used slaves to work the land. As ...
- 1056: Rebellions of 1837
- ... nicest way to voice their opinions. It was a desperate grasp for government and for power. Was it worth it? The rebels thought that it was, because they felt as though they had very few rights or power. The people who rebelled in Upper and Lower Canada thought it was their last hope for responsible government and rights. The revolt happened as a result of government structure, public works, clergy reserves and the language/culture in Lower Canada. Although the rebels weren't a great success, were their actions right? Were the rebels ... and were successful. Due to the success of people in the French Revolution ideas went into peoples minds. The idea caught on everywhere including Canada. People thought they could bring about similar or possibly more rights for themselves. Another example is the Great Migration, where many people migrated to Canada. The increased population meant more people and more thoughts and ideas heading towards rebellion. A third example is the Industrial ...
- 1057: Women's Suffrage
- ... 1848 when a group of women met in Seneca Falls New York. These women issued what became known as the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution s, and 11 pt. document outlining the demand for equal rights. Al of the articles of the Declaration passed except for the right to vote. It was widely believed at that time, that women were both physically and mentally inferior to men, and therefore should not ... a group of women who had been active in the antislavery movement. When they were rejected as delegates to an abolitionist convention because of their sex, they vowed to turn their attention to women's rights. This convention attracted lots of attention from the press, mostly negative. One of the organizers, Elizabeth cady Stanton, welcomed even the negative attention. She said “It might start women thinking; and men to; when men ... in Kansas. He offered her the money to launch a suffrage newspaper. In return he would be allowed to write a column about economics. Thus the Revolution was born. It's motto was “Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.” Lucy Stone and a group of conservative suffragists broke away from Anthony's National Woman's suffrage Association and founded the American Woman Suffrage Association. ...
- 1058: Women in Africa
- ... being, recognized by the court as non-negotiable" (Allman, 201). Furthermore, the men believed that once money was exchanged from the groom to the bride's family, marriage began, and the man had exclusive sexual rights over his wife. Many women, on the other hand believed marriage to be something very different. One woman in particular, Afuah Buo, thought marriage was "‘a process. . .tenuous and fluid in nature'" (Allman, 201). It ... could be easily moved in and out of; which was equated to prostitution by the chiefs. Therefore, because "chiefs and elders were articulating a new definition of marriage that upheld the husband's exclusive sexual rights over his wife, while minimizing or discounting completely the husband's reciprocal obligations toward that wife", women stopped marrying (Allman, 201-201). It is not true that all of the women had the same reaction ... as if their respect by women and the colonial government would diminish if they could not control their own women. The Asante women fought back because they wanted exclusive authority of their productive and reproductive rights. Women were angry, rightfully so, at the fact that men no longer provided them "chop money." Also, when slavery was abolished, men began pawning their wives and exploiting them for use on their cocoa ...
- 1059: Did Napoleon Preserve Or Pervert The Gains Of The Revolution
- ... was. Considering many of those fundamental principles, which guided most of these revolutionaries. In general, these principles include equal treatment under the law, one degree or another of centralization of the government, elimination of feudal rights, religious tolerance and careers open to talent not birth. Seeing in enlightened despotism a reconciliation of authority with political and social reform, he became its last and most illustrious representative. In this sense he was ... were profoundly revolutionary. It had been the goal of many of the Revolution’s leaders to “revolutionize” the rest of Europe. Napoleon accomplished this. The principle of equality was recognized in the destruction of feudal rights and privileges in the Empire and in the submission of all members of society to a common scheme of justice, the Napoleonic Code. The Legion of Honor was also intended to foster equality, as well ... of the majority of the French, but did not make it an “established” religion as the Church of England was in Britain. Protestants and Jews were allowed to practice their religion and retain their civic rights.) A general amnesty signed by Napoleon (26 April 1802) allowed all but about one thousand of the most notorious emigres to return to France. These two actions helped to bring relative tranquility to those ...
- 1060: Death Penalty - Herrera Vs Col
- ... innocent defendants. (Bohm, 1999 and Schabas, 1997) International Abolition In the 1980s the international abolition movement gained momentum and treaties proclaiming abolition were drafted and ratified. Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights and its successors, the Inter-American Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty, and the United Nation's Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty, were created with the goal of making abolition of the death penalty an international norm. Today, the Council of Europe requires new members to undertake and ...
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