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- 15631: The Death Penalty
- ... irreversible, thirdly no evidence to show that the death penalty reduces crime more effectively than any other punishment. We know that no one has the right to terminate the life of another person. From religion's view, use of the death penalty is morally wrong. Almost all religions believe that everyone has a chance to have a new life. Hence, it also against human rights. It is cruel and inhuman punishment ... pain, serving as a witness for his own demise." The following is an eye witness account of an Arizona gas chamber execution given by Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens: "When the fumes enveloped Don's head he took a quick breath. A few seconds later, he looked again in my direction. His face was red and contorted as if he were attempting to fight through tremendous pain. His mouth was ... the fumes. His body started convulsing violently and his skin turned a deep red...the viens in his temple and neck began to bulge until I thought they might explode. After about a minute, Don's face leaned partially forward, but he was still very conscious. He was shuddering uncontrollably and his body was racked with spasms. His head continued to snap back. His fists were clenched tightly. After several ...
- 15632: The Theories of Hobbes and Locke
- The Theories of Hobbes and Locke What justifies the authority of government? Under what conditions is revolution against that government justified? How does Locke's answer to the previous differ from Hobbes's? What difference in their "social contract" theories results in that difference? Each of these questions will be addressed in order to further understand the governmental philosophies of the "Dynamic Duo" and their implications. Citizens of ... it may be in their best interest. Hobbes saw government as a single governing body, made up of the power given to it by the masses; a "Leviathan," or giant sea monster that gains it's power from the sea of individuals. According to Hobbes this Leviathan may, in very specific conditions, be rightfully overthrown or at least revolution may be attempted. Hobbes reasons that no rational person would harm ...
- 15633: Jefferson and Socrates' Idea of Democracy
- Jefferson and Socrates' Idea of Democracy Thomas Jefferson's idea of democracy was one in which people had the right to question the government. Just as Socrates' mission was that of questioning everything and everyone. Socrates educated many and created followers intent on continuing Socrates' work. In effect this is quite similar if not the same as Jefferson's ideas that the people have the right to alter or abolish a government if it violates them. Socrates believed that "The unexamined life is not worth living.", similarly one of Jefferson's ideas was basically that the unexamined and unchecked government is not worth having. He said "...governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form ...
- 15634: China's One Birth Murder Policy
- China's One Birth Murder Policy China's mandated family planning program has limited the number of births per family to one. This mandated one birth policy may be able to control the over population problem in China, but it has had a ... they are, in the future there will be so few women in China that the family planning program will need to be reversed. Instead, there will be a need for a population growth program. China's one birth policy makes the government seem more like a totalitarian government, taking away many of the natural rights Chinese citizens once had. Any human being should have the right to reproduce. One of ...
- 15635: Watergate: Was The Nixon White House Involved?
- ... years of perceived slights from others in the political establishment.” Nixon, a Republican, once stated that, “Washington is a city run primarily by Democrats and liberals, dominated by like-minded newspapers and other media.” Nixon's obligation to control his political destiny and to forestall the damaging of his agenda by incumbents urged him toward the development of what was, in effect, a “secret government” (Gettlin and Colodny 6). The word ... government is based upon a system of “checks and balances” where no one person or party can make an ultimate decision. The noncompliances of the White House and its administrators did not thwart the public's progression towards the answers in the case. Washington, no outsider to “political shenanigans and chicanery," had never had a political burglary before. Four of the seven individuals apprehended for the Watergate break-in were connected with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and were hired hands “on call” to take care of the agency's “less tasteful work”; bugging phones or picking locks (Cannon 107). When arrested and searched, in the pockets of two of the burglars the police retrieved the name and phone number of E. Howard Hunt. ...
- 15636: The Effect of Third Party Candidates in Presidental Elections
- ... Candidates who run a television dominated campaign have hurt their parties in a number of ways. The media specialists who manage such campaigns tend to be loyal to a candidate rather than to the candidate's party; as a result, the campaign supports a single candidate and not the entire ticket of the party. In addition, the heavy reliance on television allows a candidate to reach voters directly, thereby weakening the ... opposing major candidate to win, or second, the independent can withdraw and give their support and potentially a significant voting block, to one of the major candidates in exchange for a change in the candidate's platform to include the independent's views. These influences by an independent, third party candidate were demonstrated in both the 1968 and 1992 elections. George Wallace, independent candidate of the newly formed American Independent Party, took 13.5% of the ...
- 15637: Australians Against Further Immigration
- Australians Against Further Immigration OUR VIEW Environment Humanitarianism Economics Health Defences Education Culture Australia's immigration policy is disastrous, proceeding as if there is no balance of payment problem, no foreign debt and no geographical or environmental constraints to population growth. Continued immigration will finally and irreversibly alter the natural ... the blame. We are concerned about the effect of immigration and multiculturalism on this country where as the pro-immigration lobby is only concerned for the migrant or their own interests. ENVIRONMENT Australia, the world's oldest and driest continent, with severe soil degradation and climatic uncertainty - a land of, “droughts and flooding rains”' already faces declining agricultural productivity. Only 10% of our huge land mass is arable and this land ... cities over the next 30 years by immigration. Is this what Australians, new and old, or of and ethnic group wants? The Premier of NSW, Bob Carr was right when he said, “the nation can't handle more people....Sydney is bursting at the seams....the debate ought to be about carrying capacity of the continent - a continent that has lousy soils, fragile vegetation and depleted and degraded river systems”. ...
- 15638: Development of Defense of Provocation
- ... of violence that often resulted in a homicide being committed. For provocation to be an ample defence to murder it needed to be something which incited immediate anger, or "passion" and which overcame a person's self control to such an extent so as to overpower or swamp his reason. What this something can be has been the subject of many views through the centuries, and these views have strongly depended ... the legal evolution that has taken place. In the case of Mancini v DPP [1942] AC 1 the appellant had been convicted for murder after stabbing a man to death in a club. The appellant's counsel contended that the trial judge should have directed that the jury was open to find provocation to reduce the appellant's conviction to manslaughter. Lord Simonds provided direction upon what kind of provocation would reduce murder to manslaughter. He said that the provocation must temporarily deprive the provoked individual of self-control and in deciding ...
- 15639: Disability in The Workplace
- ... the Americans With Disabilities Act, the only way an employer can refuse to hire an employee based upon a disability is if that persons disability imposes an undue hardship on the operation of the employer's business. Then the question arises, what is considered an undue hardship? The Americans With Disabilities Act states that an undue hardship is any action that is considered to be in excessive cost to the employer ... headset. This is not cause for choosing the applicant with no disabilities, for the reason that a telephone amplifier only costs a few dollars and is not considered to be an excessive accommodation. In Frierson's book, "Employers Guide to The Americans With Disabilities Act", There are five practical tips on hiring practices which will keep employers from violating any laws on hiring practices as stated in the A.D.A ... most qualified to perform the essential job tasks, after reasonable accommodations are considered. These steps are very important not only to the disabled worker, but to the person hiring the worker. This protects the employee's right to choose whomever he deems to be the most qualified. After everything is said and done and the employer selects the most qualified worker, and that worker happens to be disabled, there are ...
- 15640: Cultural Diversity in Local Politics
- ... racial diversity, moving from a biracial to a multiethnic setting. The non-Hispanic White population has declined from its 71 percent share in 1970 to a narrow numerical plurality of 41 percent of the county's population in 1990. Meanwhile, the Latino and Asian Pacific population witnessed a doubling -- from 15% to 39% -- and near quadrupling – from 3% to 11% of their population shares respectively. Meanwhile, African Americans, while slightly growing ... have traditional urban politics, read White politics, been affected or impacted by the role of Blacks on the urban scene. Probably the most influential work on Black/White urban political coalitions was Carmichael and Hamilton's Black Power. (Carmichael and Hamilton) In this work, as in most of the literature, the foundation of coalitions were based on common interests. They argued that all political relations are based on common self interest ... Black aspirations, should be viewed as reliable and enduring allies. Rather, they were perceived as one among many which could be either potential allies or potential adversaries on the road to power. Carmichael and Hamilton's emphasis on interests and ideology alone, when extended to the multiethnic scene of Los Angeles, portends a rather bleak future for multiethnic coalitions. Alliances forging common interests are not readily evident or clear among ...
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