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- 26771: Capital Punishment
- ... these methods are designed so that no pain is felt. The convict is killed almost immediately and feels nothing. However, the death penalty is still highly controversial and remains a source of argument among American's today. Some say it is cruel and inhuman, however over 60% of the American population believe in the implementation of the death penalty in our court's judicial system. They feel the act of execution of a criminal is ok. If the execution of a guilty capital murderer deters the murder of an innocent life, the execution is justified. Murderers commit such ... laws that clearly stated the ground rules for those who committed acts of murder we would be able to see more clearly the benefits of capital punishment. Rehabilitation should be the main goal of American's judicial system, but in certain cases the system cannot rehabilitate these criminals. Statics have shown that one in ten death row inmates have been convicted of minor crimes and a first-degree murder. Which ...
- 26772: Capital Punishment
- ... a room against his will and not free him for a considerable length of time makes our society no better than the everyday kidnapper. But if an individual locked another up against his will, wouldn’t the ACLU view this as kidnapping. Being from the Methodist faith I found this argument somewhat difficult. For in the Bible there is a scripture that states, “an eye for an eye, a tooth for ... the generosity of their neighbors that they’d naturally be inclined to become upstanding, productive citizens. All irony aside, perhaps I can help resolve the moral dilemma: I suggest that when one person violates another’s rights, he forfeit some of his own rights. If you steal from your neighbor, it is justice that some of your property should be taken away from you as punishment and deterrent. If you kidnap ...
- 26773: Enlightenment Thinkers
- ... was the belief that God created the universe in such a way that no divine intervention was necessary for its continued operation. Most thinkers of the time believed that humans were basically good. In today’s life it is noticeable that this believe does not apply to all, hardly to any. Although it is also not fair to say that all humans are sinners. Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher of the 1600’s, tried to create a science of politics. After witnessing the horrors of the English Civil War, Hobbes decided that conflict was part of human nature. Without governments to keep order, Hobbes said, there would be ... as naturally selfish and violent. John Locke was another philosopher of the Enlightenment. He viewed human nature very differently from Hobbes. Locke said a person is not born good or evil. Rather he said, people’s characters are shaped by their experiences. Locke felt people could learn from experience and improve themselves, which led him to believe in self-governing. According to Locke, all people are born free and equal, ...
- 26774: Hawking
- Stephen Hawkings is the most honored physicist in out time.He has battled against what is known as Lou Gehrig’s disease for some thirty years. Presently, he is unable to communicate without his computer, but Hawkings is still very active in the field. Stephen Hawkings was born on January 8, 1942 in oxford, England. He ... that issue. The evidence for the Big Bang event is conclusive, possibly irrefutable. Time as we understand it has a beginning. I believe that the universe had a beginning at the big bang and that’s how the universe is constantly changing, however, the idea of the big bang is still young and only time can prove if it’s right or wrong.
- 26775: Dvd
- ... Summary DVD is a new technology very similar to compact discs. A DVD looks just like an ordinary compact disc, however a DVD can hold up too 6 times as much as a CD! That's 4.7 gigabytes! This gives enough room to hold an entire movie at twice the quality of VHS with theatre quality sound (better than CD-quality). Since it is on a disc, you can jump ... to rewind. The Different types of DVD include: DVD-ROM DVD-ROM stands for Digital Versatile Disc - Read Only Memory. It is an optical disk the same diameter as a CD, but unlike the CD’s capacity of 650 megabytes, it can hold up to 4.7 gigabytes of storage. Its capacity is over six times that of a CD and the reason for this is that data is written to ... of all these elements put together. What goes out of a DVD-Video-Player and into the television is not actually digital-video, but one of three types of standard television signals: component, composite, or S-Video.
- 26776: Evaluation Of The New Deal
- ... biggest issues to strike the "forgotten Americans." The new deal provided helping programs such as the Social securities act, WPA, and the federal Emergency Relief Act to lower unemployment and to help those who couldn't work. Checks could be received by those who were poor because of the Social Securities Act. The WPA, led by Harry Hopkins, was built to help artists and musicians obtain a steady form of employment ... were still unchanged in the labors. Even under the new deal, blacks were treated unfair. Women were also treated very poorly when it came to the labor situation. They were given the so-called women's jobs, such as teachers, clerks, typists, nurses, and textile workers. Unions for blacks and women were rare until John Lewis formed the CIO, a union anyone could join, no matter what race they were. The ...
- 26777: Utilitarianism
- ... They believe that a person is judged by their actions and not by their character. For example, if a person is accused of doing something morally wrong, like committing a crime, but then the person’s character is changed during his or her time incarcerated. No matter how good one’s actions are now, that person will always be perceived as bad because of his or her own wrong action. According to the book, “if the assertion means that they do not allow their judgments respecting ... quotes, “ there is nothing in the utilitarian theory inconsistent with the fact that there are other things which interest us in a person besides the rightness and wrongness of their actions.” An example, of Mill’s response to his theory is, if an individual is caught up in the wrong crowd and is caught stealing, and the person is truly sorry for the crime that he or she has committed ...
- 26778: Jean Claude Van Damme-Double Impact
- ... the money in order tobuild a tunnel between Hong Kong and the mainland. After the tunnel wasbuilt and the money collected, Nigel Griffith and Raymond Zhang had a gangof hit men massacre Alex and Chad's family. Frank Avery, a friend of thefamily, races into the scene and finds the parents already dead. The twobabies are in the back seat with a maid. She takes Alex and flees thescene. Frank sees ... are out to kill Zhangand Griffith for the massacre of their parents. As the movie rolls on, Alexbecomes suspicious of Chad because he thinks that he is playing around withhis girlfriend Danielle. We see Alex's thoughts of Chad with Danielle ashe becomes drunker and his mind imagines that they are having sex together.These thoughts enrage Alex and he fights his own brother. The whole movie was directed and acted very well considering Chad andAlex are both played by the same person, Jean-Claude Van Damme, whichjustifies the movie's name, Double Impact. The main character Jean-ClaudeVan Damme plays more roles than just casting. He is also the fightchoreographer and one of the producers. His talent of kickboxing has comethrough in his first ...
- 26779: Corporal Punishment
- ... theses difficulties. Get to children in infancy and their early years and their lives will be shaped more fully for future growth. Restoring their teachers’ power to hit them across the bottom or knuckles doesn’t fit that picture. Forget corporal punishment. Roald Dahl’s book entitled “Boy” tells about the times when corporal punishment was allowed to take place in all schools. A passage from the book tells of how , aged nine, Dahl was caned six times for talking ...
- 26780: Liberal Arts
- ... combine different subjects to formulate new ideas and concepts. As in mixing colors, a new color can only be created by combining various colors. The same is true for liberal arts education, the resulting idea(s) and/or concept(s) is derived from the combination used to create it. A liberal arts education provides a strong foundation of knowledge in many fields allowing students to create new theories and inventions. With this foundation, there are ... arts allow imaginative thoughts to develop freely. Such imaginative thoughts lead to discoveries and inventions which, in turn, advance society to higher levels. It is evident that a liberal arts education is one of society's tools for advancement in a positive direction.
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