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- 41: A Critical Essay On Sir Thomas
- ... the frugality of the Utopians, the restrictions of wants) was even more so. We are better equipped to discover what those ends are now that we know that bond labor, abolition of markets and money, and restrictions of wants by enforced community of consumption are of a piece with the abolition of private property and profit and with the obligation to toil-indispensable motifs in the total pattern of More's best state of the commonwealth. More simply did not believe ...
- 42: Utopia
- ... the frugality of the Utopians, the restrictions of wants) was even more so. We are better equipped to discover what those ends are now that we know that bond labor, abolition of markets and money, and restrictions of wants by enforced community of consumption are of a piece with the abolition of private property and profit and with the obligation to toil-indispensable motifs in the total pattern of More's best state of the commonwealth. More simply did not believe ...
- 43: National Constituent Assembly
- ... socially. There were some groups of society that were quite content with the reforms of the Constituent Assembly, such as a majority of the bourgeoisie, peasants who gained from the abolition of the Feudal system, and some members of the first and second Estate. However, many other people and groups, such as King Louis XVI, Nobles who had become emigres after ... On August 4 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, was proclaimed. It was an almost radical declaration, based on freedoms and human rights, and with it came the abolition of Feudal privileges. It included freedom of conscience and freedom of opinion, as well as protection of property, equality of taxation and equality before the law. Freedom of press was ...
- 44: Peter The Great
- ... men must wear proper European attire was an insult to most and especially added to the growing rift between the classes. "Of all the reforms of Peter the Great, the abolition of the Patriarchal and the establishment of the Holy Synod was the most radical in form. It also had the most widespread and immediate repercussions, for it provoked bitter resistance ... believe that his ideas were radical and that the actions taken were drastic, but Russia has reaped the benefits ever since. Peter the Great introduced such internal reforms as the abolition of the power of the aristocrats, the encouragement of industry and education, and the reorganization of the government of the state. He is a hero in the minds of many ...
- 45: Peter The Great 5
- ... men must wear proper European attire was an insult to most and especially added to the growing rift between the classes. "Of all the reforms of Peter the Great, the abolition of the Patriarchal and the establishment of the Holy Synod was the most radical in form. It also had the most widespread and immediate repercussions, for it provoked bitter resistance ... believe that his ideas were radical and that the actions taken were drastic, but Russia has reaped the benefits ever since. Peter the Great introduced such internal reforms as the abolition of the power of the aristocrats, the encouragement of industry and education, and the reorganization of the government of the state. He is a hero in the minds of many ...
- 46: Slavery in the Eyes of the South
- ... also beneficial to the American economy of that timeperiod. Cotton was used for trade with the British and the north. Again, the southern economy was absolutely dependent on slavery. The abolition of slavery in the South would have been a major downgrade in the quality of life for the Southerners. A contemporary parallel is if there was a permanent loss of ... that a lot of people from the Bible had servants and slaves. In conclusion, the South defended slavery by saying it was beneficial to the Southern economy and that the abolition of slavery would be detrimental to the quality of life in the South. The new radical anti-slavery feeling that was spreading in the north seemed revolutionary and unbelievable to ...
- 47: Is The Bible From God
- ... If the writers of the New Testament had attacked the institution of slavery directly, the gospel would have been identified with a radical political cause at a time when the abolition of slavery was unthinkable. To directly appeal for the freeing of slaves would have been inflammatory and a direct threat to the social order. (1) Consequently, the New Testament acknowledged ... 3:11). (2) The gospel first had the practical effect of outmoding slavery within the community of the Church, (3) and carried within it the seeds of the eventual complete abolition of slavery in the Western world. The fact that the Bible never expressly condemned the institution of slavery has been wrongfully used as a rationale for its continuance. In the ...
- 48: History Of The Original Lincol
- ... the Union, with such a constitution as the people of that may see fit to make. Question 4. “I want to know whether he stand to-day pledged to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia?” Answer: I do not stand to-day pledged to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Question 5. “I desire him to answer whether he stands pledged to the prohibition of the slave trade between the different states?” Answer ...
- 49: Capital Punishment Should be Abolished
- ... criminal homicide would have to be executed- a policy too brutal to consider and one that would require dozens of legal killings each day." The United Nations began urging worldwide abolition on the grounds that,"every human has an inherent right to life." It can be seen that there is no logical reason for reintroducing capital punishment. The fact that there ... 4 No.4 1989, "The Green Pages:Amnesty International, Campaign to abolish the death penalty" 2)Encyclopaedia Britannica, Britannica center, Instant Research service, "The debate over capital punishment", "Arguments for abolition of death penalty" 3)"Time", January 24, 1983, "An Eye for an Eye"
- 50: Capital Punishment
- ... of capital crimes were reduced drastically. By 1861, there were only four: murder, treason, arson, and piracy with violence. From the 1930s to the mid-1950s, people campaigned for the abolition of capital punishment. Following a number of controversial executions, a statute was put into effect in 1957 that restricted the death penalty to murder. All other offenses were punished by ... penalty, yet it has one of the highest crime rates. During the 1980's, death penalty states averaged an annual rate of 7.5 criminal homicides per 100,000, while abolition states averaged a rate of 7.4 per 100,000. That means murder was actually more common in states that use the death penalty. These are some of the negative ...
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