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1151: John Rawls and Utilitarianism: ... more acceptable than utilitarianism. An example taken from The Encyclopedia of Political Philosophy explains two situations, one acceptable by Rawls and the other acceptable under utilitarianism. The first states that slavery, (if beneficial to the slave as well as everyone else), is indeed acceptable according to Rawls. The second states that under utilitarianism, a slaves misery would not matter since overall ...

1152: Ebonics: ... their own kind of justice, to send a message, happen all the time. Yet the Oakland School board resolution, sparked an unfamiliar discussion about race. Ever since the abolition of slavery, separatist Caucasian-American society have discriminated a large number of its Afro-American population, forced them into living in poverty, in a separate culture, both social and language wise. Given ...

1153: Capital Punishment: ... much more than their share of the executions” (Warner) Recently a study of capital punishment showed that the current capital punishment system is an outgrowth of the racist “legacy of slavery” (NACDP). Between 1930 and 1996, 4,220 prisoners were executed and more than half were black.(cite) A disproportionately large number of African American have always occupied the nations death ...

1154: The Controversy of Capital Punishment: ... than reason, as the solution to difficult social problems. Capital punishment is cruel and unusual. It is cruel because it is a relic of the earliest days of penology, when slavery, and other corporal punishments were commonplace. Like those barbaric practices, executions have no place in a civilized society. It is unusual because only the United States of all the western ...

1155: Capital Punishment: ... George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Kant, Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Mill all supported it (Koch 324). However, Washington and Jefferson, two former presidents and admired men, both supported slavery as well. Surely, the advice of someone who clearly demonstrated a total disregard for the value of human life cannot be considered in such an argument as capital punishment. In ...

1156: Religion and Capital Punishment: ... individual to a penalty of death, they are in essence stating that the value of that person’s life is less than everyone else’s. Such was the argument with slavery in the southern United States in the 18th and 19th centuries. Each person is equal under the eyes of the law and the eyes of God and should therefore be ...

1157: R.I.C.O: ... period. The two acts are expected to be related (have similar purpose or similar results). Felonies include murder, intimidation of witnesses, kidnapping, obstructing justice, counterfeiting, theft of interstate shipments, white slavery, embezzlement of funds, certain drug offenses, bankruptcy fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, computer theft, arson, bribery, copyright infringement, citizenship, and obscenity (18 U.S.C., sec.1961). Blakley and Gettings ...

1158: An Argument for the Legalization of Drugs, Based on John Stuart Mills' "Revised Harm Principle": ... relinquishing its role as protector of those citizens who are unable to control their excesses. These people surrender their autonomy to drug addiction, thus "selling" themselves into a type of slavery. It is true that the decriminalization of drugs would remove much of the stigma associated with them, but this would not be a positive change. It is that stigma that ...

1159: Crime and the Death Penalty: ... there are chances they can live) if we decrease the availability of handguns by increasing the price or banning the sale, then there will be less murders. Another thought is slavery should be used as a punishment for crimes. If all the miserable moments of a slave's life were put together it would be more painful then any kind of ...

1160: Abortion: Life or Death Who Chooses?: ... 21% had no opinion. Men more then women thought it too hard. Even if the majority did want it, this does not make it right. Centuries ago, most Americans thought slavery was right. The elected leaders of this country must have the wisdom and integrity for what is right, not for what might be politically opportune. One of the uttered justifications ...

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