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  • Plato’s Republic

    Plato’s Republic

    The Republic itself is nothing at the start of Plato's most famous and influential book. It does not exist. Not only does it not exist in actuality, but it does not exist in theory either. It must be built. It architect will be Socrates, the fictional persona Plato creates for himself. In the first episode Socrates encounters some acquaintances during the festival of Bendis. His reputation for good conversation already well-established, Socrates is approached by

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Victor
  • In Plato's the Republic

    In Plato's the Republic

    In Plato’s The Republic: Book III; Socrates prescribed the medical training that should be provided in the just city. He felt that doctors should be trained to treat the healthy, who suffered from a single curable problem. In contrast, Socrates also felt that the doctors should not be trained to treat the chronically ill and since they are suffering from an incurable disease they should be left to die naturally. Furthermore, Socrates felt that the

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    Essay Length: 409 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics

    Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics

    Aristotle In Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle makes the case for the fulfillment of Eudimonea, the greatest happiness and good that a person can achieve. He states that there are 3 ways in which creatures, human specifically go about trying to fulfill Eudimonea. The first is through pleasure, be it sensual, tactile or mental. Through this basic ingredient me experience such things as food, games, and science fiction novels. The 2nd part of Aristotle’s Eudimonea is honor

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    Essay Length: 428 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: July
  • Plato

    Plato

    Few definite details are known of Plato's life. He was born in Athens c. 427 BC and was the youngest son of Ariston, of an old and wealthy family. It is claimed that his real name was Aristocles, with "Plato" (meaning "the broad") being a nickname given to him because of his wrestler's physique. He served in the last years of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and after democracy was restored in

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    Essay Length: 634 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Plato V. Machiavelli

    Plato V. Machiavelli

    Is a just person the best choice for a ruler; many philosophers have laid out different ways in which they believe a society should be ran whether it be a single ruler such as a prince or multiple rulers like philosophy kings. Machiavelli intended for a society/principality to be ruled a strong ruler whether he be just or unjust, moral or immoral; whereas Plato believed for a society to work a just ruler such as

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Vika
  • Aristotle - the Great

    Aristotle - the Great

    Aristotle the Great Aristotle was born in 384BC and lived to 322 BC. He was a Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist. Along with his teacher Plato, Aristotle is generally regarded as one of the most influential ancient thinkers in a number of philosophical fields, including political theory (Hines). Aristotle was born in Stagira in northern Greece, and his father was a court physician to the king of Macedon. As a young man he studied in

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Top
  • Rita Kramer's Juvenile Justice Is Delinquent

    Rita Kramer's Juvenile Justice Is Delinquent

    Rita Kramer's " Juvenile Justice Is Delinquent," a very well written argument, explains how juvenile delinquents have changed, and are getting away now with almost everything they do without a severe punishment. Kramer writes clearly to make the reader understand her essay. Kramer writes that the Juvenile system is very similar to New York's Family Court. The New York Family Court was originally sought to protect children who were getting in trouble with the law

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Bred
  • What Is Justice?

    What Is Justice?

    What is Justice? Many have attempted to explain and define the idea of justice. However, it seems to remain just that: an idea of justice. This topic has been pondered since the beginning of pondering, yet is still not fully defined. In a legal sense, justice is the act creating fair laws and upholding those laws. In a spiritual aspect justice serves as a moral compass for personal sense of peace. Justice has also been

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    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Edward
  • History of Juvenile Justice

    History of Juvenile Justice

    Until the 19th century, children were punished and confined in the same ways as adults. Early jails housed men, women, adults, juveniles, sane and insane all together. Houses of Refuge In the early 1800's reformers became concerned about the overcrowded conditions in the jails and the corruption youth experienced when confined with adult felons. The first House of Refuge opened in New York in 1825, as a facility exclusively for children. By the 1840's, 53

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    Essay Length: 2,376 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Fonta
  • How Does Plato Relate the Soul of Virtuous Individual to the Ideal Republic in His Republic

    How Does Plato Relate the Soul of Virtuous Individual to the Ideal Republic in His Republic

    The virtues are based on justice, of which common honesty in buying and selling is the shadow, and justice is based on the idea of good, which is the harmony of the world, and is reflected both in the institutions of States and in motions of the heavenly bodies Each virtue that Plato explains in Republic is connected to the proper work of the State. Virtuous individual is the face of the State- if the

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: July
  • Review on Randall Kennedy: Race and Justice

    Review on Randall Kennedy: Race and Justice

    The definition of criminal justice is: the system of law enforcement, the bar, the judiciary, corrections and probation that is directly involved in the apprehension, prosecution, defense, sentencing, incarceration and supervision of those suspected of or charged with criminal offenses. Throughout history we have seen this system bend and break in many areas because of the issue of race. Randall Kennedy gives a detailed and descriptive vision on how far this system has failed

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Artur
  • Plato

    Plato

    Plato was born to an aristocratic family in Athens, Greece. When he was a child his father, Ariston, who was believed to be descended from the early kings of Athens died, and his mother, Perictione married Pyrilampes. As a young man Plato was always interested in political leadership and eventually became a disciple of Socrates. He followed his philosophy and his dialectical style, which is believed to be the search for truth through questions, answers,

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Republic: The Plausibility of Thrasymachus’ Argument on Justice

    The Republic: The Plausibility of Thrasymachus’ Argument on Justice

    The Plausibility of Thrasymachus' Argument on Justice It is my objective in this paper, to illustrate the claims made by Thrasymachus, in The Republic, as argument to Socrates' views on what justice is. I will then evaluate the claims, "justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger" (338c), and that "a just man always gets less than an unjust one" (343d), in an effort to see how Thrasymachus uses these statements to provoke

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    Essay Length: 2,049 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Poetics by Aristotle & Hamlet by Shakespeare

    The Poetics by Aristotle & Hamlet by Shakespeare

    Poetics and Hamlet Centuries ago, Aristotle laid down guidelines for criticizing dramatic works in his Poetics. This paper considers whether that structure is adequate for analyzing William Shakespeare’s Hamlet that was composed after Aristotle. The Poetics is too short to go into great detail, so we’ll have to use only the most basic of his definitions and guidelines for what dramatic works should entail. He begins by discussing poetry, then moves to tragedy, which he

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • True Justice According to St. Augustine

    True Justice According to St. Augustine

    True justice according to St. Augustine Augustine lived during the fall of the Roman Empire and had a Roman education. As can be concluded from the title, Augustine was a Christian, but not for whole his life. He got baptized after a period of personal drama, caused by a personal intellectual and spiritual journey. After his baptism, he lived as a priest in Hippo, North Africa. In this period, he wrote a vast amount of

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Yan
  • Outgrowing Juvenile Justice: Jamal Vick Case Study Raises

    Outgrowing Juvenile Justice: Jamal Vick Case Study Raises

    In Outgrowing Juvenile Justice, Michael Jonas (2001) raises several important issues concerning juvenile justice policies and practices. In discussing Jamal Vick, a range of youth crime issues surfaces, including: • Balancing treatment verses punishment • Responses to serious juvenile offenders o Waiver into the adult criminal justice system o Utilize the juvenile justice system o Blend elements of both the adult system and the juvenile system • Youth in confinement o Growing numbers of youth

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    Essay Length: 607 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Monika
  • Color of Justice

    Color of Justice

    In the movie “Color of Justice” that we watched today in class, there were some parts of the movie that could happen in real life and some parts that are more likely only to be seen in movies. We use the term “reel vs. real” to describe the difference between these parts of the movie. “Color of Justice” did display some parts that we would classify as reel. In the beginning of the movie,

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Max
  • The Future of Juvenile Justice

    The Future of Juvenile Justice

    The Future of Juvenile Justice Official crime data indicate that the juvenile violence rate is at an all-time high. Chronic male delinquent offenders commit a disproportionate amount of violent behavior Including a significant amount of the most serious juvenile crimes, such as homicides, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults. Many chronic offenders become adult criminals and eventually end up in the criminal court system. How to effectively deal with chronic juvenile offenders and drug users remains

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    Essay Length: 1,206 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Educating Ethical Behavior - Aristotle's Views on Akrasia

    Educating Ethical Behavior - Aristotle's Views on Akrasia

    EDUCATING ETHICAL BEHAVIOR: ARISTOTLE'S VIEWS ON AKRASIA Deborah Kerdeman University of Washington "Can the teaching of ethics really help cleanse the business world of shady dealings?" Asked by Newsweek magazine during the height of the recent Wall-Street scandals,1 this query resonates with perennial concerns about whether or not virtue can be taught and how such instruction might best be effected. The problem, Newsweek declares, is not that students lack ethical standards or are incapable of

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    Essay Length: 2,901 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: David
  • Criminal Justice

    Criminal Justice

    The use of deadly force is used throughout the U. S. , and the definition of deadly force is best described by the FBI which states that : deadly force is the intentional use of a firearm or other instrument resulting in a high probability of death. But who determines when it’s okay for a police officer to use deadly force? When does deadly force cross the line and when does officer feels his/her

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Monika
  • Reactionary Essay to If Aristotle Ran General Motors, by Tom Morris

    Reactionary Essay to If Aristotle Ran General Motors, by Tom Morris

    Introduction In the book, If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Tom Morris argues that the teachings of the ancients can and should be applied to today's corporation. His message is that the four virtues - truth, beauty, goodness, and unity - form the foundation of human excellence. Putting them into practice leads not only to self-fulfillment, but ultimately to an open, nurturing, and ethical workplace that is more productive and successful in the long-term. The purpose

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    Essay Length: 1,306 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Australia’s Policies: The Effect, Implication for Social Justice and Equity in Austrlia

    Australia’s Policies: The Effect, Implication for Social Justice and Equity in Austrlia

    Australia's Policies: the Effect, Implication for Social Justice and equity in Austrlia By VIET DUY PHAM (99563905) Unemployment happens to many people and can be a stressful, depressing and guilt ridden time of life. Understanding and promoting awareness of the consequences of joblessness for individuals and the community is important in order to mobilize societal commitment to tackle the problem, and to guide the policy responses that are made to it. The effect of unemployment

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Monika
  • What Society Expects of Its Criminal Justice System

    What Society Expects of Its Criminal Justice System

    This paper speaks to what society expects of the police, courts, corrections, and how they are realized and unfulfilled, as well as the employees of the system in terms of their goals and expectations, the temptations and the differences in their goals from society’s goals. Finally, the paper will speak to the individuals that are charged by the system regarding their legitimate and non-legitimate needs. Society expects its police to look into reported crimes, collecting

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    Essay Length: 1,674 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Monika
  • Plato’s Republic - Book V

    Plato’s Republic - Book V

    Plato's most famous work is undoubtedly The Republic it has weathered the test of time to provide us with the most influential philosophical doctrine surviving from the ancient Mediterranean. Over the years Plato has been hailed by some as an advocate of women's rights because of some views he puts forth in The Republic. In Book V of the work Plato has Socrates, acting as his voice, engage in a discussion of the perfect state

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    Essay Length: 606 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Juvenile Justice Process

    The Juvenile Justice Process

    The Juvenile Justice Process Most children enter the juvenile justice system by getting into trouble with law enforcement. When a juvenile child commits a serious crime the officer must arrest the juvenile and take them to headquarters. For the less serious offenses, the officer may give the juvenile a warning, call their parents to get them, or take them home to their house. There are many steps to the juvenile justice process before a juvenile

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Fonta

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