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controlled all of the land that had been taken from Rome’s defeated enemies. The patricians decided to make the land “public” and rent it to the plebeians, thereby, pushing them even deeper in debt to the aristocratic patricians. It was these harsh debtor laws that led to the first plebeian revolt. (Morey, 1901) Since there was no way the plebeians could directly force the patricians to change, they decided to desert their general and “marched in full array to a hill beyond the Anio, which they…

G. Edward Griffin’s novel, The Creature from Jekyll Island, proposes a conspiracy between the United States government and the central bank of the United States, The Federal Reserve (the Fed). This alleged conspiracy dates back to the establishment of the Fed with the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. The basis of Griffin’s conspiracy is that rather than acting as an emergency line of credit for American banks and a regulator of the money supply, the Fed is a scheme for private bankers to profit off…

4) Remove $250 from the accounts that have at least $300 in debt; for the other accounts, keep them open as they are until the debtors have paid the amount down to $250, and then close the accounts individually This time, there was an 80% majority vote for the fourth option. The decision is that you do not have to pay the semester dues from the spring. However, you do still owe any money from the previous semester (this includes your fundraiser, composites, etc.). For those of you who owe…

of the word guilt has nothing to do with immorality and punishment was not a result of guilt. Nietzsche gives an example of the lender and a borrower. If someone failed pay off a loan, the pleasure of harming his debtor, by punishing them. This punishment was necessary, so that the debtor does not make the same mistake twice. Nietzsche believes the reason god figures were created to insure that no suffering ever went unnoticed. Today guilt is defined as accountability and responsibility for a…

Kant has an interesting approach to ethics, one that many people would agree with. Contrary to Aristotle, Kant believes ethics should be based on good will. Meaning, we should look at moral actions not by finding the good in the action, but doing the action with goodness. He explains how this can be done with his categorical imperative and the two formulations of it. These formulations help us decide whether or not our actions are based off of goodwill or our own inclinations. He gives multiple…

enforceable without the consideration of the other party. This is demonstrated in the case of Pinnel, where Lord Coke had demanded that there needed to be a payment from the debtor to the creditor. The defendant owed a sum of money, but did not pay the full balance, despite promising too, this meant the creditor can sue the debtor for the outstanding balance, as the case of Combe V Combe shows due to their not being consideration when originally making the…

On the Works of Nietzsche, Foucault, and Arendt: Punishment The unparalleled scale of human suffering during World War I (then known as the Great War) and World War II had a profound impact on the notion of punishment. The unprecedented tragedy paved way for a new outlook on morality and justice regarding the crimes committed. The works On the Genealogy of Morality, Discipline and Punish, and Eichmann in Jerusalem by Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, and Hannah Arendt respectively all cover…

property because of these debts, then selling your home will not get you out of this financial and legal trouble nor will it hide your debt or defraud the buyer of your home. Regardless, your debtors will be paid and if you want to sell your home as smoothly and soundly as possible, then wait until you pay off your debtors. Debts and other outstanding financial payments on your home can put your property at risk of foreclosure, which can be the biggest obstacle to selling your…

The Doctrine of Atonement The cross means the death of sinners. We have said that we were there on Good Friday with all the people around the cross because we do the same things they did. But the New Testament teaches that we were there also in another sense. We were there on the cross. What happened to Christ also happened to us. When he died for us sinners, we put to death with him (Guthrie, 265). Actually, the cross has a dissimilar meaning for Christians because we look at the fact that…

every day by execution for less than half its value. The jails were crowded with debtors.” In other words people were losing their land as they had limited money pay for the ostensibly high taxes imposed on them (Manning). Per Bowdoin’s piece, it is stated that the state of Massachusetts further worsened the financial state, “The debt of Massachusetts alone, was $5,000,000, and taxation of course heavy. The number of debtors was so great, that in 1782 the legislature had been reduced to resort…