Law and Chaos

The American government was formed in 1789 by our Founding Fathers to provide law and order. Maintaining regulation protects the people from conflict and chaos. The government also ensures the protection of individual rights of its citizen, administers public policy, and secure rules/laws for people to follow. Founded in the preamble of our Constitution, the purpose of our government is to "establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general…

In my opinion I believe certain actions which are currently deemed right and wrong are formed by the rules of our ancestors and the society we live in. Morality is therefore decided by the standards of society. A major example within the film industry is the film trilogy including: The Purge, The Purge: Anarchy, and The Purge: Election Year. In these film, once a year for twelve hours all crime is legal including murder, assault, stealing, and selling drugs. Any and all crime that would be…

able to live properly, or will we become savages? The film “Lord of the flies” is a great depiction of what could possibly happen without a government. In terms of America, we get protection from the government while, in return, we have to follow its laws. There has been cases, where our rights were taken away, which breaks our social contract. Cases where natural rights like lives, and property taken unconstitutionally. An example of natural rights being taken away, would be during World War 2,…

Breaking the law by stealing from others or by assaulting others is never acceptable. Second, one must be breaking the law for the correct reasons. A person must break the law not because it is convenient to do so, but because they sincerely believe the law is unjust.The law is not made to be broken. It is made to stop certain things from happening like stealing, killing etc. Take Robin Hood for example. He stole from the rich to give to the poor. Undoubtedly, his intentions were good. But the…

Laws are very important in any society. They are used to maintain order and without them there would be chaos and anarchy. In the well-known Greek play by Sophocles, Antigone, there is a clash between state and natural laws. The play poses the question To whom does a person owe the ultimate loyalty, the state or the natural law and can hubris affect or distort these perspectives. Can such hubris blind a person to other familial duties. While Creon argues that the gods do not celebrate traitors…

debated topic. Is it ever appropriate to go against the government? It is appropriate to go against the government when morals override man-made law, when the government does not listen to its constituents, and when a strong majority rules unjustly over the righteous few. First of all, it is appropriate to go against the government when morals override man-made law. Thoreau states in “Civil Disobedience”, “The mass of men serve the state this, not as men mainly, but as machines with their…

The most powerful tool we have as the people is the power to speak. We do not want to be law breakers, we want to be law makers. Standing down is not the ideal option when laws that an authority figure makes that do not prove equality. I strongly disagree with Voltaire's claim because it states that even though authority is the minority in a society, the people are acting as the minority by refusing to stand against regulations that do not protect their freedoms. In the late 19th century and…

Julissa Figueroa Law and Disorder In the wake of the disastrous hurricane Katrina, there was an obscene amount of unethical behavior and police misconduct. The Frontline story about the effects on New Orleans during the hurricane went deeper than just the media coverage of how good police agencies were helping the public.The disaster put everyone in danger and changed regular circumstances tremendously. For the police if there was just a slight bit of misconduct this disaster propelled those…

our daily life and follow the rules that we have been taught since we were children. We stay out of trouble and, in doing so, we become the ideal person we have set for ourselves. However, if we take away these rules and laws that have been set, we enter a state of anarchy and chaos. With these clear boundaries that we have been given, we are able to be happy and healthy. People need boundaries. Nevertheless, we are given unalienable rights that we practice every day. The constitution is a…

Do you believe that national pride is a good thing to have or a bad thing to have? Even though, those citizens who love the violence in their country or home country would not do anything to escape or stop the violence and chaos. People that love and is devoted to their country are trying to keep it peaceful and safe because most of the time a citizen would hate their country so much that they would try to escape to a better country of their choices. That's when people who are very positive…