Natural law

should be severely punishing the violent criminals, and lessening the penalty for marijuana “crimes”. Marijuana’s effects are very similar to that of alcohol, yet alcohol is still legal to consume if one is not driving and inebriated. This is a natural plant found out in the wild that has been around for longer than the production of alcohol. Cultures have been using this plant for medical purposes and rituals for thousands of years. The evidence for why marijuana is such a terrible thing to…

power over these elements of society, at the end of the day the judicial branch has overview on all laws and the constitutionality of those laws. While each branch has a diverse specific…

There is a significant amount of academic literature regarding LGB rights in developing countries. The various topics addressed, from cultural relativism to how international human rights law is being enforced, build upon each other, leading fluidly to the answer of whether LGB rights should be pursued by the United States. Homophobia is not widely understood by social sciences researchers. Kulick presents this as a problem because homophobia cannot be combatted if it is researched, documented,…

declares, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble…” which protects the freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly. Continuing to protect other rights such as the right to bear arms and the right to a speedy and public trial, the U.S. Bill of Rights extends and protects the natural rights of all of the…

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=997359&tp=980 Under Canada’s medical marijuana program, licensed producers can make and sell cannabis-based extracts, and in December of 2015, the very first license was issued to commercial producer Peace Naturals Project Inc., a Stayner, Ontario-based operation. Source…

medical care2 (New Jersey vs. Quinlan, 1976); however, only four states (Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington) have legalized physician assisted euthanasia. As recently as August, 2014, there are no federal laws regarding euthanasia, but the act is prohibited under general homicide laws. The 14th Amendment has been used in arguments on both sides of the controversy. In Morris vs New Mexico, Jan 2014, the judge stated that the most fundamental right of our system is the right of to our…

Our government is one that is intended to represent the people, it is after all by the people, for the people. With this thought in mind, when one considers peaceful protest and civil disobedience it is natural to assume that these acts are being carried out because the "perpetrators" are committing these deeds in order to represent themselves more accurately than their current legislation does. The ability to perform these acts is not only a positive impact, it rarely negatively impacts others,…

A Tale of Two Theories: Political Philosophy and Humanism Philosophy “Are not the Confucians rites and the Legalist laws one and the same notion? One could think so, as these rites and laws have the same goal: to regulate the behavior of each individual so as to establish a social order.” China’s modern day success story can be traced back to 6th century B.C.E, when two major philosophies began to shape the culture, Confucianism and Legalism. These philosophical theories equally impacted…

If Darwin thinks that species are weeded out through the process of natural selection, this would appear to negate what Paley believes, which is an intelligent Creator. Darwin preserves the ideologies put forth by Paley, in which a successor will not possess qualities, which are harmful to its creator or “possessor” as Darwin calls it. The possibility for Darwin’s theory to preserve any of Paley’s argument, involves seeing natural selection as part of a perfect design, with a creator who…

The lecture this week discussed evolution and development. While Darwin believed that natural selection worked with individuals, the synthetic theory states that genes determine all traits that heritable. While the synthetic theory of evolution combined Darwinian evolution and genetics, it chose genes as the only focus of natural selection, hence an organism can be seen as the “vehicle” for genes because they are what create these individuals to deal with the environment to make more genes. So,…