Stark Law

Society is structured on a system of laws meant to protect the innocent and punish the perpetrator. Without these laws, nations would be without their moral compass, with nothing pointing to true north. Citizens would fall into the practice of performing actions only to benefit themselves, not caring about the greater good of the community. Therefore, it is one’s system of government which sets in stone the notion of right and wrong, good and bad, and the laws which force behaviors deemed…

eliminates the voice of the minorities. According to Rousseau, civil laws must be determined by a majority vote of the representatives of the entire population, leaving the ideas and opinions of the minorities to be disregarded. The minorities have to accept the will of the majority, as the general will has been determined and cannot refuse to cooperate, as is explicitly stated with “the citizen gives his consent to all the laws, including those which are passed in…

Throughout the many ages, pirates have always been a center of fascination. Depicted as swashbuckling, carefree, and charismatic individuals, pirates have inspired many children to one day become pirates themselves. However, this depiction of pirates is far from how legitimate pirates are. Genuine pirates are not swashbuckling, carefree, nor charismatic, but, are more of an individual who “disrupts” the ocean, thereby being labeled as a criminal. In the documentary, Stolen Seas, directed by…

International law is founded on the principles of recognition and compliance, but pays little attention to motive. The motive of states and leaders is posed as a question for political scientists, rather than legal experts. However, why states comply with the obligations, duties, etc. of international law is just as important as the system itself. Beliefs and intent are necessary for judgements in many instances within international law. While these more philosophical constructs are typically…

federal government and most states have adopted laws—with varying protections—providing employees with statutory means to challenge wage disparities based on sex, the wage gap persists. The rationale behind the nation’s newest pay equity laws in California, Massachusetts, and New York is certainly grounded in social justice and equity concerns that women, in many cases, earn less than men for performing the same work. However, these three laws were driven in large part by the economic burden…

So, having presented how two similar starting points lead to very different paths, are there any similarities one can draw from both philosopher's accounts? In Book II of the Republic, Glaucon offers a “social contract” explanation for the nature of justice What men want most is to commit injustices without consequence What men want least is to be subject to injustices without the ability to fight back Justice, as such, is the result of the contracts between men to avoid these extremes…

Views on social justice are highly important in defining the roles of the state within society. The perspectives presented by John Rawls and Robert Nozick demonstrate two extremely different views of societal justice. Each of these philosophers give their own principles of justice, which are sets of rules society must follow in order to be just. In this paper, I will analyze the views of each of these thinkers. I will also argue that the Rawls’ principles of justice are preferable to Nozick’s…

Every character in Aeschylus's Oresteia is concerned with the notion of justice. The trilogy repeatedly emphasizes a fundamental concept of justice: revenge. It is a really simple but powerfully emotional basis for justice, associating retribution with family, emotions and honor. The Oresteia explores whether the revenge ethic is adequate as a legitimate basis for justice. It depicts the flaws of the practice of personal vendetta: the cyclical nature of blood crimes and the lack of a clear…

Looking from a legal perspective, euthanasia and assisted suicide are a slippery slope. There is a fine line between assisting a patient who is suffering from an incurable disease and when the physician could have tried something else but didn 't and then it 's considered a murder. The bigger question is the physicians trained in making this ethical decision of respecting patient autonomy or following their Hippocratic oath of helping and saving patients. "The central moral issues in the…

(WHO) for helping women to realized that they make a major impact on societies, the world and beyond by getting education and moved up to better lives. In regards to this, Governments in Africa should do more to help women by implementing and enforcing laws that will protect and prosecute those who are offenders of such…