Death Penalty: Target for Aggression "An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi In modern civilization, there exists the concept of punishment for committing a crime. This concept began with the earliest forms of civilization and has grown into a ve...

The Death Penalty "Millions to Kill, Pennies to Heal" The human life is the most valuable resource on this planet. I ask why we must continue the chain of hate with legalized murder. We must accept the fact that there are people on this earth that live amongst us that do not value thei...

Death penalty is the punishment of execution, administered to someone convicted of a capital crime. It has been an inalienable part of the United States society and its legal system for centuries. According to Amnesty International, May 2012, one hundred thirty people have been released from death...

JUSTICE - NOT DEATH! I, Judge Brady, am sentencing Paula Pretty to life in prison with no Possibility of parole for the murder of a 16-year-old female. My decision to oppose The death penalty is based on moral, practical, as well as constitutional grounds. I realize that many of my voters do...

The Catholic Church stance on capital punishment recognizes the right for the authority of states to impose the death penalty, but it strongly believes that individual governments should rarely exercise the rights to do so. "We can never condone the deliberate taking of a human life created in...

Angola Angola used to be considered one of the most dangerous and bloodiest prisons in the United States until the mid-70's the federal courts regulated the prison to be safer. The population of the prison is currently at 5108 inmates. It sits on 18,000 acres of land in West Feliciana Parish. I fo...

In the movie "Dead Man Walking", the prominent characters all adhere to the morals of Christianity. Although they all subscribe to the same set of beliefs and teachings, they each have their own way of interpreting them, regarding the death penalty. By looking at each character's view pertaining t...

A Moral Issue of Murder Capital punishment is an issue that has long been debated amongst Americans. We have been questioning the morality of "an Eye For an Eye" way of thinking. Many say that serious crimes deserve serious punishments such as death, where others view death to be an unj...

The Myth of Sisyphus The Myth of Sisyphus demonstrate existentialist ideas because it shows that human beings must choose what they will become, there is no predetermined plan for what a person might become and humans are aware that at some point they'll die and become nothing. Sisyphus wa...

\"God gives life, and only God can take it away.\" Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer, showing that you have considered more than one point of view. I do agree with this statement, as I believe that if God gave us the right to life, then only God can take this right away. Genesi...

I am against because, I think abortion is the wrong thing to do. It is considered murder in my opinion and this should result in some kind of penalty or something should happen. Abortion should've never been introduced in this world. I think that it is another way of killing someone. At that...

As long as there have been laws emplaced, many moral and civil boundaries have been of great dispute. Problems arise when the two unavoidable laws clash – when what is morally right is not always legal. This battle is ancient and is even written about in Antigone. There are times when moral la...

Should suicide be legal? Suicide is something we have had to deal with since the beginning of time. Throughout that period of time it has been seen as wrong. There is no reason why we should accept it now. It may be painless, and put some people out of a great deal of misery, but who all of t...

Cloning Cloning is a form of genetic engineering in which the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of a person, animal ,plant or bactirium is used to produce a perfect or near perfect genetic replica of the original...meaning a new individual is created from a single cell. Despite its relativaly new int...

Scientists have been now using stem cells for various reasons. The ones I am going to talk about today are cloning and reproducing cells to heal people. The stem cells are taken from mostly aborted babies. The aborted babies cannot speak so the do not need to give permission. they are...

King Arthur lives on into the modern world and beyond. Arthur embodied many qualities that were quintessential for being a king in the middle ages: chivalry, honor, valor, compassion and bravery. However, it is interesting to note that his utmost qualities also led to the downfall of his rei...

Revenge can be classified as to inflict punishment in return for injury or insult, the act of paying back or retaliation for a crime. Revenge to many people is the ultimate closure; it feels much better if you are able to return the hard feelings given to you. Although revenge s...

Should abortion be considered murder? In the United States, women choose to end about 25% of their pregnancies through abortion. This number has been gradually declining since 1979. This is similar to the Canadian figure of 21%, but is much lower than that of the former Soviet Union 60% and...

Euthanasia Introduction Over the past couple of decades, changes in medical technology have allowed physicians to prolong an individual's life than ever before. Individuals are now able to live a longer and healthier life with the help of respirators and other medical machines. We may consid...

If someone were to ask what morality is, what would one say? Some may think of it as integrity and decency, and others may see it as honesty and candor. However, by contrasting what was moral, and immoral in the past, one can clearly see that people's concept of morality changes over time. Unde...

Abortion is a very touchy subject in American politics. When dealing with this issue, there are two sides that one can take. There is the Pro-life side, which believe that abortion is not a good thing, and should be made illegal. On the other end of the spectrum, there is the Pro-choice side. The Pr...

Dead Man Walking "The motion picture Dead Man Walking provided a non-fiction insight into the world of crime, justice, and capital punishment. The film cast several characters from different backgrounds and opinion sets in direct conflict with one another. Several small t...

The definition of a sport in my eyes is something that challenges a person physically and mentally for the sole act to have fun and entertainment. Others can also look at a sport, as an act that is harmful to one's self or other creatures. All sports have an interest to the eyes of the parti...

Socrates is considered the top philosopher of all time. He has influenced more people in history than anyone other than Jesus. Socrates worked hard throughout his life to try to make people think deeper beyond the everyday thought, to look inside and really ponder on different subjects, none more ...

In his play, Antigone, Sophocles makes a great interpretation of tragic drama. His genius created a striking conflict between two characters Antigone and Creon that is developed through out the story from the very beginning until the last pages. Both of the characters have their unbreakable ideas an...