Perspectives on the murder of Caesar Most of the conspirators and the plebs: Tyrannicide was a just and proper punishment Viewpoint | Evidence | Anthony and Brutus both expect the plebs to agree that if Caesar was ambitious (if he wanted to be king when he shouldn’t be), then he deserved death. | 3:1 funeral orations | Caesar has a high and rising position and Cassius is jealous of him. He expects to benefit by removing the great man above him. | 1:2 caesar’s scene with the plebs is reported by casca2:2 caesar’s arrogance1:2 cassius’ soliliquy | Casca despises both Caesar’s desire to be king and his attempt to hide his intentions. He believes the murder is just.
Punishment Philosophy Paper Bridgett Tolley CJS/220 February 19, 2012 Ronald Ramsey “As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.” - Simone Weil In the United States’ criminal justice system, the application of justice occurs within its courts. Society cannot maintain order without some form of punishment for those who break common laws. When one person encroaches on another the criminal justice system works to achieve justice for the victimized individual. Not attempting to punish the transgressor is considered, on some level, the equivalent of punishing the victim. Some dispute, however, remains concerning whether legal punishment, regardless of the type, is also a form of injustice.
They act different.” The 4th Juror has similar beliefs to the 10th Juror: “This boy, let’s say he’s a product of a filthy neighbourhood and a broken home. We can’t help that. We’re here to decide whether he’s guilty or innocent of murder…He was born in a slum. Slums are breeding grounds for criminals…Children from slum backgrounds are potential menaces to society…” While a number of other Jurors don’t say it, the 4th Juror’s prejudice is a pervasive one. The 7th Juror prejudges the boy because of his record: “Look at his record.
Not much time passed before he slew his son Marcius without hesitation for stealing Lavinia away from the emperor and standing in Titus’s way when he tried to go after her. Towards the end of the play, Titus kills his daughter Lavinia for the shame of being raped. Both murders show that Titus values dignity, honor, and the emperor over his own children, as well as the obvious and now deplorable ability
The people that Shelton killed are considered combatants because they support they governmental system and work with it. Based on Just War Theory, the proportionality of killing these people is that their deaths are outweighed by the justice that will bring to the judicial system. Shelton believes the system to be corrupt, focusing instead on conviction rates rather than making sure the right person is placed behind bars. By killing these people Shelton can put a new mindset into the “system” because those affected by the killings will want the right man punished rather since they now know how it feels to be wronged. All the killings made by Shelton were to people who were directly showed how flawed the system was.
Relativism Relativism The article of “Some Moral Minima” written by Lenn Goodman, discusses issues in our society he believes to be truly unethical and wrong. Some cultures believe the things mentioned by Goodman to be ethical and acceptable in their culture because it is they way they way have been doing things for many years. Some points discussed by Goodman are genocide, terrorism, and rape. The first example from Goodman is genocide, the murdering or extermination of an entire race or culture. Mass murder is compared to genocide and an example would be when nations or groups are at war with each other.
Some of the smartest individuals and the leaders of most countries decided torture was inhumane and should be outlawed. Thus torture was one of the first issues that the United Nations dealt with (Dieringer). The act of torture is so inhumane and such a pressing issue that the leaders of the world outlawed it as quickly as possible to save lives. Torture is so powerful and so evil that it may deprive someone of his will to exist. Depriving a person of his will to live is the same, if not worse than killing that person.
This results in poor representation of convicted people in courts and unfair verdicts. Another issue associated with the penalty is that the value of life is lessened. Government should be concerned with the damage inflicted on society when a person is sentenced to be killed by juries. Being put to death by a people does not seem to be that different from a heinous murder committed by a murderer. With all of the media reporting executions like movies, societies become desensitized and accept death penalty as the right way to take care of criminals.
The Advantage of Two Wheels versus Four Crime is everywhere. The world we live in is filled with corrupt individuals that feel the need to break the law. It can be as simple as shop lifting a candy bar to as serious as a serial killer. We depend on individuals whose job it is to take these corrupt individuals and bring them to justice. These individuals, whether they are male or female, put their lives on the line in order to keep the innocent safe.
Identify and explain two reasons for the emergence of deviant subcultures (12 marks) Subcultural Theorists argue Deviance is the result of individuals conforming to the values and norms of a social group to which they belong, if you belong to a social group whose VALUES and norms differ from those of the main society then you will become deviant. Albert Cohen said lower-working-class boys want to achieve the success SPELL OUT WEALTH as Success which is appreciated by mainstream culture. Due to educational failure and the dead-end jobs that result from this they have little chance of achieving these goals, this results in status frustration due to deprivation Ao1. THIS IS HOW SUCCESS IN CAPITALIST SOCIETY IS MEASURED ACCORDING TO COHEN This could also relate to the ‘middle class measuring rods’ WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS – AMBITION, CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF LEISURE ACTIVITIES, DEFERERED GRATIFICATION which Cohen used to describe a school system that favoured middle class boys over lower class boys as these lower class boys were unable to meet standards like the middle class did, therefore leading to a STATUS FRUSTRATION strain AO1. The lower class boys are at the bottom of the social structure and have little chance of gaining a higher status in society.