Based on the Best Bet theory we can assume that the risk of losing one’s own life and any potential to ever see freedom again is just as good of a punishment as any other. If not using capital punishment reduces how many are deterred and does not reduce the number of innocent lives taken we too are responsible for the loss of those lives. We are responsible not only for our own direct actions but also for our inaction and the consequences of it. Objections to the death Penalty: Objection 1: “Capital punishment is a morally unacceptable thirst for revenge.” Revenge is a personal response, done out of anger and hatred, which inflicts harm to the perpetrator. Retributivism is an unbiased and impartial response to a perpetrator that has wronged another.
Primogeniture was carried out in European and Japanese feudalism in order to centralize the lands of aristocracies, this emphasized the profit of lords and made sure that the property of a family won’t be separated and declined at last. In term of cultural features, Japanese feudalism was based on the ideas which borrowed from China, Confucius’s thoughts and ideas. Confucius was a great philosopher and he emphasized morality and respects for parents and other elders, and superiors. In Japan, warriors, which were called samurai, held a duty to protect the peasants and villagers in their region. And as in return, the duty of peasants and villagers were to honor the samurai and pay taxes to them.
However, even with all the differences, both empires managed to keep their territories protected, organized, and civilized. The political differences amongst Han China and Imperial Rome were based off their ways of life. In China, the idealistic philosophy on how to live was Confucianism; it is what kept order in the hierarchy. People in China followed this, thus keeping everyone doing what they were supposed to and maintaining balance. Because this philosophy was connected with divinity from nature, China managed to maintain stable control politically.
Although creating this dichotomy seems a gross generalization and oversimplification of the colonial African experience, it more importantly allows for a different perspective- one that exposes the overwhelming success of the typically peaceful or pacifist reaction in contrast to the little gain and large losses of the violent response. Throughout history, European powers have tried and succeeded in imperializing lesser developed countries, countries that did not fall under or follow the European standards. This was the case with China and Japan. Both China and Japan were self-sufficient countries that only trade with neighboring countries. They had the necessities they needed to live and did not want trifle gadgets.
This is clearly observed through imperialism, which was the extension of control over people and territories, by forced submission through military superiority. As a result China was forced into an unequal relationship whereby they were forced to accept treaties, which reduced their sphere of influence and sovereignty. However it also resulted in the embracing of modern technology and revolutions that led China to become the nation it is today. In the first 50 years of from 1750 to 1800, western imperialism had little effect on China due to military and economic strength. During this period China was under the rein of Qian Long and was still considered the “Middle Kingdom”.
Three is the practice of the proud Viking warrior; the noble person holds all the power over others and himself and respects everything that is severe and harsh (Nietzsche 365). The fourth characteristic is the noble person’s source of freedom from the power he feels in himself (Nietzsche 368). In contrast to the master morality, Nietzsche describes the slave morality as slaves who are dependent upon their masters; they view power differently than the master morality. He describes four characteristic for slave morality as well. One, their view of human nature is
He pointed out that the war was a waste, and they were only there for their country, not for the unnecessary killing and also that fighting and killing is mentally tolling. He captures all of this when he writes one of last lines, “War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste. Combat leaves and indelible mark on those who are focused to endure it. The only redeeming factors were my comrades’ incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine Corps training taught us to kill efficiently and to try to survive.
European Feudalism VS. Japanese Feudalism Even though European and Japan Feudalism have a lot of difference, but it also has a lot of similarities such as they both also have peasants emperor (king) and lords (it’s called knights in Europe). They both hire samurai (knight) to protect their owner and their lands. They owners of samurai and knights have the same expectation from them. Last, their level they are on stay with them forever they have no ways to move up. The differences are the samurai and knight dress differently.
He explains that the death penalty is just an act of torture and is too horrible to be used by our civilized society, stating that it is “torture until death” (220). He goes on to argue that the death penalty is unjust in its practice because it is applied in arbitrary and also in discriminatory ways. Quoting, “Remain grants that the death penalty is a just punishment for some murderers, but he thinks that justice does not require the death penalty for murderers” (221). He goes on to say that life imprisonment can be an alternative decision that stratifies the requirements of the justice
Euthanasia Euthanasia or mercy killing both have the same meaning, which is: stop the patient who won’t recover from torment by using medical tools which are painless. Originally, it’s combining of two Greek words: “Eu” meaning “good”, and “ thanatos” meaning” death”. Simply, it means good death. Euthanasia has been known for a long time. In world war two the German soldiers who got very serious injuries and mostly would not recover, they let died.