Explain what is meant by balancing conflicting interests. Discuss the extent to which English law balances conflicting interests and briefly consider whether it is important to do so. Many argue that the law should act as a natural arbiter against the competing interests of those who seek to use the law and demand justice. Ultimately differing legal actors will have differing and competing interests. This is an age old legal dilemma and is what is effectively meant by ‘balancing conflicting interests.’ In the nineteenth century, von Jhering recognised law as a means of ordering society in a situation where there were many competing interests, not all being economic; as he believed utilitarianism views he was concerned with social aims and results over individuals.
Monoculturalism is the assumption that all other people are like us, resulting in the tendency to judge other peoples’ actions and attitudes on the basis of our own. In order for new missionaries to identify with a new culture, he or she must first recognize that they are monocultural and must learn the language and culture of there new host people. On the other hand ethnocentrism is an extension of monculturalism. Ethnocentrism is the basis for racism, tribalism, and nationalism. Monoculturalism is believed not be a bad thing.
Brenda has wavering views on the situation. Sometimes she’s mad at Larry. Sometimes she blames the prosecutor, defending her daughter and husband as willing adults engaged in something that might be morally questionable but not legally wrong. Lately, she’s taken the position that Dawn, because she took $500 to have sex with Larry, is little more than a whore. She’s willing, she says, to tell a jury that if asked.
This is a self esteem booster for her being an independent woman. Faith was another thing that made Delia strong. Going to church helped her believe in herself and keep her head up. In “Revolt against the domination of women” Puchalik stated that a male society claims women can only achieve freedom with “a self reliance” and “economic equality”. Delia was struggling with this with her husband taking all her earnings and spending it on his side affair, but it was like Delia knew that this would come to an end soon and she just should wait it out and
In the book both sisters had to deal with their spouse cheating on them but they both just wanted revenge on their husband and boyfriend at first but that wasn’t the right way to go about it. One of my favorite lines in the book is in the chapter where the spiritual counselors tell Vanessa and Thomas that just because god says its okay to divorce and adulterer doesn’t mean you should. I think that in this day and age, we are so quick to throw in the towel and sometimes god really wants us to look at the “for better or for worse” part. I think that if your husband or wife was to make a mistake we shouldn’t be so quick to get a divorce and try to work things out. This book taught me that divorce isn’t the way to solve your problems all though time.
It begins with the lawsuit against brought against McDonald’s by Stella Lieback who sued for third-degree burns she suffered after spilling a scalding cup of coffee that was served to her in their drive-thru. Stella Lieback’s suit against McDonalds created a media storm and at the time it was hard to find someone who had not heard about the case. As a result of her injuries, 79-year-old Stella endured a lengthy stay in hospital, where she required surgery, skin grafts and therapy, for which she was awarded over $2 million - but she was left with a damages award of less than $200,000. She eventually settled with McDonald's out of court. The Lieback story is used in the film to illustrate how big corporations used the case as a catalyst for tort reform.
In Arthur Millers play The Crucible, Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor are two very different characters. Abigail being a selfish and heartless girl, Elizabeth is a kind and honest woman. Abigail used her own personal grudge against Elizabeth motive for accusing her of witchcraft. Their hatred had been long standing, mainly because John Proctor Elizabeth’s husband was having an affair with Abigail. Elizabeth’s coldness was the main cause of her husband’s disloyalty but she forgives him and does what is possible to keep her family together which is the most significant thing to her.
In the play “Antigone” written by Sophocles, it is clear that both family and authority are honoured in many different ways. Both Antigone and Haemon honor family while Creon and Ismene honor authority. Antigone values her family as she fights against the law to bury her unburied brother, Haemon shares his thoughts with his father and also through his love for his bride shows family honor. Creon shows arrogant thoughts towards the ideas of family honor when he creates the law that his nephew should not be buried, Ismene shows strong honor to authority as she does not help her sister bury and honor her brother. Throughout this play Sophocles contrasts family vs authority which diminishes and changes relationships between family members and characters.
Hester deeply loved Pearl and did not want to lose Pearl’s respect. Hester sewed to make money to support herself and Pearl. In the book Hester changes her mind about her sin she see’s her sin as not sinful but she does regret committing it. She worked hard to give clothes and food to the poor to make the townspeople think the scarlet letter stands for able rather then adultery. Her actions of helping the poor causes the towns people to start to think the “A” stands for angel instead of adultery.
How did it get to this point? A background in elitism according to Abramowitz stems from the ideology of self reliance and personal freedom. The main idea is that the individual is responsible for themselves in order to achieve the greatness that they desire. The main issue is that those who achieve restrict those who are not at their level from being heard. The counter to elitism are the theories of egalitarianism and populism, which are doctrines in which they support the rights and powers of the common people in their ongoing struggle with the political elitism, they believe that all people are equal.