All the people of the city have their maxims or conducts of living to have the good life. ... Each class in some way uses each of these to achieve living the good life. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ... No matter what class a person is in, there are ways of achieving the good life. ... It is how you govern your life that determines whether you live the good life....

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All the people of the city have their maxims or conducts of living to have the good life. ... Each class in some way uses each of these to achieve living the good life. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ... No matter what class a person is in, there are ways of achieving the good life. ... It is how you govern your life that determines whether you live the good life. ...

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In our everyday life we make decisions, and these decisions are made with law in mind. ... In our everyday life we set guidelines and rules to live by. ... Rules can be viewed as the most important thing in your life, but what are rules if no one follows them. ... The reason that we can live the way we live, without fear is due to laws being enforced daily. ... Due to the lack of enforcement would ruin the way we live our lives. ...

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Benito Juárez was born to an indigenous family in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, in 1806. In the city of Oaxaca, he lived with his sister who was a servant at the house of Don Antonio Maza. He studied at the Santa Cruz Seminary, the only secondary school in Oaxaca. Jua'rez later studied Law at the In...

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He saved Val jean from going back to the dreadful prison he once lived in. ... He couldn't escape it; the life of the criminal Jean Val jean had to end. ... In Javiert's case, justice was upholding the letter of the law, for only then could one hope to live with dignity and freedom. But it was no real freedom because he lived his life in fear of falling. ... By letting a guilty man go, Javiert had finally broken the law and the man who lived in fear of falling, jumped to his own death. ...

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Virtues on Self Government Born in Concord, Massachusetts, the popular Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau lived a very simple life which led him to his popular essay "On Civil Disobedience." Thoreau lived a very unique life and he based his writings on many of his fufullling principles. ... With the United States government over looking foreign affairs, one must ask if it is our duty or our right to decide how citizens of other countries live their lives. ...

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The death penalty should be abolished because it is a risky punishment in which the final judgement is made by a human jury, and it takes away a person's right to live. ... Also, each person has the basic human right to live. Although this right is said to be forfeit when a person rapes or murders another person, the jury is also taking a life by convicting the person. Although this is "justified" by the law, it is still taking a life. I am definitely not saying the person should get away free, but to take away their life is a little extreme. ...

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Slaves of our own life and will? ... The only reason for working hard in 16 years of school and college is to be well educated in order to earn enough money which will allow to live life "freely". The target is to have our own ways to live, to decide independently and not to be forced to follow our " instructions of life" . ... But we still have to live and find a job to make our living. ... Our entire life we are forced to follow a way of life that was already made for us. ...

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I take the stand that it is mostly nurture that is responsible for deviancy so I believe that the environment in which people live in the United States. When a person grows up in an area where crime is how they have learned to live, they learn to model these criminal behaviors in their own time of need. ... If the criminal justice system could divert the juvenile offenders into programs that are made to show them a more positive way to live life and better themselves, instead of just thrown them into a detention center, it could give them more hope to live a positive life, rather than a life i...

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Socrates also argues that he would not want to live his life knowing that he had committed a crime because it would decrease his quality of health. He stated that living life is only worth it if you"re living at a certain high health standard, and if you aren't at a high enough point then you might as well not live. ... So he in turn stated that he would rather die, than have to live with an unhealthy psyche. ... His other friend Phaedo stated to Socrates that he could not commit suicide because he was one of the gods" possessions and that the gods possessions have no right to kill ...

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Even today with non-sexist societies, women continue to live without rights. ... The idea of cultural relativity shows its point here that since a cultural has accepted a certain way of life; it is nearly impossibly to change it. The people of East and Central Africa have lived this way for their existence and to them, it is not considered a rights violation, it's a way of life. ...

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With tolerance, the government can provide citizens with an easier life without discrimination. ... Nothing is holding you back in life today from being what you want. ... And with people being these so called controversial things people do not approve of people still remain tolerant so people can live freely and happily with out the worry of discrimination. ... Tolerance is not only necessary in the government but also within society and the people that live in it. If there weren't any tolerance, the way things are done in life would be less of a smooth flowing river and more of a roc...

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The character Hester from the novel The Scarlet Letter exclaims, "Exchange this false life of thine for a true one." If a person is living the way of life of another, then he is false and untrue to his own beliefs. He must rid himself of all compliance and establish his own basis by which to live. ... For those who would live through the war, they would live their lives with the huge moral burden of knowing that their conformity allowed for the death of millions of Jews-- all because they refused to be men. ...

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Hammurabi was the sixth king of Babylon, the exact dates of his life are unknown, but it is assumed that he lived from 1810 to 1750 B.C. ... Moses" dates of birth and death are unknown. it is presumed he lived approximately 3400 years ago. ... God forgave the people and gave Moses a second set of Commandments and other laws for the Israelites to live by. ... The laws of the Bible placed greater value on human life, valued the life of a woman as much as a man and the life of a child as much as an adult. ... All of society had to obey God's law and live as he said. ...

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My mom was very sick and she said that she didn't want to live any more." ... A tourist named Craig Ewert went to Switzerland to end his life with assisted suicide. ... Also, he argued that he could have lived this long with the medical technology, but didn't want to rely on the ventilator. ... Also, the end of life decisions are personal and patients' own property. ... The right to die is an important thing in end-of-life care. ...

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He would never walk, see, speak, smell or taste again- yet he could very well live into his 80s. ... As he explained in his book I Ask the Right to Die that he wrote by using his thumb to indicate the letters of the alphabet, "The more time passes the less I want to live out my days as a shivered vegetable on a hospital bed." ... Religious people are against this process because they believe life is a gift from God and that each individual is a gift and only God can start a life and only God should be allowed to end it. ... Many countries should open up their minds and think about the people w...

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I have seen first hand how it is to live in a country where the people are not so lucky to be free. ... During my junior high years I did live oversees, but in the Dominican Republic. ... That is something that stays with you for life. ... Seeing first hand how other countries and their citizens live, I can understand how truly free we really are and appreciate it greatly. ... To an extent it is true, however we are free to live our lives. ...

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In society we live with, and interact with others, and we need laws to stop, and to control unavoidable conflicts and problems that occur every day. ... The police guarantee public safety and protection of life. ... There are also laws that protect handicap people, and assure them the necessities of life. ... The charter of rights and freedoms says, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice." ... Laws are necessary in society so that we can live our lives in pea...

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As Thomas Hobbes is famously quoted for saying, "Life is lonely, poor, nasty, brutish and short." ... They are a threat to how you want to live your life and a threat to your life. ... The people follow the laws that are made by this sovereign so that they can live in a civilized society. ... This is a day in which God judges people on how they have lived their lives. ... Laws are made for people to follow so that we can live a civilized life together. ...

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There are certain tasks and performances in our life that are so self-explanatory that they do not require thinking. ... Some of the actions, feelings, and decisions we make, in life are a part of human nature, which is mainstream in our world. ... A student that went to a catholic school would most likely live his life by the Bible. Also a Hebrew that went to Hebrew college would likely live his life by the Torah. ... In conclusion, people, places, and things influence most of what we learn in life. ...

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This has been my training and my life's goal. ... By donating a small piece of tissue, Meg could save an entire life. ... Meg could donate a kidney and continue to live life to the fullest with only one. ... Thought the surgery may go well and Irene could live a long and healthy life, stealing a kidney from an unwilling person, regardless of age, looks bad professionally. ... Helping Irene to live would be right and good, but going against Meg's will and violating her body would not be. ...

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These relate to the choices men make in their everyday life ultimately making up the state of nature. ... Government is not an overbearing power that controls every aspect of your life, it is there to respect and defend your rights. ... The moral law looks out for the protection of each citizen's right, so therefore it is a happier and safer place to live in. ... This is where it gets confusing because Locke has three main points that he stresses: life, liberty, and property. What if somebody is infringing on someone's life for the benefit or preservation of his or her own life? ...

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Martin Luther King was an American religious and civil rights leader who achieved many great things in his life. He fought and struggled to change the ways of the society he lived in. ... During his life he was awarded many awards for all of his hard work. ... He was assassinated and although his life was cut short, his beliefs and views changed the treatment of African Americans forever. Just like his father Martin Luther King became a minister and spent his life greatly involved with the church. ...

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When they grow up, my grandchildren will never believe the terrible conditions me and their grandmother lived in, and so perhaps they"ll never understand how far we've really come. ... I had to pay $2.00 per day just to live in a tiny little shack with no electricity or water, and since money was so tight, my 10 year old had to illegally work in the fields. I had resigned myself that life wasn't going to get much better than this, and comforted myself with the knowledge that at least this was a better life than I would have had in Mexico. ...

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It is still an essential piece of growing up and an objective in life to be hitched and have kids and so forth. It is constantly portrayed as every young person's fantasy to be hitched, potentially to a ruler, however despite everything it stands is still a yearning in life. ... Just because of this reason the level of people's understanding to other people's lives and their daily habits or cultural facts may be differ from each country and the debate about this topic may be emerged in every single moment of daily life. ... They will meet all requirements for all the profits of...

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