... are justified by every person's implicit agreement to them. This does not mean that every law the state makes must be upheld, there is still allowed room for just and unjust law, as everyone recognizes that the state sometimes oversteps its bounds. However, it is the responsibility ... particular arguments by Sharon Post and A.D. Woozley. The first being that Socrates was not obligated to uphold the agreement because the agreement itself was unjust, and therefore impious. The second, that Socrates himself had directly contradicted earlier statements he had made in the Apology. The first ...

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... every man against every man, this also is consequent; that nothing can be Unjust. The notions of Right and Wrong, Justice and Injustice have there no place. Where there is no common Power, there is no Law: where no Law, no Injustice. Force, and Fraud, are in warre the two Cardinall vertues ... make designs of force upon other people. Locke bases his theory upon several assumptions about morality and justice, which he believes to be inherent in natural law. The state of nature, according to Locke is a state of perfect freedom, in which every man is independent of every other man: "A state ...

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... The ruler, therefore, is justified in doing whatever is necessary to maintain the country, even if it is unjust. On the other hand, Plato argues a ruler can never be unjust. In spite of the fact, Machiavelli is greatly influenced by the Greek and Latin classics, and by the ... practice is essential in keeping the orderly nature of the republic. Machiavelli disqualifies any interference from private citizens in enforcing the rule of law because of the notion that the citizen, given the opportunity, will act with malignity in pursuit of his self-interests. Another untoward ... This min...

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... that protect individual's religion and ethnicity as examples to how the majority has discriminated against the individual. Rights that promote the rule of law, such as the right to life, liberty and security and the right to equality will be discussed second as examples to show how ... The Japanese who were sent to these camps were mostly all U.S. and Canadian citizens and were legally entitled to equal protection under the law. The government elites broke their own rules and laws through racially discriminating against their own citizens. In order for this to never happen ... Japanese...

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... -Christians] would be compelled to desist from evil, and would be hedged about by outward law and government, and subjected to authority" (Luther 9). In essence, the secular Sword and laws are set forth for the unjust not the just. A good Christian is just because he does not do for himself, but for others ... . He expects no benefits nor does he fear any evil. He needs no law of man, only the law of love and nature, to set his path aright ... century, but ours as well. Martin Luther proposes more of a theological view, but his arguments in reason and judgment are sound. If the secular l...

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... -Christians] would be compelled to desist from evil, and would be hedged about by outward law and government, and subjected to authority" (Luther 9). In essence, the secular Sword and laws are set forth for the unjust not the just. A good Christian is just because he does not do for himself, but for others ... . He expects no benefits nor does he fear any evil. He needs no law of man, only the law of love and nature, to set his path aright ... century, but ours as well. Martin Luther proposes more of a theological view, but his arguments in reason and judgment are sound. If the secular l...

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