Innocent Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Law

The death penalty is a fair punishment
Rough Draft Revision 1
Death penalty should not be abolished since it has been proven to effectively deter crimes. Although the anti-death penalty groups believe that death is a grave punishment because the calculated killing of a human being by the State is considered as a denial of the executed person’s humanity and the right to life (Mandery 167). Some lawmakers believe that death penalty is cruel and degrading which is in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. However, several crimes have been committed nowadays without due regard to respect for human ...

On March 10, 1957, Osama Bin Muhammad Bin Awad Bin Laden was born. He is better known today as Osama Bin Laden. He began his years of life living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His birth father was Muhammad Awad Bin Laden, and his birth mother was Alia Ghanem. Alia was originally from Syria when she married Osama’s father.
Osama was the 17th child born to his father out of 57 kids. He was the only child of his father and his mother. Muhammad had nine other wives before Alia. His father was born a Yemeni settler who lived ...

A popular saying goes “to err is human” which has been proven true in many instances that human beings are generally fallible. People can be wrong but contrary to many skeptics arguments, their fallibility shows that not only would they be wrong, but can also be right. Being wrong does not only carry the possibility of one being right, but implies that often he/she is. Fallibility is a mark of objectivity as it shows there is no standard other than oneself which determines what is right or wrong. Most people can be wrong in given instances but that does ...

Shakespeare writes his play in an era where males are not accepting of women in power and authority. While the Elizabethan Age had Queen Elizabeth at the throne, many critics did not accept women in these positions readily. As a result, Shakespeare’s works reveal women in both negative and positive ways. Males controlled aspects of the society such as power and authority while women were expected to be submissive or weak and follow the orders as stipulated by these males. This submission was important to their survival in the society and within their families. During the Renaissance period, the ...

Introduction

The topic on gun ownership and control has become a controversial issue in many societies over the years. Gun ownership restrictions vary from country to country. The controversy surrounding gun ownership focuses on whether if citizens own guns it will improve their security or whether gun ownership should be prohibited for public safety. In addition other factors contributing to whether ownership of guns should be restricted or not is, trading of firearms on the black market, illegal manufacturing of firearms, the right to self defense, accidental shooting and the victims rights. This research paper provides an in-depth discussion on why ...

Introduction

Capital punishment or the death penalty is the process by which a state puts an accused person to death for perpetrating a grave crime. The matter has been of considerable controversy over the past century in various countries and states. Human rights activists have continually criticized the states of being inhuman, immoral, and irresponsible for the welfare of its people through killing suspected criminals (Vaughn 78). Religious groups such as Christians have also expressed their disappointments over capital punishment, as it goes against the wishes and plans of God. The various reasons that state carrying out the process hold ...

Torture today is subject to diverse universal moral legal condemnation. Along with other vices like genocide and slavery, torture has been established to violate the primary customs of human rights. In both war and peace, most states have affirmed that torture is fundamentally illegal and wrong as it violates general principles of human dignity. However, this has not been the scenario in different countries based on security measures put in place. The story surrounding torture is one that involves the change of norms, practices and law of different countries and in this case the United States of America (Ackerman, ...

English

It was 1973 when the US Supreme Court ruled, in favor of granting Jane Roe, “a right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion”. (Roe v. Wade, 2010) This ruling ignited heated debates across the country ̶ Debates that have continued to today. Abortion is still an extremely controversial issue, and has kept us divided since the landmark ruling of Roe vs. Wade in 1973. Politically, it has divided democrats and republicans, conservatives and liberals. Strong emotions and opinions drive both sides of the issue. Of course there are ...

Capital punishment is one of the debatable forms of punishment in the United States. There are various views that have been raised in support and against capital punishment. Historically, capital punishment has existed for many decades. Reformist continue to support the use of alternative forms of crime. The capital punishment was inflicted in America to punish those who spied against the state and committed dangerous crimes. Also, the death penalty began to be used in the correctional facilities (Mandery, & Mandery, 2011). The legislatures inflicted capital punishment to reduce crimes in society. The legislatures believed that capital punishment was the ...

In ancient societies, people believed that the hierarchy of human society was based on the divine right of certain people to lead and the divine permission to keep others as lower class members of society. This shamed the parameters of social order until the Age of Enlightenment and Reformation in the 16th and 17th Centuries. The American and French Revolutions laid the foundation for the creation of a system of civil liberties and human rights which required some basic rights to be accorded to all human beings without exception. Human rights is defined as “a set of freedoms guaranteed ...

Fairytales generally offer children a very limited choice of heroes and villains, and they cast men and women in stereotyped roles, because they are meant to socialize children according to the values of the society and according to their expected gender roles. Two feminine characters found in many fairytales are the wicked stepmother and the young and beautiful heroine, who is often a princess. In such fairytales as Grimm brothers’ “Snow White”, “Cinderella” and “Mother Holle”, the stepmother is an intruder who occupies the role of the good mother and persecutes the young, beautiful and kind heroine. She is ...

In his 1994 book The Massacre at El Mozote, Mark Danner offers a clear description of the the massacre of hundreds of men, women and children by the El Salvadoran army, who were trained by American consultants and military advisors. He also provides excellent background and analysis of the political background that encouraged the massacre. At the time, the story of the massacre was covered-up, ignored or minimized by the right-wing anti-communist El Salvadoran and U.S. governments for political reasons. There were also practical diplomatic, communication and journalistic obstacles and mistakes which made the story ambiguous, opaque and hard to ...

The disabled character in To Kill a Mockingbird is Tom Robinson; his disability is a physical one, as one of his arms was mutilated in an accident some years prior to the events of the film. To that end, he is unable to use it in any way. Despite his physical disability, he is an extremely strong character; for one thing, he demonstrates a kindness and compassion for others, as he states that he helped Mayella (the woman he is charged with raping and beating) because he felt sorry for her during his testimony. He often took up Mayella’s requests for help ( ...

All throughout history, there have been many wars that involved horrific and unexplained massacres done by nation from all over the world. Whether these massacres are done for the benefits of war or just plain cruelty, nonetheless it is still an undifferentiating and cruel slaughter of people. However, the United States themselves are not innocent of heartless bloodbaths and in fact have two incidents where many believe has stained and scared their hands with the blood of innocent people. The Biscari Massacre and my Lai Massacre are two bloodbaths that took place by Americans up under a leadership of high ...

My point of view is that the death of Osama bin Laden was a great victory not only for America but for the world as whole. This is because he was responsible for planning and executing terror attacks around the globe and turning terrorism into an organized body known as Al Qaeda.

How Can You Define Your Point of View More Clearly?

I believe the death of Osama helped the world get rid of a man who was psychotic and was willing to kill innocent people to achieve his warped objectives. He had declared a ‘Holy War’ and was responsible for being the man behind the terror attacks in various countries including ...

The case of Meredith Kercher’s murder in Perugia, Italy became a very sensationalist story due to the involvement of an American young woman, Amanda Knox, who represented both America’s sweetheart, being young and beautiful, and Italy’s black widow, due to her associations with sexual promiscuity and drugs. While no clear evidence was ever found to ink her and her Italian boyfriend to the murder, they were imprisoned, together with a Black man, Rudy Guede, whose drug-related activities quickly turned the media against him. In this high-profile case, the issues of privilege and diversity had a great ...

Summary vs. Opinion vs. Analysis

Summary

Obama’s speech laments the mass shootings that occur in the United States. The president pleads with the country to embrace some of the changes in America’s gun laws and urges voters not to elect leaders who oppose gun restrictions (Gardiner and Shear par. 3). In the speech, Obama argues that new gun restrictions should not be politicized because they are relevant to common Americans. He suggests that mass shootings occur because of the political choices that Americans make. In the speech Obama, laments that the mass shootings are becoming very common, and ...

The argument under discussion is a refutation of the death penalty, on the basis of several reasons. One is the assertion that the desire behind the application of capital punishment is one of revenge. As much as we want to dress up the death penalty as the balancing of some sort of scales of justice, the basic truth is that we want someone to pay for the crime that has been committed. This is the basic thrust of the argument – that when we take on the role of the hangman as a society, we actually pick up the same ...

In their attempts to solve a murder case, detectives and forensic experts are forced to come up with various inductive and deductive arguments to eliminate the innocent among the suspects. Mr. Ebenezer Tightwad death was mysterious, and it has left forensic experts with a list of suspects who must be scrutinized to eliminate the innocent and the person who had the means and the motive.
The key inductive argument from the murder mystery is that the killer was an individual who stood to gain financial benefits or to evade consequences of a criminal activity by killing Mr. Ebenezer Tightwad. ...

The Milgram Experiment – it is one of the most famous psychological experiments of obedience conducted by Stanley Milgram in 1963. Stanley Milgram, who was a psychologist at Yale University, conducted an experiment in order to study the connection between the power of authority and obedience. The aim of Miligram was to study the justifications for the Genocide actions conducted by Germans during the Second World War, who were simply following orders from the authority figures. The aim of the experiment was to find out how far people could go by harming other people, if it is ordered by a ...

Difference between Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branch of Government

The legislature, Executive and Judicial branches are the three main branches of the United States government. Legislative branch of the government is composed of two main houses, which are referred as the house of congress, they are: The House of Representatives and the Senate. All the parties in both the Senate as well as the House of representative are elected leaders. The most significant role played by the Legislative Branch that is, both the Senate and the House of Representatives is to formulate or make laws; these laws are discussed and voted. Moreover, the Legislative Branch is responsible for ...

Introduction

The fictional tales in world literature resources are found abundant in tales of various war heroes and heroines. Most of the renowned heroes appeared as protagonist of the fictional tales and mythologies, like Hercules, Achilles, Hector, etc. However, they all were at some point of adolescence as per the maturity patterns dominant in their era and their judgment was often flawed that led them to dangers and a subsequent creation of highly chivalrous tales.
On the contrary there were some other scenarios of an aristocratic display of heroism, where the heroes were found to attain a certain maturity level, as ...

Introduction

Grave of Fireflies, or ‘Hotaru no haka’ in Japanese, is a powerful and compelling animated film which was released in 1988 (Ebert). This 88 minutes long film was directed by Isao Takahata with the animation being done by Studio Ghibli, which has created a name for itself for producing quality and acclaimed animations. The movie’s story line is modeled on a novel bearing the same title, written in 1967 by Akiyuki Nosaka. Apparently, the author had undergone an experience comparable to that of Seita, the protagonist in both the film and the autobiography.
Grave of Fireflies has a growing audience of ...

Middle East has been on the boil in the recent past due to the rise of ISIS brand of Islamic fundamentalism and the demand for democracy and human rights by people in many Arab countries. The role of America in shaping the Middle East policy has been profound since the decline of UK as the world’s superpower. Being one of the major suppliers of oil and gas to America, Middle East is a place of strategic importance for USA and other western countries. American indirectly controls the Middle East politics by maintaining close ties with the local regimes and ...

Deontology and consequentialism are dominant theories that are related to the contemporary normative ethics. Consequentialism is a theory in which all the actions that can be termed as right yield desired outcomes (Betzler 13). On the other hand, deontology, which is a theory that was developed by Kant, identifies rightness through the features of acts as opposed to the outcomes. For instance, in case consequentialism needs to sacrifice an innocent person for the greater benefit, deontology can end up forbidding this move on the basis that it violates the rights of innocent persons, or rather lead to the violation of various ...

Violence and Sex in Media and Pop Culture

Media and pop culture are full of sex and violence. It is impossible to turn on any television show, radio station, or video game without being confronted by something sexual or violent. While adults who have a different view of the world may be able to process these images more maturely, what is the impact that they have on teenagers? Are teenagers capable of viewing this risky behavior several times a day in the context of its being “cool” without it impacting their behavior, their interactions, or their future? Multiple studies suggest no, it cannot. Teenagers are incapable of taking in ...

THE INNOCENT SPELUNKERS

The four spelunkers decided to go for exploration of the caves and while still at the entrance, a landslide occurred. They got stuck and decided to wait for a rescue party to come along (Suber, 1998). They were stuck for twenty days as rescue efforts were still being put in place (Suber, 1998). The four spelunkers were overcome with hunger then Paul proposed they draw straws so as to decide who to eat. Unfortunately, when Paul drew his straw it was the shortest. They then ate Paul as was agreed (Suber, 1998). The three were later rescued then sued for murder ...

Introduction

Whistle blowing are actions of individuals say in a company the employee or former employee to make know the hidden conducts of his or her counter parts to the superior internal authority for instance the misconduct of the manager or to the external superiors or the public. The moral permissibility or requirement of whistle blowing is the greatest controversial issue due to hits double effect. Therefore, one has to make choices on which effect to give chance that are whether to betray the company or counterpart (humanity).
For one to make a decision one has to clearly define and understand ...

Childhood was a markedly different experience during the Romantic period than it is today. Whereas there are myriad laws in place to keep children safe from abuse inside and outside the home, and free from the burden of work, in the time of the Romantics, children were simply seen as little adults, with much higher expectations on them. For example, when Charles Dickens was twelve years old, his father, mother, and younger siblings were all thrown into prison because of debts that Dickens’ father had incurred. Dickens was not imprisoned, because it was his responsibility to earn the money that ...

Introduction and writers claim

The article ‘Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?’ was written by Marilyn Manson to caution the public against allowing such entertainments scenes that are responsible for all the violence being experienced in the country. The writer first introduces us to the earlier world where there were no literatures like books, movies and even television. During those times there was a different form of violence that is different from what is being experienced today. Violence and murder was not just something that was done and had serious repercussions. With the onset of literature, violence has become something that is more celebrated rather ...