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Ballad of Reading Gaol, The

By: Oscar Wilde

...Wilde’s meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross indecency. The charges stemmed from his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, the son of the Marquis of Queensberry....

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...tal viewpoint ....................................................... 382 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ........................................................... ...point ....................................................... 382 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ................................................................... ........................................................................ 386 Capital punishment if moral from a self-centered viewpoint ................... ................................................................ 386 Capital punishment if moral from a self-centered viewpoint ........................... ...self-centered viewpoint ............................................. 387 Capital punishment is immoral from a self centered point of view ............. ...tered viewpoint ............................................. 387 Capital punishment is immoral from a self centered point of view ..................... ...om a self centered point of view .................................... 387 Capital punishment is moral from a God-based perspective ..................... ...f centered point of view .................................... 387 Capital punishment is moral from a God-based perspective ............................. ... God-based perspective .............................................. 388 Capital punishment is immoral from God‘s perspective. ........................

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Precipice, The

By: Elia Wilkinson Peattie

...tie was an outspoken journalist and social activist who gave her attention to such areas as orphanages, charity hospitals, the Wounded Knee massacre, capital punishment, and the like. The Precipice is partially based on the life of her close friend Katherine Ostrander, a social work pioneer, and tells of the evolution of Kate Barrington after her college years and with it ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...ut it to 17 make me feel good. If I do something because of a reward or punish... ...ur minds. Viktor Frankl saw us as being in search of meaning in our lives. B. F. Skinner saw humans as primarily seeking rewards and avoiding punish... ...reticent to administer more shocks, the psychologist assured them that it was OK to hurt them. 60% of the shockers continued administering the punish... ... —―Certainly Con. Maslow started as a behaviorist, thinking that we can control human behavior just as can control animals, with rewards and punish... ...tion than was necessary in years past. ―You may be familiar with the ideas if Pierre Bourdieu. He talked about different kinds of ‗capita... ...ultural capital, that is ‗cultural riches‘ is common in the upper classes. In every society there will be inequalities in the various kinds of capita... ...l be inequalities in the various kinds of capital a person possesses. He listed other capitals as: economic, one‘s access to finances; social capita... ...ne‘s social networks; cultural capital, which includes one‘s education the accoutrements that come with cultural status; then finally symbolic capita... ...with success. ―As you know, we are not a socialistic or communist country, even though we are strongly societally based. One‘s economic capita...

...moral from a God based point of view. 322 8 Euthanasia is moral from a society viewpoint. 332 Euthanasia can be immoral from a societal viewpoint 340 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 345 Capital punishment if moral from a self-centered viewpoint 345 Capital punishment is immoral from a self centered point of view345 Capital punishment is moral from a God-based perspective 345 Capital pu...

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Best of Freshman Writing

By: Suzanne Harper

......................................................... 30 Mike Schueftan “Capital Punishment” .......................................................... ................................................. 30 Mike Schueftan “Capital Punishment” ......................................................... 31 B... ...re is no justifiable reason to give someone the death penalty as a form of punishment. In the minds of the American public and jurors in capital cases... ...as a form of punishment. In the minds of the American public and jurors in capital cases the perception of lethal injection is of a clean, clinical, a... .... <http://www.wtopnews.com/ index.php?nid=343&sid=1419>. Lethal Injection. Capital Punishment U.K. 4 April 2004. <http:// www.richard.clark32.btintern... ...//www.wtopnews.com/ index.php?nid=343&sid=1419>. Lethal Injection. Capital Punishment U.K. 4 April 2004. <http:// www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk... ... Best of Freshman Writing 31 Mike Schueftan Delaware County – English 15 Capital Punishment The death penalty is the most severe penalty in the Un... ... Freshman Writing 31 Mike Schueftan Delaware County – English 15 Capital Punishment The death penalty is the most severe penalty in the United Sta... ...rsy to garner public sup- port. There are many pros and cons pertaining to capital punishment. In 1972, the Supreme Court abolished the death penalty ...

........................... 28 Michael Norris ?Wings? ............................................................................... 30 Mike Schueftan ?Capital Punishment? ......................................................... 31...

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Crime and Criminals : Address to the Prisoners in the Chicago Jail: Address to the Prisoners in the Chicago Jail

By: Clarence Darrow

...e discusses what crime is, what causes it, why more people go to jail in winter than in summer, why the real criminals almost never go to prison, why punishment doesn't work, and - in the end - why the US criminal justice system is in fact a system of injustice, a colossal and barbaric failure. This new edition includes a remarkable essay 'Darrow's Crime And Criminals A Ce...

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Exploring, Exploiting

By: Manohar Asija

...ee House. Can you recall the reaction of Mr Malik to Lal's outburst against the final outcome of Dhananjay Chakrovarty's legal battle to ward off the Capital punishment pronounced on him for rape and murder of a minor girl, when he himself was just 21 years? ……………..." I suppose Mr. Malik came out with some amusing retort, which made almost the entire group at the table gig...

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Exploring, Exploiting

By: Manohar Asija

...ee House. Can you recall the reaction of Mr Malik to Lal's outburst against the final outcome of Dhananjay Chakrovarty's legal battle to ward off the Capital punishment pronounced on him for rape and murder of a minor girl, when he himself was just 21 years? ……………..." I suppose Mr. Malik came out with some amusing retort, which made almost the entire group at the table gig...

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The Zohar: Annotations to the Ashlag Commentary

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...defined as Miftacha, when the letter Tet shines upon all, but permits the punishment of sinners according to the rule: “You advance 147 THE LETTERS... ... the Torah or by the path of suffering”; (iii) hell, the place of eternal punishment by the letter Kuf, in contrast with the first place, ruled by t... ...ma Ilaa (Supernal Mother) and also Anavah (modesty, humility). (Here, the capital “A” designates the letter Ayin, not to be confused with Aleph). Th... ...ly through the property of the letter Aleph. Furthermore, all rewards and punishments, distancing and drawing nearer, as well as the aspiration for ... ...which his soul surely knows—that his intentions are for himself. Terrible punishment awaits him, for he allows the impure forces to destroy those wh... ... standing in the center, which must be feared more than anything, for its punishment is death, as it is written, “All who transgress in it shall per... ...t, passes on to them (our egoistic desires), as it is written, “Tzur (the capital of the impure forces) was built only on the ruins of Jerusalem (th... ...pital of the impure forces) was built only on the ruins of Jerusalem (the capital of the pure forces).” Thus, they acquire the strength to persecute... ...trength to receive complete and devout faith in Him. Thus, Jerusalem (the capital of altruism) will be rebuilt on the ruins of Tzur (the capital of ...

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Werelove Dusk Conspiracy

By: Lakisha Spletzer

...o as you are told, Laylah Cherie Le Croix, or you will face a more severe punishment. Do I make myself clear?” His eyes glittered with intensity and... ...oom. Known by all as the Reckoning Circle, a Were could find salvation or punishment within it. Stefan had yet to find the first and plenty of the s... ...at is past history and I paid for my part in that rebellion. Even after my punishment ended, I cut ties with Zina and went into self-exile, where I’v... ...al grin. Henry couldn’t stand the Jaksenville Alpha. But when he’d needed capital for his scientific research, Dayid Yon had been one of the first t... ...timonies of everyone involved. I will hear yours now before I decide on a punishment. You may talk now, Miss Le Croix.” Laylah considered what to say... ...e of the foyer. His gaze was cold, and that cruel grin always meant harsh punishments. She heartily wished she’d never hit Violet. “Laylah, so glad ...

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The Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty

By: Juan Josafat Ben Ezra

...e in behalf of the dispersion of Judah. He had been standing in his watch-tower, in the capital of another country, and crying aloud those very trut... ...ur God,” if we should be judged worthy. And this I say, with the full perception of the capital and fundamental points on which we differ, and among... ...f Daniel, and I think I can point it out here also. Seeing with his wonted sagacity the capital idea that the great object of the book is the manisf... ...he fulfilment of the curse. Oh it is a strange delusion of Satan, thus to have made the capital curse of God eclipse the capital promise of God; Sat... ... of this matter for himself; but I return to declare my conviction, that this great and capital head of spiritual doctrine “that Christ baptizeth wi... ...to his saints; yea, and for the justification of his great scheme of grace, and for the punishment, the condign punishment of the fell avenger, ought... ...! My own, is the dearest word of all languages, and one chief end of all restraints and punishments is to prevent it from being the only word. This ... ... mouth, and a two- edged sword in their hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings with chains... ...race of mankind, and publicly assigning to every one through all eternity the reward or punishment which their works deserve: while our author, with...

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Kabbalah for the Student

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...so foolish as to not understand that faith in the Torah and in reward and punishment, which have the power to yield this great thing, require much s... ...ination subdued, and he will come to faith in the Torah and in reward and punishment. This is the first degree in the observance of the work. CommAnd... ... is it who does not know what religion is, and especially its rewards and punishments, which are destined to come primarily in the afterlife? And we ... ... forces, and all his actions are compulsory. Hence, man has no reward or punishment, since no judgment, punishment, or reward apply to one who has ... ...ly unthinkable, and not only for the religious, who believe in reward and punishment, since believing in His Providence, that all of nature’s forces... ...s become of them: instead of rising and exceeding the achievements of the capitalist countries, they have sunk ever lower. Now, they not only fail t... ...ot only fail to benefit the lives of the workers a little more than in the capitalist countries, they cannot even secure their daily bread and clothe... ...o, it is a natural law that one is possessive concerning dispensing one’s capital and property to others. However, is there anyone who is possessive ...

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The Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty: Volume II

By: Juan Josafat Ben Ezra

...TY. PART II. (CONTINUED) PHENOMENON VI. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THE two capital points which we now proceed to examine, viz. the Christian ch... ...lection of grace, and the rest were blinded according as it is written:’ God in punishment of their iniquity, giving them ‘eyes that they should not ... ...ld, and from all its venomous pleasures, by the fear of an eternal and terrible punishment. They had to exhort her to the practice of all virtues, as... ...reupon; but it was aggravated the more, and became incomparably more severe, in punishment for their having rejected Messiah, as the scriptures anno... ...d by permission of Cyrus from Babylon to Judea? Reflect, my dear Sir, upon this capital point with all your attention and with all your judgment. I s... ...e be limited to that single and individual Babylon, which in those times was the capital of the first empire of the world. The prophets of God would ... ...then speaketh he? Of Rome itself. But for what reason giveth he this name to the capital of the Roman empire? To this difficulty, the interpreters c... ...t great city, which was, in their time, the mistress of the world, as being the capital of the Roman empire. It is true that this empire long ago de... ...ay, have here recourse to that most obscure and impenetrable chaos, the sin and punishment of the evil angels; supposing that when Satan, abusing hi...

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The Ulysseans

By: Antonio Mercurio

... my own love and not with the love of another, even if the Other is with a capital O. If, instead, my Personal SELF is already with me inside the w... ...aiting for the coming reign of the Messiah, it is necessary to make use of punishment, revenge, mercy, to find a scapegoat, and finally, to create ... ...an, and Giorgio pointed out that I was asking you to be courageous, with a capital ‘C’. So. If you want to follow me in my reading of the paper I am... ...sk you to be even more courageous; I have to ask you to be courageous with capitals on all the letters, not just the ‘C’. To help you better underst... ...are speaking of love that does not act under the threat of terror (eternal punishment), nor is drawn by the desire to win a reward (eternal ... ...is decision millions of people freed themselves from the terror of eternal punishment. The second solution came with the announcement that “God is d... ...ase love and the soul on new terms that are no longer based on rewards and punishment. This is where Existential Personalistic Anthropology fits in.... ...me God and persecutes us internally, while we wait for death, judgment and punishment. Now, even if God is dead, guilt still exists, because it is... ... my opinion, the real problem is as follows: that which we call Life with a capital L, and that finds expression in all the forms of life that we are...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...and, having fathered Lot, also died in Ur Kasdim (Ur of the Chaldeans). Ur was the capital of S(h)umer but the Kasdim - Khaldeans - did not make it... ...n Georgia (Dashnak or Dashnaktsutyun, "Union"). Mass demonstrations in the Turkish capital (in 1890 and 1895) and armed uprisings followed (in 1894... ...ey called it the "Pestilence" or the "Great Mortality". They regarded it as divine punishment of humanity's sins. http://www.ento.vt.edu/IHS/pl... ...iance on guerrilleros and militiamen. He then reconquered Caracas, Venezuela's capital, at the head of a small army and declared himself a dict... ...e royalists in yet another botched campaign, he retreated and captured Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia in December 1814. After a series of ... ...s from Africa), though it allowed interstate trade in slaves. The first Confederate capital was in Montgomery, Alabama - not in Richmond, Virginia. ... ...ritish, addition. Ironically, he belonged to a movement seeking to abolish capital punishment altogether. Guillotine-like implements were used on ... ...ore independent. He forbade bloodshed in public circus contests, abolished capital punishment, reduced taxes and allowed slaves to sue their unjust...

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The Devil‘S Legacy- to Earth Mortals. Being the Key Note to Black Arts!! Witchcraft, Devination , Omens, Forewarnings, Apparitions, Sorcery, Daemonology, Dreams, Predictions, Visions, And Compacts with the Devil!! with the Most Authentic History of Salem Witchcraft!

By: M. Young

...rtainty of his own defeat and death. She was liable, indeed, deservedly, to the punishment of death, for intruding herself upon the task of the real ... ...e same name, either existed at a more recent period, or were liable to the same capital punishment, for a very different and much more doubtful clas... ...ame, either existed at a more recent period, or were liable to the same capital punishment, for a very different and much more doubtful class of off... ...nsey, the square devoted by the city authorities of that island to this kind of punishment. The last case of death for Witchcraft there took place in... ...ered over to the effects of their own excited wrath. A very mutual but terrible punishment. It was a horrid policy in the charter government to ever... ...o be tormented, until Parris himself took their part and threatened Tituba with punishment unless she confessed and disclosed her confederate witche...

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The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...scenes, he keeps shouting: "Be careful, I am spontaneous". The Director and fat-cat capitalistic producers want him to be spontaneous, they want him... ...d ends badly. Finally, the "Truman Show" encapsulates the most virulent attack on capitalism in a long time. Greedy, thoughtless money machines in... ...frained from acting) in its past is essential in dispensing with future rewards or punishments. The "product liability" approach also fits here. T... ...thers. Disparities of money create markets, labour, property, planning, wealth and capital. Mental inequalities lead to innovation and theory. Know... ...all the Industrial Revolution and, more recently, the transition from Communism to Capitalism). Climate change is not likely to be the only excepti... ...orture chambers are located in a small village in the outskirts of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia in Central Europe. Everyone is in on the tak...

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Kabbalah for Beginners

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... the whole world. 38 K abbalah for b eg Inners - p art o ne As the capital of Kabbalist studies in the 16 th century, Safed attracted many p... ...nd failed miserably. Even America, the land of freedom of opportunity and capitalism is failing to make its citizens happy. Ac- - cording to the New ... ...ted of us, we wouldn’t be making mistakes and we wouldn’t be tormented by punishment. How simple and joyous would life have been if the Creator had ... .... There are three reasons that compel us to study Kabbalah: 1. Reward and punishment in this world; 2. Reward and punishment in the next world; 3. Be...

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Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...uthep. He didn't resist Kumpee's plan to replant them in the modern sordid capital of Bangkok. He sensed all along that Kumpee would leave them and h... ...d been forced to sit daily on a little red footstool next to his father as punishment for not only youthful exuberance (youth which ran around on two ... ...th a cane) but for the intractable insolence that would interfere with his punishment of the two "suck-calves" of the youngest brothers whom he hated.... ...vanished thoughts of the hollow cavities that were part of one waiting for punishment. He lay on the floor with an old, previously read comic book in...

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Man with No Name

By: Wally Amos

...tarted selling cookies again after my non-compete clause expired, I could capitalize on my high visi­ bility and long association with a product I ha... ...Once again, Aunt Della did not punish me; the discomfort I was having was punishment enough. So much for becoming a wino. That first year was fille... ...alth products. After leaving Nature's Gateway, Portola set up a ven­ ture capital firm to locate struggling companies, buy them, turn them around, t... ... million dollars per year. They built it up to over $80 million. Portola capitalized on a name that personified quality. And since I had few respon... ... It might some­ day be a scene in a movie. I am being sued by the venture capital group that pur­ chased (Nameless) Amos. They claim I do not have th...

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