Throughout history there has been a steady decline in the use of physical harm as a means of controlling people particularly minors. These minors usually receive these punishments while they are attending school. So why is there so much controversy regarding such a dying practice?…
Essays on Human Rights
Slapping children in order to ‘correct’ or alter their behavior eventually leads to long-lasting negative effects, a recent study finds out. Published in the latest edition of the Irish Medical Journal, the study advises that slapping ‘is not an effective strategy to alter a child’s…
Punishment is a vital tool of studying manners in operant conditioning, and it focuses on reducing and eliminating undesirable behavior. Chastisement refers to any alteration that occurs after comportment to diminish the probability of reoccurrence of the conduct. Regardless of the existing misconceptions about penalization,…
Thinking back as far as I can I honestly say with extreme certainty that I was never much of a trouble maker. Of course, this doesn’t mean I never broke any rules while growing up. The truth is nobody is perfect and I was no…
The Freedom of Speech, a promise so promising that ensures “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech,” unless, of course, it is proven to be a harm to others. So where exactly is the line drawn, and who decides which speech does or…
The political idea of justice and how a government should govern a society would be by dominating human history with literature. The theory of a peaceful resistance to laws given and enforced by the governing will be first represented in the world of the Ancient…
The legal issue that is being discussed in this scenario is based on situation of Pauline Williams and the actions taken by Dyson Stevens, the cheerleading coach, and the principal of the school. In the situation, a high school cheerleader, Pauline Williams, is refusing to…
Thoreau argues that we have a moral imperative to disobey unjust laws and his philosophy on civil disobedience had a major influence on Martin Luther King. What was Thoreau protesting in ‘Resistance to Civil Government’ and what was his act of civil disobedience? What is…
Since Sandy Hook mass school shooting in 2012, almost everyone considers that mass shooting at school is a problem. This shadow has been entangled in us for a long time, but recently a mass school shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,…
Physician-assisted death (PAD), physician-assisted suicide, death with dignity, and voluntary euthanasia all refer to the practice where physicians provide potentially lethal medication to a terminally ill, suffering patient at his or her request that he or she can take at the time of his or…
“Bang! Bang!” A normal Tuesday morning of going to class has suddenly turned into a nightmare no one thought would ever happen. Three gunmen enter the high school with AR-15s and chaos ensues among the entire student body. After 24 casualties and multiple injuries, questions…
Virginia Tech University shooting was the deadliest school attacks, from that shooting, many states have been considering the option of whether or not to legalize firearms on campus. Several people see that allowing weapons in schools as a careless option, while others see it as…
The ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus would have been keenly astute and highly critical of several prominent character’s fear of death in Norman Jewison’s 1987 drama Moonstruck. The majority of the characters in Moonstruck have an all-consuming fear of death that permeates every aspect of their…
Over 1,000 people are diagnosed with a terminal illness every day. After a diagnosis, they attend therapy with their family and receive prescription medication to help with their pain (Milan Stojanovic). However, as the illness progresses so does the pain, and the need for more…
Schools are meant to prepare students for the future and aid them with their quest to success, and yet why do so many schools adopting totally unrelated policies that would make the learning environment uncomfortable and unsafe? According to the National Conference Of State Legislatures,…
