Summary Of Can The Law Make Us Be Decent? By Jay Sterling Silver

When a person steps forward to help, they are stopping one of the dangers of indifference. Wiesel describes getting involved as, “awkward, troublesome”. No one wants to confront a problem because it is easier to pretend it never happened. People always think, “at least it’s not happening to me”, until it does. Another danger is pain and suffering.

Author Barbara Welke, professor of history and law at the University of Minnesota in her book, Law and the Borders of Belonging in the Long Nineteenth Century United States, has compiled a well thought-out and comprehensive book towards the discussion of law and the construction of borders within the United States. Welke sheds light on issues concerning discrimination of women, racialized others, and disabled people within the terms of how the legal borders of belonging have constructed that discrimination. The author also focuses on the ideal individual during the long nineteenth century, as the dominant ideology of a person was to be male, white, and able. Within this context, Welke presents various legal cases and practices to create a foundation

Through the use of attention to detail and person point of view, the author of “The Rattler” depicts that sometimes personal duty overrides personal moral values. In a personal moral conflict, the character portrays his moral value of respecting all living things. Using his point of view on killing the snake, he states, “I have never killed an animal I was not obliged to kill.” The character never intends to kill the snake and respects that life should be valued, a personal moral for the man.

The Book Equal Justice Under Law by Constance Baker Motley, shows that not only is there inherent racism and injustice within America, but it shows that the country itself was founded on the premise that blacks are not equal to whites. Much progress was made through the civil rights movement, and Equal Justice Under Law covers some of the cases that made a big impact on society and the civil rights movement, as well as some of the struggles an African American had to face in everyday life, such as Jim Crow laws, unequal educational opportunities, and racism. Constance Motley had a very influential role in the civil rights movement. There were many circumstances in which the ruling of one of her cases directly correlated with the civil rights

Since the beginning of time, all humans had one basic instinct: to survive. Through time, we have evolved, adapted, and flourished. Recently though, we have forgotten our primal instinct. People are being persecuted and sentenced to prison for breaking a law in order to survive. In life or death situations, people shouldn't be held accountable for their actions.

Although officers claim they aren’t as unprofessional as everyone says, many people beg to differ. A lot of people have evidence on how they were mistreated, and how the officers weren’t at all professional. Others have been killed and seriously injured, but the idea is still up in the air after several years. To protect themselves, and others around them, police officers should be forced to wear body cameras while they’re in a case or are talking to a suspect while on duty. Having to wear body cameras would be a positive way to help the authorities to see the truth better than just having to listen to the voice recorder.

The Bystander Effect: A Result of a Human Drive Repetitive cries and screams for help were heard in Kew Gardens, New York on the Friday night of March 13th in 1964. As the 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was approaching her doorstep, an attacker –Winston Moseley- came from behind and started to stab her repeatedly. Despite her loud calls for help, turning on the bedroom lights along the neighborhood is all what her calls were capable of. None of the thirty nearby neighbors wanted to go under the spotlight of answering the call of duty so it wasn’t before 20 minutes when the anonymous hero that lived next door decided to call the police. It was four years later when our victim’s story became the perfect example to explain the social psychological

The Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics video titled “Key Constitutional Concepts” explores the history of the creation of the United States Constitution in addition to key concepts crucial to the document. Two central themes explored in the video include the protection of personal rights and importance of checks and balances. The video strives to explain these concepts through Supreme Court cases Gideon v. Wainwright and Youngstown v. Sawyer. To begin, the video retraces the steps leading up to the Constitutional Convention in Virginia in 1787. It opens by explaining the conflict that led to the Revolutionary War and the fragility of the new nation.

From the Constitution’s ratification in 1787 through the 1850s, many American historians shared the consensus that the founding fathers had designed the Constitution the way they did because they were trying to protect the citizens and their rights. James Kent was one very prominent historian among this group. In his book, Commentaries on American Law (1826), he stated “THE government of the United States was erected by the free voice and joint will of the people of America, for their common defence [defense] and general welfare...and it is justly deemed the guardian of our best rights, the source of our highest civil and political duties, and the sure means of national greatness.” (Kent) Essentially, James Kent was trying to convey the point

In the “Cost of Survival,” an argumentative essay, in which; voices the opinion of Theo Tucker, an individual that believes that some people “willingly put themselves into life-or-death situations,” (126) also he explains, how if these risky decisions end in needed rescue missions. Therefore, said people should pay for the cost of their rescues, because individuals that do things like “mountain climb and base jump, knowingly face danger.” (126) The author stands on the side of the argument that, these rescue missions or “efforts, can cost a lot of money, and that “The adventurer should be the one to foot the bill” (126)

People are often think of themselves and base their actions on what would harbor the best outcomes for them. It is rare in which people would go out of their way to help other even when it won’t harm them to do so. Therefore, it goes to show, based on that pattern, that the

“It is easy to argue that people should be stopped from putting themselves in danger”. Some people may say that people in life or death situations deserve to pay the consequences since they were the one’s that put themselves that that position .These people should not be held for their actions or situations that they are in for the following reason from the story “The Cost of Survival”, “Usually, when people need to be rescued , it is because something unexpected happened.” First of all , these people who are in these type of situations may not have even known that this would occur or that they were putting themselves in danger. According to the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, “ he realized he had reached too far and had lost his balance.

Over the course of thirty days, I have gone out before, during, and after my lifting and sports practices, and helped people and performed a “RAK.” A “RAK” is a “Random Act of Kindness(RAKs), which was recorded by me for an experiment to see whether or not I would develop and change into a more kind and respectful individual. Along with Improving myself and how I treat others, I hoped through this experiment I could create a ripple effect in which my one act of kindness would inspire others to do another kind act for someone else. My theory for this experiment is that through thirty day of RAKs, I will become a better person out of habit and hopefully the message of love to others. If I perform random acts of kindness for thirty days, I will become a kinder person because I will develop a habit of helping those in need.

Are we obligated to obey unjust laws? Laws are important because they are guidelines for a state. Without laws citizens would not know how to act and cause harm to others. Laws are aimed at common good and keep a society together and functioning.

What I will explain to you in this article will, how we are connected with the law and I hope, make you see sense in the importance of our laws in the society we live in. To be against the importance of laws in our society would show one to be ignorant and naïve. I encounter the law on a daily basis when I am driving. I have to follow the speed limit of each road, I have to signal before changing lanes, my vehicle must be in good condition in order to safely drive and I must obey all road signs as they are set in place to ensure the safety of everybody.