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... ask quite different questions . What is the origin of law ? Who was responsible for making the first laws ? From the evidence of history , should laws be changed ? How do laws vary from time to time and from place to place ? Does the ...
... ask quite different questions . What is the origin of law ? Who was responsible for making the first laws ? From the evidence of history , should laws be changed ? How do laws vary from time to time and from place to place ? Does the ...
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... ask : In killing her hus- band , Agamemnon , did she act justly ? In revenging the death of her daughter Iphigenia ... ask : In urging Orestes ( and even commanding him ) to kill Clytaemnestra , did he act justly ? Concerning the goddess ...
... ask : In killing her hus- band , Agamemnon , did she act justly ? In revenging the death of her daughter Iphigenia ... ask : In urging Orestes ( and even commanding him ) to kill Clytaemnestra , did he act justly ? Concerning the goddess ...
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... asks ; what is their utility ? Of course , we already know from Question 90 and the definition of law that the purpose of law in general is to serve the com- mon good . But here in Article 1 of Question 95 Aquinas asks a more specific ...
... asks ; what is their utility ? Of course , we already know from Question 90 and the definition of law that the purpose of law in general is to serve the com- mon good . But here in Article 1 of Question 95 Aquinas asks a more specific ...
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PLATO Euthyphro Laws Apology | 17 |
ARISTOTLE Nicomachean Ethics | 28 |
SelfTesting Questions | 60 |
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