Aristotle's formal principle of justice states,
a. from each according to his or her ability, to each according to his or her need.
b. similar cases must be treated alike except where there is some relevant difference.
c. all people are to be treated the same in every situation.
d. from each according to his or her ability, to each according to his or her merit.
b
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In this pair of cases, the first may serve as precedent for the second. Decide whether the second case is so relevantly similar to the first that it should be decided identically. Explain your decision.First case: Officers arrested D in his living room on a charge of using the mails to transport forged checks. Then they searched the other rooms of his apartment for forged checks, which they did not find. But they did find unlawfully possessed draft cards. D was convicted of possession and alteration of the draft cards. The court held the search was lawful as incidental to a valid arrest.Second case: Federal officers had observed the defendant operating an illegal still. They entered the premises and made a valid arrest without a warrant for a felony committed in their presence. They
seized the still. At trial, the defendant moved to exclude the still from evidence. What will be an ideal response?
Evaluate the following argument in accordance with the criteria discussed in the text.When Halley's comet hovered over Jerusalem in A.D. 66, the historian Josephus warned it meant the destruction of the city. Jerusalem fell four years later, thus confirming the power of the comet.
What will be an ideal response?
When there is an impasse in a deliberation on a disputed question, the burden of proof is
A) on someone who challenges commonsense beliefs. B) on one of the parties. C) on neither of the parties.
What is Simone de Beauvoir suggesting when she says, "One is not born a woman"?
What will be an ideal response?