Word: unjust
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...offenders after prison release, and affects pedophiles for their entire lives. Such laws holds pedophiles accountable for their past actions, and thus are inconsistent with the notion that pedophilia is simply a mental disorder that can be overcome. For, if pedophilia could be medically cured, it would be unjust for such clinically reformed individuals to be legally identified as a potential public threat. Essentially, administering a “cure” like chemical castration utterly subverts the entire modern interpretation and treatment of pedophilia...
...Although it is more appropriate to punish than to cure pedophilia, the use of chemical castration as a punishment is vastly unjust. As a member of the EU, Poland has a responsibility to maintain a legal system that respects human rights—even those of criminal pedophiles. Yet even those in positions of power have failed to fulfil this responsibility. In September, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, “I don’t think you can call such individuals—such creatures—human beings. I don’t think you can talk...
...health. The recent announcement that this policy may be revised in the near future is a heartening step forward for the College as a whole; we urge those in positions of authority to adopt a more sensible amnesty policy. First and foremost, the current amnesty policy has created an unjust environment dominated by perverse incentives for party hosts and their guests. While the College’s desire to ascribe some degree of responsibility to its students is understandable, the system in place actually discourages intoxicated students and their peers from dropping by Stillman Infirmary. From a medical standpoint, students...
...circumstances. This is ultimately what respect for life looks like; it means respecting an individual's right to decide how she wants to live, even if that involves knowing she will die. Mercy, detached from justice, grows unmerciful, C.S. Lewis said. But surely justice detached from mercy grows unjust...
Stevens treated the verdict like just another feature of a re-election campaign, claiming "prosecutorial misconduct" and vowing to "fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have." It is possible that in Alaska, with oil prices tanking, voters could decide that their state will have a hard time building the kinds of roads, bridges and schools they've come to expect without Stevens there to lard up the federal budget...