If I were to design the computer systems for the pre-crime division, I'd program in the requirement for at least some actus reus, however small. Here, we are eliminating one whole element. Under criminal law both means rea (bad mental thought) and actus reus (a bad act) are required to convict. What the pre-crime unit does, essentially, is convict solely on mens rea. it's the question that arises today more than in any other point in our history: Do we sacrifice our principles for quality of life? We have hi-tech surveillance systems that may save us from another terrorist attack, but they impinge upon the constitutional rights of those being watched. We see this same question today in the Patriot Act. As a result, multinational banks incorporated in an offshore financial center successfully avoid supervision by an effective home country regulator" (1999, p. Because the benefits outweigh the costs, offshore financial centres have a powerful incentive to maintain lenient regulatory policies.
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The quid pro quo nature of offshore financial services is clearly indicated by Edwards's observation that, "Multinational banks provide the offshore financial centre with increased tax revenue and employment for its citizens. Furthermore, banks seeking to conduct multinational business are attracted to countries where incorporation laws and the regulatory framework offer less regulatory oversight (Edwards 1999). New York: Perennial.īecause the home country is not required to reimburse foreign depositors for losses, there is no corresponding financial penalty for lax supervision there is, though, a benefit to the country with lenient regulatory policies because of increased revenues generated and the employment opportunities these services provide (Edwards 1999). Thus, as Socrates and Huxley would agree, Thoreau believed that true happiness, or what they all referred to as the "good life" was only possible through an expression of independence and individuality. In order to accomplish this, Thoreau sought a return to nature and thus moved away from society and all of its Soma like forms of artificial stimulation and happiness.
Thoreau's premise was that by depending on pure individuality one would experience true happiness. This is a sentiment that Thoreau would agree with as the premise of his Walden Pond was to create a personal utopia through an expression of complete individuality. Without individuality, society is in fact a distopia. Thus, Socrates would agree with Huxley's underlying philosophy that true happiness is only possible through an expression of individuality. OL64468W Page_number_confidence 90.41 Pages 294 Pdf_module_version 0.0.22 Ppi 500 Republisher_date 20120704185601 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120704085618 Scanner this sense, Huxley's utopia is an ironic, or false utopia as without individuality and happiness, society is not really a utopia. Urn:lcp:bravenewworld00huxl_1:lcpdf:34f3ef8a-65c8-49ca-94b2-aa4e54bb33d0 Extramarc UCLA Voyager Foldoutcount 0 Identifier bravenewworld00huxl_1 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t56d71g6d Isbn 0060929871 Lccn 98008385 Ocr tesseract 5.3.0-3-g9920 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9861 Ocr_module_version 0.0.21 Ocr_parameters -l eng Openlibrary O元49156M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:08:09 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA179501 Boxid_2 CH101201 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0001 DonorĪlibris Edition 1st Perennial Classics ed.
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