Academic Writing 331

Please complete the following questions. Please type your answer on the comment box provided with the assignment. You can work in a word processing package and then copy and past into comment box. The first three questions should be about 600 to 800 words. The final question should be about 600 words. Due 8 AM Tuesday 13 October. Compare and contrast truth and belief as it pertains to knowledge 20 points Compare and contrast falsifiability and tautology as it pertains to empirical validity 20 points Take two logical fallacies identified in class and/or in your readings and compare and contrast them 20 points Consider this statement: "Manslaughter is an unlawful killing that doesn’t involve malice aforethought—intent to seriously harm or kill, or extreme, reckless disregard for life. The absence of malice aforethought means that manslaughter involves less moral blame than either first or second degree murder....Thus, while manslaughter is a serious crime, the punishment for it is generally less than that for [login to view URL] two main variations of manslaughter are usually referred to as voluntary and involuntary [login to view URL] Manslaughter is often called a "heat of passion" crime. Voluntary manslaughter occurs when a person:is strongly provoked (under circumstances that could similarly provoke a reasonable person) and kills in the heat of passion aroused by that provocation. For “heat of passion” to exist, the person must not have had sufficient time to “cool off” from the provocation. That the killing isn’t considered first or second degree murder is a concession to human weakness. Killers who act in the heat of passion may kill intentionally, but the emotional context is a mitigating factor that reduces their moral [login to view URL] classic example of voluntary manslaughter involves a husband who comes home unexpectedly to find his wife committing adultery. If the sight of the affair provokes the husband into such a heat of passion that he kills the paramour right then and there, a judge or jury might very well consider the killing to be voluntary manslaughter. Involuntary manslaughter often refers to unintentional homicide from criminally negligent or reckless conduct. It can also refer to an unintentional killing through commission of a crime other than a [login to view URL] subtleties between murder and manslaughter reach their peak with involuntary manslaughter, particularly because an accidental killing through extreme recklessness can constitute second degree murder" . [login to view URL] Please explain how these distinctions between murder and manslaughter can be understood from a Natural Law theory perspective. Also, use Natural Law theory to explain the difference between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. 40 points