In This Selection Bedau First Draws an Analogy Between Self-Defense

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In this selection Bedau first draws an analogy between self-defense and the death penalty. Just as in defending ourselves we are to use no more force than is necessary to prevent harm, so in punishing criminals we are to use no more violence than is necessary to adequately punish the criminal. Bedau then argues that neither the deterrence nor the retributive argument for capital punishment is a good argument. He thinks that the literal application of the lex talionis is barbaric and that long-term imprisonment is adequate punishment.
-Blum claims that someone can act in a racist manner on some occasions without being a "racist."

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Factor Endowments

The amount of land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship that a country possesses and can utilize for manufacturing goods and services.

Heckscher-Ohlin

A trade theory that suggests countries will export goods that utilize their abundant and cheap factors of production and import goods that utilize the countries' scarce factors.

Ricardian Trade Theory

An economic theory that suggests international trade is driven by comparative advantage, leading countries to specialize in the production of goods they can produce most efficiently.

International Product Life Cycle

A theory that suggests that the level of trade in a product at any given time is a function of the current stage in the product’s life cycle, in which the life cycle consists of introduction, maturity, standardization, and decline.