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    The Work Of John Locke

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    Different theorists have attempted to explain why individuals submit themselves to an external power to form a society. Some philosophers argue that individuals submit themselves to an external power on a contractual basis through the mutual transfer of right since, primarily, everyone has a right to everything. On party, therefore, foregoes certain natural rights and so does the other so that both converge to limited rights that govern them. Such philosophers base their argument on the assumption

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    In this day in age, Politics have a vast impact on the world we live in. Leadership, on a macro-level, has mantled the world through all of time. These consecutive political systems have developed to become a government. Each government varies throughout each country. Thus, created different forms of government: Autocracy, Monarchy, Socialism, Communism, Theocracy, Plutocracy, and Pluralism. These forms of government are created based of one’s absolute routes, means of production, elimination of

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    Victoria McAlister Professor Innes Enlightenment and Liberal Democracy 1 October 2015 How does a leader gain and maintain the love of his people when he is killing them in mass numbers? Joseph Stalin was successful in this by following the political tactic of using fear to gain love. A tactic that was highly valued by Nicolo Machiavelli in his work The Prince. “In Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon, the main character, and Old Bolshevik, Nikolaiz Rubashov, declares that “Number one” (Stalin)

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    What does justice mean and what role should the government play in maintaining it? Does it mean to redistribute wealth to help those who are less fortunate or does it mean allowing individuals to freely give to those who are poor? This question has been debated for a long time and will still be debated for years to come. This paper will look at the writings of two philosophers, John Rawls and Robert Nozick, and compare and contrast their beliefs on what that question means and whether or not one

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    this idea because no political actor is willing to risk halting his or her efforts in congress to prove a political theory at the expense of there seat in office. This first idea presented by Mayhew can be applied to common day politics because re-election is a key goal for all political actors, if that wasn’t a goal then why would the actors be running for a seat in office time and time again. This idea can be proven with the common day affairs in politics because political actors often use their

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    The truth behind political thought is founded primarily based on the rules of the law.Western European image of justice and order demonstrates the importance of natural equality that the rule of law adheres to. Thus creates this inconsistency ,that civil disobedience is not justified because of society 's accentuation on law and order. The understanding of law and civil disobedience illustrates itself in both readings of Sophocles ' Antigone and Plato 's Apology which suggests that they give both

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    The Prince by Niccolὀ Machiavelli was quite interesting and at the same time quick shocking. It is basically written as a book with a set of rules of how he governed his people and how other government officials should govern their people and territories. This book is one of the main reasons that some people link Machiavelli to Satan and sometimes call him Satan’s son or rightful heir. This book is also what brought the term “Machiavellian” into existence which basically means: “Being or acting in

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    Colonel James D. Smith

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    Edgehill Losses- Colonel James D. Smith, of Malmesbury, who commanded the twenty-first royalist cavalry at Edgehill stated earlier this evening, that it is only he of his regiment, who survived the bloody battle with an indecisive victor. He recounted the scene of the battle. As local inhabitants looked on the regiment fell to the heavens, there was body parts and blood covering the ground. One couldn’t tell who was alive and who was not. Lieutenant Edward B. Jones Jr., the youngest member of the

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    WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT What is Political Philosophy? And the Role it Plays Today Savannah Dye 9/17/2015   “Political philosophy” and “political theory” are versatile, yet relative terms. Ironically, the most unifying aspect of both definitions is their fluidity. One of the only things that theorists concur on is the purpose of a political theory, which is to incite change to a certain degree. The intention of political theorists and political philosophers alike is to unveil the deeper

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    Education is a transfer of knowledge from one generation to another. Some societies have oral traditions while others transfer the knowledge by written works. In Plato’s Republic, for Socrates the education system is structured in two major parts: the education of the mind and character and the physical training. For Socrates, truth, justice, and goodness are the main principles for a utopic society. Indeed, for him the truth is universal and therefore in order to have a perfect utopic society it

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