Is it fair to call Hegel an authoritarian liberal’? Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is one of the most influential and most difficult political theorists in the history of western thought. This is one of the first points that is realised when researching his works and readings. His name is invoked by many philosophers that followed him yet not often truly understood. This can often be put down to the different way his political theory was perceived by the reader. Even the supporters of Hegels thought
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Liberal Education’s main purpose in not only to train someone for a specific position‚ but also to create or develop skills that can be utilized in any profession. However‚ I believe that the liberal arts are under pressure and in danger in today’s society. The threat that is overwhelming Liberal Education is cuts in programs and funding in private and public schools. Liberal‚ as defined in Fareed Zakaria’s In Defense of Liberal Education‚ is a Latin word which means “of or pertaining to a
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Using Rorty’s Private Irony and Liberal Hope‚ choose two to four passages from the text that explain the ironist AND choose another two to four that explain the metaphysician. Additionally‚ and most importantly‚ you should explain‚ in your own words‚ why you have chosen these passages by explaining the key difference(s) between an Ironist and a Metaphysician according to these passages. Rorty pursues an artful division between philosophical settlement and their indications. He simply describes himself
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Liberal Arts‚ and the Advantages of Being Useless| 1 Nicholaos Jones Department of Philosophy University of Alabama in Huntsville nick[DOT]jones[AT]uah[DOT]edu 1 Introductory Remarks The trees of the mountain bring their own destruction. The oil in the lamp burns itself. The cinnamon tree is edible‚ so it is cut down. The varnish tree is useful so it is cut apart. All know the advantage of being useful‚ but no one knows the advantage of being useless. - 莊子 [Zhuangzi] (364-290 BCE)‚ Zhuangzi‚
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International Cooperation The nature and sources of liberal international order This article develops a theory of liberal international order that captures its major structures‚ institutions‚ and practices. Distinctive features mark postwar liberal order- co-binding security institutions‚ penetrated American hegemony‚ semi-sovereign great powers‚ economic openness‚ and civic identity. It is these multifaceted and interlocking features of western liberal order that give it a durability and significance
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Liberal art schools work well with the idea of students sharing their own opinions. Westminster college is a place for students to share opinions with one another and be accepted. Over the course of the past month the election has a lot of students feeling uncomfortable with the political outcome. Following the presidential election students began to react immediately. On November 8‚ Donald Trump was elected president-elect of the United States. Many students took directly to social media to express
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The Role of Liberal Arts in a College Education Henry Rosovsky’s article entitled The Purposes of Liberal Education is a brief‚ but extremely accurate and clearly-written explanation of what he feels a liberal arts education entails. The author has had extensive experience in the field of education and has been able to shape and impact many students while being the Dean at Harvard College. For this reason‚ consideration of his ideas on the liberal arts is merited. His standard of liberal education
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Views on liberal education are viewed in a wide range of ideas. William Cronon’s version describes liberal education in ten qualities found in human beings with the largest being love and connecting with the community around the person. Also‚ Cronon speaks of how can a person be free in their education when the requirements set up restricts them of what classes they might want to take; however‚ educated society must serve the common folks of their community. People not only care about themselves
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For our formal writing project‚ we not only need to analyze one of the articles that we choose from‚ but must also consider a specific focus that can help bring our writing project to a more academic style of writing. So what sort of focus should we use when writing our project? Well first and most importantly we need to ask ourselves this: is the focus we are going to be discussing of any importance‚ and can you back it up with relevant evidence? In
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The society in the movie “V for vendetta” is politically anti-liberal because the features of their society are not like a politically liberal one. A politically liberal society would have proper human rights‚ as well as a proper democracy. The society is politically anti-liberal because it violates the citizen’s human rights‚ and does not resemble a liberal society. A political society has support for constitution‚ democracy‚ fair elections‚ human rights‚ capitalism‚ and free trade. Their society
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