How Democratic is the UK? (25) Democracy can be understood as a process of people governing their state and managing community affairs all together‚ based on consensus. The origins of democracy lie in Ancient Greece. The very term was constructed from two Greek words ‘demos’‚ which means ‘people’‚ and ‘cratos’‚ which means ‘power’. The UK is in many ways not democratic. Firstly‚ Britain‚ amongst many other countries‚ claims to be a democracy. This would suggest that UK citizens‚ have effective
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seniors here. I thank you for selecting me to participate in this Republic Day speech for children competition. 26th January is called the Republic Day. In 1950‚ on this day our constitution came to effect. We became free from British rule in 1947. However‚ we did not become completely self-ruled then which is called a sovereign state. We became a sovereign state only in 1950. We also decided to make our country a republic. A republic country has no king or queen. Everyone is king or queen there. Everyone
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Plato’s book‚ “The Republic‚” expresses an argument or debate between Aristotle’s son‚ Glaucon‚ and philosopher Socrates. The argument defines the advantages and disadvantages of justice and injustice. Also‚ during this discussion the philosophers unlock the character of the inner soul by the analysis of justice. According to Book 1 of “The Republic‚” Socrates makes a clear rebuttal against Thrasymachus’ argument stating that “the strong” or “advantageous” make unjust decisions and therefore it
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Background Information The Dominican Republic is an island nation of rich culture and lasting tradition‚ located in the Caribbean Sea. Winning its status as an independent republic in 1844‚ the republic is best known for its beaches‚ resorts‚ and unique history. However‚ it is perhaps the unique blend of cultural influences from around the world that make this beautiful island the fascinating area it is today. For at least 5‚000 years before Christopher Columbus "discovered" America for the Europeans
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Republic of Peru Capital: Lima Currency: Nuevo sol Major languages: Spanish‚ Quechua‚ Aymara Area: 1‚285‚220 Kms Population: 28‚302‚603 Religion: 90% Roman Catholic Government: constitutional republic  INTRODUCTION Peru is located in western South America‚ sharing its northwestern border with Ecuador‚ its northern border with Bolivia‚ its eastern border with Brazil‚ and its southeastern border with Bolivia
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For example the clients benefit from the lawyer. We have to judge the expertise of the ruling. The immoral person is never happy with anything. Moral people can look back and say that they are ok with the person he/she is. Chapter 2: The republic Types of goods 1. Good for their own sake – intrinsic goods. Simple pleasures and enjoyments. 2. Goods desirable in themselves and in their consequences. Example: knowledge and sight. 3. goods only desirable in their consequences. – results
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and Thrasymachus in Book I of the Republic. Polemarchus initially asserts that justice is "to give to each what is owed" (Republic 331d)‚ a definition he picked up from Simonides. Then‚ through the unrelenting questioning of Socrates‚ Polemarchus’ definition evolves into "doing good to friends and harm to enemies" (Republic 332d)‚ but this definition proves insufficient to Socrates also. Eventually‚ the two agree "that it is never just to harm anyone" (Republic 335d). This definition is fundamental
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Critically assess the tenets of democratic peace theory The impression that democratic countries are known to be more peaceful than non- democratic countries have been argued by most theorists‚ who have brought about the liberal understanding of international politics. This is understood by Immanuel Kant’s edition of democratic peace theory; DPT (Shimko 2009). This composition critically analyses the democratic peace theory that is comprehensively argued by theorists and academics‚ studied by
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Democracy in the UK has many features‚ each one having positives and negatives points. The first feature is democratic elections. Elections in the UK are democratic to the point they are based on universal suffrage‚ free and fair‚ provide electoral choice these are the advantages of Democratic Elections. Disadvantages are that there might not be a good selection to choose from‚ choices are very limited. If the people are not happy with the result then they can re open nominations (RON)‚ this process
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Socrates describes a perfect city in Plato’s The Republic. Many questions are asked in the book‚ such as “What is an ideal city?” Or‚ “What is justice?” And‚ “Is justice in the city possible?” Socrates tries to find the real meaning of the word justice. He starts with justice within a single person‚ and then he tries to take that concept and apply it to the city. Then‚ to figure out the perfect city‚ he goes back to the single person to find justice there. He shows that the perfect city needs the
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