It has been said of old‚ that in a despotism there is but one patriot‚ the despot himself; and the saying rests on a just appreciation of the effects of absolute subjection‚ even to a good or wise master.14 This for Mill is attestation that albeit the managerial function of a State can
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Shania Strandberg HIS 111 Mr. Edgar Palmer American Civil War Research Paper The Civil War started in 1861 and lasted until 1865. It was known as the bloodiest four years in American history (The Civil War begins. (n.d.). Retrieved April 3‚ 2015‚ from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-civil-war-begins) Around 1858‚ the conflict between the North and South over slavery. The South wanted to be separated from the North‚ making its own country. The republicans were against slavery and even
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How did equality become a stronger component of America freedom after the Revolution? The revolution released public debates and political and social structures that expanded the scope for freedom. It also challenged inherited structures of power within America. In result of rejecting the principle of hereditary aristocracy‚ Americans also rejected the society of patronage‚ privilege‚ and fixed status. Men who led the revolution from start to finish were considered the most prestigious men of the
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Home Assignment -Chinny Tayeng -B.A. Sociology (H) -IIIrd Yr Q. Discuss the relationship between industrialism and industrial societies with reference to various regimes of production. The 18th CE idea of progress had been in the main abstract and speculative. It postulated stages of development whose actual content was only lightly sketched. It was linked
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French Revolution The American Revolution inspired many people around the world in the ideas of democracy and this was certainly true of France‚ which had sent over many soldiers to fi ght in the Americas and had helped subsidize the war. In fact‚ it was the crisis in the royal fi nances‚ partly because of the money paid in the American War of Independence‚ that resulted in the series of events that led to the French Revolution. Louis XVI had become king in 1774‚ and until 1776‚ his comptroller-general
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Mr. Dunbar AP European History Chapter 10 Outline: Renaissance and Discovery Section One: The Renaissance in Italy * Section Overview * Jacob Burckhardt‚ a Swiss historian‚ described the Renaissance as the “prototype of the modern world” in his book Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) * In Italy blossomed new secular and scientific views * People became to approach the world empirically and draw rational conclusions based on observation
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The Idea of Liberty – Summer 2011 Dr Martin O’Neill martin.oneill[@]york.ac.uk Lecture 2: Positive and Negative Liberty 1. William E. Connolly: Liberty as an ‘Essentially-Contested Concept’ • See Connolly‚ The Terms of Political Discourse (1983)‚ and the relevant excerpt in CKS (i.e. Freedom: A Philosophical Anthology‚ ed. Ian Carter‚ Matthew Kramer and Hillel Steiner (Blackwell‚ 2007).) • The idea of an “essentially contested concept” – a concept that cannot be specified in detail in advance
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Essay # 1 The question of monarchy versus republic is mostly discussed from a highly emotional rather than a rational point of view. A few undignified occupants of royal thrones are enumerated‚ and are then presented as examples of monarchy as such. The defenders of monarchy are no better. They point to corrupt professional politicians‚ of whom there exist a sufficient number‚ and claim that this is the necessary consequence of a republican constitution. Neither is a rational argument. There have
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Friends and Fellow Citizens:-- Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country‚ I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellow citizens which is here assembled‚ to express my grateful thanks for the favor with which they have been pleased to look toward me‚ to declare a sincere consciousness that the task is above my talents‚ and that I approach it with those anxious and awful presentiments which the greatness of the charge and the weakness of my powers
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REASONS AND FUNCTION OF AUTHORITY Obedience: we are treating the subject fearlessly even though today there is a bad press for whoever declares himself in favour of obedience and of respect for the values and virtues always considered basic to civil and spiritual life. Being free from any responsibility (which is always a cross) and from every concern for a position of power (which is always a temptation) may perhaps guarantee to a person the hope of not being misinterpreted if he attempts to
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