In Plato’s The Republic Socrates seeks to find what the underlying principles of a just society are. By doing this‚ he virtually created what he thought was a perfect society. It is a utopia where every person has their place‚ has a future set out for them‚ and because there is no room for expansion‚ there is reasonable stability. There are several contradictions and flaws within this contrived society that is supposed to be so seamless‚ and this seems to stem from the fact that he seems to have
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but such a system would have to take for granted Hobbes’ values and rationality—it would not work ‘right out of the box’ as deontology or utilitarianism does; more on this later. For now‚ let’s assume that our purpose will require an appeal to a Pareto Superior alternative to Hobbes. Theories abound of how to do this‚ but we need one that can do this without permitting state coercion‚ while also accounting for morality. Unfortunately‚ it is difficult‚ though not impossible‚ to find compelling examples
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Thomas Hobbes and John Locke both set out important arguments on the nature of government that continue to influence the way in which we think about the relationship between the governed and the government. Compare and contrast Hobbes’ and Locke’s arguments‚ with specific reference both to their reading of the “state of nature” and the kind of contract that each imagines to exist in the very concept of a governed community. Although each is making claims to a universal understanding of man‚ to what
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glorified and upheld onto the high grounds of acceptedness and agreement. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke‚ two individuals responsible for voicing their beliefs on the topic of the roles and forms of government on the world and on civilians‚ both faced this very controversy in the way that they spoke of the beliefs that they shared‚ in which contrasted
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES METRO MANILA SECOND REGULAR SESSION Begun and held in Metro Manila‚ on Monday‚ the twenty-second day of July‚ nineteen hundred and ninety-six [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8203] AN ACT OF PROHIBITING COUNTERFEIT DRUGS‚ PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Title – This Act shall be known as the "Special
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Why did the Weimar Republic fail to stand up to Nazism?: PASS NOTES. 2. 1929-1933: The Depression NAZI STRENGTHS 1. What were Hitler ’s Talents? 2. How did the party change following the Beer Hall Putsch? 3. How did the party change following the Depression? The 1930s were turbulent times in Germany ’s history. World War I had left the country in shambles and‚ as if that weren ’t enough‚ the people of Germany had been humiliated and stripped of their pride and dignity by the Allies
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What factors‚ for Plato and Aristotle‚ were critical in the construction of a state? Before one examines the construction of the State in the eyes of two famous classical thinkers‚ one must first understand what a State is. A State can be defined as a group of people settled in a specific geographical location where‚ through interdependency and order‚ a livelihood can be achieved. Plato and Aristotle‚ both great philosophers‚ contributed to the world of politics today‚ their views and ideas on what
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According to Plato a property that is abstract or quality is considered a form; if you were to take a property of a certain object and separate the property from the object‚ that itself would contemplate a form. A basketball could be taken for example here where you can take the roundness of the object being the basketball in this case and separate the roundness from all of the other properties the basketball has like the weight and the color‚ focusing only of the roundness would be the form of
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Descartes and Hobbes: Indubitable Truth In the early 17th century‚ a period known as the Scientific Revolution‚ French philosopher Rene Descartes developed an alternative approach to expanding knowledge and understanding of the world from the traditional Scholastic Aristotelianism. In 1640‚ English philosopher Thomas moved to France to escape the English Civil War. This around the time when Descartes wrote his famous works Discourse on the Method in 1637 and Meditations in 1641. Hobbes began writing
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The Apology is written by Plato of Socrates’ trial‚ at 70 years of age Socrates was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens. Plato’s account consists of three speeches that were given by Socrates during this trial. Socrates speaks before the men of Athens‚ his jury‚ in 399 BCE and confesses he has forgotten who he was‚ he then recollects who he is‚ and finally he proclaims who Socrates is. The trial began with the prosecutors presenting their case against the accused before the
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