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    How to teach values education in a corrupt society? In our corrupt society‚ there is one line attached to all the corrupt officers of the government‚ the line goes like this‚ “It is all right to steal provided you do not get caught.” Despite the dysfunctional environment we find ourselves in today‚ teachers need to teach and reinforce essential values in everyday schooling. These begin with values we learn at home and end with societal norms we need to advocate to make this country of ours

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    texts allowed people to have more access to education; the literacy rates went up and new discoveries and ideas arose guiding mankind to a period of time that is known for the great advances‚ ideas and discoveries that became the fundamental base for today’s political and scientific ideologies. These new political and scientific philosophies of the enlightenment era marked a shift in the European history as during this period‚ the “human ability to reason was glorified.” John Locke was an English

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    about what life was like before there was suitable societies‚ and governments. Two prominent theorists that address the state of nature are Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. People are inherently evil according to Hobbes‚ who alleged that individuals will look out for their own self interest before that of anyone else‚ resulting in a lawless and hostile environment. On the other end of the spectrum is John Locke. Mankind is inherently good according to Locke. He argues that humans have the ability to push

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    1. Locke is arguing that even though God created matter; out of all the matter there is that can produce material things; those material things do not know God exists. Material substances as well as ourselves are not made to last eternally. Therefore‚ a person should not find satisfaction in materialistic things. Another part of Locke’s argument that I noticed is that a person cannot rely on these things to please God. Matter is constantly changing into different forms; while God does not. If we

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    Fish that swim in the ocean do so by natural right and not out of some legislation that allows it. Here then are John Lockes own words on the subject: "The main intention of nature‚ which willeth the increase of mankind‚ and the continuation of the species in the highest perfection" "The people can not delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves." "The end of law is not to abolish or restrain freedom‚ but to preserve and enlarge freedom

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    John Locke is known as a great philosopher who helped create and shape the world as we know it. He was born on August 29‚ 1632‚ to his parents John Locke‚ and Agnes Kneene‚ in Wrington Somerset. His family was known as a liberal Puritan family. He went through different types of schooling throughout his time‚ while facing some challenges here and there (Clapp). Locke was known as a English empiricist moral‚ political philosopher‚ he studied at Westminster School‚ where he studied Hebrew and

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    laws of motion. The laws of motion gave people a better understanding regarding movement which helps people today in space travel and mechanics. The world would be a better place without John Locke for many reasons. One good reason would be that if he didn’t exist there wouldn’t be a lot of abortion issues around the world and especially in the United States. The reason why there are a lot of abortion issues today in the United States is because John Locke influenced Thomas Jefferson and when Jefferson

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    paragraph essay: How does having power corrupt people? Cite 3 pieces of evidence from the two texts that you have read to support your answer. ( You must have 1 piece of evidence from each essay) Having power can make people crazy and do crazy things.Power can lead people into bad situations and it can make them think that they are in charge of everything.Power can even affect ones who were not crazy from the start. Power is a very strong force or act that people can have in everyday lives.The jobs

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    majority of people did what they were told. For this reason‚ dictators and monarchs were able to do as they please without much opposition. John Locke and Galileo Galilei both stated that God has endowed humans with reason to make rational choices. Both argue that each human should question ideas as they desire. Humans should not obey an authority figure without reason. Their ideas provided society with new ways of viewing life. “The second Treatise of Government” written by John Locke and “Science

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    humans‚ it is our natural instinct to do whatever it takes to survive. The state of nature describes man before any type of civil society is introduced. John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were both social contract theorists that have two very different opinions about how exactly we behave and what type of governing body would be most successful. While both Hobbes and Locke agree that individual power must be forfeited in order to achieve peace‚ Hobbes’s idea of how much power is extreme. Locke’s theories

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