As a SGA representative‚ I strongly believe that I can lend an open ear to those concerns‚ suggestions‚ and/or general questions of my fellow peers here at JMU. A vital aspect of the SGA is their commitment to serve the students and I am convinced that I can be the voice of the students here on campus. By doing this‚ I can also have the opportunity to let the students know where their student activities fees are going and ensure that they are put toward the best possible activities. Furthermore‚
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To what extent‚ and in which aspects‚ are Realism and Liberalism similar and different from each other? Introduction Realism and Liberalism are the two most prevalent ideologies in practicing and analyzing International Relations in the last two centuries. They are playing important roles in the states. They will directly affect the decision making of the governments and bring effects to the peace relations among countries. Realist mainly put a focus on state‚ power and national security. It was
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This whole setup of the social contract is the foundation of the American political system. Thomas Hobbes theory was that people together agreed to create a state and giving it just enough power to provide protection of their well-being. Once the state received the power‚ the people then gave up any right to that power. Giving up this power was worth the protection they needed. John Locke had accomplished many achievements
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In his book‚ “The Second Treatise of Civil Government”‚ John Locke discusses many parts of society. To me the most interesting discussion was his views on the state of nature and why we need government. Unlike Thomas Hobbes‚ who disliked the state of nature‚ Locke believed it to be an almost favorable environment for people to live in. Locke says in his book that all men can “order their actions‚ and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit‚ within the bounds of the law of nature”
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from the work of John Locke. John Locke was a 17th century writer who made many important contributions to modern political philosophy. He wrote the Second Treatise of Civil Government‚ a book that reflected Locke’s ideas of the State of Nature and how government should be run. Thomas Jefferson was an 18th century American politician and writer who drafted the Declaration of Independence. John Locke’s views formed the philosophical basis of the Declaration of Independence because John Locke’s views
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separated from the churches. Societies based on secularism started to form. The separation of the churches and governments did not happen everywhere‚ the writing of theologians is no exception. Communism and capitalism were on the rise. Karl Marx and John Locke were very influential writers during this time and thanks to them we start to see the governments‚ churches and societies we know today. Karl Marx played a major role in capitalism as we know it. He presented capitalism in a way that was beneficial
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Both John Locke and Thomas Reid make captivating remarks about personal identity and its ability to either span effortlessly through time or encounter instances where personal identity undergoes modification no longer allowing personal identity to be maintained through time. Locke offers an interesting perspective as he so eloquently cites what he believes the word person to signify and what he believes personal identity to be composed of‚ in this case consciousness or as Reid prefers to call it
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LEFT REALISM. Left Realism developed in the 1980s and is particularly identified with John Lea and Jock Young (1984). Left Realists are interested to find out why crime was increasing so significantly Left Realism is critical of the perspectives which sees longer prison sentences as the solution to crime‚ (Right Realists) but also oppose the views of left idealists. Therefore it developed as a response to traditional Marxist and neo-Marxist approaches (Left idealists)‚ which
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Locke‚ Berkeley & Hume Enlightenment began with an unparalleled confidence in human reason. The new science’s success in making clear the natural world through Locke‚ Berkeley‚ and Hume affected the efforts of philosophy in two ways. The first is by locating the basis of human knowledge in the human mind and its encounter with the physical world. Second is by directing philosophy’s attention to an analysis of the mind that was capable of such cognitive success. John Locke set the tone for enlightenment
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deem representative as a the “claims to be representative” by different actors‚ rather than an achievement‚ or outcome through election. The traditional views of representation‚ focusing more on whether the elctoral mechanism can induce the responsiveness and accountability of the representatives‚ such a mandate-independence and delegate–trustee frame‚ assumed there was a fixed and knowable set of unterests for the represented‚ which would limit the discussion and innovation of representative. As
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