‘What I like so much about contemporary art now is its ambiguity‚ its uncertainty. It is precisely this quality that engages and unsettles us’ – Benjamin Genocchio‚ art critic. How does this view challenge traditional ideas about art? Discuss particular works such as installations‚ happenings and site-specific works. Audiences make pretentious judgements on artworks due to their ambiguity and uncertainty. However‚ traditionally site-specific art was created to exist in a specific place‚ rather
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What if it was revealed that the President of the United States was intentionally violating the Constitution? The very Constitution which our founding fathers had written 200 years ago to protect our freedom. What if‚ instead of apologizing‚ the President justified this gross violation with the intent of protecting our nation by a super-secret spy agency? That frightening scenario came into fruition in 2002‚ when in light of the 9/11 attacks‚ President Bush signed a secret order authorizing the NSA
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"So poor old Leviathan is dead. That stupid captain killed ....................................!" The others giggled and applauded. Then another troll began describing how Gordok had clipped the wings of dragon named Norbert he had shrieked like girl and the crowd roared
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ASSIGNMENT Department: Program: Course: Course Code: Assignment Number: Assignment Title: Lecturer: Date: Student: Registration Number: Mode of Study: Philosophy Bachelor of Accounting and Finance Business Ethics and Corporate Governance BAC 223 (One) An essay on the Theory of justice by John Rawls Mr. F D Bisika 7th March 2013 Steve Tseka – third year A-BAF/2013/1/45 Distance learning Page 1 of 5 Critical discussion on the central features of John Rawls’ Theory of Justice John Rawls is an American
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heap) 1618-1648 Thirty Years War (Bohemian‚ Danish‚ Swedish‚ French) 1642-1649 English Civil War 1648 Peace of Westphalia (Acknowledged Calvinists; HRE and Spain in decline‚ rise of France‚ Sweden‚ Prussia and Dutch) 1651 Hobbes’s Leviathan 1653-58 Protectorate in England 1687 Newton’s Principia (Universal Laws) 1688-89 Glorious Revolution and joint rule of William and Mary; English Bill of Rights; Locke’s Second Treatise on Government (Inalienable Rights—life‚ liberty‚ equality
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such a law‚ anarchy would give free rein to individuals in order to exploit each other‚ which directly contradicts Mill’s harm principle. The state is therefore necessary for the realisation of individual liberty‚ especially negative liberty. A “leviathan” neutral umpire would therefore be required to ensure that citizens are protected from others encroaching upon their individual liberty‚ in cases such as fraud‚ theft and aggression. However‚ it is argued by MIll that the state must remain minimal
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Rousseau vs. self-interest and progress In The Social Contract‚ Rousseau asserts the idea of the people’s General Will being the ideal governing force of the state. This idea is essentially the total alienation of each individual to the entire community‚ thus constructing the Sovereign. The collective body rules in the common interest‚ acting without individual bias or selfish concerns‚ to decide the laws that the Sovereign itself is to follow. However rightly intended‚ this concept is flawed
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1774 – Sir William Herschel was a well-established Newtonian-style telescope maker who discovered Uranus‚ two moons of Uranus and Saturn. He was the first to design and construct a giant reflector telescope‚ with his 40-foot telescope. 1845 – The Leviathan of Parsonstown‚ a Newtonian style reflecting telescope‚ was built in Ireland by William Parsons‚ 3rd Earl of Rosse - an Anglo-Irish Astronomer. It was the largest telescope ever built up to this point‚ and it was the first to detect the spiral arms
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Prewriting activities for Essay #2 A. Important Documents on the Rights of the Individual Magna Carta: It was the first document forced onto a King of England by a group of his subjects‚ the feudal barons‚ in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their rights. In 1215 the charter required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties and accept that his will was not arbitrary—for example by explicitly accepting that no "freeman" (non-serf) could be punished except through
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Global Absolution vs. Democracy Absolutism is the most effective government used during the seventieth and eighteenth centuries‚ unlike Democracy‚ which wasn’t as effective during these times. Absolutism is a form of government in which one person has complete power. There is Absolute Monarchy and some monarchs were known to have Divine Right. Divine Right is the belief that God gave the monarch the entitlement to rule. Absolute Monarchy is when the monarch doesn’t have constitutional limits
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