explored through the perspectives of Niccolo Machiavelli who provides insight on power‚ John Locke who states the manner in which authority( the right to rule) is established‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ who shares the means in which authority’s maintained and Plato with his idea of legitimacy- rightfulness in rule. Machiavelli wrote an ontological political thesis of what power is observing that the manifestation of social conflict was because of the lust for domination which innately exists within any state
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its various forms and those who are in control of them have changed throughout as time has progressed‚ the concerns still are the same. Plato wrote about the influence that poets had on young people of his time in the same way that those who have analyzed this issue today have revealed the effects of literature and television on today’s children. Plato strongly states in his writing "The Greater Part of the Stories Current Today We Shall Have to Reject" that initially we should begin with
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Aristotle and Plato were two men with different theories. Although they had some aspects in common‚ each had their understandings and meanings. Here I will explain what were their beliefs and how these philosophers interpreted each word with its true value. Also with the information‚ I will try to undercover the meaning of why people used to say people were born either as a Platonist or as a Aristotelian. Between these two philosophers their were differences of character‚ temperament‚ background
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Morals and ethics is‚ of course‚ a subject that runs deep in the discussion of philosophy. People are faced with moral dilemmas everyday‚ which many times society decides without thoroughly exploring their options. Immanuel Kant‚ John Stuart Mill‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle are philosophers that focus on the topic of ethics‚ yet all have different outlooks. Kant is considered a non-consequentiality‚ which means he feels the intentions motives‚ and good will is more important than the results
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independent of the ruler. Thrasymachus and Hobbes believe that the powerful dictate law and order. On the other hand‚ Aristotle‚ Polemarchus‚ Socrates‚ and Plato believe that justice cannot be influenced by those of the ruler. I believe the best account of political justice is a combination of a few thinkers including those of Thrasymachus‚ Aristotle‚ and Plato. This account would borrow Thrasymachus’s idea that those who have power dictate justice; Aristotle’s idea that the well-being of the community would
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Free Will vs. Determinism Society walks about day-by-day living their lives and never really thinking or breaking down how their day unfolds or why it plays out the way it does. Some people have said that individuals have a choice and are able to decide on where their day goes. Others on the other hand would argue this assessment and state that your day and your life as whole are all pre determined. The different is free will vs. determinism. Do you believe we live in a free will world or has
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justice in order to ensure its legitimacy. The sense of justice however‚ can be open to conflicting understandings and we thus need to address justice as a concept. According to Plato‚ when one asks the question‚ what is justice? One is synonymously asking‚ what is the best form of a state? (Stirk and Weigall‚ 1995:2). Plato believed that the best form of the state is one in which each individual strives to be the best version of themselves and aspires to the state of goodness. This goodness would
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the similarities and differences between Rene Descartes and John Locke‚ David Hume and Plato. They believe in rationalism or empiricism respectively. Rationalist believed that an important group of fundamental concepts are known intuitively through reason‚ opposite to experience. For rationalist‚ the knowledge is innate and that it can¡¯t come from sources such as the senses. They are well known as Descartes‚ Plato. Empiricist argued that all ideas tracer ultimately back to experiences‚ such as sense
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under an obligation to obey. (Stirk and Weigall‚ 1995:39). Central to this tenet of authority is the idea that authority must have justice. This keys the question‚ what is justice? Which according to Plato is no different to asking what form of the state is idealistic. (Stirk and Weigall‚ 1995:2). Platos conclusion suggested that the best form of the state is the moral reordering of the whole of society (Annas‚ 1881:13) This suggests that morally society is to return to the way things ought to be in
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A long debate‚ are you made who you are or born that way. Nature vs Nurture has been a long debate where psychologists and biologist are trying to figure out if you are made into the person you are or born‚ there is many different documented cases and experiments along with a long study on criminals to decide if what they did was purely biological or previous events made them do it. In recent history scientists have focused on aspects of intelligence‚ aggression and sexual orientation. But when
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