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    matters most (Kant‚ 2012). The mayor can only because if he gives unmerited tenders and contracts. If the people got their contracts on merit‚ then there is no problem mayor being gifted. However‚ it should be noted that such gifts if persistence may corrupt one’s morality. On the other hand‚ the college instructors should not be giving her student’s similar exams every time and gain. This does not signify her developments regarding her curricular delivery and test. When presented with similar questions

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    feudal monarchy had defined Western politics.This finally came to an end when the power balance kept between king and nobles was undone in the 17th century. In many countries‚ after religious wars‚ monarchs had gained new powers; reducing the pressure from nobles and chances of revolt. France was the model for this new pattern‚ now the most important nation in the West. French kings steadily built up their power in the 17th century; they stopped c onvening medieval parliament and passed laws as

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    The Haitian government has been plagued with corruption from the beginning of its existence. Haiti has been faced with many foul leaders and thus brought times of despair for the Haitian people. The empowerment of poor leadership has led to a country that "has never known a period free of tyranny‚ repression‚ political conflict‚ racial animosity‚ and economic hardship" (Haggerty). Haiti’s capital‚ Port-au-Prince‚ is a place where "kidnappings and street crime are rampant‚ and the undermanned police

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    THOMAS HOBBES : ABSOLUTE MONARCHY IS THE BEST GOVERNMENT Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher who is known by everyone up to this day century for his philosophies about political philosophy. Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5‚ 1588. He was born in Westport‚ near Mamesbury‚ Wiltshire‚ England. He receives his college education at Oxford University in England. Thomas Hobbes was not only a philosopher but he was a political science‚ academician ‚ historian‚ philosopher ‚ and journalist. Leviathan

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    ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE SURPLUS VALUE: A REVIEW ESSAY In contemporary social science‚ the concept of “value” has attained currency in such disciplines like Economics‚ Sociology‚ Political science etc. in these disciplines‚ value is considered as those essentials needed by members of a society. It is further seen as scarce resources pursued by competing groups. Value in political economy‚ basically refers to that portion that creates wealth or the so called reward for the “risk taker”‚ the entrepreneur

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    assume a modest office on the lower end of the long ladder of the Roman political career. however‚ Julius Caesar was not like other Romans. At a young age he had realized that money was the key to Roman politics as the system had by his time long been corrupt. When he was fifteen years old his father died‚ with him died the fatherly expectations that Julius Caesar should engage on a modest political career. Instead‚ Julius Caesar had set out to better himself. His first step was to marry into another

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    Why did Napoleon’s Leadership corrupt ? In the book Animal Farm ‚Orwell changes the leaders of the book many times I feel he does this to show how every leader runs the farm in different ways ‚but one really stood out to me the way Napoleon did when he was in control and the drastic changes he made to the farm. Napoleon became a leader because of his hard work on the farm‚ this happened towards the end of the book. All of the drastic changes mostly happen at the end of the book when Napoleon was

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    The "Will to Power" Nietzsche believed the will to power to be the fundamental causal power in the world‚ the driving force of all natural phenomena and the dynamic to which all other causal powers could be reduced. I believe Nietzsche in part hoped the will to power could be a theory of everything‚ providing the ultimate foundations for explanations of everything from whole societies‚ to individual organisms‚ down to simple lumps of matter. The will to power cannot be known. It must be understood

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    moving from a blue collar lifestyle to white collar‚ or to continue to further their career path. However‚ it comes with an “unavoidable result.” Alfred Lubrano discusses this “unavoidable result” in his text “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts.” Lubrano discusses the topic of how furthering ones education opens more possibilities but at the same time distances those held most dearly. He explains that the more knowledge gained‚ the bigger the gap caused between friends and family due to

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    The future generation is personally victimized by an overpowering and corrupt government. The world that the short story “Harrison Bergeron” establishes is based on equality; however‚ the government negatively controls society creating an inhumane society. George Bergeron demonstrates a significant amount of intelligence. Due to George’s above average intelligence he is forced by law to wear a handicap radio in his ear. This radio is linked and controlled by the government. The radio releases a piercing

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