The Unknown Citizen "The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. Auden‚ is a commentary on government and the materialism of modern man. The poem is written in the form of an obituary inscribed on a monument built by the government in commemoration of an average‚ upstanding‚ and decent community member. Throughout the passage‚ the speaker lists facts about the citizen’s life which he believes prove that the deceased was a valuable person. In actuality these facts represent nothing more than the socially accepted
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To start off‚ the Declaration of Independence mentioned many issues that were addressed by both Thomas Aquinas and Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ and especially by John Locke. The Declaration of Independence text begins as: “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. (Archives.gov‚ 2015) The Declaration of Independence and the Constitutions
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By the 1960’s the United States was on the brink of a major social change and President John F. Kennedy knew it. The 60’s to the 80’s were known as the decades of change. (JFK and the 1960’s) The more autocratic change of power in the federal government allowed the president more control after the New Frontier and Great Society‚ which was caused by the shift in the Civil Rights Era and by civil tension in the counterculture from the Vietnam War and Watergate. The shift in power which gave the president
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Rights Movement practiced similar methods as the Civil Rights Movement to gain recognition‚ which included sit ins‚ protesting injustice by marching on the streets‚ and bringing many cases to the courtroom. In the early 1800’s‚ a number of people with disabilities were placed in institutions where they dealt with poor living conditions. Since then‚ we began to see some progress including the classification of Mental Disorders‚ Education for the Mentally Disabled and Deaf‚ Institution for the insane
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Hobbes vs. Locke vs. Rousseau/ State of Nature/ Allam/ 2013 “I am at the point of believing‚ that my labor will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato. For Plato‚ also is of the opinion that it is impossible for the disorders of the state ever to be taken away until sovereigns be philosophers . . . I recover some hope that one time or other this writing of mine may fall into the hands of a sovereign who will consider it for himself‚ for it is short‚ and I think clear.” -The Monster of
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Rio Declaration on Environment and Development The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development‚ Having met at Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992‚ Reaffirming the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment‚ adopted at Stockholm on 16 June 1972‚ and seeking to build upon it‚ With the goal of establishing a new and equitable global partnership through the creation of new levels of cooperation among States‚ key sectors of societies and people‚ Working
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"The Unknown Citizen" is an occasional poem. That is to say‚ it is a poem written to mark a specific occasion or event. The occasion is indicated in the lines contained in parenthesis that precede the body of the poem. As these lines indicate‚ the poem is a written monument that functions like a cenotaph: it commemorates a fallen man whose identity is unknown. However‚ unlike the soldier who falls in a battle of war‚ the battle this individual appears to be unwittingly a part of is a social battle as
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Maroukis 9-18-2012 Declaration Of Independence The Declaration of Independence is a document that was written by the continental congress and tommas Jefferson in perticular to the king of england and the english parlament. It was written as a statement to the english that the
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Faculty of Business and Law UWE BA (Hons) Tourism Management– Year 2 Module: Human Resource Management (UMPD3E -20-2) Module Leader: Anthony Fenley Student Number: 12022651 Definition The psychological contract has been defined as ’A set of unwritten reciprocal expectations between an individual employee and the organization’ (Schein‚ 1978) and ’…the perceptions of the two parties‚ employee and employer‚ of what their mutual obligations are towards each other’ (Guest and Conway
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Modern international human rights law began to be developed due to the tragic events that took place during World War 11. In response to these events the United Nations was created and the United Nations Charter adopted. The key purposes of the United Nations is to promote co-operation between the nation states‚ to assist in solving humanitarian‚ economic and cultural problems that arise between states and to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms regardless of race‚ religion
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