Back in the early civilizations of China‚ there was a major controversy between two different ideologies: Legalism and Confucianism. Legalism was a political philosophy that taught that a powerful and efficient government is key to maintain order and control over an empire. This ideology supports the fact that rulers should be strong and govern through force because people are naturally bad. Confucianism‚ on the other hand‚ was preached by a man named Confucius‚ who strongly believed that rulers
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In Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought‚ Wolin attempts to provide an understanding of politics and the political and the characteristics of the space and discourse of political philosophy throughout history. While Wolin doesn’t claim the authority or ability to define political philosophy‚ he begins with the intention of studying the nature of the activity and its limits and developments. He sets up the inherent ties of the political to the public or commonwealth
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Literature Review: The Green Book In 1975‚ Muammar Gaddafi published al-Kitab al-Ahdar‚ The Green Book‚ which spelled out his political philosophy. It is considered a true reflection of the leadership style of the Libyan famous yet controversial leader. The book claimed that representative government‚ plebiscites‚ classes and political parties only foster dictatorship rather than democracy (Al Qaddafi‚ 1975). Due to this‚ it suggested a practical way of directly involving every individual in government
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In the film‚ man and nature were portrayed in a way which depicted co-existence equality. There was no clear distinction showing that one is superior to the other. Throughout the film‚ there was a constant interaction between the characters and nature. (SUSS‚ 2017) The images of granny working in agricultural fields‚ Mei playing with the tadpoles and getting dirty‚ their house being surrounded by climbers‚ tree tunnels and untamed wilderness work as reminders to remind us of the time when man and
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Likewise‚ Golding’s views on government and the Parliamentary system support his theory‚ in accordance with the tribal customs‚ and are reminiscent of the Law of Entropy: that all things eventually revert into a primitive state. On a sociological standpoint‚ the division of democracy and dictatorship clearly establishes the conflict between the two facets of human nature‚ demonstrating an inherent urge to descend into primitiveness. This was evident throughout the novel‚ as it imitated a deeply sinister
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Lao-Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher during the 6th century. Conversely‚ Machiavelli was an Italian historian‚ author‚ diplomat‚ philosopher‚ and politician that lived almost two thousand years later during the Renaissance. Although both are from completely different times and cultures; neither would disagree that leadership is essential in the success or failure of society. After all‚ at its simplistic core government is just a hierarchy of leadership that exist to serve its fellow citizens
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Romantic and Enlightenment thinkers were very interested in the natural world and human nature. They both looked at inspiration and nature as a great source of learning man’s limits in the natural world. They also looked to natural laws‚ the principles that governed nature and society‚ and respected them in all aspects of their lives. Mary Shelly was a Romanticist who took natural laws seriously in her novel Frankenstein which taught us not to challenge the natural world because nature will take
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William Golding‚ the author of “The Lord of the Flies” believes that everyone is born in which way they are able to do evil‚ as opposed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau who believes that people are influenced by their environment shapes us to be good or evil. I believe that Rousseau is correct‚ humans are influenced by their surroundings and are shaped to be good or evil depending on what they are and who they are around. “Rousseau believed that all citizens should participate in government or the contract
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Savage or Civilized The Second Discourse‚ written by Jean Jaques Rousseau in 1754‚ discusses the human state of nature. This work compares savaged men and civilized men‚ mostly in physical terms. Rousseau aimed to find the source of inequality in the human race‚ by stripping man down to his animalistic nature. He begins by discussing how a natural man uses his instincts for self preservation‚ like an animal. After this‚ he mentions how civilized men tend to compare themselves to each other‚
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In the world that Huxley has created‚the basic use form of education that is widely used that is is the form of hypnopaedia. Hypnopaedia means the reciting of information and repetition of that information to children while they sleep‚ as a form of conditioning. Messages are broadcasted into the minds of the young to control them as they get older. Through these subliminal messages‚ people are conditioned for the better of society through hypnopaedic slogans such as "a gramme is better than a damn
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