Mio Du Jiayu March 11th These days we are focusing on the topics of Confucius’ social and political philosophy. After finishing readings of this section‚ I would like to give reflections that mainly about Confucius’ view on governing and analyze the traditional culture and administration of our country. This essay will present my opinions about the merits and demerits of nowadays Chinese society’s government. First‚ let us deal with something that Confucius would say that Chinese
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Thomas Hobbes was a seventeenth century English philosopher who questioned the extend of acceptable revolution. Hobbs claimed himself to be a ‘revolutionary’ thinker‚ and believed he had the secret to a perfect government. (Williams) Because Hobbes was a gentle man‚ and hated all violence and war‚ he viewed violent protests as absurd. Hobbes believed humans naturally were not social or political‚ but cunning‚ malicious‚ and bound to fight. Therefore‚ he believed it necessary for humanity to create
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354 in a North Africa province part of the Roman Empire. Growing up in the Roman Empire was a major influence on his work. He is well known for his theological teaching on Christianity and developed much of its doctrine. Augustine wrote on political philosophy as well and developed his own ideas on what the ideal state is. Augustine believes that government is an act of God and its function is to allow people to live good lives. The state is a part of God’s ultimate plan. The type of government
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Paige Rump Mr. Clark AP Language and Composition 23 October 2011 Modern columnists all have different political philosophies and each of them have their own ways of making their opinions evident in their writing. Some of these writers are liberal and some are conservative. Some of them believe in a strong national defense while others believe in a strong social safety net. Columnist‚ Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post‚ is a conservative. She supports moralistic ideals such as lower
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between Thomas Hobbes natural state of man and Jean Rousseau’s natural state of man‚ where there is no society or government over us‚ is whether man in naturally selfish and out for his/her own personal gain and protection or if we would naturally come together for the betterment of all persons and cooperation. I will first be talking about Hobbes’ view point of the state of nature of man and then Rousseau’s objection to Hobbes and his differing thoughts about the state of nature of man. Thomas Hobbes
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2. Hobbes claims that without a government to enforce law and order‚ we would find ourselves in a “war...of every man against every man.” What reasons does he give for believing this? Do you think he is right? Hobbes argues that when there is no government or civil authority in place‚ humans are living in a state of nature. This state is what Hobbes calls a war‚ “of every man against every other man” (Leviathan pg.106). Since there is no order in place‚ everybody can then claim anything they want
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In the Article On Kindness Thomas Hobbes views the act of kindness as a “psychological absurdity”. He believes that it is a selfish act only committed for self-pleasure for the true beast inside man. Nearly two centuries later it is clearly evident that mankind still believes in the principal of self-interest‚ and yet those individuals who do decide to be a part of society and show acts of kindness are viewed by eyes of suspicion because‚ are they committing an act of kindness based on benefits?
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In the film V for Vendetta‚ James McTeigue uses visual and verbal techniques to communicate significant ideas to the audience. The televised speech scene shows the character V as he infiltrates Jordan Tower and broadcasts his personal message out to the people of England. In this scene‚ McTeigue uses techniques such as cross-cutting and out-of-shot‚ over-the-shoulder shot and dialogue. These techniques are important because they effectively develop characters such as Evey and show the impact that
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become more involved in state politics. Grade: User Responses: Feedback: 1 c.Government should not obstruct individuals’ efforts to obtain property. ________ often predict the degree and type of political participation‚ which shapes political culture. a. b. c. d. e. Political values Demographic factors Community-oriented economics Individual incentives Group dynamics Grade: User Responses: Feedback: 4. 1 c.individualism Which of the following attributes is associated
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St. Augustine is a fourth century philosopher whose groundbreaking philosophy infused Christian doctrine with Neoplatonism. He is famous for being an inimitable Catholic theologian and for his agnostic contributions to Western philosophy. He argues that skeptics have no basis for claiming to know that there is no knowledge. In a proof for existence similar to one later made famous by René Descartes‚ Augustine says‚ “[Even] If I am mistaken‚ I am.” He is the first Western philosopher to promote
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