DOCUMENTO DE TRABAJO N° 19 Deliberative Democracy and the Politics of Reason Maria Esperanza Casullo Agosto de 2007 1 Documento de Trabajo N° 19 María Esperanza Casullo 2007 SERIE “DOCUMENTOS DE TRABAJO” ESCUELA DE POLITICA Y GOBIERNO Universidad Nacional de San Martín www.unsam.edu.ar SERIE “DOCUMENTO DE TRABAJO” DE LA ESCUELA POLITICA Y GOBIERNO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTIN La serie de Documentos de Trabajo refleja parte de las actividades de investigación la
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The Athenian Government. Good morning‚ ladies and gentlemen and chairperson. Before I begin‚ I would like to point out some imperfections in the previous speaker’s case. She mentioned that........ (insert first rebuttal point) Also‚ she made the allegation that..... (insert second rebuttal point). Our first speaker praised our wondrous military. I will be continuing my team’s argument that Athens is far superior to Sparta by examining the mindset of the Athenian government. To prove/support my belief
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Socrates Anthology and Plato Plato: I: Apology 1. What are the charges brought against Socrates by his Athenian accusers and what is his reply concerning the sort of wisdom he in fact possesses? The charges that were brought against Socrates were corrupting the young and Impiety. Socrates says “If you ask me what kind of wisdom‚ I reply‚ wisdom such as may perhaps be attained by man‚ for to that extent I am inclined to believe that I am wise; Whereas the persons of whom I was speaking have a
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Thus‚ the Presidential system follows a track to democracy by giving the people the change to have a right in saying and choosing what they find best for their nation. However‚ in a parliamentary system the ideas are different. Its track to democracy is attempted when the people are included in the parliament and the power of implementing policies is not just restricted to one person. Also‚ the systems have in common the fact that they depend on legislature‚ which helps the systems to execute and
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confederacy of the Athenians‚ or the elite Spartan military. The combat supremacy of Athens and Sparta was not the only factor. Athens was a mighty empire and wished to expand its control. The Spartans feared Athenian power‚ and they entered hostilities with Athens under the pretext of freeing the Panhellenic people. In a display of strength‚ Athens decided to take Melos. Melos was a mostly neutral city-state‚ but the Athenians believed
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Democracy: Has it Always Been Focused on Equality? How does the society that gave us the democratic government of equality for all show such discrimination? Athenian government in ancient Greece was an incomplete democracy that has developed over time. The Treatment of women and foreigners in Euripides’ ancient Greek world is less civilized than in democratic societies existing today. In a society dominated by men‚ women had a severe bias put against them. Women had no control over their bodies
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talking about how he teaches his class‚ by naming the different types of literature they read throughout the school year. Then he says “I always have the option and the pleasure of asking a very smart group of students a revealing question: “What would Plato say?’” The author then starts talking about how ungrateful people are during his time. People are able to communicate with people all over the word and people can fly to places saving so much time just to get to their destination. Yet‚ people are unhappy
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The Republic of Plato explores the meaning of Justice from both an individual and societal point of view. It also looks into the incorporation of Justice into human society‚ in other words‚ how to create an ideal state of social order in a society. This is carried out through the various dialogues and arguments between Socrates and other individuals. During this process‚ Socrates gave a detailed analysis of the formation‚ structure and the organization of an ideal State‚ and through this‚ vindicate
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classes as women were treated fairer in Sparta. Finally‚ A similarity is religion because religion was the exact same throughout all of Greece. One major difference between Sparta and Athens is education. Spartan education is more militaristic while Athenian education is more general. Spartan boys are educated and trained to fight in order to create
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Women in Athens and Sparta “Men are free to roam outside‚ but the women must stay inside.” (Unknown Athenian)‚ this was true for most of human history‚ and Ancient Athens was no different. However in Ancient Sparta it was much different from the rest of Greece‚ and for that matter a majority of civilizations. Usually when people think of Athens they think of the Golden Age of Athens (480-322 B.C.) and think that men and women are prospering throughout Attica and it was more like the Roaring 20s
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