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    Title: The title of my book is That was Then‚ This is Now. Author: The author of my book is S. E. Hinton. Main Characters: The Main Characters in my book are Brian‚ Mark‚ Charlie‚ Eminem‚ Cathy‚ Angela‚ Chepard‚ and Also the Mom. Setting: The setting in my book is a lot of different places‚ the main place was at the Inner City. It also took place at the Bar and in Mark and Brian’s house. Most of the time it took place at the house. Conflict: The conflict is that the two best friends Mark and

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    The Rise and Fall of the Social Contract Anywhere from 25% to 66% of households in the U.S. today belong to the middle class‚ but what exactly determines if a worker or family is considered middle class? How was the middle class created‚ and which events have had an effect on the middle class over the decades? This paper aims to answer those questions‚ as well as taking a look at the impact of specific collective bargaining gains and attacks on public sector bargaining. The middle class is

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    Michaelmas Essay 1 Charlotte Yeldon Words 1‚997. Is the aim of the social contract to establish freedom‚ equality or merely ‘peace’? How far is it successful‚ and at what cost? (Hobbes‚ Locke‚ Rousseau) The Social Contract is a theory that originated during the Enlightenment‚ which addresses the questions of the origin of society and the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual. Social contract arguments typically posit that individuals have consented‚ either explicitly

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    Mario Llanos Ms. Burleson Philosophy 1301 11/26/13 A World of Freedom and Security In a world that freedom is guaranteed‚ you are able to do as you please. This place is great to be if there was a way to insure that everything you own will be safe and that people who destroy what’s yours will be penalized and justified. Life without rules is a place that can be chaotic when there is no one to help you protect your property. For a better world to be formed‚ people will have to give up

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    Thomas Hobbes and the Social Contract When analyzing the modern social contract theorists‚ one must take into account the conditions that the philosopher was living in while devising his social contract. Each theorist: Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ John Locke and Thomas Hobbes all have the same idea but each has his theory rooted in very different beliefs. Rousseau formulated his theory in the middle of the French Enlightenment and the same theory breathed life into the intellectual basis for the French

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    SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY Social contract theory (or contractarianism) is a concept used in philosophy‚ political science and sociology to denote an implicit agreement within a state regarding the rights and responsibilities of the state and its citizens‚ or more generally a similar concord between a group and its members‚ or between individuals. All members within a society are assumed to agree to the terms of the social contract by their choice to stay within the society without violating the contract;

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    the human beings would work just according to the id this could have severe repercussions. For example a man desires extra land to harvest crops‚ as it would give him more food. The only way to obtain this land would be to take over his neighbour’s land‚ if this man complied according to his id‚ he would take over the land immediately. However this move could cause the man to maybe loose his own land‚ as the neighbour would not take kindly to this trespass and retaliate. Thus the ego operates according

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    liberty‚ which they possessed in the state of nature - How political authority became legitimate. * "Man is born free‚ and everywhere he is in chains." -> These chains result from the obligations that each person has to the community. * This sense of communal duty is founded upon convention -> Denies that a legitimate‚ political authority can be found in the state of nature. - Oldest and only natural society is the family * Children are only bound to their father as long they depend

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    only allowed to live in a state of freedom. Rousseau came to this conclusion based on his observations of the French Enlightenment; which he saw as a time where people lost their freedom. He concluded that without freedom one cannot trust another‚ and form alliances ; without this ability Rousseau believes humans would perish. Additionally‚ Rousseau thinks there should be a democratic government. Such as the social contract

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    A social contract is an agreement between citizens and their ruler. It defines the rights and duties of both the ruler and their citizens. Social contract theory is a notion that denotes an implicit agreement within a state regarding the rights and responsibilities of the state and its citizens. All members within a society are assumed to agree to the terms of the social contract by their choice to stay within the society without violating the contract. A violation would mean an attempt to return

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