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    Wealth Wealth‚ money‚ gold‚ property‚ possession‚ prosperity‚ treasure‚ luxuriance… You probably heard these words millions of times in your life time‚ but have you considered what they actually mean? What is their meaning to you? What is the value they hold in the world? How are they seen in our everyday life? There are thousands of questions that can be asked about this one aspect of life. The question I want to discuss in this paper differs from all the typical ones. My question is: “How did

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    The Change In Democracy

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    On the Change in Democracy and its Evaluation and Analysis The word “democracy” comes from the Greek words demos‚ meaning “the people‚” and kratia‚ meaning “rule.” The word democracy then translates as “the people rule.” However‚ throughout history‚ the idea of democracy has changed. An analysis of the change in the idea of democracy after 1814 reveals that: campaigning and ambition stopped being horrific words‚ property ownership ceased to be a requirement for voting‚ and equality got a new meaning

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    Athenian Democracy

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    The Athenian Democracy was classified as a direct democracy which means that they were a form of government in which a group of just ordinary people make decisions. Any male citizen could make a decisions but women‚ slaves and others were not allowed and were born elsewhere. Even though it was made up of male Athenians and women didn’t have much right‚ the people in a way were all treated equally. The Athenian democracy pretty much dissolved due to numerous changes. The Athenian government was broken

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    Philosophy and Democracy

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    1. RONALD DWORKIN: According to Dworkin‚ democracy is an egalitarian perception to political equality (). Dworkin argues for a substantive approach to democratic procedure; in effort to secure an equal distribution of political power to citizens as a whole (9; 117). Dworkin’s consequential approach classifies two types of political decisions: “choice-sensitive” and “choice-insensitive” issues (132). Dworkin defines choice-sensitive issues in terms of justice that: “depends essentially on character

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    EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY

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    EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY  South Asian countries have fundamentally regarded economic development as a political matter.  Another thing that differentiates South Asia is her commitment to egalitarianism in terms of planning.  In terms of guiding beliefs‚ there is a similarity between South Asia and the West. However‚ a time dimension is involved.  During West Asia’s development period‚ social welfare was still in its early stages.  Social welfare was part of abstracts by scholars and even rebels

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    The Philippines And the struggle for democracy The second half of the 20th century brought many new countries in Southeast Asia. A majority of these countries began to use western democracies to shape their government. The Philippines is among the newly democratized developing states. The Philippines has been directly influenced by the United States in developing its autonomy as a democracy. Because of continuing corruption and dynastic rule‚ contradictions in political culture‚ and semi-authoritarian

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    The Paradox of Democracy

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    is conducted in accordance with excellence.” (Aristotle‚ N. Ethics 1295a- 25) In terms of Democracy‚ Plato and Aristotle differ extensively. For instance‚ Plato considers Democracy as a fundamentally corrupted form of government‚ where the possession of power rests upon the will of the masses‚ which for Plato are incapable of achieving true knowledge. Conversely‚ Aristotle recognizes Democracy among the best forms of governance. However‚ he argues that democratic rule‚ if exercise in the form

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    California Democracy

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    What is democracy? And most importantly is the United States and California Democratic? One of the first societies that exercised democracy was Athens. The Athenian people were democratic and valued political affairs. Thought out 594 B.C.E to 338 B.C.E democracy in Athens flourished. To the Greeks‚ democracy meant that the people ruled (L). Now we define democracy as popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty is when the people are the ultimate source of authority and the government does their bidding

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    poverty trapped in a vicious cycle. Clearly‚ the redistribution of wealth would be beneficial in our society as a whole. Imagine if each child in America had equal life chances‚ then the county as a whole would benefit for generations to come. The question is not whether or not something need to be done rather how we as a society can create equal life chances for all of Americans children. In my opinion‚ redistribution of wealth is a great place to start. The tax system of our country unfairly benefits

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    Australian Democracy

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    Essay on Democracy and Citizenship in Australia “Australia is an excellent example to the world of a democracy which values the participation of its citizens in all levels of government. Discuss” In this essay I will examine the development of Australian society and subsequent rights given to Australian citizens‚ thus addressing the guiding question as quoted at the top of the paper. Australia is run by a democratic system at all 3 levels of government (Federal‚ State and Local). Democracy means

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