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    an undesirable result. Both William Lyon Phelps and Bertrand Russell strongly support their stance on the difference between certainty and doubt. Phelps is opinionated towards certainty; he supports an optimistic lifestyle and believes that “the absolute sense of certainty...can get [anyone] to accomplish virtually anything” (Phelps). On the contrary‚ Russel has a more realistic view of life; he understands that our world lacks guaranteed perfection and by “[entertaining] our opinions with some measure

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    Ronald Reagen was a former radio announcer and actor making him seem unreliable to lead our country to stability‚ but he proved everyone wrong when he got elected as president of the United States in 1981 with 67% of the votes. Reagan was a republican and he gathered large support in debates. He was in office during some very historical

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    attribute‚ Kant then argued that reason was the second most important human attribute and therefore was possible to set up valid absolute to set up valid absolute moral rules on a basis of reason alone‚ not by reference to any supernatural being or by empirical evidence but by the same kind of logical reasoning. According to Kant’s the first requirement for an absolute moral truth is must be logically consistent evidence. Meaning to say here‚ every single action taken by the public administrators

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    France with more absolute power than any other French monarch‚ however‚ this power wasn’t used to France’s advantage. Louis XVI believed in the divine right of Kings‚ therefore‚ it was his conviction that he was directly connected to God. Consequently‚ the King justified his absolute rule over the citizens of France. The foundation of this government‚ the Ancien Regime‚ was the political system of France prior to the French Revolution where King Louis established his absolute power. The French people

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    Absolute poverty is defined as the theory of staying hunger because foods are limited among everyone‚ becoming ill yet unable to see a doctor because health care is not available‚ and being aloof from education due to the lack of opportunities. Absolute poverty is the worst degree of poverty and it often happens in under-developed countries which are referred to as ‘the Third World’. According to World Poverty by Justin Healey‚ absolute poverty kills over eight million lives every year and it

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    are both brothers. They were both pretty extravagent‚ and they were the absolute monarchy. That’s why the French Kings were known as the Sun Kings. The French Kings had supreme authority. Examples are King Louis XIV declared himself as the state which in 1787 King Louis XVI proclaimed whatever he said was the law. They had absolute power. So King Louis XVI wanted to remain all-powerful‚ he didn’t like how he lsot power during the French Revolution so attempted to flee with Marie Antoniette

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    Hobbes argues that the sovereign’s absolute authority is vital to the self-preservation and maintenance of civil peace of the commonwealth. Without these‚ there would be civil war and chaos. He believes that the benefits of having a sovereign outweigh the disadvantages‚ despite the many rights that the sovereign is entitled to. This is why Hobbes believes that those living under the rule of the sovereign still exercise freedom. For Hobbes‚ liberty is defined as the ability to act in accordance to

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    Governments collapse due to revolutions and corruption. This is due to the flaws in those governments that give the people too much power. Niccolo Machiavelli’s idea of an absolute secular monarchy addresses these issues. The problems that people bring into politics are removed‚ and a king is put in place to make society flourish. Niccolo Machiavelli’s absolute secular monarchy is the ideal form of government because it prevents the selfish people of society from uprooting the government‚ provides

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    Absolute ethic issues has only two sides either good or bad or black or white. Relative ethics is complicated and have multitudes of sides with varying shades of gray. Absolute is just being one or the other. Unethical behavior like bribery‚ extortion‚ excessive force and perjury are all unacceptable behavior police. In Relative Ethics the community can start to accept wrong behavior like looking away while police officers deal in drug trafficking.This is an example officer improper and illegal

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    government known as an absolute monarchy‚ or absolutism. Although this has been “regarded as the best example of the practice of absolute monarchy‚” it could also be argued that the government of the day was more of a hybrid of absolutism. To begin with‚ the question needs to be answered‚ “What is an absolute monarchy?” With so many different systems of government‚ including more than one version of monarchy itself‚ it can be easy to confuse one with another. By definition‚ an absolute monarchy is a form

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