The Enlightenment was a philosophical movement of the 18th century that emphasized the use of reason to analyze previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms and that is why it was also called the "Age of Reason-. ... His ideas not only influenced later Enlightenment thinkers, but also America and France because you can see that these ideas were expressed in the American Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man. ... In conclusion, Locke and Voltaire made a great a great impact on many countries because through them the...

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From the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson stated that everyone is free to the pursuit of happiness. Now days this right in the Declaration of Independence seems to have faded away with the ever increasing laws of this country. ... In part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. ... This also falls into the issue of euthanasia, which is that matter of bringing about of a gentle death in the case of a incurable and painful disease. ... Politicians in the United States are very aware of the issues and how people feel about them. ...

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In contrast, both Rousseau's and Jefferson's essays "The Origin of Civil Society" and "The Declaration of Independence" are supportive of a republic. ... Rousseau and Jefferson in their essays "The Origin of Civil Society" and "Declaration of Independence" suggest that common people should be active in politics governing themselves (Rousseau 65, Jefferson 78). ... Rousseau and Jefferson did not explicitly write about the essential goodness of people, but their view of human rights implies that human are good enough to deserve these rights which are the right of liberty, the right to ...

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Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). ... In the United States, the First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism. ... He had helped the Americans in their conflict against Britain with his pamphlet Common Sense and possibly had also had a hand in writing the Declaration of Independence. ... " The crisis that happened was that he wanted America to separate from Britain for independence. ... The government responded t...

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The main focus of the state that locke maintained was only concerned about the people. ... John Locke had many theories about the government and the way it should be handled. ... John Locke had many good theories about people and their right that he felt very strongly about. ... Without a doubt John Locke had many good theories about people and their right that he felt very strongly about. ... When he was writing the Declaration of Independence Benjamin Franklin took many theories and ideas from Locke and incorporated them into Declaration of Independence. ...

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Morality is fundamentally about duty, the duty each individual has to abide by the natural law. ... The Founding Fathers, in the Declaration of Independence, speak of both natural rights and natural laws. ...

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Ever since the Declaration of Independence, when America broke away from England, the concept of liberty followed inevitably. ... Thomas Paine preconceived America gaining independence from England. ... However, Paine does not include the downfalls that would result if America were to seek independence. ... He claims American independence is inevitable whereby he convinces those who were uncertain about rebelling. ... Douglass is an example of how men will come up with different versions of this concept for the sole purpose of bettering their lives and the lives they care about. ...

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In his view, the liberal state led to the changes in the ideas about the laws. ... " Furthermore, the author believed that the new American state confirmed that ideals about morals were up to each individual's judgments. ... " Furthermore, the liberal state emphasized that politics were not about salvation but about personal rights, and focused on economics and property. ... Furthermore, the liberal state also gave people hope about a better life in the future. "All men are created equal"- as Thomas Jefferson wrote in Declaration of Independence, people could believe ...

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This argument reappears in the American Declaration of Independence in 1776. ... Locke talked about how a monarch can be overthrown, which I believe is an excellent idea that is still used today, and for example in America we can impeach the President. And Rousseau talks about the majority vote, which is needed to impeach a president for example, so both of there political ideas were so in genius that we still use them almost everyday. ...

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Along with being the father of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson had been the minister to France for the past four years. ... With both men's contrasting ideas, the debates between them on political theory, and U.S. policies brought about the basis for party politics in the U.S. ... In the Declaration of Independence he wrote, "All are men created equal." ...

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This revolution came about with the election of Andrew Jackson. ... The case was brought about when Georgia declared the Cherokee Nation not real and made their own laws for the Indians. ... In "The Working Men's Declaration of Independence," (Doc A) George Henry Evans, a leader in the American Workers" Movement, basically states that he feels that the working class is treated in a much worse way than the upper classes. ...

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In the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke speculated about how politics must confront the issue "of freedom the will of the individual"(Locke, 43) and how their freedom must be subject to "constant, certain, and known principals"(Locke, 44), so that when conflicts of justifying rights emerge the government will have a guide by which to reference their decision against. ... Hurston was warned about wearing religious tee-shirts in the workplace, while Judeo-Christians were permitted to express Judeo-Christian themes on their clothing"(Hurston v. ...

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When they perceive as (if they were) isolated individuals, their actions become both selfish and cowardly, for "as soon as each man gets to thinking about his personal danger, he becomes worthless and weak, his virtu vanishes; his actions begin to undermine the community and produce his isolation" Two crucial concepts are thus drawn regarding the citizen: that individual diversity is a necessity within the state, and that there must be an interactive dynamic and collaboration between its citizens. ...

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