In 1689, Locke wrote his most important and influential works on political philosophy called "Two Treatises on Government." ... From Locke's works, philosophies and ideas, America's founding fathers had a map of what a real democratic government should be like. ... Locke's ideas were Jefferson's ideas, Locke's philosophies were Jefferson's philosophies and through both of these people and many more of course came the mutual agreement of what a government should be, do, and what role it should play in society. ...

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Differently in Locke's state of nature humans do have rationality and they are, according to liberal philosophy, equal and free. The main point to be analysed in Locke's philosophy is what the role of the state should be. ... Even if it could be said that the state in Locke's philosophy has a positive role, since it makes sure that people's rights are not violated, at the same time this model of state cannot be viewed as democratic. ... "(Rousseau: book I, chapter 6) Both Locke and Mill's solution to protect human rights can be confuted and then improved by Rousseau&#x...

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An American identity began to form very earlier in the colonial era, and along with this came the "founding father " principles of freedom and equality, which are at the core of American philosophy. ... In his home country of France and throughout most of Western Europe, the church had an enormous authority over the citizens, often being inseparable from the government and directly influencing their political philosophy. ... In the mind of Tocqueville, the American democracy had the potential to flourish both economically and socially, but in order to achieve this, political and financial powe...

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Politics it self strived to find idealistic methods of politics and philosophy in the history and so now we are living in the capitalism and democracy society. ... These global politics events substantiate the sentence "Politics is pragmatic occupation with little room for ideals, ideas and philosophy."" ... Politics holds economy of certain country and to be profitable position among the trade with other countries, policy of government must be practical rather than searching for their ideology or philosophy in it. ... Government cannot maintain these broad situation and issues with one ide...

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Islamic Fundamentalism vs. Fascism This is the age of fear, inequality and extreme forms of government. The 20th century has seen the rise and fall of totalitarian governments and the terror and loss of human lives as a result. Today in the West, there is a new kind of terror - Islamic Fundament...

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Government who has the best answer? A question extensively debated that may seem to be a question without an end; since we can never really know if we have in fact instated the proper formulation of this concept of synchronized, cooperative, and rule abiding society by a means of a structured rul...

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The result of this philosophy is a society in which new freedoms are invoked to attain riches: the freedom to lie, the freedom to cheat, the freedom to steal "in short, the freedom to trample the rights of others. ...

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Power to the People According to the 2002 Britannica Encyclopedia; "Democracy is a philosophy of government in which supreme power is invested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free elections." ...

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Since legitimacy may be defined as "the belief the people have that government is based upon morally sound philosophies and that they should consequently obey it," then there must essentially be a connection between what the people want and what the government is doing if legitimacy is to take place. ...

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Social justice and democracy are two of the most discussed and argued concepts of political science, sociology, and philosophy. Democracy as we know of it today was not completely established until the 17th and 18th centuries during the Age of Enlightenment. During this time the Declaration of Indep...

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Beginning in the seventeenth century, there were many attempts to create unified and stable societies. One of these attempts was made by the Puritans, who had a strong desire to create a model society based on their beliefs. Whether or not the Puritans were successful in their quest for what they be...

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For example a prosperous business entrepreneur incentivized by the government may feel that the trade regulations are just and proper, however an economics professor may feel that regulations are excessive and biased according to his belief in economic philosophy and the government needs to change these laws. ...

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In contrast to Sparta, Athens provided the best model in ancient Greece. Based on its brilliant education system it was able to provide future civilizations with a Democracy. The distribution of rights to their citizens and city state society emphasized a system of freedom and equality, which allowe...

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It updates the 1999 New Agenda for Multicultural Australia, reaffirms its fundamental principles and sets strategic directions for multicultural policy for 2003-2006 with a specific emphasis on community harmonyAustralian multiculturalism is the philosophy, underlying Government policy and programs, that recognises, accepts, respects and celebrates our cultural diversity. ...

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Democracy is a debatable aspect and it centres on different perspectives that are held by different theorists. The heated debate of democracy includes the differing views concerning the definition of democracy, controversy over the suitable form of democracy since there are different forms, lack of ...

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Machiavelli argued against this Platonic philosophy. ... This is in stark contrast to the Platonic philosophy when man existed to serve the state, the basic idea being that ethics and politics are intertwined, its essential features overlapping. ...

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It was " an attack upon a variety of views that suggested the Constitution was not so much a practical political document as an expression of the elitist views based upon political philosophy and economic interests" (Roche, 30). ...

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Milkis Paper The Constitution of the United States makes no mention of political parties, yet parties began to form shortly after its ratification. Today American democracy would not work without them. In Political Parties and Constitutional Government: Remaking American Democracy, Sidney Milkis e...

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Propaganda among other sorts of techniques are used in three ostensibly opposed forms of governance to achieve similar goals. Bernays equated what propaganda is to a democratic society to what force is to a dictatorship. Wolfgang Schivelbusch's Three New Deals and John Garraty's New Deal, National S...

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The word "democracy," as well as the concept it represents, can be traced back to the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The beginnings of democracy can be credited to the Greeks of the sixth century BC. The word comes from two Greek words: demos, meaning "the people," and kratein, meaning "to ...

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