A good government continually has to make difficult choices in order to keep its people in a happy medium. ... The original government dilemma is freedom vs. order. The modern dilemma is freedom vs. equality. ... Equality is an important concept as well, but it is very unlikely that total equality would ever be obtained. ...
They all thought about what humans did in a free state of nature vs. a structured society. ... As well as what purpose government serves its people. ... All men had good ideas about equality even though they differed slightly in what they said. ...
Hamlet had to struggle to remain good at times and this caused him extreme anguish. ... He suffers because of the matters he was faced with such as his mother immediately remarrying, Ophelia committing suicide, as well as the dishonesty of others in the court, such as Guildenstern and Rosencrantz. ... I know the good King and Queen have sent for you." ... (Hamlet, II, ii., 590-593) He uses his newfound knowledge on how not to be good in order to ambush Claudius. ... As a tragic hero, Hamlet possessed good traits, as well as flaws, which led to his downfall. ...
In the game of risk I completely took over the board and in doing so used very good strategies as close as I could get to the strategies of Machiavelli. ... When Machiavelli says this he is in the middle of talking about how a Prince who acquires Princedom with merit instead of good fortune has an easier time maintaining the Princedom. ... Other people in my group signed a treaty that stated that one of them was to take over some countries while the other person helped him and took over some more countries as well. This treaty did not work as well as the people thought it would because they di...
The Guardians are to be wise and good rulers. ... Both Plato and Aristotle agree that justice exists in an objective sense: that is, it dictates a belief that the good life should be provided for all individuals no matter how high or low their social status (Hacker 91). ... They both had well thought out ideas and plans on how to build a better society. ...
All human beings are created the same, physically and psychologically: we have same capacity to learn from our experience and gain prudence and wisdom, as well as to kill each other. ... In his theory, Hobbs believed we decide on where to draw lines between good and evil, right and wrong according to our desires, when we don't have a commonwealth, and in commonwealth, by following sovereign's judgment. ... Nevertheless, there is no other judge who monitors sovereign's actions, but God, therefore there's no one confirming sovereigns attempts of preserving social well being...
