Politics is not the same as government although the two are entwined and do effect each other. ... It began in England with the rise of assemblies and factions against the government in power. ... (p 20) This theory of separate functioning branches of government was what preserved liberty of government. ... The source of political stability in Hanoverian England lay not in this supposed balance of powers, but in "two sets of groups of conditions, the one underlying, the other manifest". ... This set the pattern of unrest that would carry on for the remainder of the century. ...

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This society has removed God and Monarchs from the center of the Government. ... Through a different set of eyes you could see quite the opposite. ... The early biblical thinkers in America were known as the Puritans, armed with the Scriptures they were ready to set up a nation under the rule of God. ... The Democracy we speak of is this type of representative democracy that the Framers wanted to set up. ... When we look at the way we set up our government compared to the way the Puritans would have their government it is very similar. ...

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The government never took the time to realize that those cards would not solve anything. ... The government is able to abuse our rights by passing laws that makes it okay. ... So could our government. ... That did not stop our government from restraining our rights. ... Finally, we must demand that the government assure us that our rights are protected. ...

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Instead of a single man or a single government being the sovereigns, it was the government that is meant to serve the sovereign people. ... The king's unjust rule in the colonies had to be abolished and replaced with their own just government. ... When a government breaches simple "laws of nature" and also doesn't allow the further pursuit of property, it is right for the people to rebel against the unjust government within that society. ... According to him, most people are set in their own ways. ... The result was eventually a government where the people became the soverei...

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There are no democracy processes in this type of government. ... The cruelty inflicted by the government in the name of the state's greater good, already past its limit and it makes people try to rebel and deny government's authority. ... Her act of defiance suggested that the unyielding government in the Capitol could be swayed out of its set ways with a clever trick. ... It is shown by some actions taken by government (Panem) to stop the rebels. ... Another example of hard power used by the government is the way the government killed every single protester of the state and/or the...

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For Thoreau, a government has no use due to its injustice. ... Thoreau argues that government should be based on conscience and that citizens should cease associating with an unjust government. ... I cannot for an instant recognize that political organization as my government which is the slave's government also." ... The American government is a majoritarian democracy. ... Plato writes: "Do you think that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public life, and conducting myself in that sphere like an honourable man, had always upheld the cause of right, a...

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This in a essence highlights that there is no rule of law, or governmental authority to take charge of the states affairs. ... According to Locke, people would act freely without being restrained by any set up rules or laws that would curtail their freedom and happiness. ... The government wields limited power, which can be changed anytime by those who established them. ... This leads to his argument that "any form of government however worse it may be is better off than no government at all." ... How John Locke and Thomas Hobbes view the term "social contract" or government. ...

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In Leviathan, Hobbes explicitly sets out his moral and political philosophy with regard to human nature, the state of nature and an absolute sovereign in whom the power of the people is invested. ... Hobbes finds that men are competitive, defiant and desire to be glorified, and it is the resultant self-interested acts of men that set out the foundations upon which Hobbes' vision of the state of nature is constructed. ... In his book Wealth of Nations, Smith states that the government has three functions and none initiated any kind of government-regulated market or economy. ... Mill then i...

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He goes on to say "soft power rests on the ability to set the political agenda in a way that shapes the preferences of others." ... The main downfall of China is the communist ideology of their government. ... The fact of the matter is that the EU does not possess the social cohesion that must be present to set a unified front to challenge the United States. ... This creates coordination problems possessed by a non-sovereign government. ... Does the media create a skepticism of government? ...

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Government in Locke's society would not be legitimate without the power of the people. The government's main job is to serve and protect the people in society. ... There is a code or social contract in place in Locke's society that is set for everybody to follow regardless of who you are. ... All this put together allows for a more free society and limited government. ... In Locke's society the government has no sovereignty of it's own; therefore, if society and the members feel as if the government is impeding their individual rights and moral code, they have the abil...

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If the government does not do their job, the people have the right to overthrow it. ... Property, liberty and government are important symbols in these two books. ... Jack believes that Locke's views on the value of property and its relation to freedom and government are correct while Mary believes that Marx's view on the relation of liberty to property and government. ... This is where government comes in. ... "And in place of the numberless and feasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom-Free Trade. ...

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The state does not refer to countries, or societies, but to a specific set of institutions, distinct from those institutions that exist vis -vis the state. ... Anyone, or any group within society can organise as a pressure group and thereby seek to have its policy preferences reflected in government, or state, decisions. ... If the government were given the power to regulate or in any way to forbid efforts by organised interests to interfere in the political process, the government would in effect have been given the power to suppress freedom. ... The elitist theory states the following: Wit...

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Locke's state of nature coupled with Hobbes" form of civil government would make for a greater society. The Function of Civil Government as Argued by Locke The first thing Locke does is to distinguish between legitimate civil government and illegitimate civil government. ... This provides something not seen in the state of nature, an impartial judge to determine the severity of the crime and set a punishment, which is proportionate to the crime committed. ... This is the main reason that civil government is a vast improvement over the state of nature. ... Political power or a...

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It is important that the rulers who emerge must be a class of craftsmen who are public-spirited in temperament and skilled in the arts of government areas (Hacker 33). ... Plato sees the justice and law as what sets the guidelines for societal behavior. ... The polis was set up to allow political participation on the part of the average citizen (Hacker 80). ... The theory of Democracy that Aristotle derived states that democracy is a "perversion" form of government of "polity" (Hacker 92). ... Plato would never allow the full public participation in government as Aristotle would like...

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John Locke, like many before him, had an idea of how government and society should run. ... This is a direct violation because he has already set the premise that each person is the owner of himself, and if someone else were to own another it would violate this premise. ... Locke does however believe that if one, " that hath any possessions, or enjoyment, of any part of the dominions of any government, doth thereby give his tacit consent, and is as far forth obliged to obedience to the laws to that government"(p. 53). ... Along with the protection of property to make government legitimate ther...

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Hobbes underscores the importance of authority and introduces a set of "natural laws" as means of moderation. ... Instead of stressing sovereign power, Smith does not accentuate government figure in the economy. ... Nonetheless, Smith does not ignore the significance of the "visible hand," government and regulations. ... In Engels' account, English government clearly does not serve such purpose. ... Then, why is there still a government? ...

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There was no decision as to what kind of government should be put in place after the King was defeated in the First Civil War. ... This was done because Ireton did not believe that all men could make the right decisions about their government. ... Also, he wanted to give them more control in their government but did not believe the lower class could make decision about their government. ... Pericles also set out to involve more Athenians in their government by allowing the lower-class to run for office, and also introduced state pay for officeholder as stated by Spielvogel. ... In summa...

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He supports this claim by illustrating how England treats its own colonies and how corrupt its government is. ... His vague definition of freedom and his general, yet set, rights to which every man is naturally entitled triggers people to have their own interpretation of what freedom means and thus causes them to expand their rights according to it. ... A right to independence and freedom includes the right to resist government regulations and charges since Paine also includes that the American government should be of the weakest sort. ... Ergo, each individual's right to vote result...

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The majority may bring pressure on the government to enact laws that specifically work against the minority. ... For many the idea of a government that has the least interference with its society seems very appealing however, quite how little interference is necessary is an object of debate. ... Do we go for a full on freedom or do we set limits? ... Again we have to decide where the limit is to be set. ...

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The utopian society I am proposing is just that, a fictional society in which I set the rules. ... The city/state/government must have the same moral values and rules that reflect the people living there. ... (Rawls 23) Rawls is saying that when people have a reasonable just constitutional democratic government, he means that the government is effectively under their political and electoral control. ... All basic needs are provided by the government. ... If the government provides basic needs (welfare, healthcare, education) the people would not regret the government. ...

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Probably for less noble causes than liberty and freedom, the colonists responsible for the usurpation were looking at the grand economic picture - they were paying the British government through the nose for security and sovereignty that they themselves could shoulder for far less cost. ... The colonists felt that they no longer had a vested interest in British affairs and vice versa, and this being so they were then inhabitants of a different community, "aliens-, whereby they owed the British government nothing and expected nothing in return. ... Without the iron fist of a perpetual sovereign...

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In 1652 Hobbes returned to England and made peace with the government of Thomas Cromwell. ... Hobbes believed that the sovereign was head of the both civil government and Church. ... He asks what would happen if there were no government, which means the "State of Nature", and he suggests that the sovereign must have enough power to enforce the "Law of Nature"(lex naturalis), described by Hobbes as : "a precept, or general rule, found by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same, and to omit that by which he ...

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The foundation of Hobbes' argument, as a result of this reasoning, is that he is able to compellingly claim that peace is unattainable on the rationale that humans are prone to this state of nature unless there is an established form of absolute government. ... Hobbes fist provides a set of laws, the laws of nature, which aim to guide human behavior towards self-preservation. ... Therefore even by living with less freedom, in the worst possible case under an absolute sovereign is better than the alternative of having all the freedom without any form of government but living in constant f...

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There must be a strong power, government, that will keep people fearful. ... This is another reason of necessity of the government. ... There is to be government to make people follow natural laws. ... "Man has no mental equipment to set rules and order". ...

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Plato sees the justice and law as what sets the guidelines for societal behavior. ... The polis was set up to allow political participation from the average citizen. ... Plato would never allow the full public participation in government as Aristotle would like. ...

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