(Hobbes p.1) What Hobbes I believe means by this is that the Leviathan, or government has been set up to protect and defend its public from harm. ... Thereby showing how Hobbes Leviathan is set up to provide for the good of the public. ... Hobbes concrete meaning entails the idea that the government is an entity that has been set up to protect and defend the public at large. ... He can here this advice from experts well in advice so that he can make his decisions in a timely, and proper fashion as to serve the public good as good as he can. ... John Locke has created a different set of ...

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Through the grouping of citizens, each willing to surrender himself to the entire community, one is able to set limitations on their own behavior, live with others as a whole, and, in doing so, think rationally and act morally. ... All governments are really mixed in character; and what we call a democracy is only a more or less democratic government. Government, therefore, will always be to some extent in the hands of selected persons. ... Unless sovereignty is distinguished from government, the government, passing under the name of sovereign, will inevitably be regarded as absolute. ... ...

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Through the grouping of citizens, each willing to surrender himself to the entire community, one is able to set limitations on their own behavior, live with others as a whole, and, in doing so, think rationally and act morally. ... All governments are really mixed in character; and what we call a democracy is only a more or less democratic government. Government, therefore, will always be to some extent in the hands of selected persons. ... Unless sovereignty is distinguished from government, the government, passing under the name of sovereign, will inevitably be regarded as absolute. ... ...

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The American political culture centers on a set of core ideals--liberty, equality, diversity, self-government, and individualism--that serve as the people's common bond. ... The United States is a nation that was formed on a set of ideals that include liberty, equaliy, self-government, individualism, unity, and diversity. ... Democracy is rule by the people, which, in practice, refers to a representative system of government in which people rule through their elected officials. Constitutionalism refers to the rules that limit the rightful power of government over citizens. Capita...

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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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These four very important men had different views on the government and how the people should be controlled by the government. ... The most important government response was the beginning of the Palmer Raids. Prisoners were questioned without access to attorneys and their bail was often set so high none could afford it. ... If need be, however, Locke advocates that citizens have a right to overthrow a government if it ceases to serve their natural rights. ... Thomas Paine wants a government that can enjoy their freedom. ...

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These are democratic ideas and a representative government. In this colonial government, governors were responsible for enforcing British trade laws and carrying out other commands. ... However, the biggest difference being that the governors don't answer to a foreign power, but rule for their own homeland, and for the vbest interest of the people who they serve. ... Every town would set uop court meetings where laws were discussed and decided on. ...

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Many people just don't believe things our government says and so they decided its right for them to take action upon it. ... There are several forms of government which treats all interests as meriting consideration. ... In these three forms of government, no matter how many people are involved in the process of ruling, the interests of all are served by the state. If equality isn't shown by a form of a government like in tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy, then the people really don't have a say in what is done. ... They feel that morals need to be set for people to foll...

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Within the narrower context of modern economics in The Wealth of Nations (1776), Adam Smith confirms Hobbes's idea that self-interest could indeed serve public welfare. ... This embodiment supports Hobbes's argument that society exists to serve the ends of self-interest. ... Hobbes underscores the importance of authority and introduces a set of "natural laws" as means of moderation. ... In Engels' account, English government clearly does not serve such purpose. ... Then, why is there still a government? ...

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He set an example of how to live your life in both life and death. ... Socrates had great respect for Athens, it's people and it's government. He served in the army and faced death in battle, he found a wife and had a family there and these all reinforced his view of the relationship of the state and the individual. ... The power that the "state- holds can easily corrupt those who are there to govern it, especially in today's society and government. We share a mutual fazade with our governmental representative of today. ...

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John Dewey states that "government exists to serve its community, and that this purpose cannot be achieved unless the community shares in selecting it governors and determining their policies" (445). ... Hamilton also believed in a strong central government. ... His new social contract between social contract between citizens and government will ultimately guarantee new rights and also new powers of government. ... America has a history of government confronting the problems of the country that individuals has caused the government in FDR's eyes is a "privilege". .....

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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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Yes, Machiavelli wanted to serve the people. ... Unlike Machiavelli, our system of rewards and punishments is not along the lines of public hangings, but in foreign aid to other countries linking to our own economy, "the United States, having set up at considerable expense a reward stream in the form of foreign aid to Latin America, is probably going to lose its influence there because, as a democratic and slow-moving government, it lacks the ability to reverse its course and restore the stream of aid," (D'Amato). Most of Machiavelli's practices in modern government aren&#x...

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Locke was the son of a Puritan Somerset lawyer who served in the Parliamentary Army during the Civil War. ... He thus became a medical student and eventually served as a physician to Lord Ashley, and eventually the Earl of Shaftesbury. ... Starting with 'Letter Concerning Toleration', which was followed by - 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding', 'Treatises on Civil Government', 'Second Letter on Toleration', 'Third Letter on Toleration' and 'Some Thoughts Concerning Education'. ... Focusing on 'Treatise on Civil Governme...

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Therefore, the authentic meaning of man's liberty, which requires him to act in ways that serve his true good, contrasts sharply with modern notions that goals and means are good because they are desired. ... The clearest sixteenth-century defender of the older concepts of liberty was Richard Hooker, who maintained that liberty, properly exercised, requires men to act in conformance with the traditional social, political, and religious orders, which enable them to serve ends proper to their being. ... Such views were challenged by those who denied that liberty was a means by which men ser...

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Machiavelli establishes human nature as self-centered and says men will be devoted to you as long as you serve their interests. ... 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 summ...

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He was the first modern theorist to agree for absolute power of government. ... This form of government still exists in countries today. ... People agreed to obey a government if it would protect their natural rights. He set down the policy of checks and balances later followed in the U.S. ... The government system in this country was birthed in Rousseau's concepts of demoracy, individual rights, and limited government. ...

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Three different individuals who served as examples were, Tupac Amaru II, Batallas and Juan Bautista Alberdi. ... He led the native and mestizo peasants against the Bourbon Reforms, a set of economic and political legislation introduced by the Spanish. ... More importantly he instilled the idea of "bad government" and that "people could take direct action against corrupt or disruptive authorities" (Walker, pg. 39). ... Alberdi advocates to the government of South America that it is their responsibility to fix the population issue he is referring to. ...

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However as soon as it stops fulfilling its end of the deal, a la King George III, then it ceases to serve its function thus allowing its subjects to subscribe to another, more just sovereign. ... 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...

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The utopian society I am proposing is just that, a fictional society in which I set the rules. ... Rawls three basic features for liberal people are "a reasonably just constitutional democratic government that serves their fundamental interests, citizens united by what Mill called "common sympathies", and finally, a moral nature". (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 govern...

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The organization justice in an organization serves the employees to work for them longtime, give creative ideas and use the knowledge for the betterment of the organization; in return organization promotes their employees and creates strongand long-term relationship with the organization. ... The research study stated that"a more rigorous set of theories and modern methodological tools have yielded a better understanding of organizational politics, and impressive advancements have been made in a field that once was theoretically intriguing but empirically vague," [CITATION Eis08 l 10...

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Machiavelli begins by identifying the various types of governments seen up to that time. ... By analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of each of these examples Machiavelli develops a set of proverbs for achieving and maintaining political power. ... As a true patriot for his country, his proverbs were intended to ensure a stable and secure government without fear of attack from within or from outside invaders. ... For instance, Castro's rise to power in Cuba and his continued rule is dependent upon his ability to effectively maintain the loyalty of his government officials, military, ...

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American Foreign Policy / POLS 4690 A paper submitted to Dr. Galatas of the History and Political Science Department at Georgia South Western State University The Era of Good Feelings: An Era of Idealism or Realism? The Era of Good Feelings was the national mood of the United States from...

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