The term democracy is believed to have originated from a Greek term "demos kratos" which means the rule of the people. ... Plato as a philosopher criticized democracy as a government not fit to fully represent the eligible citizens or the majority. ... He sees this form of government as better than democracy in the sense that power will be in the hands of the military who may happen to share the same virtues with the majority but he then came to realize its weakness by citing that the military by nature can possess the element of being power hungry, thereby oppressing the majority. ...

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-Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. ... Decisions were made not with the interest of the majority but with the interests of the few. ... This discontent of the majority of the people made way for the form of government called a tyranny. ... Wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be few or many, that is an oligarchy, and where the poor rule, that is a democracy." ... (Finley, 13) Politics is the act of reaching decisions by public majority. ...

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Hobbes furthers his arguments with his Laws of Nature (Hobbes, Leviathan 103 v/s 122), which are general rules that are exposed to humans through rational analysis and are acknowledged to all because it can be realized through rationale and philosophy. ... A Law of Nature (Hobbes, Leviathan 103 v/s 122) is valid only when it corresponds to this general rule: "Do not that to another, which thou wouldest not have done to thyself." ... The subject then has many choices including leaving the Commonwealth (Hobbes, Leviathan 132) or obeying the sovereign's rule. Hobbes concludes that if a s...

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The word comes from two Greek words: demos, meaning "the people," and kratein, meaning "to rule." These two words are joined together to form democracy, literally meaning, "rule by the people" (Pious). The Greek system of government was perhaps closer to a true democracy or rule by the people than any other in history. ... Instead, they ruled themselves directly; each man was a life long member of the decision making body. ... What they came up with was a representative democracy wherein elected representatives rather than direct rule by the people rule the government. ...

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Introduction The assignment is based on the whole character sketch of John Locke and what he felt about almost everything in the spheres of Politics. He was the founder of utilitarianism and that is one of the most important in a democracy. He is one of the few thinkers who never let the consequences around him affect him adversely; in fact he was one of the very few people who learned from their mistakes. There are people who can go on cribbing about their problems, but John Locke was different, he studied them and experimented and made an attempt to understand why it all happens in the ...

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau constructed The Social Contract to solve the question of freedom, specifically, the preservation and survival of what he terms as civil freedom, and his solution to this problem, in its most general sense, is the construction of the civil state. Through the grouping of citizens...

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau constructed The Social Contract to solve the question of freedom, specifically, the preservation and survival of what he terms as civil freedom, and his solution to this problem, in its most general sense, is the construction of the civil state. Through the grouping of citizens...

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Elections generally occur on a regular basis in order to give the public a chance to review the current leadership and then decide whether the majority wishes to see them back in control or believes that new leadership will be an asset to the country. ... The oppressing Oceanic government, under the leadership of Big Brother, is almost a mirror image of the Soviet Union under the rule of the tyrant, Joseph Stalin. ...

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Elections generally occur on a regular basis in order to give the public a chance to review the current leadership and then decide whether the majority wishes to see them back in control or believes that new leadership will be an asset to the country. ... The oppressing Oceanic government, under the leadership of Big Brother, is almost a mirror image of the Soviet Union under the rule of the tyrant, Joseph Stalin. ...

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1. Introduction The property industry as a whole in regards to Singapore is a very competitive market. This is mainly due to the size of the country being very small and the high amount of demand for properties. Generally, the prices of properties have been increasing steadily over the years and the increment in prices is due to the property market boom that occurred in 2007. The property market boom caused prices to drastically increase, especially in residential properties, and there are a couple of reasons behind the property market boom. ...

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One to two children are killed each week, the majority by their parents or carers. ... Her report highlighted that there is too much emphasis on procedures and recording and that the extensive statutory guidance, targets and local rules they limit professionals' ability to stay child-centered and to exercise professional judgement. ...

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? There are those that would have us believe that it was the only cause. Many historians say that slavery was the main issue of the Civil War. Although some historians think the war was the result of political screw-ups and th...

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Task 1 Different Types of Organizations and the Purpose 1.1 Purpose of organization Before we learn about the types of organizations, we need to learn the basic purpose of setting organizations. The main purpose of organization is to provide a pathway to their business setup and to set the main o...

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The use of mercenaries has been historically a constant phenomenon till almost the end of the XX century, when their activities were criminalized by the international community. Parallel to that phenomenon European States, during their colonial expansion over all continents, authorized two other forms of similar violence by non state actors: the corsairs and the colonial merchant companies, such as the East India Company or the Hudson Bay Company. At the threshold of the XXI century we are witnessing a similar phenomenon. Although mercenaries have not completely disappeared "private milit...

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