Being such a political animal, man succumbs to a natural urge and pairs off with a woman, similarly, a master pairs with a slave to better enable life and then, in succession, a household, a village and a state is formed; the end-product here is, supposedly a virtuous polis in a collective and individual sense. ... The consequences of such relations are thought to be entirely positive and include a system of justice, increased emphasis on morality and an illumination of the path to the good life. ... Thus an association of master and slave is "established according to nature for the satisf...

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The subjective will for the good, conscience, self-consciousness, while the will remains the master of itself, lays a firm foundation for opposition, but they also are catalysts which force one through the dialectical movement. In morality, the individual will reflects inward towards itself in order that it may become aware of itself (p75 105). ... Hegel's description of processes within morality by the subjective will such as the particular will's, willing of the universal. ... How can morality and particular subjective individuality ever solve this dilemma? ... It is not e...

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He is the first thinker who moved away from the classics and reformation thinkers and came to "modern solution" using critics and more modern, rational, empirical methods, criticized religion, morality. ... Everybody having equal rights to welfare of society and do not afraid to use any means to get the aim they want because they are far from morality. ... Besides, as was already mentioned, people are far from morality, which could be kind of guarantee of the functioning of natural laws. ... "What man loses by social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything ...

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Egypt, though subordinated to the Christian and biblical traditions on issues of religion and morality, was clearly placed as the source of all 'Gentile' or secular wisdom. ... Ma'at is also viewed in philosophy, perfection of knowledge, morality of truth and justice and the metaphysical. ...

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- If men are not under control of some powerful master, they do not find much pleasure in the company of others, because they expect to be valued by others to the same extent as they value themselves. ... XXI Of the Liberty of Subjects John Locke - First is the assumption of a system of morality--the natural law derives from a theory of justice, a set of rights. ...

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