Hobbes and Machiavelli both agree that morality does not exist. For Hobbes, morality is a human invention. ... He believes that they need a strong leader who enforces the laws to keep them from harming each other, and creating peace and stability. ... The second reason is that democracy believes in moral basis, it considers conscience as a moral compass that always points to the right direction, however Hobbes thinks that humans do not share the same view of morality, for example my morality might differ from your morality and that creates conflicts between humans.The last reason is that the...

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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. ... Morality is not directly implanted by nature but is an indirect natural occurrence; we are political animals and form households, villages and states, which Aristotle has demonstrated to be natural associations. Social collaboration is a precondition for justice and law, furthermore, an individual who does not enter into social partnerships naturally or lives without a polis is either "subhuman or superhu...

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Euthyphro claims that he fully understands the divine law of piety and impiety. ... Piety is then the action of not keeping justice in the city; one man who acts against the law should be prosecuted and justice should be applied. ... Religion and morality are closely related that neither one can exists apart from the other. Socrates believes in a standard of morality that is something more than human opinion. ...

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It seems that the central plot of the western film is the classic, simple goal of maintaining law and order on the frontier in a fast-paced action story. ... Gone is the white hat black hat morality, gone is the idea that the good guy always wins. ... Another strength that Ransom had, was he had experienced life outside of the west, he knew of the benefits of law, and the growth a town could experience through organization, and laws to govern. ... He had to learn a new way of life, and had to realize that he was in a land where quoting passages and so called "laws" from his law books where not...

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Each circle condemns some sort of excessive or deficient act, the very same structure of morality we find in Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean. Indeed, it seems Aristotelian morality is the very source out of which conceptions of sin in the Inferno are constructed. ... This aligns closely to Dante's second circle (for those condemned for lust), where Semiramis resides, for she was "so broken to the vice of lust that in her laws she made licit whatever pleased, to lift from herself the blame she had incurred " (Canto V, 55). This epitomizes Dante's condemnation of those who capitu...

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For example, Crito thinks he is trying to save Socrates, but doesn't his lack of respect for the laws lead to the very instability which caused Meletus to bring Socrates to court and the jurors to vote against him? Socrates was accused of damaging the laws and institutions of Athens because he made all the authorities account for their actions. But here the roles are reversed: Socrates really respects the laws of Athens and Crito and other "respectable- citizens expect the laws to be ignored. ... Socrates' conclusion to stay in the prison may have cost him his life, but saved th...

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Machiavelli adopts a more practical perspective not on the moral capability of men, but on the role morality will actually play in daily life. ... Although Aristotle recognizes that political societies and statesmen may face threats from foreign and domestic forces, his political societies are founded on a group of citizen's mutual understanding of justice, therefore while others may impose a threat to political life, the foundation of government resides in the laws and the public conception of justice. ... He tells us that the founders of society are armed prophets that enforce law and o...

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