He was the founder of utilitarianism and that is one of the most important in a democracy. ... And from that essay it could be deciphered that he was most unhappy at school. ... From the years 1689-1693, he released most of his works. ... He stated that if truth is native to our minds, then observation and experimentation could lead one nowhere, at the most they can only confirm our knowledge and not act as additions to it. ...

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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 1815 to 1825, as first described by the Boston Columbian Centinel on July 12, 1817. The "era" generally is considered coextensive with President James Monroe's two terms (1817-25), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to Europ...

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Virtu Like most Western philosophers, Niccolo Machiavelli's ideas were heavily influenced by the early Greek philosophers. Most notable among the Greek philosophers who inspired Machiavelli was Plato. ... Machiavelli's belief is concurrent with most of the nations of the free world: a good leader's main responsibility is to preserve his country first. ... Because it is only through this level of participation that Machiavelli's most profound and promising vision of and the most political of his images of the citizen can be manifested. ... "Any form of government, inc...

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MASTERWORKS OF POLITICAL THEORY Midterm Essay Niccolo Machiavelli, Martin Luther, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke were four political theorists who shared a like mind in the need for the foundation of government and the extent to which its power and authority should reach. Furthermore, although ...

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The need for laws and a strong military force to enforce those laws is considered by Machiavelli as one of the most important concern for any ruler that has any hopes of maintaining control over their territory. ... One of the most interesting points that Machiavelli identifies is the importance of the prince in being a master of the art of warfare to utilize his troops logically. He explains that such knowledge is necessary to understand the organization and discipline of his army as well as the most efficient way to defend his nation. ... "The prince who spends freely on building projects, p...

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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. ... Book I is most important to The Social Contract because it describes the makeup of the civil state that Rousseau believes will preserve the freedom of the people, and it explains the contract on which the state will rest. ... The focus of Rousseau's theory of Sovereignty that offers the most difficulty is his view that, f...

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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. ... Book I is most important to The Social Contract because it describes the makeup of the civil state that Rousseau believes will preserve the freedom of the people, and it explains the contract on which the state will rest. ... The focus of Rousseau's theory of Sovereignty that offers the most difficulty is his view that, f...

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Governments are created as a means to establish rules and laws as a guide to solving conflicts, and for the protection of the citizen's liberty and security. In a democratic society the government is not a single all- powerful authority wielding ultimate decisive power. Democratic institutions, such as courts, the executive and legislative branches of government, rely on the strength of the majority vote. If the government institutions rely on the will of the majority, problems can emerge of preserving and protecting an individual's liberty and security because of the immense dom...

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English philosopher Thomas Hobbes's novel Leviathan (1651), John Locke's The Second Treasite of Government (1690), and Genevian philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality (1755) political theories and ideologies held an immense influence on the shaping of governmental systems and so...

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In a Michael Moore's 2004 Documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, Congressman Jim McDermott stated that no Senator had actually read the bill and John Conyers Jr. as saying "We don't read most of the bills. ...

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