Differently in Locke's state of nature humans do have rationality and they are, according to liberal philosophy, equal and free. The main point to be analysed in Locke's philosophy is what the role of the state should be. ... Even if it could be said that the state in Locke's philosophy has a positive role, since it makes sure that people's rights are not violated, at the same time this model of state cannot be viewed as democratic. ... "(Rousseau: book I, chapter 6) Both Locke and Mill's solution to protect human rights can be confuted and then improved by Rousseau&#x...

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However, due to systematic flaws and external pressures, the philosophy has fallen short in practice. ... Anarchism may be defined as a political philosophy based upon nonhierarchical free associations, decentralized and without coercive authority with guidance from innate human tendencies towards cooperation and avoidance of suffering being aloud open expression. ... Anarchism is a form of governance diametrically opposed to governance, a political philosophy calling for collectivist rule. ...

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An American identity began to form very earlier in the colonial era, and along with this came the "founding father " principles of freedom and equality, which are at the core of American philosophy. ... In his home country of France and throughout most of Western Europe, the church had an enormous authority over the citizens, often being inseparable from the government and directly influencing their political philosophy. ... In the mind of Tocqueville, the American democracy had the potential to flourish both economically and socially, but in order to achieve this, political and financial powe...

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Politics it self strived to find idealistic methods of politics and philosophy in the history and so now we are living in the capitalism and democracy society. ... These global politics events substantiate the sentence "Politics is pragmatic occupation with little room for ideals, ideas and philosophy."" ... Politics holds economy of certain country and to be profitable position among the trade with other countries, policy of government must be practical rather than searching for their ideology or philosophy in it. ... Government cannot maintain these broad situation and issues with one ide...

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According to this philosophy, democracy is not a capable government. ... Socrates had many pupils to his preaching, although he denied being a teacher of philosophy. ... He spoke freely about his beliefs and ideas and had many listeners and pupils that agreed with his philosophy. ...

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Thomas Hobbes, the famous author of "Leviathan", (1651), was a theorist on the law, the state of nature and the concept of social contract, and as such, one of the founders of modern political philosophy. ... Having taken the opposite philosophy of Hobbes, he can still return to the original and not a reflection on the continued functioning of a democratic society based on the Social Contract (1762) in which the sovereign people organize collective life. ...

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The present-day country of Chile has endured a very turbulent past. The people have been led through the years by a variety of different leaders, philosophies, and constitutions. The first structured government was formed in 1810 and lasted until the "Battle of Rancagua" in 1814. Thi...

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It updates the 1999 New Agenda for Multicultural Australia, reaffirms its fundamental principles and sets strategic directions for multicultural policy for 2003-2006 with a specific emphasis on community harmonyAustralian multiculturalism is the philosophy, underlying Government policy and programs, that recognises, accepts, respects and celebrates our cultural diversity. ...

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Growing up in the capitalistic society of the twenty first century has taught me many different things. I have realized that in our society there are the elite and the unsuccessful. A pecking order if you will. I agree with this pecking order, and believe that there should be different classes thro...

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Pericles VS Socrates The Truth of Democracy: Best form of education Pericles' democratic institution provides a good form of education for a student, but Arisotophanes' form of the Thinkery provides the best form of education. The democratic institution provides the citizens of Athens with a com...

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It was " an attack upon a variety of views that suggested the Constitution was not so much a practical political document as an expression of the elitist views based upon political philosophy and economic interests" (Roche, 30). ...

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Unless "the philosophers rule as kings or those now called kings and chiefs genuinely and adequately philosophize, and political power and philosophy coincides in the same place... there is no rest from ills for the cities...nor will the regime we have now described in speech ever come forth from nature, insofar as possible, and see the light of the sun" (P.153 line 473E). ...

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Milkis Paper The Constitution of the United States makes no mention of political parties, yet parties began to form shortly after its ratification. Today American democracy would not work without them. In Political Parties and Constitutional Government: Remaking American Democracy, Sidney Milkis e...

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With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the concomitant demise of communism in the twentieth century which shed abroad a spirit of triumphalism through the West, came the euphoric impression that, "history had finally ended with the universal victory of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government". Put differently, Chandran Kukathas claims, "we live in an age of democracy fetishism" and "global political phenomenon of 'democratization." That is, Democracy was hailed as the best form of government hence, an increasing process of democra...

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A crucial specification in the understanding of Tocqueville's philosophy of democracy in this particular context is that when Tocqueville talks about equality, he does not mean "equality of income, education or anything in particular", but "the absence of social obstacles to whatever ambitions an American entertained"3, so a kind of equality that entails freedom of movement in the social sphere, the liberty to pursue one's goals. ...

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The Utopia States is a simply enhanced United States of America. The Utopia States is a utopia in which all Americans want to be a part of and live freely in with no racism and free of stereotypes. In this utopia, the government will be ruled by a democracy. This utopia does not tax people. No lifes...

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What can be seen as a driving force in the progression of political thought in 1920's Japan were the currents of liberal, individualist, rights-based ideology that had sprung from recourse to both Western philosophy and more traditional Japanese ideas of disobedience and resistance to authority. ...

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