A person's thoughts on the state of nature will articulate what his or her thoughts will be about the state of war, as they go hand in hand. ... When it come's to Locke, he believes that in his state of nature there should be not have laws or a sovereign that controls the people, that people are free to do whatever they please. ... Locke's view of a 'free to do whatever you want' type of state of nature is the reason why people would side with Locke's view. ... If there were no laws, no rules or government to live by people would feel free to do whatever it is tha...

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A topic that is being debated throughout the United States is whether people should have their personal freedom or the government should take whatever means necessary to protect the country or national security. ... The side of Personal freedom makes more sense but people can see the reason why people would go with the side of national security. ... The public is increasingly growing concerned on the government taking whatever means necessary in order to capture the terrorist(s). ... The government is going beyond the law in order to "protect" the people from terrorists when all alo...

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As the hypnopaedic saying goes, "ending is better than mending." ... They are "dumbed-down" to whatever social class they are to be in by lowering the amount of oxygen that they receive during their fetal stages of development. ... We are free to practice whatever religion we believe in. ...

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"Whatever is enforced by command is more imputed to him who exacts than to him who performs." ... "Whatever is enforced by command" for example is a vague phrase. ... A general, for example, may order his troops to go into battle, and in this situation it is everyone under the general's authority who enforce the general's "law". ... Now that the sentence has been so reduced, its meaning as I interpret it is: responsibility for any law (and whatever results from the enforcement of that law) is given more to the authority who sets down the law and commands o...

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Bossuet establishes that the Kings are a better guardian of countries welfare rather then the people through such statement as, "The prince is not born for himself, but for the public," and "Goodness is a royal quality ," (Bossuet, 140) then goes on to relate these to many Biblical passages. Bossuet understands the argument that could be made against Divine Right, such as the fact that the ruler could do whatever he pleased. ... The time was 17th century England and King Charles I has been doing whatever he pleases with out consulting Parliament, illustrating the one possible downfall of Mona...

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Many people debate about what the definition of a patriot is. The Webster's dictionary defines it as "love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it." Some people mistake that as meaning to blindly follow whatever the popular political opinion might be that week whether it's raising taxes, ...

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People in the same community may go to different churches without the government interfering. ... An individual has the right to educate himself, get married, start a family, and to be whatever he/she wants to be. ...

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They lived in fear for whatever they did, because of the fear of what their harsh ruler will and his their punishment would be. ... John Locke is known as one of the most influential philosophers he had to do with so many revolutions that if he was in here we don't even know what would so be not going on in those countries because of him we have what to him was almost a basic form of a democracy yet there was still a King but with those ideas it allowed so many countries to become more constitutionalize allowing people to live a better life to have their say in the government and to actua...

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Aristotle's teleological view holds that "whatever is the end-product of the coming into existence of any object, that is what we call its nature" and the ultimate end-product is eudaimonia or a virtuous life. ... Aristotle informs us that the association within the state "is the end of those others whatever is the end- product that is what we call its nature" and that "It is clear then that the state is both natural and prior to the individual" Hence, the polis is to be viewed as the final stage of natural growth of prior, necessary partnerships but also exists in something of a ti...

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So if the government wants an audience with the hip, young generation, the labels and condescending gazes have got to go. ... If government officials learn how to go down to the level of teenagers, maybe the most MTV-addicted teenagers could spare an hour or two listening to whatever issue is being brought up. ...

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Also in the state of law, all men have the equal right to reprimand others who go against the laws of nature. ... This can not be practical in a state of nature as people are free to use whatever is around without being bound by any restrictions. ... If for instance a man is found guilty of some action and a death sentence is issued as a result, the man has an option of resisting death using whatever force he may posses. ... This means that people who made a certain agreement should try to keep it and not going against it. ... Thomas Hobbes goes ahead to argue that in this kind of sc...

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Therefore whatever the majority of the people are happy with, will be justice. ... No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head, so you may as well believe in justice; whatever you believe it to be....

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And despite the progress which took place in that period people were not ready to go away from traditional monarchical regime. ... But there is also no state of license, where you can do whatever you like. ... Because all he needs is to enjoy the life doing whatever he wants and doing nothing he does not want to do because he is lazy. ...

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One being, " Do whatever you can do to get and stay in power, no matter what." ... Finally, " You shouldn't make promises to the public if it is going to hurt you, and you have to learn how to deceiteful." ...

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A liberal can be whatever he/she wants to be, but also following the guidelines above. ... Even then most liberals would go with the idea of invading Afghanistan because revenge is something most individual's desire, which in my opinion is based on ignorance, which is an obstacle to individual freedom, however we have to remember that if one considers oneself to be a classical liberal, one would think that we are only separated from our fellow chimps by a two percent difference, and that two percent difference is what prevents chimps from effecting as much damage to the world and it'...

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A liberal can be whatever he/she wants to be, but also following the guidelines above. ... Even then most liberals would go with the idea of invading Afghanistan because revenge is something most individual's desire, which in my opinion is based on ignorance, which is an obstacle to individual freedom, however we have to remember that if one considers oneself to be a classical liberal, one would think that we are only separated from our fellow chimps by a two percent difference, and that two percent difference is what prevents chimps from effecting as much damage to the world and it'...

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If you do not confess and John does, he will go free and you will get 10 years in prison. ... She reasons from the second scenario that if she confesses she will go free. ... So, whatever one country does, the other is better off retaining its own trade barriers. ... Hobbes, a naturalist believes that each man desires whatever may preserve or enrich his own life. ... This ensures that the prisoner goes free. ...

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For centuries, mankind has been consumed with the concepts of human nature and conflict in society. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, two British philosophers, have spent a great deal of their lives thinking and arguing extensively on this subject. It was their passion, contentions and philosophies ab...

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If not restricted by laws of the sovereign, people will get whatever they want and get it however they want. ... If someone steals from you in a state of nature, there are no laws that are going to punish him for doing you wrong. ... If you are an atheist, you do not believe that God is going to judge you. ... People of different religious views are not going to feel the same about moral rights and wrongs. ...

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He goes on to talk about why it is safer to be feared than to be loved. ... What he gave was not very much, though, because he knew whatever he did give, he would not have for a situation when he might need it. ... No one has to love a ruler, its not going to make a difference the people love you or not. ...

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He goes further to state that there is right way for society to be run and that this is the "general will", the right course of action which the public would chose to take if they considered what was best for the whole rather than just themselves. ... The natural freedom man is born with is physical freedom, we are free to do whatever pleases us. ... This point has some value as today many people do not feel that they can effect what goes on in society as their representative and decisions seem distant to them. ...

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Socrates also states that the laws the city brings forth are not, "savage commands to do whatever we order" [Crito, 52a]. ... "Even so, by giving every Athenian the opportunity, after he has reached manhood and observed the affairs of the city and us the laws, we proclaim that if we do not please him, he can take his possessions and go wherever he pleases We say, however, that whoever of you remains, when he sees how we conduct our trials and manage the city in other ways, has in fact come to an agreement with us to obey us nor, if we do something wrong, does he try to persuade us to do bet...

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Mill is of the opinion that the individual decides how they are going to live their life, where as Marx feels that many life choices have already been determined. Mill is of the strong opinion that people are in control of their lives, and have the right to make life choices, and pursue whatever life paths they wish. Although people have freedom to take whatever they want from life, people also have to keep in mind, that others need to get ahead too. ...

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He feels that it is necessary for the prince to go beyond "properly human means" when acting in the political realm and that it is not useful for the prince to keep his word because he will have to deal with men who "are treacherous and would not keep their promises to you" and because of this it would not be prudent for the prince to keep his promises to them if "such fidelity would damage him" . ... The prince must be able to become whatever is useful and necessary while keeping certain appearances, which are vital to retaining his power. ... In fact, acquiring and maintaining power by ...

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Personally, I feel as though politics on a whole may seem as though it is the best way for society to live by, but honestly more than half of the people associated in politics are not there to help nor do they care or try to understand the struggle people go through, as I stated at the beginning of the semester. ... I feel that whatever we have been through is because of the people that we decided to put our trust in. ...

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