Theory of Absolutism

During the period between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, historians label this period as the "Age of Absolutism" in the Discovering the Western Past on page 38. Absolutism is defined as by www.dictionary.com as "A political theory holding that all power should be vested in one ruler or other authority". ... Absolutism is based from the ideas of religious beliefs and the absolute power invested in a prince/king. ... At first, there were problems with the idea of Absolutism. ... The theory of laws control how power vested in one can be used to make themselves higher in sovereignty...

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This leads to the different views of truth; we have divided them off into three groups, Absolutism, Societal relativism, and Individual relativism. ... Although there are different opinions on how truth is relayed, the truth is the same for every person; Absolutism is what we should live by, if the truth is not absolute how can you be absolutely sure, evidence will be presented for the differences between, Absolutism, Societal relativism, and Individual relativism. Absolutism: "any theory holding that values, principles, etc., are absolute and not relative, dependent, or changeable"...

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Absolutism vs. ... In absolutism, everything is certain. ... People who follow Kant's theories, Kantians, defend his principles. ... The extreme opposite of absolutism is relativism. ... Immanuel Kant supports absolutism, while J.S. ...

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So absolutism leads to consequences being secondary whereas relativism looks at them first. ... This shows that there are contradictions in the theory and to an extent it follows rules much like absolutism. ... Therefore there are some similarities between the two theories but not a lot. Overall, there are a lot of differences between moral absolutism and relativism as absolutism offers strict moral principles that are to be followed in all circumstances whereas the other theory is much more flexible and says that rules can be adapted to suit the circumstance. ... Therefore some relativist t...

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By the late 16th century, many influential political thinkers as well as princes and their advisors became convinced that absolutism held the only hope for the future. ... Jean Bodin's work 6 Books of the Commonweal 1576 originated a theory of modern sovereignty when he argued that "the first and chief mark of a sovereign prince" - the power upon which other people depend - was that he must be able to make law without consulting anyone else. ... Bodin's theory emphasized that in France, for example, someone had to weird enough power to maintain public order, or the nation would con...

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The state of human nature, the state of human nature is a state of war and the theory of absolutism. ... It is clear that Hobbes prefers a monarchy to other forms of government but when he says to give up our freedom for an absolute authority, Hobbes means the theory of Absolutism. ... Absolutism could cause civil war. ... Another downfall to Hobbes theory of absolutism is if the government cannot perform its duties to the people, then Hobbes theory would fail because in real life Hobbes theory of absolute authority is not possible, since everybody will have different views on matters and ...

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He, however, was not an enlightened ruler because he was not tolerant, believed in absolutism and lived an extravagant lifestyle, contrary to utilitarian ideas. ... This idea of Absolutism contrasted sharply with the political theories of one of the Enlightenments most prominent thinkers, John Locke. ... His religious intolerance, absolutism, and rejection of utilitarianism, however, strongly suggest that he was not an enlightened despot....

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The University of Santa Clara describes ethical relativism as, "The theory that holds that morality is relative to the norms of one's culture. ... An idea that goes against ethical relativism is moral absolutism. Moral absolutism is an ethical view that particular actions are intrinsically right or wrong. ... Moral Absolutism is then supporting Kant's categorical imperative. ... Through moral absolutism, and Kant's theories of duty and good will it is evident that what is moral depends on the virtue of the actions. ...

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During the late eighteenth century an ideology accentuating reason, freedom, and the sovereignty of the common man grew in direct opposition to the accepted dogmas of absolutism and divine right of the monarchy. ... This converging movement towards reasoning and justice grew from the theories of such revolutionary thinkers as Voltaire, Rousseau, and the Encyclopedists, who presented a vision of a liberal community with equal rights and responsibilities, wherein reason replaced the monarch's claim to divine right as the ultimate authority, and where all men lived in a brotherhood. ...

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