1. Classic Liberalism is the most dominant ideology that exists, plus it is the first modern ideology as well. It is an ideology that originated from a reaction against the medical society’s feudal structures. In essence liberalism is the “ideology of freedom or liberty” (Johnston, pg. 202) Governments are necessary in order to provide security within their governing body, which is why some people are willing to sacrifice a small portion of their freedom in order to be secure.
During the period of Classic Liberalism, there was also something called enlightenment, which was part of the 17th Century. The term of enlightenment refers to the time where people started to see reason in how the society functions. They started looking at the feudal …show more content…
There is a lot of debate whether or not dirty hands are necessary for politics. Snowden brings out both the bad and the good that many political science students are studying at the moment. Dirty hands is not a new topic that recently came out, but one that is becoming more complex as time goes on with new ideologies forming and new technology developing. Each new characteristic is making the debate more challenging to answer. On one hand, people say it is necessary, especially if it means sacrificing a few in order to save the many. The other side may argue that it is not necessary it will probably not change the end result in some cases. One example given in Michael Walzers paper is about a terrorist being captured and a political leader needs to decide if they should torture the person in order to find the locations of the bombs. In the end, this will save many people but may take away rights from people when the government sees right. This can bring other problems within society as citizens may have less trust in the state or fear it.
With this topic, there is a large ethical dilemma that one must consider when debating these sides. Mass surveillance is also a good topic. This is becoming a large problem is a lot of societies, where governments are spying on their own citizens. As a result, it is causing uprisings in some places against the government, which brings to question is it worth sacrificing privacy to ensure the safety of people? And other questions as to whether or not it is
During the period of Classic Liberalism, there was also something called enlightenment, which was part of the 17th Century. The term of enlightenment refers to the time where people started to see reason in how the society functions. They started looking at the feudal …show more content…
There is a lot of debate whether or not dirty hands are necessary for politics. Snowden brings out both the bad and the good that many political science students are studying at the moment. Dirty hands is not a new topic that recently came out, but one that is becoming more complex as time goes on with new ideologies forming and new technology developing. Each new characteristic is making the debate more challenging to answer. On one hand, people say it is necessary, especially if it means sacrificing a few in order to save the many. The other side may argue that it is not necessary it will probably not change the end result in some cases. One example given in Michael Walzers paper is about a terrorist being captured and a political leader needs to decide if they should torture the person in order to find the locations of the bombs. In the end, this will save many people but may take away rights from people when the government sees right. This can bring other problems within society as citizens may have less trust in the state or fear it.
With this topic, there is a large ethical dilemma that one must consider when debating these sides. Mass surveillance is also a good topic. This is becoming a large problem is a lot of societies, where governments are spying on their own citizens. As a result, it is causing uprisings in some places against the government, which brings to question is it worth sacrificing privacy to ensure the safety of people? And other questions as to whether or not it is