But who is this chosen leader? Hegel claims that the chosen hero for this task is akin to the tragic hero in Greek mythology. This hero who will convince us that giving up our concept of negative liberty and follow them in their course of positive liberty will be a hero who wanted to mold the world in his image of morality and ethically right and wrong concepts. The purpose of whatever this hero choose the world to have will be fulfilled over time and as a result, may become reason actualized, which is the highest form of actualized freedom. However, once again, who is this chosen leader who can, basically, rewrite the world in his or her image enough that can cause us to give up our desire of negative liberty? Hegel state that the ‘despot;
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He has shed blood and has created chaos and killed if it meant for the President of the United States (will be known as Fitz in this paper) is protected by all harm and can continue running the nation the way both he and Cyrus seem fit. He has prostituted his husband out for blackmail, he has killed a pregnant woman and is shown time and time again his ambitious, almost ruthless, persona in order to get ahead of those who are his friends and his allies. This immorality in service of the “higher” purpose addresses Hegel’s claim of the limits of what a hero is supposed to be as it is the cunning of reason, where the person burns himself up for the service of the greater good. Though Cyrus does everything he can to ‘advance the republic’, the lengths he goes to are often too severe that it makes the people around him wonder if he has gone too far, burning his ‘humanity’ and (in this sense) his particularity for a normal life. In episode 12 of season 5, Cyrus orchestrates a gun shooting in the Pennsylvania State Capitol building to give Francisco Vargas (an unknown democrat governor) national awareness to later set him up for the democratic ticket for the president bid. He later is walking around the White House, smiling and plotting ways in which he can start Vargas’ campaign to stay in the White House and better the
He has shed blood and has created chaos and killed if it meant for the President of the United States (will be known as Fitz in this paper) is protected by all harm and can continue running the nation the way both he and Cyrus seem fit. He has prostituted his husband out for blackmail, he has killed a pregnant woman and is shown time and time again his ambitious, almost ruthless, persona in order to get ahead of those who are his friends and his allies. This immorality in service of the “higher” purpose addresses Hegel’s claim of the limits of what a hero is supposed to be as it is the cunning of reason, where the person burns himself up for the service of the greater good. Though Cyrus does everything he can to ‘advance the republic’, the lengths he goes to are often too severe that it makes the people around him wonder if he has gone too far, burning his ‘humanity’ and (in this sense) his particularity for a normal life. In episode 12 of season 5, Cyrus orchestrates a gun shooting in the Pennsylvania State Capitol building to give Francisco Vargas (an unknown democrat governor) national awareness to later set him up for the democratic ticket for the president bid. He later is walking around the White House, smiling and plotting ways in which he can start Vargas’ campaign to stay in the White House and better the