Civil society

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road presents the author’s depiction of what he deems a potential picture of post apocalyptic America, a society unregulated by governmental laws. The hypothetical situation presented, one dominated by murder and cannibalism, indicates McCarthy’s potential view that, without the constraints of society, we would descend into egocentric savagery, suggesting that we need guidance and government in order to maintain peace. For me, this idea that without regulation we would all…

perspective, regional leaders should gain support from the people, directly or through local parliament, for the success of government. Therefore, from the political and economical aspects, there will be a strong relationship between state, market and civil…

Human forms society because it is easier to live with a group than live alone. People share resources and talents to optimize the quality of life, and work together to secure their home from external invasion. However, the state of nature of human is selfish and can easily destroy the society. Thus, a just organization is essential to maintain the peace and the proper function of the society. The organization set orders to ensure man does not harm others' right when he exercises his liberty…

The philosopher that I agree with the most is Thomas Hobbes. The first reason I agree with him is he states that the state of nature where all individuals are naturally equal, which is described from his book, The Leviathan. Every person is created equal no matter what color or gender, we are all human beings all trying to live. Hobbes also states that that every person is free to do what is needed to survive. Of course this doesn’t mean that we aren’t different we are all different and equal in…

Utopia It would be pretentious to try and dictate what a perfect society would be like since it may not be one even to the person residing in it. Even in the society, there could be chasm between its structure and the people that it contains. However, I will describe what I feel would not be a perfect, but sustainable society. This society will unite its people in a way that everyone is treated equally and fairly so long as they too treat everyone uniformly. What governs it will not possess…

Expanding upon this idea of what contractualism is from Locke’s point of view, we can see that Locke views society as a whole, as good. He sees people as opting in on their own, and says all humans have the same capacity to think.So, if everyone is opting in for their own good, and well being, there must be a benefit there. The perceived benefits of opting in to this promise are things like safety, sustenance, a pursuit of happiness, the feeling of being equal. No man is above another in the…

The Contracts Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Charles W. Mills have identified parts of our society that have formed sorts of informal contracts about how society sees the world. In Rousseau’s The Social Contract, the first societies are discussed with the colonization of the new world. The differences in the civilization of the people and their subsequent treatment is examined. In Mills’ The Racial Contract, the treatment of different races is examined and historical reason for it is given. Rousseau…

surrounding an ideal form of government are founded upon. The evolution of the two political doctrines can be traced to English intellectual and philosopher Thomas Hobbes, who authored the Leviathan, which was influenced by the ramifications of the civil war between the Crown and Parliament…

The Leviathon was written as a political fiction establishing the notion of a political community, establishing itself coherently with the social contract argument, which is “a clear device that connects three aspects of political theory: a specific view of human nature… of problems that would arise in the absence of political authority … of government best suited to solve such problems” . Hobbes addresses all three, which we will see by answering the problematique: How does Hobbes justify…

In the “Discourse on the origin of human inequality”, Rousseau argues that social inequality is caused by the competitions that originated from individualism, through which people only pursue self-interest and put equality in danger. Rousseau believes that the state of nature does not have much inequality, which is worsened along with the development of human civilization and political institutions and leaves a greater gap between the rich and the poor. According to Rousseau, when human…