Common Sense

In his rather famous pamphlet, Common Sense, Paine illustrates the anima between the American ‘have-nots,’ and the English ‘haves.’ Paine states: “These are times that try men’s souls.” (Paine) During this time, the Mercantilist English were levying heavy taxes amongst their colonies, which…

All too often we have seen movies or TV shows about a mutant of some sort, who, because of his looks, assumes that no on will love him, and because of that is angry and hostile. Such story lines are even present in The Beauty and the Beast. Usually, in the end there is a kind lady who saves the monster, proving that she can love, and he can too. However in this story there is only the De Lacey family. The monster watches them though a window where he sees love in the family, but he is rejected…

Thomas Fletcher Robertson Jr. Mr. Easley Eng 251-02 22 Nov., 2016 Thomas Paine Demonstrating Some Sense Thomas Paine was the anonymous author of a revolutionary pamphlet called Common Sense. The pamphlet was 27 pages long and has been referred to as one of America’s first best-sellers. Common Sense made a debut in January of 1776 and caused a spark of patriotism throughout the colonies which many historians believe paved the path for the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by…

A glass bottle is broken in the middle of the street, and as common sense would tell anyone, it is probably best to avoid and walk around it. However, if everyone embodied this practical and sound judgment, then why do people still smoke cigarettes despite knowing the effects to their body? The question is then this: is common sense really so, common? The Oxford dictionary definition states common sense as “good sense and sound judgement in practical matters.” The problem within the…

Another document was the pamphlet, Common Sense written by Thomas Paine. Common sense was written as a push to the colonist to break ties with Britain. Americans could not easily break ties with Britain, as simply as1, 2, and 3. Also, many colonists since birth have worship the king and England. There was a fear of how common people can rule themselves. Therefore Pain wrote Common Sense and “encourage colonist to break free from England and start a new independent and democratic society” (The…

The lack of common sense is not just in government. There is a lot of it in religion too. When we take every verse of the Bible literally without thinking about the assumptions and context behind that verse, we are not using common sense; we are being childish Christians. When we follow a religious tradition for the sake of the tradition without thinking about how it applies to our current life situation, we are not using our God-given common sense; we are being blind followers. Then we wonder…

Common sense ideology is the adoption of the dominant societies values, attitudes, and beliefs that shape the way it views reality. Common sense ideologies are based on locale. People in a rural or wilderness area will share certain beliefs about safety and protection from animals while in urban areas, people learn to cross streets safely. Common sense is a dominant idea about society and our place in it. Capitalists believe that you can succeed monetarily if you work for it hard enough which is…

Common Sense Essay The document Common Sense was written to motivate the people who lived in the thirteen colonies to wage war against the British colonizers so that they can finally have their freedom. This document provided details regarding the benefits of and the necessity for freedom which are easy to understand. Common Sense helped to explain the reason why independence from Great Britain had to be sought at a period when the issue of whether to aim for freedom or not was the main dilemma…

Tristan Utech Mr. Westlund U.S. History 10/10/15 Comparative Essay of the “Declaration of Independence” and “Common Sense” Two documents quite essential to the founding of America may actually have much more in common than just being a tool for action. The two documents addressed are “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine and “The Declaration of Independence” written by Thomas Jefferson. These two documents hold the keys to American ideals and ideas. Freedom, liberty, consent, duty, and all other…

people justly, not violate their rights and keep our promises. Because doing so promotes good consequences. Far from being incompatible with common sense, utilitarianism is common sense. In chapter 8 of Rachels’ book he had replied that sometimes ignoring moral common sense does bring about good results and so utilitarianism sometimes does disrupt common sense. The version of utilitarianism claims that right acts are those that follow the set of rules whose existence would maximize happiness…