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Pale sea foam softly laps the waterlogged body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi in an image that crystallized the senseless suffering of thousands of Syrian refugees. Though the photo undoubtedly confronts its global audience with a reality that, oceans away, is easy to passively accept, could a single image really inspire viewers to take progressive action? As ocean levels rise, poverty ravages the third world, and both sexual and racial discrimination run rampant, it seems clear that something…

Rousseau's work was championed by the likes of Karl Marx and Immanuel Kant in that echoes of Rousseau can be seen consistently throughout Critique of Pure Reason by Kant and the Communist Manifesto by Marx. By that measure and from all which followed in the wake of Rousseau, his ideas about the corruption of the pure human by the evils of society, coupled with the "general will" philosophy of domination of the few by the many are clearly totalitarian in nature and fringe thought. With that…

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born to quite the average middle-class family in Geneva in 1712, his mother dying shortly after childbirth, he was raised by his father. Rousseau’s father was a litterateur of many ancient works mostly regarding the famous philosophies of the Greeks and Romans. His father being forced to flee Geneva when Rousseau when he was only ten years of age, but this was long enough for the ideas that his father studied to stick with him for the rest of his life. Rousseau began…

Although Jean Jacques Rousseau is known to be one of the most influential philosopher during the Romantic time. Many questions his insanity and authentic nature of his literary work. Rousseau’s Confession, Part One, exhibited a self-described portray of events; childhood tragedies, painful experiences both factual and emotional in a non-prejudiced manner. Rousseau was born June 28, 1712 in Geneva, Switzerland, a Swiss- born philosopher and individualist who later become known for his political…

In Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Rousseau argues that the concept of nature justifies harmful inequality, and the best way to negate that is to reveal that inequality is “unnatural”. In his endeavor reveal the origin of inequality Rousseau examines the idea of the savage man. The Savage man being one who lives among beasts and raises themselves to the level of animal instinct. This man has no instinctive qualities, including language and the power of reason. Their whole being…

Many people were questioning their ways of living and knowing. In four amusing articles, these philosophers focus on their societies issues. The enlightenment philosophers believed that greater individual freedom could improve society in several areas. These areas include government, religion, economics, and social equality. Every man or woman is able to have equal rights and do as they please as long as it’s within the government laws. In the article by John locke,it states “ some species…

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), generally accepted as the father of Romanticism, believed that humans are born basically good and that original sin does not exist in the human heart (Hergenhahn & Henley, 2014, p. 198). This is Rousseau’s basic point behind the statement “Man is born free yet we see him everywhere in chains” (Rousseau, as cited in Hergenhahn & Henley, 2014, p. 198). People, as inherently good, do not require governing, whether by the state, the Church, or any other social…

changes in politics, philosophy, and government. France had always been ruled under kings and his supporters, however, the common citizens grew impatient with this form of government and started questioning whether or not it was the best style. Jean Jacques Rousseau greatly impacted the changes in government during the Enlightenment Era. Rousseau, like the other philosophes, pushed to benefit the social and political power of the common citizen. He argued that the individual freedoms and the…

“The Racial Contract” depicts Charles Mills’ radical perspective on racism as the foundation of the social contract. The core of Locke’s political thought is exposed, heavily linked to domination and exploitation. Racial roots of the social contract evoke global division and the existence of full/sub-persons. Mills rejects and challenges Locke’s conventional contract theory by acknowledging racism as the linchpin of the social contract, rather than an unintended consequence of imperfect man. His…

get older, or, are we as humans naturally trying to do good and what is right, but it can vary depending on your environment. William Golding, author of “Lord Of The Flies”, believes that we humans naturally do evil. While on the other side, Jean-Jacques Rousseau believes that it all depends on what kind of environment you are in. There was an experiment held based on Stanley Milgram’s views on how humans reacted when a high position of authority commanded you to do something. Such as deliver a…