Kimberley Locke

Introduction 1.1 Michel Foucault Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, a historian of ideas, a social the- orist, philologist and a literary critic. His theories addressed the relationship between power and knowledge, and how they are used as a form of social con- trol through societal institutions. Foucault is considered to be a postmodern or post-structuralist as his theories have been used for re-assessing modernity's most cherished principles.[4] 1.2 Foucault's ideas on Objectication…

Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration, prominent philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke held a holographic philosophical debate during the Global Government Convention. The debate focused on the conflicting views of both philosophers in the areas of State of Nature, Human Nature, and Social Construct. Thomas Hobbes, also regarded as a founder of modern political philosophy, published Leviathan in 1651. John Locke, often referred to as an Empiricist and the Father of Liberalism,…

ROLE OF KING IN ANCIENT INDIA Monarchy in ancient India was sovereignty over a territory by a king who functioned as its protector, a role which involved both secular and religious power. Maintenance of peace: The primary role of the king was to solve disputes and maintain peace in the society. The Aiteraiya Brahmana mentions how the king was created for discharging the vital function of peace maintenance of the state. Gods decided to create a king in the form of a man by taking specific…

What follows, are various views, stated by notable people, to expose the reader to various definitions of civilization, as each person, provides different weight on the various aspects and tenets of civilization. The Marquis Mirabeau, in 1757, seems to be the first to use the word civilization. At the time, the word civilization for him and philosophers of the Enlightenment had a narrower meaning than today. “It denoted humane laws, limitations on war, a high level of purpose and conduct,…

John Stuart Mill, a British philosopher and political economist from the 1800’s once wrote, “War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse.” (Mill, 1868) Mill goes on to explain the difference between a war that degrades men, and one that honors them. A degrading war is one in which generals use the men like instruments to implement their own desires. An honoring war is…

It is submitted that Rawls theory of justice in essence seeks an equal distribution of wealth among all individuals in society. The first of Rawls two principles is the most important when discussion the concept of justice. Regardless of whether the equalizing of injustice and inequality is not in the best interests of everyone, Rawls will not allow for any sort of manipulation or injustice to be served to one individual over another. According to Rawls, the political liberties mentioned above,…

Social Contract – Hobbes, Locke, RousseauAfter reading the three social contractarians, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, it is clear they each have different views on how to define a legitimate government, how to obtain one, what human nature is, and the social contract theory itself. The state of nature is a theoretical state in which there is no government formed yet. Each author speaks on how he believes humans interact or act individually in this state. The social…

Human well-being defined, is a state where the pursuit of life, liberty, and property is unhindered. It is when people within a society are free to do as they like, as long as they do not harm others. According to this definition of human well-being, the philosophies of John Stuart Mill prove to be more important in the preservation of this state. The prohibition of individual liberties, proposed by Mill, seem to be more of a threat to human well-being than the economic conditions described by…

Personal identity refers to certain properties that make a person feel a special sense of attachment or ownership. Both philosophers John Locke and Rene Descartes had contrasting views about one’s working mind. Descartes believes that the mind cannot be identical to the body whereas Locke emphasizes that our bodies and mind are the same thing. Locke’s ideas on personal identity are primarily focused on memory, whereas Descartes is focused on the “thinking mind.” The thinking mind is our way of…

Locke and Rousseau contract greatly regarding inequality. Their theories present different origins of inequality, different notions of whether people agree to it, and different ways in which it should be regulated by political society. According to Locke, there is no limitation on the inequality that may exist within a government. To question his theory, let us assume the following conditions: 1. The legislature legislates according to the best interest of its citizens. 2. The government…