Kimberley Locke

Separation of powers The term “Separation of powers” was created by Charles-Louis de Montesquieu, a French political philosopher of the 18th century. His doctrine of the separation of powers was based in the idea that the political authority of the country has to be divided in three branches which are the legislative, executive and the judicial branch. His idea was that these three branches must work separated form each other in order to avoid the abuse of power. The legislative branch is…

The Enlightenment has many meanings, but at its core was a cultural movement by intellectuals in the 18th century. It had a range of new ideas based on reason coming about that were mostly accepted by society without punishment, and these ideas had a large effect on how today’s society works. For example, John Locke’s “life, liberty, and property” philosophy was worked into the United States Constitution, and the idea of separation of church and state was introduced during the Enlightenment.…

The most popular writer with regards in postmodernity, is Jean-Francois Lyotard, he primarily define the term postmodernity as a contemporary condition that we live and champions the forms of resistance and critics. Lyotard believed that, in a postmodernity period, there is a question regarding the sense of the ownership. Who controls the flow of an idea from one person to another and who has access to their ideas. With that, the person became a consumer of knowledge that can transform into a…

Logical Appeals Essay In Federalist 51, by James Madison, there are several examples of the classical appeals ethos, logos, and pathos that strengthen the Madison's point and allow him to get across his point far easier. The appeals not only pull the reader further into James Madison's opinion with emotion, but with common sense, and logic. Federalist 51 explains the importance of separation of powers, checks and balances, and what each branch needs to do in order to be successful.…

People like to believe they have control over their own decisions; however, all decisions and all actions are taken under a system of laws and moral and cultural codes ingrain into everyone since childhood. In Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract, he notes that state of nature is where everyone is free and at peace, but as population grows and people’s needs changes, humans starts to group themselves together, loosing that freedom. Socially, one must lose their individual freedom for…

Locke states that when men enter into a social contract, their consent "thereby made that Community one Body, with a power to act as one Body, which is only by the will and determination of the majority." In this society, every person agrees to obey a government…

During the debates over the Reconstruction amendments, I was particularly interested in the controversy about the ambiguous compromise of rights that the 14th amendment declared to protect with its Equal Protection Clause. Equality is difficult to define with the various interpretations in precedent and it has proven to still be a continued controversy today. More specifically, the controversy that has persisted is the issue of whether the State or Federal government would be the ones to decide…

Robert Nozick, a late Harvard professor was a strong supporter of libertarianism - a group of individuals that identifies justice with liberty; freedom of choice. Nozick proposed that people have a certain moral right, which he called Lockean rights. Lockean rights or “natural rights” was a theory that every man has a right to life, liberty and property. The right to life, meant that everyone is entitled to live. The right to liberty, entitled everyone the right to do anything they…

enforcement, taking the law into their own hands. Vigilante justice is not ideal according to Locke, and only is permissible when attacked in the state of nature. When one enters into a society, institutions exist that take the place of vigilantism. Locke’s argument about this topic is centered around the permissibility of vigilantism in the state of nature, the social contract, and the dissolution of government Locke begins his conversation on how vigilante justice works in the state of nature.…

Plato and Machiavelli looked into what is best for people and a government structure that can bring to a better society, happiness, and wealth for everyone. Both Plato and Machiavelli focused on a civil society that would work to secure the rule of law and protecting individual’s freedoms, as well as stability as a whole. They agreed that a government or a ruler would have to work for conditions that will bring prosperity of his citizens and a pleasing and satisfactory way of living.These two…