Libertarianism

Now, Socialists on the other hand may have a lot to say about Steve Jobs holding on to all of his wealth. The classic socialist would be the first to say that Jobs’ wealth should be distributed back into Apple’s business rather than his bank account. Since Steve could have been viewed as Apple’s chosen leader (CEO) but the company would still be ran ultimately by the employees there. Although he will still be the leader of Apple, socialists will say that his salary will be proportionate to his…

Lisa McGirr’s book Suburban Warriors: The origins of the New American Right, published in 2001, examines the history of the conservative grassroots movement in Orange County, California during the 1960s and 1970s. With a “bottom up” lens, McGirr focused on ordinary people behind the grass-roots conservatism rather than the intellectual and political leaders. Historian Richard Hofstadter believed right-wing activists acted purely on their “psychological distress” rather than being motivated by a…

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…

based on capitalism or Marxism. It is a game of tug-a-war with capitalism dominating America over Marxism, within the end of the 20th century (Simon). But the politics do not end with only capitalism or only Marxism; labor, unions, socialism and libertarianism became involved in the American society. How exactly does this create an image of poverty? How is it an image of poverty? Simon focuses on the “great society,” that nobody wins the argument at hand; its give and take, win and lose. It is…

When it comes to ethics there might be many idealisms, but three big ethical standpoint are Utilitarianism, liberalism, and Kant’s conception of morality. Each one of these has it’s points that make it stand out and each disagrees with the other. But which ethical standpoint fits best when it comes to Pharmaceuticals? Utilitarianism was first developed as an ethical standpoint by Jeremy Bentham. This ethical point of view was built around the idea that what was best for the greatest number of…

Chapter Thirteen begins discussing about corporate rights being guaranteed in today’s economy system. The birth of the World Trade Organization in 1995 is discussed by David Korten and how it was a monumental step for corporate libertarianism. The wants and needs of today’s big corporations are “represented by a global body with legislative and judicial powers” whose end game is guaranteeing their rights in opposition to the violations of the democratic governments. Furthermore, the legislative…

Judaism convictions passing is not an end of life, but rather a start of another and better life. Hashem is outside human ability to comprehend of psyche and no human activity or characteristics can be identified with him. The greatest prophet was Moses and no other prophet can come later and change his words. The "Saviour" has not yet come. Jesus has no spot in Orthodox Judaism. Truly spoken, Judaism convictions in the great beyond plays a noteworthy part in the life of an Orthodox Jew. One…

Gun control With recent events causing tragedy and sadness, violent acts and massacres caused by guns. This has raised the issue of gun control in this nation and for the society wellbeing for the future. There is now a strong fight to obtain stronger gun control laws in this society than ever before. But always there is counter arguments to the Gun control act, American citizen that are pro-Gun and Pro freedom will always fight any laws that would band a gun. Because banning a gun won’t…

Eric Arthur Blair, more popularly known by his pen name, George Orwell; wrote more than 14 very popular books, with more than 30 million of some being sold. His influence can be seen in society and culture in many ways today (David Rooney, 2017). “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear” accurately reflects Blair’s mindset and reasoning behind writing. In his writing, he takes an uncommon perspective, and shows the dangers of…

Globalization is an economic, technological, social and cultural planetary scale process of increasing communication and interdependence among countries of the world uniting their markets, societies and cultures, through a series of social, economic change and policies that give them global perspective. Globalization is often identified as a dynamic process mainly caused by the societies living under democratic capitalism and liberal democracy, and have opened their doors to the information…