Political cinema

they each add something to the democratic society even though there is inequality in their lives. The citizens are those whom took part in the democratic society when it came to the government, and they all attempted to become “good citizens.” “The political good is justice, and that is the common advantage” (Robinson 1995, 226-227). Justice relates to equality, and in Aristotle’s democracy the citizens had more say in government decisions. Finally, in Aristotle’s democracy all citizens have…

Race is an entirely arbitrary parameter by which to judge any human being, and it is detrimental to the advancement of our global society to do so in any fashion. Students across our nation are being held back by laws that were created on a foundation of racism and bigotry, which are supported by those who have been indoctrinated with such anti-logical dogma, rather than those who have analyzed their own ideologies and edited them when found to be lacking in any sort of intrinsic value. In the…

While most monarchs in today’s political landscape merely occupy a symbolical or ceremonial role, absolutist monarchs for a long time possessed almost unrestricted power over the state and the people (Dupré 2010: 28). In spite of the consensus among historians that James VI. of Scotland, later on also James I. of England, was one of the strongest proponents of absolutism, there remains disagreement over the question whether James’ reign can be classified as tyranny. Arguably, reasonable…

In Emma Goldman’s Anarchism: What it Really Stands For she assert that under no circumstances are we morally obligated to obey the laws of the state since they are enforced through violence and that the government should be overthrown. Emma Goldman advocates that “Anarchism: The philosophy of a new social order based on liberty unrestricted by man-made law; the theory that all forms of government rest on violence, and are therefore wrong and harmful, as well as unnecessary.”(p. 3). In other…

The Common Good theory, is a theory on groups and individuals based on Aristotle’s principles. It states that the highest good can be achieved when people work together to obtain a certain goal. It is defined as, “a good proper to, and attainable only by the community, yet individually shared by its members” (Dupre, 687). These goods can be material possessions or abstract resources such as honor, security, or any other thing that people have to share. Aristotle states that the scarcity of these…

Ismail Hasanzade Political Theory Liberty and Power Hannah Arendt was born in Germany in 1906. When Nazis came to power, she went and settled USA for escaping Nazis. Her main political job started in USA that she wrote books such as “the Origins of Totalitarianism”, and “Human condition” that portrayed freedom and autonomy for society. She reflects “On Revaluation” (1963) both American and French revaluation that how society…

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power” (Goodreads). John Steinbeck’s quote asserts that people do not get corrupted because of power, they get corrupted because of the fear of the power. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack does not use his dominance to control the other boys; he instills authority into the boys making them fear him. By doing so, Jack controls the actions of the boys and changes their morals. The boys turn into savages who are…

principles of justice that serve as guidelines are stated as follows: Each person has an equal claim to a fully adequate scheme of equal basic rights and liberties, which scheme is compatible with the same scheme for all; and in this scheme the equal political liberties, and only those liberties, are to be guaranteed their fair value. Social and economic inequalities…

The Enlightenment was a time of belief and discovery, but it did not get that way in a single day. It took centuries for the Enlightenment to begin but it started with Absolute Monarchy. Absolute Monarchy is where one ruler has all the power. It ignited the desire for knowledge which then led to the Scientific Revolution. The Scientific Revolution was a time where the people of Europe started to or became weary of traditional ideas and wondered about the universe and the functions of the human…

liberty were large contributions to the Enlightenment and are the biggest influence that he left on our world today. Locke’s ideas and writings contributed to the Enlightenment through his influence on people concerning his theory of knowledge, his political philosophy on the the importance of a people’s consent for their government, and his philosophy of education. Locke’s most prominent contribution to the Enlightenment comes from his thoughts and ideas on epistemology, in which he explores…