Political philosophy

1. DEFINE GOVERNMENT AND BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE STRUCTURE OF U. S. GOVERNMENT A government is the governing political direction and control applied onto the behaviors of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states. A government rules over its people by establishing laws and enforcing those laws onto their people. There are many types of governments, but they all work towards, one thing, to insure domestic tranquility within their members, citizens, etc. The…

two justices’ jurisprudence, or philosophy of law, is shaped by their political ideologies. This is not to say, however, that I believe that the two justices’ political ideologies affect their ability to come to objective decisions since ultimately, their most important task is to remain impartial. The two SCOTUS justices are on the opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. In addition to their opposite ideologies, the pair has two completely different philosophies of law and therefore, vary in…

This philosophical analysis will define the themes of civic loyalty and “virtu” in the qualities of a good citizen and good leader in the political systems of Socrates and Machiavelli. For Socrates, the notion of civic loyalty (to the gods, military, and laws of the state) is defined in the qualities of a good citizen and leader to serve the greater good of the state. In a similar manner, Machiavelli presents the ideology of “virtu” as a guide to create a good citizen, and more importantly, a…

difference between them is the ideas about the role of government in the country. Both liberalism and conservatism, an essential concept in politics, had changed over the years but the fundamental ideas remained the same [1]. Conservatism is the philosophy that retains the traditional American value and believes in a limited government but individual freedom, while, liberalism is built upon…

“The Social Contract” was Rousseau’s most important contribution to his time, and to philosophy in general. It played a key role in establishing governments after the American Revolution and French Revolution. He brought to light these new ideas, and they would have a lasting effect for the years to come. Going hand in hand with Rousseau’s “The Social Contract”, his “Discourse on Inequality” provides many key points and factors left out. While “The Social Contract” gives a solution to failures…

are agreeing to give up rights in order to have the government’s protection. Both John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were social contract theorists and natural law theorists. They were both respected political philosophers and both of their writing have been influential to the development of the modern political thought. Locke was much more passive while Hobbes was more pessimistic when it came to their thoughts on human nature and society. Locke thought that citizens should have limits opposed on…

According to Bryan Stevenson (2012), “[t]here is no disconnect around technology and design that will allow us to be fully human until we pay attention to suffering, to poverty, to exclusion, to unfairness, to injustice. In his TED video, human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America’s justice system. To become a just society, Stevenson suggests “[t]hat we cannot be fully evolved human beings until we care about human rights and basic dignity. That all of our survival…

through many changes since the first settler set foot on our nation's soil. Just, as the nation has changed so has the political atmosphere of our nation. From their humble begins as the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party, both have gone through multiple changes as the nation political atmosphere and political arena quickly grown and changed . The first political parties within the government setting in our nation were the Federalist Party and the…

John Lock Locke on the law of nature rests ultimately on God’s will; but reason discovers it is not distinctive; his language to suggest some kind of distinctive “summons in the hearts of all mankind” the various exponents disagree on just what the law of nature is except that it take for granted the brotherhood of man and human benevolence. In a state of nature Locke holds that all men are bound to preserve peace, preserve mankind, and abstain from hurting one another differs radically from…

In political theory, the state of nature can be defined as an indication of the hypothetical conditions on how humans would behave or how their lives might have been before their inclusion within structured societies. Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are both political theorist who wrote their works based on their perspective on the state of nature extensively, we are able to distinguish their different point of views. Human nature by definition is “the general psychological…