Political philosophy

The French, and Haitian Revolutions both achieved their initial political goals with varying degrees of success, although victory sometimes meant great loss to the nations. Since French and Haitian counterparts, the rebels went on to fight and establish independence without overturning the colonial social order. Despite terrible human, monetary, and social costs, the French and Haitian revolutions were able to propel the idea of democracy and the ideal of equality far beyond the boundaries…

needed a government. The founders of the united states used their theories to build the new country. The united States needs a representive government to protect its citizens natural rights from being harmed. English political philosopher John locke created the natural rights philosophy. This is where he imagined what the world would be like if there was no legitimate government, which he called a state or nature. “The state of nature has a law of nautre to govern it which obliges every…

This essay will discuss Plato and JS Mill’s outlook on their own political theories of the state and how these theories can be applied to the political concepts of both Authority and Democracy. This essay will give a brief historical outline of the tow theorists and will discuss their different opinions on how the state should be run. Democracy is a word used by most yet is a term that if often misunderstood, the dictionary definition of democracy is “A system of government by the whole…

The Enlightenment was the age of reason, it was the peak of philosophy, politics, and science. It was a time where people opened up and made scientific discoveries. The people involved in the Enlightenment were able to help the world to understand how scientific processes work, and it is very important in world history. The Enlightenment ran from 17th century and the 18th century. The Enlightenment was an underrated time period and here’s why it is important. The Enlightenment began in…

inspiration for the movement. Despite their many differences, England and France’s contributions are crucial to human knowledge, reason, and thought- both political and religious. Without one nation, the other would not have reached its potential, nor would have the rest of the Western world. Each new method of thought, approach to religion or logic, and political idea, whether minor or substantial played a part in the movement that influenced the entire…

Malmesbury, is most known for his work in modern political philosophy. Hobbes, strongly supporting a sovereign government to control political and social order, debates the evils of man’s free…

The theory of human nature or the state of nature as described by both Hobbes and Rousseau has been a philosophy that has been in constant question since the 17th century. Both Hobbes and Rousseau wrote on this topic a century a part from another and had similar yet distinct ideas in regards to the state of nature and the need for government or social contract. Hobbes ideology portrays man in a harsh and most depressing manner; his views are seen as cynical and pessimistic. Rousseau’s…

perspective. Unlike collectivism, Objectivism is an extremely simple concept that allows no room for contradictions. Objectivism is a philosophy of rational individualism. Individualism is the philosophy that declares every man has a right to their own life with no collective rights. Rand…

conception of political identities, sees identities emerging from the political – a name for the dimension of antagonism lurking beneath the formation of identities. By its nature, the political will assume many shapes and sizes to produce the identities. The political illustrates the pluralistic nature of politics and properly equips us to handle the movements that arise from it. The political is a stage upon which the us/them dynamic acts out its antagonism, forming a new synthesis. The…

251). America’s English-American elite have built tension against German immigrants in particular, with a difference in traditional philosophies as the cause. The “rivalries of philosophies” and “vision of war as a contest” between the “wrong” Imperial German and the “right” democratic America were main motives in the war (p. 257). However, besides the quest for making things right, Bourne says America’s involvement…