Political philosophy

Most feminist political thought scholar support the notion that western political thought has failed to include women in the category of “human” and its emancipatory promise is illusory or even dishonest. However, this paper focuses on the strong evidence from Carole Pateman, which she claims that the whole story is not revealed especially with social contract writers. Also, the civilized age with the help of technology, keeps on following the footsteps of the political thought writers to make…

Instead, religion ought to be based on the beliefs held by the person, not the extraordinary figure they identify with. Another argument may be that Seeger does not hold a religion training and belief, but his views are purely political. In the United States v. Kauten case, there was a quote from Emperor Charles saying, “I neither can nor will recant anything, since it is neither right nor safe to act against conscience.” Directly following this quote is another from Menander stating…

Europe before America even became a country. Their main role in each society was to cause “… destruction of the traditional social and political order based on an authoritarian philosophy and characterized by inequality and privilege.” (Carter). They wanted to make the world a more fair and just society. The Freemasons already developed their ideals and philosophy of equality, freedom and liberty, even before they assimilated themselves into the American society. Influential members such as…

Thomas Hobbes, a political philosopher who established the social contract theory and became a foundation in Western political philosophy. When presented this claim: "The more equal people are, the easier it is for them to live in peace. If people were perfectly equal, there would be no more wars.", Hobbes response to this assertion would have been rejection, according to his book; The Citizens. He would be at this conclusion because he does not think humans should live in equality. He believes…

and Hobbes were both critical of human nature, each proposing their own solution to the flaws they saw in their society, while Mirandola praised humanity’s potential. Niccolò Machiavelli was a political philosopher who lived in Florence, Italy during the Rennaisance. While in exile, and hoping for political employment, he wrote The Prince, in which he claimed that humans, inherently corrupt, must be ruled by a prince who prioritizes effective government over morality and ethics. Watching his…

of an impact on his ideas and upbringing. His works had an impact on the Declaration of Independence. Locke attended Oxford and studied philosophy. An early work by Locke while there was the Essays on the Law of Nature and later became the personal physician to Lord Ashley, later the Earl of Shaftesbury. In this capacity Locke was able to delve into political matters as Ashley was prominent politician. It was during this time that Locke began the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. This was a…

Socialism connecting with Marxism, where more of a methodology implies social relations with economics such as a working class. Conservatism begins with Burke believing a society should be stable, avoiding any distribution by us humans. Liberalism, a political, social, and economic sets of theories that focus the individual's freedom, equality, and limited government. Liberalism’s dedication to free markets and capitalism can be found. Thus, to burke and his work ins sit for an society to…

need government. The authority of civil society provides protection and is necessary because it is able to help better the natural state of people. The Second Treatise of Government by John Locke and Basic Political Writings by Jean-Jacques Rousseau are two works that deal with political philosophy support this theory that government arises as a means of rectifying some of the shortcomings found in the state of nature. Locke and Rousseau have different ideas about what civil society protects and…

1.0 Preliminaries 1.1. Introduction “Man by nature is a political animal” . Every man is responsible in everything that surrounds him. As man’s civilization started to flourish, the rise of different ideas and perspectives began. Through the years, human civilization started to progress. Thus, civilization did not only develop the culture of ancient humans but also their intellectual capability. Through the progress of intellectual capability, man’s way of living changes. Man as an…

people”(Pericles 155-156). Our government of elected officials and the constituency are both heading down a dangerous path with our current political situation. It is hard for our politicians and government to make the American people happy in the current political situation when there are no solutions that are being given options to the public. And the current political situation in words is the government id not doing enough in the Untied States for everyone to co-exist the best they can. This…