Political philosophy

Liberalism is a political philosophy or way of thinking based on the ideas of liberty and equality for all in society. With this theory or political policy in place, it is ideal for the people of the society to have the majority of the power in regards to decision making in the community. Meaning that the people have the power to vote for the people in government, freedom of press, freedom to practice any religion, and keep any civil or natural right reserved no matter what transpires in the…

monster of “We,” the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood, and shame.” (Rand, 97) The story of Anthem takes place in an unspecified future time and place where freedom and individual rights have been eliminated. Collectivism, the political philosophy stating that an individual exists only to serve the state, has taken over the society which has brought many rules and controls along with it. The only concept that people know is “We” and not “I.” Equality 7-2521, a Street Sweeper of…

more active role of government, other countries often control a socially funded healthcare system. These ways of approaching healthcare are a consequence of fundamentally different rationales on the roles of government and the individual. These political differences have resounding impacts on who is cared for, how they are cared for, and who is held responsible for the trillion-dollar bill, and, therefore, impact all citizens.…

Sly, coning, deceitful, ruthless, words often used to described the political philosophy of Niccólo Machiavelli. He was the first philosopher of the renaissance, lived in an Italy divided by states, he lived in Florence Italy under different Florentine empires. His exile ethic took place under the Medici family rule. "One should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person,”Machiavelli was a realist and made a point of writing things as they were rather than as…

all because it can be deduced by innate mental capabilities (such as reason and philosophy). Hobbes illustrated the terrors within the state of nature, in which fear reigns dominant. Therefore, he implies that the natural man, in order to preserve life, must seek peace, and follow it. Additionally, the second law of nature follows upon the decree to seek peace, which is a follow-up…

include this contemporary idea, government is for the people, protects the rights of the people and the citizens themselves limited the power of the government. The reign of absolute monarchy conceived a negative atmosphere in France. However, the philosophies of the Enlightenment period administered an initiation of change. Furthermore, led to significant legislative change, which introduced the concept of people no longer the subjects of the king but as citizens protected by the…

held their irresponsible actions by he rich. The progressive era is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to America. It had begun as an social movement and grew into a political movement. The Progressive era was known as a period of widespread social activism. One of the main objectives of the Progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in…

Michael J. Sandel’s Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? explores the meaning of justice and the challenges of answering the big questions posed in political philosophy through various examples. One of the first few questions he proposes is: “Does a just society seek to promote the virtue of its citizens? Or should law be neutral toward competing conceptions of virtue, so that citizens can be free to choose for themselves the best way to live?” (Sandel 9). A just society should promote a…

Michel Foucault claimed, ‘Political theory has never ceased to be obsessed with the person of the sovereign’ (Foucault and Gordon, 1980). In saying this, he critiques Western political thought for the focus scholars have collectively held on sovereign power, or the ‘macro-level’ consisting of governmental figures and institutions in formal power over a nation-state. In The Politics of Truth he elaborates: It seems to me that there has been in the modern Western world … a certain way of thinking…

Throughout the world, many different types of religions and faiths are practiced today. In China, there are several religions or philosophies practiced today, but thousands of years ago there were only a handful that made importance. The different religions practiced then and now are Christianity and Islam to Daoism and Legalism. Today much of China’s influence is through Buddhism, but centuries ago Confucianism and Legalism occupied the main focus of the country. Of the three intellectual…