Political radicalism

My motivation for pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at UC San Diego (UCSD) emanates from my lifelong goal to be a leading scholar in the fields of International Relations and Comparative Politics, teaching and conducting research at a major research university. UCSD’s Department of Political Science’s model of cross-disciplinary work, ethos on close mentoring and supervision, emphasis on methodology and multivariate analysis, wealth of world-class faculty across subfields, combined with the…

So, the first principle of Rawls - is essentially the principle of freedom. Basic freedoms are 1) political freedom (the principle of "equal participation" in the political process defined by the constitution), 2) the rule of law, or legal state 3) freedom of conscience. The second principle of justice of Rawls is formulated as follows that social and economic inequalities are to be…

There is a lot of ways for a government to rule its country. Usually, they use a precise type of economic politics in order to control a country’s economy. Some governments use capitalism –like in United-States, some use communism – like Russia-, some can use socialism – a bit more like in Quebec. There are obviously many more economic politics, but the ones that are used most likely still capitalism and socialism. Those two doctrines are really different in many ways, but mainly regarding the…

of motion and perception that imply his/her actions. Hobbes understands that human nature is everywhere and people have the capacity to reason. He wrote in a time of Civil Wars, right after an England King was recently beheaded. His theories of political obligation are grounded in human rationality because he sees that the majority of individuals act in their…

The philosophy of liberalism is the best motivating force for bettering the human condition because it emphasizes the individual over society as a whole. Its central focus is the hope of freedom, individual expression and equality. Other popular terms regarding liberalism include free market, democracy and civil rights. The argument for liberalism grew popular with the coming of the Age of Enlightenment as people longed for more individualism over the tradition authority of monarchs. Of course,…

“Shouting” in the dark all those photographs have a meaning behind the photographs of journalist to takes those photos. Like those pictures means a lot how one person is being injured and they need help. According to that movie those picture had a political impact in it shows that the Birahian government went after their own people for betraying their government. There citizens wanted change in their government. The Journalists who were video recording and reporting those scenes shows how…

John Locke, Adam Smith, and Thomas Hobbes are some of the most influential authors that lived during the 17th century. The 17th century was a time when democracy began to get its roots. During this time people were becoming get fed up with the way their government ran, and the way they were being treated. These authors spent their time writing very informational works about their thoughts on the government, its workings, and what was needed to make it successful. However, it takes more than…

Locke, and Jean-Jaques Rousseau the first major modern political philosophers. They would write work through the enlighten period, that covered a span of 150 years. The three philosophers set the groundwork that is modern day political thought. All three philosophers pull ideas, from one another but none of them are the same. The evolution of this way of thinking lead to individual liberty, unalienable rights, natural equality, primacy of political content and the notion that we are capable of…

Randall Harold Cunningham (“Randy”) was a Vietnam war hero and a Republican Congress member who represented the 50th Congressional District from years 1991 to 2005 (Stern, 2005). Moreover, he held a spot on the House Intelligence Committee, the House Appropriations Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee (“DAS”). DAS is responsible for making drafts of bills that set appropriations for defense programs (Stern, 2005). On November 28, 2005, in federal court at the age of 64, Randy…

A city is never going to be perfect. You will always have the criminals that take justice into their own hands or those that take over the city without being just to the people, for example the government. They take over the poor who are known as the minority and they strip them from their labor earnings through taxes. The reenact the robber barons in the 19th century although they are not unethically tormenting they are breaking this class down.We see this every where in our country and its…