Political radicalism

Socrates does not adequately refute the claim that justice means to tell the truth and not steal, or as Cephalus puts it, “Not cheating someone even unintentionally, not lying to him, [b] not owing a sacrifice to some god or money to a person”. Socrates replies by giving the following counter example, “if a man borrows weapons from a sane friend, and if he goes mad and asks for them back, the friend should not return them, and would not be just if he did. Nor should anyone be willing to tell the…

In July 1994, I was involved in an accident, and in this accident I lost the end of my right middle finger. So the story I’m about to tell you is true. On this particular day I was working at the United States Postal Service at 7117 W. Harry I had just been assigned to work with Rick Sifford. Rick and I were to move some three-inch angle iron. I think there were about 20 feet long so that equates to a lot of weight, far more than was safe for two people to move. I forget how many pieces of iron…

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…

The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement which predominantly fuelled the events of the French Revolution. The political and social turmoil was inspired by the political philosophers of the Enlightenment movement. By criticising the common public’s scepticism towards intellectual expansion, Immanuel Kant ushered the revolutionary movement through the introduction of the importance of knowledge and reasoning. Kant endorsed the French Revolution, for it was essentially a representation of his…

“Genuine freedom is an outstanding manifestation of the divine image in man. For God willed to leave man ‘in the power of his own counsel, so that he would seek his Creator of his own accord and would freely arrive at full and blessed perfection by cleaving to God.” God created and called us all to be perfect just as He is perfect. As the previous quote from the Catechism states, we arrive at perfection by freely seeking and cleaving to Him. The question, of course, becomes how? How does a human…

the first form of society and it is therefore the “prototype of political societies” (Morgan, 772). In this analogy, the leader would be representative of the father and the people representative of the children. This view of government further enforces Rousseau’s relationalism by not only creating meaningful relationships within familial units but also within community and society as a whole. It also sets up his conservative political…

Question-How does trafficking in Latin America and Africa differ from other regions? Response- in Latin America and Africa the biggest difference has to deal with economically. In these regions they have large youthful populations and high birth rates. The economies in these areas don’t have an expanding work force. Most of the populations in these areas were unemployed permanently. Also in these areas there is no prospect for education or even prosper of quality of life. The large reason why…

voting for the past and that this choice is necessary. This claim tends to be even stronger with the time. In the past discussion about the vote for the lesser of two evils was prevailing with time but it was just to manage the establishment of the political party that might cause the problem elimination. The logic to this question was granted to this question. But it should be kept in mind that the candidates should not be preferred due to his religion or the membership of candidate to the…

Parenting is not a popularity contest, and for good reason. Many times what is best for a child, or for the family unit, is not enjoyable or even comfortable – but for the ultimate good, it must be done. Ruling a nation is not so far removed, in fact they are much the same when it comes to fostering goodness and contentment. It is impossible to please everyone, and any attempt at achieving such widespread approval oftentimes loses the respect of all. Yet, if not a popularity contest the…

Martin Luther King Junior’s Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr. emphasizes the importance of equality and justice in his letter to the people of Birmingham, Alabama. King writes, from his jail cell, about the injustice he has seen and he offers ways of fixing it. His plans starts with acquiring an understanding of the difference between a just and unjust law and how to react to them. Then his plan requires taking action to abide by and fight for these just laws. The final…