Political radicalism

A Deadly Way of Live: Georgia’s Stand Your Ground Law In 2006 the state of Georgia introduced its version of the Stand Your Ground Law. What is the Georgia’s Stand Your Ground Law (SYG)? In general, Georgia's law says a person is justified in threatening or using force if they believe it is necessary to protect themselves or another person, in other-word the right to kill another. Georgia is the second state of twenty-two states with the stand your ground law. In Georgia this law gives…

cannon precious to this course and was pleased to find that the cannon provides a perfect case study for the cultivation of political thought, as well as how access to different ways of communication…

David Hume and John Witherspoon each raise interesting, yet contrasting, views on civic virtue and its relationship with political well-being. While Hume articulates that through proper checks and balances liberty and government will be protected from an amoral statesman; to the contrary, Witherspoon states that without a proper moral footing any government is destined to fail. Witherspoon’s assertions are supported by the French philosopher Montesquieu. In contrast, Price makes statements…

well as the incorporation of the authority systems. The following provision will tackle the social contract theory. Social Contract Theory The importance of social contract theory demonstrates the perspective of a particular individual moral and political obligation that are highly relational to the contract or agreement relative to the condition of terms if they are acceptable in the society (Friend, 2004). By not abiding the agreement, there will be…

Both Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were political philosophers and pioneers in the belief that humans in a state of normalcy under no government belonged under the category “State of Nature”. Also both were both social contract theorists in the sense that in the need of a government their needs to be some sort of contract/understanding between the people and the structured power. At first agreeing on this premise, they would come to differ in the end both having radically difference of opinions.…

stake, which would be in good favor of the general public as they have pure intentions. Individuals would be given more power, more involvement, and more freedoms to make a difference in our society and help diminish automatic government. Unlike another of Howard’s reforms, such as giving more power to the president, the people would become supportive of this reform as they personally benefit and power is given to them and not a single individual. Social acceptance of this reform would be high,…

not informed about the candidates’ political views, knowledge and plans for the future of the country should not vote. These people, who either vote by popularity, charisma, or even wealth, to choose a candidate they know nothing about, put the nation’s future at risk. Citizens who vote uninformed are signing a contract without even reading it’s terms and conditions. Where is the common sense America? Unfortunately, not all voters use their political knowledge when it comes to voting.…

What is a good society and what is a good person? The question has been talked about over thousands of years. The theory about what is a good society and a good person vary from person to person. Not all people can agree with a specific theory about what is a good person and what is a good society. As long as the majority of people feel a theory is reasonable, then it is worth discussion. This essay will talk about what a good person is and what a good society is based on the theories of…

Utilitarianism as a political theory o ‘Morally right act/policy is that which procedures the greatest happiness’ (Kymlicka 2002, p. 10) • Best way to determine morally right act/policy: • Consequences produced from ones actions – ‘consequentialism’ • Encourages maximizing this overall good • Can be viewed as an exhaustive moral theory o Will focus on utilitarianism as a ‘political morality’ • Outline of essay Paragraph 2: Overview of utilitarianism • Utilitarianism as a political theory in…

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…