Republics

During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth century the Political Development had many changes that occurred. France and England were growing vastly and becoming over populated. They both wanted to create and stabilize a Government. The two most important political developments were the Parliament Monarchy and Absolute Monarchy. In this short essay, I will talk about France and England, talk about the two different political models and also what the conditions were like under them. The first Political…

The French Revolution Timeline May 5, 1789- King Louis XVI convened the Estates General (which had not met in 175 years) to levy a new land tax to hopefully solve his monetary woes, (the French king and country were broke). June 20, 1789- The newly created National Assembly, which was mostly made up of the middle and lower classes of the Third Estate, was going to be shut down by the King, but N.A. declared that they would not disband until they had written a new constitution for France. This…

Nguyen Tran Mr. Javier & Mr.Wen World Literature 1, World History 2 22 October 2015 Self-Destructive Democracy “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves”(Lincoln). America has a compelling government in which the power to rule is given to the people, however society’s disagreements and interactions are the reason to a declining democracy, and the nation itself is to blame. The concept of a self-destructive…

When Montague spoke, all voices ceased. Everyone stared at him as if he had disturbed the meeting. Alexandal twitched then finally addressed the concern. “Indrid is a soldier in our army, the new Capital’s army. We will contact them when his services are no longer needed.” “We must at least reply,” said Montague. “Mr. Speaker, you’ve been sitting there for the last few minutes listening to this conversation. Have you looked at the document under your hand?” asked Alexandal.…

While the U.S. prides itself on being one of the world’s oldest and fairest democracies, the reality is that the American political system is full of anachronisms that have been excised in other democracies. For example, the antiquated American system of first-past-the-post voting, which prevents third parties from gaining any headway against the Republicans or Democrats, has been rectified with proportional voting systems in countries like Sweden and the Netherlands. Similarly, our system of…

come to fruition America had to go through wars and conflict within it’s own borders to establish a stable government. There were a few issues that threatened the survival of the early American republic, one of the first problems America faced, it’s breaking with the United Kingdom and establishing a republic government the size of the United States (Ellis, p. 11). Many problems arose as the new nation was…

In The Republic, given that it is hard to define individual justice merely based upon individual level analysis, Plato expands the horizon to discover the notion of social justice in order to draw a connection with individual justice. He constructs the model of an ideal city and divides it into three distinct classes – the gold, the silver, and the bronze. Based on this categorization, he claims that social justice is “doing one’s own job, and not trying to do other people’s jobs for them”…

The podcast deals with the dialogue “Plato’s Republic” written around 400 BC, which discusses the meaning of justice and what it truly means to be just. Firstly, a background in ancient Greece’s politics was offered, speaking of the appeals and brutal regimes of government prior to democracy being restored. The major issue addressed in the podcast is the execution of Socrates by the majority of Athens for the corruption of youth in and the introduction of gods that the Greeks did not once…

In Plato’s Republic, justice is the main point of conversation for Socrates and his friends. Everyone has their own idea of what justice truly is, and tells Socrates what they believe. Socrates uses his general method, asking questions, to make each of the individuals tear their own idea of justice apart. Socrates idea of creating just cities and individuals comes about through questioning the other ideas of justice. First, how does the city become just? Second, how does the individual citizen…

System The spoils system a system in which your friends come into power with you. A system in which if you are the most loyal follower of a certain person in power you get into power. A great example is shown on pg 40 of the novel The Destiny of the Republic when it states that “ ten years earlier then President Grant had given Conkling his most fiercely loyal supporter, control of the New York Customs house.” That is the spoils system at its finest because it shows that supporters of the…