Ruler

Josef Stalin’s rise to power and ruler of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1954 had a drastic effect on the country. To some extent, his rule was beneficial to Soviet Union, but overall, it was majorly devastating, particularly to the wellbeing of the Russian people. During his time as leader, Stalin implemented many significant changes within the Soviet Union, such as his program of rapid industrialization and modernization, which achieved huge increases in Soviet productivity and economic growth,…

Way of the Ruler”, Han Fei discusses the role of the ruler. According to Han Fei, the enlightened ruler (who is the highest authority in the government) must maintain a shroud of mystery around his decisions and commands. By not overtly revealing his desires, ministers will refrain from pleasing him, thereby ensuring his subjects will heed all commands. Through hiding his own talents (i.e. bravery, wisdom, etc.), the ruler’s subjects are forced to present their own talents to the ruler. When…

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The rulers have the power over the people. The rulers have authority and give commands. The ruler is the head of the state. The ruler makes sure that he has the power and maintains it. In short, rulers govern the people. The citizen follows the ruler. The people provide support to the ruler as long as they are satisfied. If not, they can choose to overthrow the leader and follow a new ruler. Machiavelli provided some situations wherein, the oppressed…

served under another for multiple generations. Many of the samurai writings, such as Opinions in Ninety-Nine Articles and The Regulations of Imawa Ryoshun, were focused on the roles of a good ruler and servant. Around the same time period, Niccolo Machiavelli also wrote about the role of a ruler and how a ruler must act in order to maintain his reign. Though they were located in very different parts of the world, Machiavelli…

It is difficult to find a modern day ruler who would be viewed as good leader by everyone. For example, the President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, who is viewed negatively by many western world leaders, was shown to of had an 87% approval rating at the end of his first 3 months in office…

people to know their place in society and fulfill their job to the best they can. Also in his Analects he says “the requisites of government are there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of people in their ruler.” Confucius believed that government was used as a tool to bring out the best in people. He says that for the well being of the society that the people can not forget their roles. Government was to be looked upon as for leadership, and respected…

matter tackled of a needed qualified government and mostly its idea of a centralized authority was existent throughout major periods in China’s history. In his book, Lord Shang’s main concern is to guide rulers in their governance by saying how a ruler or a « sage-prince » should be and what a ruler should go in order to lead an empire effectively. Thus, he begins exposing his ideas by arguing that people’s principles are not solid, nor steady ; they actually evolve with the world’s constant…

their work on creating a better society and government. Their work consists of theories of how rulers should rule their land and how they can get their subjects support. Locke’s Two Treaties of Government of Civil Government, is contrary to Machiavelli’s book The Prince. Whereas, Locke’s book is to justify the revolution of when King James II was removed from power, Machiavelli’s book is about how a ruler should exercise his power and gain control. Machiavelli’s theory is similar to dictatorship…

Plato writes that indoctrinating rulers with certain myths and falsehoods1 will be to the benefit of the city. At the same time, his concept of a philosopher-king is based on the idea that a properly educated rulers with a grasp of the theory of forms is able to derive ultimate truth and understanding and thus not need to rule on the basis of rigid prescriptive law. I believe that the idea of using these sorts of falsehoods on rulers, as Plato later describes as “ideal,” as fundamentally…