Social contract

What is the American Dream? According to the author in paragraph one the American Dream is for a men and women to be noticed for who they truly are on the inside. For example, everyone has an incompatible personality that illustrates the type of person that they are. Also, they should also be noticed by the amazing, unique ability they were endowed with. And the achievements they worked so diligently to succeed in. Initially, those who believe that money can buy him or her anything like cars,…

Firstly, Enlightened despots endorsed human rights to create a healthier society. Although many enlightened absolutists supported human rights, one of the monarch’s who notably advocated and increased human rights was Catherine the Great of Russia. Montesquieu and Voltaire greatly influenced her on the subject of the law code. Montesquieu's book, “The Spirit of Laws”, captivated her attention and had a great impact on her view of despotism. Catherine and Voltaire were personally acquainted and…

Indonesian economist and practitioner, Toba Beta once said, “Laws are made not to be broken. They are made to curb our savagery.” All citizens must follow the laws made by the government or society. Laws tell people what one can or cannot do in a society. Without laws people would be free to do whatever they wanted to but at the same time humans would turn into savages. In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the book shows how order and control can go a long way in a community and…

(b) The purpose of this essay is to discuss Holden’s progression from innocence to experience in The Catcher and the Rye. This essay will be discussing Holden’s need to protect the innocent and innocence itself. It will discuss the way Holden views society and adults. Included in this essay will be a study of Holden’s naivety in the way he views the world as well as his own innocence in regards to sex. This essay will be demonstrating how, although Holden makes progress towards the end of the…

This is a paper comparing the Aristotle and Hobbes understandings of human nature. Aristotle states that man is a “political animal”, and that it is thus natural for man to live in a polis. Hobbes disagrees with this understanding of man a political animal, as he claims that man is actually a greedy being that is driven by power. Thus he feels that the natural state of man is a state of war. Although the two disagree initially about the man’s natural state, Aristotle comes to agree with Hobbes’…

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” nature is a symbol of refuge which is used to establish the novels theme that nature does not judge and welcomes all regardless of their sins. Unlike the Puritan town, nature is a lawless place that does not look down upon others in a condescending manner. Nature exemplifies both a sanctuary and an emotional escape for outcasts such as Hester and Pearl. In the novel, Hawthorne uses nature as a symbol of refuge to establish the novels theme that…

Selflessness is a misleading word. It has two distinct meanings that are often mistakenly interchanged. While one is being able to put other people's needs above one's own whims, the other is being without the ego or the self. While the first is arguably commendable, the other is indubitably contemptible. Being without the self implies being unable to independently judge, act, think or feel. It also implies having to rely on others for every thought, for every idea. Therefore, altruism makes…

Where does the value of a human lie? Does our value increase with our wealth and decrease with our poverty? The value of a human being should not be based on numbers or on anything that falters. We are equivalent bodies on this earth set out to fulfill our own individual purposes. The realization of what our value is and who we are is what categorizes the human race. “To Myself” by W.S. Merwin depicts the life of a man who is of value to other people but has no self-worth. In that case, he…

The term Mimicry underlines the gap between the norm of civility presented by European Enlightenment and its colonial imitation in distorted form. .This notion is based on Foucault‘s term that was based on Kant‘s notion. Bhabha‘s term mimicry is a part of a larger concept of visualizing the postcolonial situation as a kind of binary opposition between authority and oppression, authorization and de-authorization. He states ahead that all modes of imposition including the demand on the colonized…

As one of the most influential philosophers of his times, John Locke's concepts still remain to have a significant impact on current politics. His political theory was based on the concept of self-ownership and he argued the every person has a right to own their property. In addition to this, he believed that the government's main role should be limited to protecting its citizens and their property. Locke was also noted for his writing entitled “Letters Concerning Toleration ” (Locke, 1689) in…