The Social Contract

Niall Ferguson declared, “It's all very well for us to sit here in the west with our high incomes and cushy lives, and say it's immoral to violate the sovereignty of another state. But if the effect of that is to bring people in that country economic and political freedom, to raise their standard of living, to increase their life expectancy, then don't rule it out.” (The observer 2011) What Niall Ferguson defined was an aspect of Intervention. Intervention, according to Andrew Heywood is the…

These ideas from the Enlightenment became important to the citizens of every nation. Even though some revolutions were not entirely successful, they all were clearly motivated by similar issues. Although revolutions are led by different groups and social classes, they all have a common goal of escaping an oppressive government that restricts the rights of the people. The oppressive governments and the lack of rights during this era inspired people to revolt…

actually have a fair chance. ‘Careers open to talents’ are insufficient. Public offices and social positions must be open in the formal sense and all should have a fair chance to attain them. People with the same talents and abilities should have the same prospects of success, regardless of their social class of origin. The second principle is the difference principle. According to this principle inequalities in social and economic goods are only acceptable if they promote the welfare of the…

The Totality and Infinity In Totality and Infinity, Levinas started his discussion of morality with its opposite. Levinas Stated: “Everyone will readily agree that it is the highest importance to know whether we are duped by morality. Does not lucidity, the minds opened upon the true, consist in catching sight of the permanent possibility of War” and also “War renders morality derisory” War is that which is opposite of morality and so, Levinas holds that one must understand war to know…

John Locke’s political philosophy has had a lasting impact on American political ideology. In chapter 5 of the Second Treatise, "Of Property," Locke traces man's endeavor to make something of himself. Locke believes that “man must earn his way toward self-ownership. This is not merely a matter of rhetorical presentation; it is a theory of human history” (Henry 215). While Locke’s influence on the principles of the Declaration of Independence are highly regarded, his deepest impact on the…

different meaning than freedom of a single person. He always wanted to offer equal rights to those who were oppressed and down-trodden and believed that this would automatically lead to the freedom of the country. India is a country constituting of many social groups who have altogether different choices, opinions, and viewpoints in a population of 1.252 billion (2013).These groups when go hand in hand with each other create peace and harmony and hence define the true Indian nation. Dr. Ambedkar…

between two political units that share conflicting interests. It’s a constantly changing phenomenon in human history, its increasingly frequent, virulent and costly in some periods than others. The devastating impact of war on the human’s political, social, economical, cultural and psychological issues increases with the advancement of…

in the hands of the people, and he does not want the power to be focused or concentrated to one ruler. In accordance with Hobbes, people moving from the state of nature into a treaty, in which they surrender all of their rights when they enter a contract with the all-powerful sovereign, creates a commonwealth. In contrast, the rights of the sovereign are absolute and cannot be controlled by the people. The sovereign or ruler cannot give up their supremacy, nor can the people be released from the…

In the social liberty, it can be tackled from few aspects, such as rights, freedom, equality, religion and toleration. Both Locke and Marx believed on rights and obligations of human but Locke believed that human entitles for rights such as right for life, liberty and health along with his line of natural rights theory, but Marx attacked his view, arguing that human rights purposed by Locke was merely a doctrine in advancing the interest of private property. In his view, every right was the…

Everyone defines his own liberty Society is made of individualist, without individualists there would be no society. Going even further, the term society is actually an illusion and the individuals are its reality. Individualist have the choice to come to gather and to form an assemblage. Because society is just an imagination and a fiction it does not exist and individualists’ liberty is limitless. The reason why in every epoch man must seek his freedom not at the beginning but at the end of…