The Social Contract

to suggest his own proposition on social conduct. From his appearance to attitude, the boys saw him as a fit chief, being “...a direct link with the adult world of authority…” (59), societal familiarity proving to be his defining feature. It is the children’s likeness and relatability to Ralph and his temperament to the objectively essential that fortifies his understanding and encouragement for social order. Further, it is the notion that, “...to play a social role in...society, the child must…

Different from all architects at his time, Frank Lloyd Wright, Sullivan's disciple, treated rules as something to be broken when needed. Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture was rooted in nature; he called it organic. How did he make his organic architecture apply to time, to environment and to man? How did he merge environment to urban and rural buildings with the use of different materials? Wright chose the word organic to describe his architecture and first used the term in a public address in…

Perhaps one of the most influential books in western philosophy, Meditations on First Philosophy, written by René Descartes, was first published in 1641. Descartes was a French rationalist, born in the 17th century. He is famously known by his contributions to the field of epistemology, mainly through his book. In Meditations, Descartes decides to put into question all of his previous knowledge, in order to determine what is false and dubious, and what is undoubtedly true. The book is divided…

Writer Roderick Nash argues that wilderness is the antithesis to the human paradise in satisfying our interests (Nash, xii). Henry David Thoreau advocates that “in wilderness is the preservation of the world” (Cronon, 471). Environmental activist Gary Snyder believes wilderness to be “a person with a clear heart and open mind can experience the wilderness anywhere on earth. It’s a quality of one’s own consciousness” (Cronon, 495). Author Bill McKibben believes there is no wilderness and “we must…

Conformist referred to everyone who conform to what majority of society do. However, many tried to change themselves by their feelings, looks, belief, or actions in order to fit in or to conform to what society think. In my opinion, conformist are everyday people such as students or workers, they are those whom conform to what society expect them to do and not do the opposite of society’s expectation. Being a conformist is trying to fit in with everyone, but there are negative views on people…

What does it mean “to be in one’s right mind”? In Crime and Punishment, the “Crime” is committed in Part I, and the “Punishment” comes hundreds of pages later, in the Epilogue. In between, Dostoevsky delves into the inner world of Raskolnikov, exploring doubts, paranoia, despair, fear, and, most prominently, madness. From the very beginning, Raskolnikov is on the brink of mental collapse. He talks to himself in public, lies in bed alone all day, and barely eats. He walks meaninglessly around…

Transcendentalism is a movement from the 1820’s, and it's the belief that the whole universe lives inside you and that intuitive thought is the primary form of knowledge. This was further developed and there became 5 basic tenets of transcendentalism. In the articles that I have chosen all five have presented themselves. I have read “Say hello to Generation DIY” and “I exist on my own terms”, although very different articles they both contain similar tenets. The tenets that we discussed in class…

the two theories where issues arise. Lastly, it analyses the influence of both theories in society. The Theories of Distributive Justice Rawls’ Difference Principle – The Collectivist The Difference Principle plays an important role to justify social and economic inequalities in Rawls’ collectivist theory of justice. Any inequalities from the well-off should work towards the…

Do we really aim to DESTROY the person we love, or is it just that we love them so much we destruct our life to keep them? Why is it important for us to love things that we find precarious? Most importantly, why do we look to things that murder our conscious and damage our heart? Using a short story, William Faulkner discusses that isolation and loneliness can lead to destruction. The word “desolation” can be defined as a state of complete emptiness or destruction. Typically, the warfare of…

Rules are created in society for one of two purposes; to protect the rights of man, and to protect the rights of men. The rights of men are the rights of the society, the rights of the group, the rights of the collective men; these laws and rules create order to protect mankind from the dangers of the world, ourselves, and others. The rights of man are the rights of the individuals, the inalienable rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness among others. The society portrayed in Ayn…