Tolerance is tricky. And so is the idea that all things should be accepted. And toleration is way different than acceptance. I’ve seen themes of tolerance and acceptance in books, TV shows, and in real life. And if I have to answer honestly, I really can’t say that I can agree with the video we watched, on certain things, for personal religious reasons. But I will show love to all people, regardless of their decisions.But I can still provide examples. In “The Mighty Miss Malone” (by Christopher…
The 13 colonies in America began early on to develop democratic features. Distance from the mother country, the democracy became of itself. Therefore, was formed. Democratic and undemocratic features work in progress in Colonial America for the democracy. For the democracy, they listed democratic and undemocratic features, but also included a work in progress. Citizen participation is only one democratic feature. It is to take any forms in participating in any event or more including becoming…
Born into German nobility, Princess Sophie Auguste Friederike von Anhalt- Zerbst became the portrait of Russian enlightenment and subsequently immortalized in Russian history as Catherine the Great. Following a coup and the murder of her husband Peter III, Catherine reigned as empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. Her reign was simultaneously supported by the enlightenment era whose ideas began to spread throughout Europe. Supported by philosophes like John Locke, Montesquieu and Voltaire, the…
Neil MacGregor analyzed the Cyrus Cylinder in the context in which it was written, the era it was found, and in a modern middle east. in the original context he look at what it meant to the Persians as saw it as a sign of how they ran a multiethnic state. one in which the rulers must accept that different regions have different religions languages on norms. some of these were inferred by the message on the cylinder letting concurred peoples return to their homes and establishing some basics…
Introduction: “Broken Window Theory” states that if a broken window is not quickly repaired, other windows will break creating a sense of public apathy and neglect that attracts criminals. To begin with, “Broken Window theory” has mix viewed. I believe that this theory has its positive and negative side as well. The “broken window theory was a good crime fighting strategy that made people feel a little safer and was able to respect their fellow officers on foot rather than their patrol cars.…
remained to this day, the majority religion of the French people. Whether religious or not, a person should always be allowed to practice his religious beliefs. One of the things that made the legacy of Emperor Napoleon I marvelous was his religious toleration. Albeit the Revolution attempted to create a new order based on reason, its effort to enforce dechristianization was truly an abominable act. Just because a person has different religious beliefs or doesn’t agree with another religion, he…
In 2017, three and a half centuries after the publication of Leviathan, Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration, prominent philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke held a holographic philosophical debate during the Global Government Convention. The debate focused on the conflicting views of both philosophers in the areas of State of Nature, Human Nature, and Social Construct. Thomas Hobbes, also regarded as a founder of modern political philosophy, published Leviathan…
John Locke 1632-1704 AD. Locke was born August 29th 1632 in Wrington, Somerset, England. “He became a highly influential philosopher, writing about such topics as political philosophy, epistemology, and education” (Biography, 2016).He attended West Minister School and Christ Church, University of Oxford. While John Locke attended Oxford he studied medicine. He later became a physician. John Locke was an English philosopher. He was a very intellectual man, he studied metaphysics, classical…
In 301 B.C., Chandragupta’s son, Asoka, took over the throne, ruling the Mauryan Empire to its greatest heights for 32 years. Asoka became declared king of the Mauryan Empire in 269 B.C. At first, Asoka followed in Chandragupta’s footsteps, waging war to expand his empire. I praise Asoka’s method of ruling when he soon after realized waging war wasn’t the right thing to do. Asoka felt sorrow over the slaughter of 100,000 soldiers and perished civilians at Kalinga. This resulted with him…
Colonial America was both democratic and undemocratic. Their government was looked like a democratic one, even though some of their laws and qualifications were very undemocratic. There was inequality in gender, race, and wealth. Based off of documents 4-5, women had barely any rights, while African-Americans had none at all. Though, Colonial America was only working in democracy. Colonial America was democratic because they had free elections where citizens could vote on their…