Essays 61 - 90
say that while the theorists do each embrace the same explanation as to why political authority must exist, they do not agree on w...
power to enforce decisions (Lloyd, 2002). Hobbes also believed that an absolute monarchy was prefereable to other forms of govern...
speech offers a concise picture of the Athenian perspective on government, the social order and the citizens role in that order. H...
as this being the basis of the way than man will then behave as a result of the toughs Hobbes attention turns to human nature. C...
when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...
body, the weakest has strength enough to kill the strongest, either by secret machination, or by confederacy with others, that are...
but philosophers also argue that private property rights are necessary (even when they seem unfair) "for the ethical development o...
There would be less alienation, according to Marx. For Marx, Communism would be equated with freedom, despite the fact that for mo...
With the new currency, there is fear that the EU will focus on trade over security issues. In the past, Europe has had a lot of pr...
as being possible to do. Hobbes distinguishes between a right and a law. A right, according to Hobbes, "consisteth in libe...
deal of power into one ruler (or, at the very least, a collection of rulers who wont end up fighting among themselves)....
is the part of a wise man to believe them no further than right reason makes that which they say appear credible." In other words...
he is good and honest, the covenant will be kept. If not, then it is more likely than not that it will be broken. Hobbes (1651) ...
Man has a natural propensity for conflict and human beings form societies not out of their desire for complicit, but out of a fear...
that the tendency to engage in wars is a human invention, and that the inevitable result of innate human tendencies or instincts. ...
Freedom is cherished the world over. Not all that cherish freedom, however, actually have it. Unfortunately, there is often an i...
of education during Maos command proved extremely difficult to achieve, inasmuch as the entire education system crumbled and the w...
Hobbes believed that people, when left to their own governance, that is, without official laws and government, live in continual...
In six pages this paper discusses crime and punishment in a fictitious dialogue between Kant, Hobbes, and Plato. Three sources ar...
This 10 page paper explores how Thomas Hobbes ideas might be applied to the problem of modern security. The bibliography lists 4 s...
In fourteen pages Of the First and Second Natural Laws, and of Contracts by Thomas Hobbes is referenced in this overview of war's...
In four pages this paper examines how Hobbes viewed man's nature in a contrast with St. Augustine's philosophy. Three sources are...
In four pages this paper examines the state of nature as determined by Thomas Hobbes with an analysis of the three assumptions dev...
In eight pages this paper discusses the views of Burke and Hobbes on government, man, and human nature with a comparison of their ...
In six pages this research paper examines the religious and scientific perspectives offered by John Milton's Paradise Lost and Tho...
In fifteen pages this paper examines the intention of philosophy from a historical perspective that includes consideration of phil...
In ten pages the political theory and government structural views of Thomas Hobbes and Plato are compared and contrasted as they a...
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In about nine pages short essays consider the contradictions that appear in the theories of Sartre and Hobbes. There is no biblio...
In eight pages classical and modern philosophers are consulted regarding their thoughts on the postmodern world in order to determ...