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The Centralist Political Philosophy of Barack Obama: "Useful Fictions"

This 4 page paper provides an overview of Barack Obama's political philosophy and its orientation in centralism. The primary thesi...

Responsibility

is not accountable, or technically responsible for something going wrong, they are not otherwise responsible. In essence, under th...

Bahrain; Women’s Rights

all elections and public referenda and [be] eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies" (quoted Sakr, 2000). Therefore, ...

Active Euthanasia: Preferable To Passive Euthanasia

Terri Schiavo situation, which has once again sparked heated debate over the legality and ethical nature of euthanasia, illustrate...

Existence of Natural Rights

In five pages the existence of natural rights is considered within the context of John Locke's concepts and as they are manifested...

New Zealand and Australia's Indigenous Peoples and Political Rights

law protects against discrimination and provides for true equality, in reality even the rule of law cannot provide for true equali...

Canada's Legal System and the Impact of Jean Jacques Rousseau

long advocated by Great Britain was the first step in Canadas distinguishing itself as an independent entity, which while remainin...

Legal Book Reviews as Norval Morris Might Perceive them

This paper discusses how noted legal scholar Noval Morris would review the texts Basic Concepts of Legal Thought by George P. Flet...

History of American Women

single women over the age of twenty-one and widows had the power to make contracts and hold property in her own name (22). A marri...

Moral Conduct and the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

nature of human thought. Kants stance is extremely rational. However, some of his maxims prove to be unworkable in regards to ce...

Social Contributions of Immanuel Kant

the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of virtue. This is also further subdivided...

The Obvious Choice of Al Gore for President in 2000

In five pages this paper supports Al Gore's presidential candidacy over Republican opponent George W. Bush by contrasting politica...

US Law Enforcement and Miranda Rights

This paper provides an overview of the legal concept of Miranda rights and how they affect various areas of law enforcement. The ...

Ancient Rome's Legal System

both the military and his citizens. This power was called jus vitae aut necis meaning the power of life or death. This is not a re...

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Maximilien Robespierre

In five pages this research paper discusses Maximilien Robespierre's political writings and the Declaration of the Rights of Man i...

Ideas on Good and Bad Behavior

tests, the look of happiness on her face and the phrases such as "well done Emmanuel", often accompanied by clapping to emphasize ...

The Right to Private Property in the Constitution

state ownership. In Sparta it was the state that owned all property, which also included land, citizens and slaves (Anonymous, 200...

Righteousness of God and Human Rights

reliance on Gods righteousness, he became determined to seek revenge upon the landowners family. However, before he could do so af...

Concept of the Divine Right Of Kings

to Grotius more humane perspective was that of Jacques-Benigne Bossuets, who "reinforced medieval notions of kingship in his theor...

Property Rights and the Political Philosophy of John Locke

In order to explore his general theory, it pays to look at his Second Treatise of Civil Government. It is rather compelling and ...

Human Rights And The Use Of International Legal Institutions

upon this perpetual effort has been marred by those whose self-proposed mission is to make sure only certain people are privileged...

Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing

solely for blasting rap music on his boom box. A local DJ, Mister Senor Love Daddy, who operates a radio station also acts as a co...

Individuals Also Violate Ethics

Ethics is about right and wrong, what is morally right or wrong. We often hear of unethical operations of companies but individual...

The Contribution of the Westphalia Treaties on the Emergence of the Modern State Model

modern state system which is based on the territorialization of politics. The treaties changes the political structure from one th...

Wollstonecraft/Vindication of the Rights of Women

them to this necessity. Wollstonecraft attacks each one of Rousseaus principles, showing them to be illogical, inconsistent and ul...

How Children Develop a Sense of Morality

that rules, in and of themselves, are not sacred or absolute (Crain, 2009). For example, if a child hears a scenario in which one ...

Free Market, Private Property, and Freedom of the Press

paper is to explore that complex relationship as it falls under the liberal philosophy, that great tradition epitomized by such ph...

4 Concerns Regarding Education and Law

In eight pages this paper considers 4 legal and educational issues and includes an evaluation of school prayer, teacher and studen...

Jean Piaget's Theories on Moral Development

In five pages this essay examines Moral Judgment of the Child by Jean Piaget in a consideration of his concepts of child moral dev...

Consideration of Philosophical Moral Traditions

are the core of moral tradition as defined within the context of societal constraints. Most people associate moral tradition with...