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Thomas Hobbes and Aristotle on Human Nature

the civilization that had sprung up, flourished for centuries, and now stood on the brink of massive change in his native land of ...

Limited or Absolute Power in the Monarchy

In five pages this paper discusses the absolute power represented by France's Louis the Fourteenth and Thomas Hobbes' limited powe...

Human Nature According to Thomas Hobbes and Hsun Tzu

In eight pages this paper discusses man's social role within the contexts of Hsun Tzu and Thomas Hobbes. Six sources are cited in...

Community, Rousseau, and Hobbes

In five pages this paper examines the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and Jean Jacques Rousseau in a consideration of community and ...

Utilitarianism and Kantian Ethics

In seven pages this report examines Utilitarianism and the ethics of Immanuel Kant in a comparison of the rational and moral views...

Hobbes and Machiavelli on Human Nature

In ten pages this essay considers human nature from the perspectives of Thomas Hobbes and Niccolo Machiavelli. Two sources are ci...

Thomas Hobbes and Sigmund Freud on Gun Control

In five pages this paper examines what Sigmund Freud and Thomas Hobbes would have to say about gun control in light of the tragic ...

Majority Rights and Individual Freedoms

In eleven pages this paper examines how honoring the freedoms of the individual does not threaten the rights of the majority in an...

Political Theories of John C. Calhoun

to protect (Safford 211). Calhoun proposed giving to the minority not merely a proportionate voice, but an equal voice with that ...

Political Society's Objectives in On Liberty by J.S. Mill

penalties, it leaves fewer means of escape, penetrating much more deeply into the details of life, and enslaving the soul itself" ...

Economics and Globalization Q and A

to do as they like. Clearly, with the new international economy driven by globalization, an individual nations rights and abiliti...

Poetry and the Concepts of Sovereignty and Ancestry

how the poet views his own culture: eternal, ancient and worthy of great awe, respect and wonder. "As ulu grows branches for lea...

Does The Nation State Retain The Absolute Authority Traditionally Associated With Sovereignty in the Global Environment

and absolute power in their territory with no other similar power existing. When looking at the way international organizations ...

Sovereignty Concepts in 2 Plays by William Shakespeare

to be a continuation from Henry IV, and is reality based. In the play, King Henry wants to have the thrown of France and somehow i...

The Best Government is Not Always a Democracy

nature of man and provide a justification for the creation of government. For Hobbes, "human law and order made sense out of the s...

Thomas Hobbes And Sigmund Freud: Man Is Born Into Specific Behaviors

Hobbes clearly addresses the notion of individualism and Social Contract Theory as they relate to the moral factor behind justice....

St. John The Baptist

in their fathers footsteps. Like Jesus, John began preaching at the age of 30 (Catholic Online, 2007). His location was the banks...

Evaluating Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

disorder," which does suggest that a social goal is that everyone should get along. But Hobbes knew early on that people do not ge...

Freedom and Nature of Man According to Thomas Hobbes

of life or meant literally in respect to wealth. No matter how one interprets the sentiment, it seems that life is not good accord...

Ethics and Laws/Healthcare Organizations

informed consent as one would with other patients, who are not of this culture. Such questions that address the role of the law ...

How to Classify Culture

This paper challenges the historical concept of culture and discusses how the cultural representation in the US has changed dramat...

"Federalist #10" and the 'Tyranny of the Majority' Views of James Madison

of minorities. He explains, "When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government on the other hand enables i...

Thomas Hobbes - Was he a Liberal?

one to his Will, and their Judgments to his Judgment" (Hobbes PG). Hobbes argues against the contention that through the di...

Black and Outsider Culture

sexual orientation, and consequently these different facets may take on different degrees of priority at different times in their ...

Morality and the Sensibility of Thomas Hobbes

it followeth necessarily when they that have the government of religion shall come to have either the wisdom of those men, their s...

Power in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and The Republic by Plato

body defines justice that makes it so. Therefore, as Plato points out, rulers must be able to distinguish between justice or inju...

Comparing Theories of Thomas Hobbes and Polybius

to be held in such high esteem as to the exclusion of all other government. Yet, Hobbes did not have much faith in people and tho...

Anthony Down and Thomas Hobbes on Political Ideology

as being possible to do. Hobbes distinguishes between a right and a law. A right, according to Hobbes, "consisteth in libe...

Ideas and Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America

In six pages the history of ideas is examined within the context of Democracy in America in an evaluation of de Tocqueville's argu...

Right and Wrong According to Philosophers W. David Ross and Thomas Hobbes

In five pages this essay considers right and wrong from Hobbes' 17th century perspectives and Ross's 20th century vantage point. ...