Essays on Rousseau

While the concept of race is today clearly recognized as fictitious, the term itself has taken an altogether new reality as a cultural denotation. More specifically, the culture of racism is largely influenced by geopolitical imagination and socio-political antagonism. The new political order referred to as “Empire” is a social frame work that posits “the inferiority of an “Other” based not in biology but in cultural differences and their insurmountability” (Semati, 257). Semati argues that ‘Brown’, once signified exoticism, but refers to menacing ‘Other’ today. The Brown in this case (in Semati’s article) refers to the Muslims of ...

Introduction

As described in Fordham.edu, the given men desired a society where no one in society, state, or the world at large should let their personal ambitions infringe on the freedoms and well-being of the other.

What Is Best For Society According To These Men?

Montesquieu in describing what is best for the society he stated that there are three types of power in every government. The three types of power include the executive, the judiciary, and lastly the legislative power. He described an ideal society as one where there is political liberty. According to him, liberty involves a tranquility of mind of the subject. In particular, Voltaire: Patrie ...

Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of maritime employment disputes (Washington 844). My client wants to terminate her employment contract with Barbossa and return to Port Royal, something that has been opposed by her employer. I am initiating a lawsuit against Barbossa on behalf of my client for the following reasons. Barbossa has failed to honor international maritime employment policies, which are clearly stipulated in the employment contract (Donn 35). This has made Elizabeth to grow disillusioned with her job on the Pearl. Refusal by the company to terminate her contract violates her rights all ...

Psychology is a unique science that deals with human personal and social problems. This field of study has a lot of different directions. In order to have the scientific findings organized in a logical manner, there are different themed psychological scientific journals that publish articles on relevant topics. This paper examines two articles from different journals. The first article is «Gender typing in stepmothers: A phenomenological analysis» by Gosselin, J., & Rousseau, K. (2012) published in Qualitative Research Journal. The second article is «Parenting and academic socialization as they relate to school readiness: The roles of ethnicity and family income» ...

Philosophy

With the advent of the Scientific Revolution, there was an increased level of comfort in the society which led to probing the ancient notions or the beliefs that were long held by the majority. A majority of philosophers started giving out their own opinions about a variety of subjects like politics, government, social order, economics, and religion among others. The Era of Enlightenment started with this new found curiosity about scholarly or philosophical opinion becoming popular in the entire Europe. The Enlightenment Era was a time period in the 18th century Europe, which was a movement where philosophers applied ...

John Locke wrote ‘The Letter Concerning Toleration’ among all people. At the time, there were diversities exhibited by people especially in matters regarding religions and faith. The letter called for toleration, bearing that Catholicism was taking root and becoming strong in Europe, especially in England. Due to the fact that there were many religions in the world, and all of them claimed to be the most powerful, and have a majority of followers, Locke saw that the only way to a peaceful coexistence would be through toleration of each other, regardless of which faith a person subscribed. Christianity was ...

Essay

Immanuel Kant: Reason and Freedom Immanuel Kant argues that being purely objective or purely rational and being independently free are two peas in a pod. As Kant argued in his widely known book Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, all human beings possess what he refers to as 'the idea of freedom' (Pasternack, 2002, 12). He builds his concept of categorical imperatives-- in the absence of which responsibility and morality would cease to exist-- upon the speculated idea that freedom is an omnipresent concept. Kant claims that it is clearly not possible for people to envision themselves as 'un-free' ( ...

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The Meaning of Freedom and Happiness For centuries, philosophers and thinkers have pondered over the concepts of freedom, liberty, the “perfect” society and the pursuit of happiness. The notion of freedom is as old as time itself- with the earliest definitions put forward by ancient Greeks and Romans. However, it was not until the 16th Century that a modern Social Contract Theory was put forward that reshaped our understanding of how societies work. Two of the most profound ideals put forward were those by Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Hobbes lived during the English Civil ...

There are some who question the ethics, or even the necessity, of creating a contractual relationship between the government and the governed. The bottom line, though, is that there has always been a contractual relationship – but the terms have been determined by those at the very top. The ancient Egyptians were ruled by the pharaohs who had an extensive military establishment, but the number of battles that the Egyptians fought with external foes was fairly small (and often disastrous for the Egyptians). Instead, the military establishment existed to control the Egyptian population, protecting the ruling class rather than the ...

Would the Borg, as portrayed in Star Trek: First Contact, represent a political society formed by the Social Contract, according to Rousseau? Why/why Social Contract illuminates the creation of society and its legitimacy. Either freedom may be submitted wholly or substantially depending on the authority. The scenario of Borg represents a society designed based on Social Contract. Borg accounts for a political society. The detachment from the society by Borg indicates the unending connection with the society. Notably, the society dictates what is to be done and what to be avoided. Rousseau arguments are based on the need to ...

Essay

Introduction The foundation for a modern discourse on inequality is Jean Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin of Inequality or more commonly known as the Second Discourse. In this work, Rousseau tried to demonstrate that civil society naturally creates inequality. He believed that the 'state of nature' was a theoretical concept that described what human beings would become without social order or society (Rousseau, 2010). Rousseau argued that there are two types of dependence-- dependence on things and dependence on men. Dependence on things, being devoid of moral elements, brings about no immoralities and does not harm liberty. On ...

Feminism and women empowerment are growing across oceans at different levels. Today, in the 21st century, the issue of violence against women, inequities between men and women, among many other injustices are becoming a popular advocacy not only in the West but also in the developing countries. Women and feminist movements are even gaining its grounds in the grassroots. However, despite this development especially today in the 21st century, there are still countries that are lagging behind. Middle Eastern countries are now one of the hot spots regarding the regression of women empowerment. The dominion of patriarchy is still ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva on June 28, 1712. His family was of French origin. Jean-Jacques, who lost his mother at birth, was first raised by his father, who made him read him adventure stories and Plutarch's Lives. Then he spent two years with his uncle Bernard, who put him up to board with the Lambercier pastor at Bossey. Then, Rousseau returned to Geneva and was apprenticed to an engraver. But one day, in order to escape a deserved punishment, he went to the priest of Confignon, a village two leagues from Geneva, and told him he wanted ...

The French Revolution was one of the most important moments in world history. The French Revolution symbolized that the ideologies and methods of the Enlightenment were no longer only the work of philosophes, academics and of the salons of Paris. The French Revolution was the moment when all of this theoretical knowledge regarding the way societies and governments should be organized left the pages and entered the streets, the cafes and the political clubs.  The French Revolution was the result of a crisis in France’s ancien regime and its assertion of the division of the state, the polity, ...

Reading Response

The reading is from The Modern History Sourcebook and the passage is entitled, “The Social Contract. It was written by Jean Jacques Rousseau who, in a similar fashion to other political and philosophical minds, stresses the idea of a social contract and, thus, social control as a building block for any society. Some demanded there be a contract between the government and its people, but Rousseau demanded the contract be made between all members living in the society. The contract would essentially replace what are known as natural rights, becoming what we know now as laws. The reading explains ...

HRM Issues in an Insurance Company

The Cases discussed below are related to Human Resource Management, experienced by the author as a human resource manager in an Australian Health Insurance firm. Each case has some distinct features typical of HR function and are addressed by the author using the relevant theories and practices on the issues. The cases are presented below

Scenario 1

This case represents a situation where a young male employee GS has been promoted as the manager in a regional office which is comparatively smaller than his previous location. His team consists of mainly part time female members, with similar and educational backgrounds and ...

John Locke’s Social Contract Theory:

Introduction: The Social Contract Theory argues that people’s morals and obligations depend on an agreement among them in order to form the society in which they reside. John Locke's argues that the state of nature of man is perfect, and no one is to interfere each other’s’ lives. He states that even though the state of nature is one without punishment from the authority, it is not pre-moral (Friend, 2004). In Hobbes's argument, he points out that without identification and recognition of a universal authority, chaos is the order of man. In contrast to this, Locke and ...

Philosophy

Phil Comment Brian J Thomas Aquinas argues that a world without war is not an absolute value, war is necessary for the freedom of people. At the moment this statement is used by politicians all over the world, but, unfortunately, for the sake of their own goals. According to Plato people really lived under an illusion, but they tried about the true world of ideas only in vague shadows on the cave wall. This is true for the modern world, people do not know and see many things.

What can unite these philosophers?

Claude S In the 21st century the majority of people, whom ...

“Civil religion” phrase comes from the book “The Social Contract” by Rousseau. In his book, Rousseau’s argument is that overall, civil religion recognizes four broad aspects; firstly, that God exists; secondly, there is life ahead; thirdly, virtue earns reward while vice attracts punishment; and finally the exclusivity concept of intolerance by religion. Central to civil religion in America is sets of collected symbols, beliefs, and rituals regarding sacred things which are collectively institutionalized. The characteristics of civil religion in America include the following; one, God the Almighty is central and Unitarian, focuses on law, order and the rights ...

Introduction

Karen Warren coined the term “Ecofeminism” in explaining the logic of domination where the notion of people’s control over nature as a whole is wrong and for the same reason that the subordination of women to the will of men is also wrong. According to argument, feminists should object to the idea domination because subordination of women and domination over nature both represents the logic of domination. On the other hand, the asserted claim of twin domination encompasses several issues. In this discussion, Warren’s logic of domination and the concept of ecofeminism will be examined by explaining ...

For a long time, there have existed two opposing views in the study of moral and ethical norms of society. The first position can be defined as moral universalism. Proponents of this position believe that the entire international community, and each person separately, can be subjected to a uniform system of values ​​and laws. The second position is represented by moral relativism, the essence of which is the opposite view to the regulation of society. Moral relativism denies the existence of a common moral law for all people, arguing that there are many different cultures and each of them ...

Part 1

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Part 2

This was a value which was sourced from Jesus teaching. Soul Force was used to transform and bring peace to Indian people movement society by Gandhi. Today, it is used to change lives of women, men, and children who stay in violent households. The argument of soul force claims that ends and means are inseparable and close. Gandhi rejected the idea that injustice should not be tolerated by all means. Violent, unjust ...

Philosophy

Explain the connections between pleasure, contemplation, and judgment in aesthetic appreciation. Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy; it is type of quality hypothesis or axiology, which is the investigation of sensory or sensori-passionate qualities, called judgments of sentiment and taste. Aesthetics is connected with the logic of art. Style is once in a while called "the investigation of magnificence". Judgments of aesthetics esteem depend on our capacity to separate at a tactile level. Aesthetics looks at what makes something wonderful, glorious, appalling, fun, adorable, senseless, enthralling, bombastic, empowering, grating, agreeable, exhausting, comical, or disastrous. Tactile separation is connected to ...

Political culture is a component of the general culture, a cumulative indicator of political experience, a level of political knowledge and feelings, examples of behavior and functioning of political subjects, the integrated characteristic of a political way of life of the country, a class, the nation, social group of individuals. A feature of political culture is that it makes not policy or political process, but their understanding, an explanation. In the political sphere often the importance is gained not only by real actions and measures of the state but also, by the way they are estimated and perceived in ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a known writer and he focused his work on enlightenment. He mainly depicted the society in its natural view, and he championed the virtue of women and equality of men. According to Rousseau, apart from the factors concerning sex, then a woman is a man. He majorly says that a woman’s authority is derived from the morals she upholds in the society. A woman should recognize her place in the society to avoid dishonor in the family setting. Rousseau’s work has influenced women positively in many ways. He argues that to make the young ...

The eighteenth century marked a period of diverse changes in Europe’s politics, philosophy, and science fields due to the influence of many scholars in what is referred to as the age of enlightenment (Kramnick, 1995). The main argument that the academicians and researchers in that period proposed that there were ways that would enable the humans to improve themselves through rational change. The scholars questioned the traditional approaches to those fields with many publications aiming to produce multiple changes especially in the area of philosophy. Jean-Jacques Rousseau counts as one of the most influential contributors of the age ...

History of Labor in the United States

SSC200 Abstract One of the most important actions an American citizen can take to uphold their role in the social contract of American democracy is to exercise their right to vote. Yet, in the United States today, voter turnout is relatively and historically speaking very low. This paper takes a look at the effects this has on job satisfaction—specifically workplace morale, productivity, and job security—and argues that greater investment in the social contract of democracy on the part of the working classes is likely to yield positive results in each of these areas. American voters, and potential ...

Introduction

Soccer, or association football in many countries around the world, is a ball game played by teams consisting of eleven players each. The game itself is played on a rectangular field with goals at either end. The objective of the game is to score a point by making the ball enter the opposing player’s goal. Each team has a goalkeeper, a player who guards their respective team’s goalposts and prevents the ball from entering it. Except for the goalkeeper, players are only allowed to use either their head, torso, or feet to kick and touch the ball. ...

The social contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau argues in book one and book two of the Social Contract that mankind should not ignore the origins of their problems but resolve them by choosing how each and every individual in the universe choose to live. He argues that power never bring any positive change but the choices man wants to make can make everything right. Rousseau states that mankind was born free in this world but in reality, man is in chains (Rousseau 2010). The progress brought up by civilization contributes to the concept of mankind being in chains. His arguments set off the concept ...

In The Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau discusses a lot of issues related to the condition of man and the development of society. In this section, from the middle of the first book through the middle of the second book, Rousseau focuses on the social compact of man, the sovereign state, property ownership, and the law, among other topics. This is a brief summary of this section. According to Rousseau, man gives up his individual natural freedom and joins others in order to protect his liberty. In the natural world, each man is responsible for only himself, and it is ...

The French revolution involved the rise of the lower class in the society against the leadership as provided by the monarchy and the clergy. The widening disparities between classes in the society were particularly alarming owing to the exploitation of the poor from the actions of the rich. In this case, the revolution sought to correct this construed position. As such, the fight for the Common Man’s rights was part of the revolution. However, an interesting situation erupted in the course of the revolution. Women, who were treated as second class citizens in their own countries introduced their ...

Rousseau's Social Contract

Social Contract is a chapter that illustrates the diverse interpretation of Rousseau's political ideas and uses his views to show that the Republican approach is the best government to adopt in a civilized society that is free to grow and free from coercion as well. He uses different views to present himself as entirely different amid increasing laws and ideologies on political leadership and the margin between the boundary and the wrong. The social contract seeks to eliminate and rectify the evils performed before and presented some aspects of the theory that need close examination in the light of ...

Introduction

Despite the commonly-held belief nowadays that women and men have more or less equal roles in the society nowadays, there still arises the issue of gender inequality every now and then. One of the factors that can explain the underlying gender inequality in the society is the influence of historical events and beliefs. Since history affects to a great extent on the development of a society’s core values and traditions, then it can be said that it has also played a major role in developing people’s attitudes towards the issue of gender. Analyzing the history of gender ...

Gender inequality has been and continues to remain one of the most important issues affecting the world, where half of its population continues to be widely discriminated based on biological sex. The most recent Global Gender Gap Report clearly shows that total equality between men and women is still an ideal for which even the most equalitarian countries in the world, Iceland, Norway and Finland, continue to strive. The difference between the ways in which men and women are perceived by the society has been labeled as “male privilege” by one author, who names a list of rights and ...

Right and Responsibilities of Citizens and the Modern Western Civilization

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is arguably one of the most inspiring philosophers in his time who development thoughts on classical philosophy. Rousseau argued on the intricate relationship between the state and the individual. He observed that the state as an entity wields a lot of power than an individual. Because of this authority, the state has the ability to force, command and direct an individual to perform certain duties and responsibilities. The state can determine the type of life that an individual should live as well as the things that an individual can do or avoid. The entrenchment of the state ...

Fairytales generally offer children a very limited choice of heroes and villains, and they cast men and women in stereotyped roles, because they are meant to socialize children according to the values of the society and according to their expected gender roles. Two feminine characters found in many fairytales are the wicked stepmother and the young and beautiful heroine, who is often a princess. In such fairytales as Grimm brothers’ “Snow White”, “Cinderella” and “Mother Holle”, the stepmother is an intruder who occupies the role of the good mother and persecutes the young, beautiful and kind heroine. She is ...

Abstract

This essay analyses Rousseau’s view of freedom while providing a linkage between this particular conception of freedom and the distinction between positive and negative freedom as advanced by Isaiah Berlin. The strengths and weaknesses of Rousseau’s view of freedom are then critically analyzed. Negative freedom is the total absence of barriers, constraints and obstacles. Berlin argued that negative freedom is usually directed towards individuals. He stated a person is not a slave of the other and everyone has the liberty to do what they wishes to do. The law or even social pressure does not prevent individuals ...

The term folk music is used to describe various music genres, most of which are traditional and were passed on from generation to generation. Some of these are originally from Europe, from Great Britain in particular. American music is that which is not related to music of other origin. This is roots music from which rock, jazz and blues evolved. Music of indigenous peoples is also American folk music. There the relationship between folk music and its American cultural heritage as an element of the country’s identity. There were different genres such as: spiritual music, blues, jazz and ...

Totalitarian political system is based on the unlimited authority and power to ‘rule’ every dimension of the social and even private life of the individuals, which is in direct contrast of democracy. Such governments maintain their rule by regulating a comprehensive propaganda campaign that is communicated through the television channels and print controlled by the state. Public at large is the major party that has to go through the tyrannical control of the state over economy, media, surveillance, and freedom of speech and thought. The use of terror is common and widespread in totalitarian states, to keep the opinion ...

Introduction – Protean Career and Boundaryless Career

There is no doubt that there has been considerable change in the industry as far as jobs and employment is concerned. Over the years, there have been changes to the outlook and idea of professional environment , as well and it is safe to say that there has been quite a transition from the traditional employment idea of a 9-5 job to today’s time, when concepts such as virtual organization and freelancing are equally common to everyone as is a resume. Even though it may be highly likely for someone to think that he or she might be well ...

Introduction:

This report substantiates the significance of the United States government involvement in providing adequate medical care and Medicaid utilities, to its citizenry, both in the present and across the future generations. The author will set stage by defining the prevalent Medicare arrangements between the federal and state governments. Secondly, the author will focus on political discussions around the sustainability of the Medicaid.

Medicaid overview:

The Medicaid was initially enacted in 1965 to capacitate states to provide medical assistance, social-support and rehabilitative services to families, the elderly, and to individuals living with disabilities. The initial plan was to cater for individuals whose ...

In the article “The French Revolution: Ideas and Ideologies” Maurice Cranston (1989) argues that the leaders of the French Revolution were influenced by the ideas of the political philosophers of the French Enlightenment. The French Revolution itself went through several phases during which different forms of monarchy and sovereignty were pursued. There was also a period when the First French Republic was active, but in just 12 years France returned to the form of absolute monarchy. All these transitions were supported with the ideologies of the French philosophers Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire. The argument concerning the imperial phase and ...

Introduction

Social learning theory is a comprehensive theory that encompasses interrelated concepts about human behavior. The first to develop this theory is the American psychologist, Albert Bandura, in the 1960s. Bandura theorized that people learn behavior through observation, which he proved through his ‘Bobo doll’ experiment. Social learning theorists believe that human behavior is not just a product of the ‘cause and effect’ phenomenon as what behaviorism suggests, but rather, human beings processes information from the environment and learns their behavior over time. According to Bandura, man is a thinking creature; that he is not helpless to the psychological and ...

Social contract theory addresses political obligations and agreement among people to form the perfect society. Nowadays, the concept "social contract" is the main object of research for most experts in various areas of knowledge. These are philosophers and political scientists, lawyers and economists. However, it should be noted that the theory of social contract has the old history. It is possible to claim that it becomes a subject of discussion at the time of antiquity. There is a point of view that moral and political duties of people depend on the agreement between them for the purpose of development ...

In the history of fiction, there exist nameless narrators that are infamous for unreliable storylines. The protagonist in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground is an example of an unreliable narrator plagued by disillusionment and bitterness that makes him present a story full of untruths and contradictions. The forty year old “Underground Man” tells the story in two parts. The first part is an attempt by the Underground Man to reach deep into his psych and consciousness, and, find justification for his spitefulness. This monologue delves into the human psyche and its desires. It is a mockery of choice and ...

For hundreds of years people from every corner of the earth have questioned why social interaction has taken the complex form that it now has. If humans had a natural origin, then how, and more importantly, why is society such a nexus of ‘do’s’ and ‘don’ts’? Rousseau, in his work Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men, stated in that as societies grow and become more complex, simple one-on-one interactions become rarer and it is harder to ‘keep the peace’. As such specific codes of behavior, including concepts such as morals, ethics and good manners, ...

The recent global financial crisis has called for a re-invention and re-definition of the relationship between the market and the state. This relationship has pre-occupied economic and political arguments for centuries. Political economists have constantly grappled with the question of the state’s role in the economy, of whether it should or should not intervene with the self-regulated market. Karl Polanyi, Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Rousseau and John Locke are five theorists who hold disparate views on the role of the economy in the economy. Marx and Polanyi argue for a more active government while Smith, Rousseau and Locke thought that ...

Eighteenth century how to become an icon in the history of fashion and influence our life

Embellishment, poise, elegance are some of the adjectives that can be used to describe the trend in art and architecture of 18th century. The age witnessed the most elegant and stylish way of fashion. It can also be called as a fashionable era. 18th Century era is generally known as the Age of Enlightenment. The beginning of this century experienced a significant change in culture, art and architecture. Fashion industry also was on its peak. The fashion centre in this era shifted from Versailles to Paris. The educated Aristocratic class was called bourgeoisie class. They settled down in Paris. The new ...

Jean Jacques Rousseau compares and contrast fundamental demand that lead to the development of a civil society while basing foundations of liberty and independence of the human being and their societies. According to him, any man in the society was freely born and universal. A person can belong to any place feeling safe and independent. In ancient societies, people were masters of others. Even though their existed a master- servant relationship, people were equal and enslaved. In most occasions, therefore, people constrained to obey their masters and later shake off (Montesquieu, 1995, pg. 23).

Rousseau‘s article was to investigate ...

Part I: Machiavelli, Rousseau and Nietzsche – A Critical Review

The three philosophical treatises, The Prince (Machiavelli), Lawgiver (Rousseau) and Sovereign Individual (Nietzsche) seem to define the role and position of the topmost leader of the society and how various classes of authority devolves from such a leader. The different philosophers seem to define their view of how these leaders must acquire their power, use it and maintain law and order through the delegation of power and authority and controlling these subordinates through systems of responsibility and accountability. However, Machiavelli’s Prince seems to be somewhat different and distinct from Rosseau’s Lawgiver and Nietzsche’s Sovereign Individual. This ...

Introduction

Edward Demming, the father of modern Total Quality Management put forth one of his most enduring lessons for managers is his 85–15 rule. This set out that, when things go wrong, there is roughly an 85% chance the system (including management, machinery, and rules) is at fault. Only about 15% of the time is the individual employee at fault. However, Deming observed, the typical manager spends most of his or her time wrongly blaming and punishing individuals for system failures.

The field of Organizational Behavior seeks to integrate the learning from behavioral science studies to determine the ...

Part one

John Locke who is a British Philosopher and Baron de Motesquieu a French philosopher had similar ideas and thoughts on the formation of the government. However, each of them defines unique path, which lead to the same conclusion.

John Locke is mainly famous as the father of liberalism following his exclusive thoughts on natural rights as well as liberties. According to him, all people are equal and independent. He argues that all individuals have the right to protect their life, possessions, as well as liberty from theft, as well as destruction. Following the incidences of conflict that will always arise in a ...

Introduction

After reading Rousseau’s “state of nature” and how Diderot constructs “natural man,” we are left with a number of questions. For one, we ask ourselves the meaning of human nature. Secondly, we ask ourselves how the two thinkers, Diderot and Rousseau locate as well as describe nature. We also ask whether Rousseau’s “state of nature” map onto Diderot constructs of the natural man.

Rousseau is comparable to Diderot in that his intention was essentially to critique his personal society. The similarity between Rousseau and Diderot is that each one of them uses nature as a ...

Question 1

Nowherelandians can utilize the concepts proposed by Locke, Marx, and Plato to establish an ideal state that represents and serves the will of the people. Initially, the Nowherelandians should struggle to establish a democratic state that fosters Liberty, Equality, and Justice. Locke noted that the government represented the will of the citizens, which means that it is obliged to serve and focus on satisfying demands and desires of “the governed.” In this respect, the government should always seek the consent of the citizens before endorsing any governing policy. I advise the Nowherelandians to establish a state in which citizens assumes ...

1. Where do you find that Machiavelli and Hobbes coincide, and where do you find that they differ, in their accounts of human nature?

Hobbes’ and Machiavelli’s views often overlap on their understanding of human nature. One relevant fact to that is this essay questions inquires about the differences of the two thinkers. Both of them had views of human nature that agreed on some points but disagreed on others. Hobbes had one many characterize as a negative view on human nature, that the natural state of affairs for a person is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.” In comparison, Machiavelli was perhaps advocating for such an individual in order to ursurp political power.

Hobbe’s Leviathan is named after a sea monster in ...

The passage “For if some rights remained with private individuals, in the absence of any common superior who could decide between them and the public, each person would eventually claim to be his own judge in all things, since he is on some points his own judge” from the political philosophic treatise On Social Contract; Or The Principles Of Political Right written by Jean Jacques Rousseau. The above quoted passage is a part of the 7th paragraph near the bottom of page 6, of “Chapter 6. The Social Compact” in the Book 1 of the philosophic treatise On ...

The roles of a Human Resource practitioner are fast changing because of numerous influences. These influences include demographic shifts like the aging population, economic migration, and declining birthrate. Others include inadequate educational programs, social evolution, and globalization that increase competition and entrepreneurial practices. The current trends in the labor market expect the HR practitioners to understand these factors so that they can fill the shortages encountered in specific areas (Rousseau & Barends, 2011). In the future, the business environment expects the HR practitioner to deliver cost-effective and cost-efficient services and at the same time providing added value to organizations and firms ...

Introduction

Developmental Psychology is a branch of psychology which studies how the human being changes over a life span (McLeod, 2012). It not just focuses on the physical development but also on social, emotional and personality development throughout the lifetime of a human being. The objective of this paper is to understand developmental psychology, its benefits and applications in life. This paper is divided into four sections. The first section includes the introduction, history and goals of developmental psychology. The second section discusses the benefits of developmental psychology. The third section talks about the application of developmental psychology in life. The fourth section concludes ...

Part A – Question 3

Given what we now know about the religious and intellectual foundations of colonialism, what might be some of the characteristics of ‘post-colonial’ thought and do you think that we are there yet? When thinking about post-colonial thought, it is absolutely necessary that we understand the various attributes of colonial thought in the first place. Colonial thought is best represented by figures like Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who wrote about “The Noble Savage,” and created these inherent intellectual foundations for colonialism (Rousseau 20). These perspectives, in which peoples from less developed and Westernized civilizations were patronizingly referred to as ‘noble,’ while ...

The gospel of the self-regulating market dominates political and economic debates of our time. The belief that government should play a limited role in the economy has a long history that dates back to the days of Adam Smith, the father of homo economicus. This paper argues that despite contrary opinions from scholars and policymakers, the state has always played an active role in the economy evidenced by the work of classical political economy theorists. At the center of the argument is Karl Polanyi’s defense of the state in The Great Transformation. The paper further explores Adam Smith, Machiavelli, Rousseau ...