Our Filipino Values: A Connotation to the World What are Filipino values? What is distinctly Filipino in our value system? The Filipino value system arises from our culture or way of life‚ our distinctive way of becoming human in this particular place and time. We speak of Filipino values in a fourfold sense. First‚ although mankind shares universal human values‚ it is obvious that certain values take on for us a distinctively Filipino flavor. The Greek ideal of moderation or meden agan‚ the
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Democratic Socialism When the government needs to be structured to benefit its people with security and‚ freedom only one economic system comes to mind. Democratic socialism provides the stability of a command system with the opportunity and‚ the free consumer market of a market economy. This combination is most ideal for countries all around the planet. Countries sponsor governments all over the world that take rights away of its people for in return what they call social programs and freedom
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Introduction: In “The Democratic Answer: The Justification of the State Is Its Promotion of Security and Natural Human Rights” by John Locke discuss that in the state of nature people are allowed to take and have everything they want‚ but at the end it is always unsafe. People join societies because there is protection and security of what they have. In the state of nature people are biased and ignorant‚ therefore with a democratic government‚ decisions are made based on what the majority of the
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By: Angelo Kraus Block: 3B 2/21/2012 Russia‚ Democratic or Not? Russia should be considered a semi-democratic country. They have the characteristics of a democratic country‚ yet at the same time they don’t. For example‚ they have freedom of speech but to an extent. As shown in a round table discussion show that’s been on air for years. But‚ its only good things are spoken about the government and Putin. Also they can vote and what not but the government tries to rig it. Another example is that
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A democratic country aims to have an accountable government that serve the best interests of the people it is governing. The UK is a liberal democracy which ensures that citizens should be able to influence governmental decisions made. But how far is the UK democratic? An element of Britain’s governmental system is that there is no written constitution. This means that‚ theoretically‚ the government are free to pass any legislation as long as they have the majority in parliament which could be easily
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Despite the governments attempt to restore equality and economic growth throughout the country‚ democratic capitalism has failed. Under a capitalistic democracy‚ inequality among citizens continues to rise‚ which results in economic loss. As a result‚ the rich maintains power over the middle and lower class‚ resulting in unnecessary waste and starvation. Since the upper class possesses dominance over the vasty majority of the population‚ decisions are found to only benefit the ones with control.
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Thesis: The original 13 colonies was democratic‚ because of their ability to vote‚ religious freedom‚ and their representative government. Document 2 was created because the colonies believed voters had the right to have a say in the government. Voting qualifications were that you had to be a white‚ Christian male‚ and own a specific amount of land. Voting was democratic in that the colonists had a say in government. Blacks and women not having the right to vote was undemocratic. The colonies believed
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"Although abuse of the system are inevitable‚ social welfare payments are essential to protect the rights citizens have to a guaranteed minimum income in a democratic society" Discuss. Social welfare is an essential element of an advanced society. Good systems are always abused‚ but that does not mean they are faulty. In my opinion‚ the two main reasons why welfare payments are necessary are as follows: First of all‚ critics forget that there are many forms of welfare besides payments to the
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Emily Blackwell World Civilization Ms. Huculak 18 April 2017 The Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of Congo plays a significant role in the global economy. This country contains a large amount of the world’s copper‚ cobalt‚ tin‚ tantalum‚ gold‚ and tungsten. These minerals are essential components of modern luxuries such as phones‚ jewelry‚ and cars (Global Witness). However‚ they are illegally mined by groups who in turn sell them to large companies in order to create these commodities
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FOLLOWERS. Leadership Styles Leadership style is a leader’s style of providing direction‚ implementing plans‚ and motivating people. The different styles of leadership are as follows: 1. Authoritarian Leadership 2. Paternalistic Leadership 3. Democratic Leadership 4. Laissez-faire Leadership 5. Transactional Leadership 6. Transformational Leadership 1. Authoritarian Leadership: The authoritarian leadership style or autocratic leader keeps strict‚ close control over followers by keeping close
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