Louis-Philippe wanted to be seen as a king for the people and destroyed all connections to the past Bourbon Empire. He implemented a tricolor flag‚ dismissing the Bourbon all-white flag. The termination of the flag showed a rebirth of the country from the tyranny of the Bourbons‚ to a more Liberal-minded country. Louis-Phillipe’s determination to keep a politically neutral country under his control benefitted his country’s economy‚ but was a main benefactor in his downfall in 1848. Louis-Philippe’s liberal
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A Shattered Liberty “Liberty cannot be established without morality‚ nor morality without faith.” Asserted by Alexis de Tocqueville‚ French political thinker and historian and author of the book‚ Democracy in America‚ this quintessential truth regarding freedom encapsulates the movement for freedom during the American Revolution. At first glance‚ this revolution seems to be one that was formed from a desire for wealth and power‚ because of the flawed intent of the British parliament and their taxes
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-1Question: In 400 words or less. The backbone of a country is always in its constitution. A constitution is a body of fundamental principles according to which a state is governed by. If I were to write a constitution for a large country with significant differences in the population‚ I would definitely use Britain’s constitution as my model. Britain is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy‚ which in my mind is a great system to create unity among the people. Although‚ Britain’s
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their size. Other than being unified‚ ancient Greece and Persia also differed in their political systems. Greece had several political systems because each city state had a different political system of their own. Majority of the Greek governments were monarchies‚ oligarchies‚ tyrannies and democracies. In Persia the political system was based on one’s freedom. The rulers of Persia were Zoroastrians; they practiced religious toleration
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Zeus is the almighty. He is the "God of the sky‚" hurler of "thunder and lightning" for justice and morality in the universe. Aeschylus’ play‚ Prometheus Bound is a direct attack against Zeus’ actions‚ his tyranny‚ and his punishment for Prometheus‚ a fellow God. Aeschylus constructs this argument in his play through the use of secondary characters‚ their opinions‚ and their interactions with Prometheus as he is punished ultimately‚ for his great love of mankind. Love and hate‚ good and evil‚ justice
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On Liberty is one of Mill’s most famous works and remains the one most read today. In this book‚ Mill expounds his concept of individual freedom within the context of his ideas on history and the state. On Liberty depends on the idea that society progresses from lower to higher stages and that this progress culminates in the emergence of a system of representative democracy. It is within the context of this form of government that Mill envisions the growth and development of liberty. Chapter I defines
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constantly exclaiming that virtue was born from terror. Robespierre said‚ “The government in a revolution is the despotism of liberty against tyranny. “ Although this quote seems confusing at first‚ further studied despotism is another word for tyranny or dictatorship‚ which basically means that a government in revolution is the tyranny of liberty against tyranny- the
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Together the dynamic duo wrote a multitude of songs‚ to which a majority of them landed on the #1 list. John and Pauls’ writing chemistry seemed remarkable. That could be credited to the vast amount of LSD they would consume before writing. This gave them the ability to write for eight to twelve hours at a time; whilst
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enunciate themselves in a very formal way therefore we won’t question their ethos. “Our own findings indicated that where such a vacuum exists‚ people are more likely to accept any clear line of action which is vigorously proposed. Often‚ then‚ tyranny follows from powerlessness rather than power. In either case‚ the failure of leaders to champion clear humane and democratic values is part of the problem” - The language is an important rhetorical feature. The sentence is high style (høj stil).
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reference to one or more examples from applied ethics‚ evaluate the claim that a moral action is one that maximizes utility. The writings of John Stuart Mill‚ the father of modern liberalism‚ promotes ideas of democracy‚ saying that the interests of the majority is important. One of these ideas is Utilitarianism‚ which suggests that the correct moral choice is the one that maximizes utility. One example of this being that the death of one person to save multiple lives instead of letting many people die is
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