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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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    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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    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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    in deducing that it should disregard democracy as a form of governance because people need some authority over them that ensures their self-preservation. Rousseau argues that the individual in the minority may be forced to legitimately follow the majority decision and still retain his or her autonomy. Wolff is able to discredit this line of thought in his work In Defense of Anarchism by proving different parts of the theory invalid. However‚ anarchists desire to discredit authority‚ like democratic

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    Throughout the history of the United States it is amazing to think that it has only operated under two different constitutions. The first was the Articles of Confederation beginning March 1‚ 1781 and then the Constitution on June 21‚ 1788. After only seven years‚ the Articles were analyzed and re-written by a lot of the same people who constructed them. The Articles of Confederation created the national Congress. The Congress consisted of one single chamber. At this time there were 13 states

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    Mexico’s president‚ Porfirio Diaz‚ possessed an immature attitude towards life. A majority of the people‚ which were the peasants‚ started to become disappointed because Diaz stole most of the power in Mexico and this lead to years of oppression for the lower class Mexican citizens. People of higher status had better rights and began to receive most of the land that belonged to the peasants. These people were treated better than the peasants. In 1910‚ the people of Mexico challenged the status quo

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    The Declaration Of Independence and The Constitution are both written in a similar literary style although not quite the same‚ they both are written in a way to change the nation because of past history they both experienced. The Declaration and Constitution were written in a primary source which caused both of them to be discussing with direct knowledge of the situation even though the Constitution had a direct decision and new ideas for the future when the Declaration didn’t want to move forward

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    both in the story Animal Farm by George Orwell and in North Korea. The citizens of each institution live in terror underneath their tyrants: the pig Napoleon in Animal Farm and Kim Jong Un in North Korea. As a result of this selfishness and fear‚ tyranny is a terrible thing for all people. Because it makes people worry not only about both their own physical condition and starvation but also

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    time at home with our families should be our time. Homework constrains from family bonding time‚ we shouldn’t have to bring school work to our home lives. Our classes are long enough to get what we need done in a day. So this makes homework just a tyranny. Homework also makes students stay up later than they need to to finish the work assigned‚ so the next day at school it affects their learning because they are tired. How is it benefiting us‚ if it has all these flaws? People only look at the positives

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