Devin E. Clay Professor Washington Econ 202 5/11/2017 Differences in Income In this paper I will discuss the three philosophies explaining differences of income in America. The three philosophies I will be discussing is Utilitarianism‚ Liberalism and Libertarianism. These philosophies are important because it help shows what should the government do about economic inequality. For instance‚ it helps us understand if the government should give to those in need or let the individuals who work hard
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SOCIAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION /DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES NAME : SELVAC HANG’ANDU COURSE CODE : PH 101 COURSE NAME : POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY COMPUTER NO. : 12116173 QUESTION : List and explain six differences and six similarities between the political philosophy of John Locke and that of Tomas Hobbes. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were philosophers from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The two men both had very strong views
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In natural rights philosophy‚ a limited government is a system restricted to protecting natural rights and that does not interfere with other aspects of life. Learning from the revolution in Great Britain‚ colonists created this country?s limited government in an attempt to protect their country from abuse of power. Both equal protection of the law and due process of law help limited government in preventing the abuse of power. Due process of law is one of our country?s oldest constitutional principles
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The philosophy of Classical liberalism typically advocates limited government‚ support of the constitution‚ due process‚ the rule of law and individual liberty. Some of the liberties they advocate and believe should be protected include freedom of speech‚ freedom of the press‚ freedom of assembly‚ freedom of religion and free markets. Classical liberalism was primarily developed during the 1800s in the United States and Britain in response to the Industrial Revolution. Some of the major theorists
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Libertarian Party The Libertarian Party philosophy according to The Advocates website: Libertarians support maximum liberty in both personal and economic matters. They advocate a much smaller government; one that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence. Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility‚ oppose government bureaucracy and taxes‚ promote private charity‚ tolerate diverse lifestyles‚ support the free market‚ and defend civil liberties. The Libertarian
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achieving the same goal of freedom of expression. John Stuart Mill is often recognized as the “Most influential English speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century”‚ and he made massive contributions to the ideas of social theory‚ political theory‚ and political economy. In Mill’s work On Liberty‚ he touches on the ideas of the rights of the common man‚ and limits of the power that the
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do. My favorite example of people not understanding their freedom comes from the “wonderful” Sarah Palin. Every speech she would give started off with something like “How do you like your freedom?!” and everyone would go wild with cheers. These political know-nothings simply ate up her talk of freedom‚ without truly understanding it. We are not truly free in our society‚ which is not exactly a bad thing. A certain lack of freedom is a necessity to maintain order‚ such as laws with consequences
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"Political Power and the State" According to Spencer political power is the result of cooperation between individuals in a society. The cooperation between individuals leads to a political structure that organizes the efforts and gives direction to the group as a whole. The political structure derived from this cooperation has to have the power to restrain individual behaviors in order to keep the society together for the same common goals. The political structure gets this power from the idea that
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time to time. Broken down‚ political culture is the shared beliefs and core values of the human population about how government should operate. For example‚ American political culture is the value of personal liberty‚ equality‚ popular consent and majority rule‚ popular sovereignty‚ civil society‚ and individualism. These six characteristics of the U.S. democracy are the basic concepts that were written into the Constitution. As stated by Dennis Kavanagh‚ political culture is‚ “a shorthand expression
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Political ignorance only poses a problem if the politically informed continually dismiss the politically ignorant as‚ figuratively speaking‚ an embargo to freedom- an entity that must be dispelled and whose words must be muted or whose products must go unconsumed. Political ignorance only poses a problem if the politically informed settle on submission‚ on subservience‚ and throw the politically ignorant into the pit when it comes time for a sacrifice to be requested by perpetrators of tyranny‚
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