Culture is a population’s collective beliefs that influence the behaviors of the members within that population. These beliefs include politics, religion, economics, philosophy, education and historical backgrounds. Because of this, the drafters of the Declaration of Independence were influenced by all of these. Because they were trying to break away from Britain, they were affected ...
Is it right? Does the criminal ultimately deserve it? Is it serving justice? These are all questions regarding whether Capital punishment is morally justified or not. It has been practiced since civilization started and people have had free will. It has also been a topic that has been argued for and against, for hundreds of ...
In the beginning, independence rose to the forefront of philosophical inquiries into the “Natural Rights” of man. The theories of ‘Natural Rights’ came into fruition before Thomas Jefferson authored the ‘Declaration of Independence’. God’s creation of man is viewed by some as the starting point of man’s ‘Natural Rights‘. Not one of us can claim ...
In 1651, Thomas Hobbes published the book, Leviathan or The Matter, Forme, and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. Our contemporaries have shortened the title to simply Leviathan. The book gets its name, Leviathan, from the Leviathan, a sea monster or dragon found in the Old Testament. In 1648, a few short years ...
The Bible has enriched the English language in many ways. One example is the addition to the language of two words that denote large beasts: behemoth and leviathan. Both words also have developed extended meanings. Behemoth The source of behemoth is Job 40:15-24: “Behold now Behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as ...
In keeping with the definition of command economy a force outside of the market, government, must dictate the final outcome of all production. Most recently the examples of the former Soviet Union and its satellite nations and China serve as prime examples of a command economy. Some of the characteristics of a command economy are: ...
John Dewey was one of America’s major intellectual figures. The most comprehensive resource for Dewey scholars is the “Center for Dewey Studies” located at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois. Dewey was philosopher, social theorist, educator and public intellectual. His long life (1859 to 1952) allowed him to witness the United States evolution into ...
Thomas Hobbes wrote his flagship piece, Leviathan, in 1651, during the height of the English Civil war. The political turmoil of the time, coupled with the heightened faith in rationality inherent to the Age of Reason, inspired Hobbes to articulate the first of the social-contract-based political philosophies, and to advocate a strong Monarchy with centralized ...
Many philosophers have formed theories attempting to synthesize the organizing principles of civilized society. Most tend to highlight the betterment of society and the maintenance of order as the prime motivating factors for such a construction. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one such philosopher, as proven by his monumental endeavor The Social Contract and Discourses. Thomas Hobbes ...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men and Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman are a culmination of the Enlightenment thought on the natural rights of mankind, man’s place in society, and the Social Contract. Rousseau evaluated the works of Enlightenment philosophers before him like Thomas Hobbes ...
