In monarchy, the common people must obey the rule based on the self-interest of the King. ... Machiavelli believes that basing human relationship on obligation is not effective because men are traitors. ... This believe base his concept of monarchy in which a society is governed only by a single leader. ... Consequently, society is governed based on one man's vision capable of punishing anybody or anything that is in his way. ... g, which make them active in government. ...

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From what "freewill" should be to the role that governments should play in a society. ... But, according to Hospers, that is exactly what the government does. Hospers implies that governments have been nothing but trouble in the past. ... The government shouldn't be able to lay claim to what you have worked for. ... If he cannot pay, then he is to be released from the hospital since most medical centers are profit based unlike Countries that provide universal medical insurance. ...

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So the question is, "should governments restrict information in the media?" ... One example of why people would want the government to censor media is based on the Internet. ... There are also those people who believe in minimum government restriction and control. ... In this topic with the restriction of media, it is very touchy in the sense that it is mainly based on values, which is then connected to people's fundamental rights. ... Furthermore; it is quite obvious where the government intervention is needed. ...

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Padilla is an innocent victim of the government's war on terror nor do I propose that he is a terrorist, but simply that as an American citizen he cannot be held indefinitely without any formal charges or right to counsel based on an executive order. ... The government contends that Mr. ... It was not so long ago that the government was threatening countries with trade sanctions for doing exactly what the government is doing now, arresting people at will and holding them without any trials or access to the outside world. ... The president is claiming a virtually unlimited power to ...

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One of the priorities of the Government of Mauritius is to provide its people with a quality of life based on human dignity, equality of treatment, economic empowerment and social justice. The Government is very effectual in ensuring that Mauritius is a modern democracy, which protects and provides equal rights and opportunities for all its citizens. ... In October 2012, the Government of Mauritius launched the National Human Rights Action Plan for the period 2012-2020. ... Educating the population on human rights at all levels and nurturing a culture of human rights in the island remains a pr...

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The economy was household based, and villages were isolated from each other. ... They struck at Watutsi soldiers and civilians in an attempt to overthrow the minority government. ... Government sources erroneously claimed that Bahutus killed more than fifty thousand Watutsis. ... Two dozen Bahutu army officers were executed by orders of the Burundi government. ... The Belgian government agreed with Ambassador Melady's assessment. ...

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Jefferson did not originate the concept of government by consent, and the belief that all people are endowed with certain rights that government cannot infringe upon. ... The function of government is to provide free education for all citizens. ... I believe that the function of government should protect a citizens right to pursue happiness. ... Government should protect the basic and fundamental human rights of all people. All people have the right to a job, an education, and the right to vote free of discrimination based on race, religion, or sexual gender. ...

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Response In an attempt to answer the question, "Why do we have government?" Thomas Hobbes pondered the Social Contract and provided a base for our Founding Fathers. ... In exchange for a government, the people may give up some freedoms for protection. ... John Locke's take on the Social Contract was that he believed that a government could only be legitimate when based on a social contract with citizens. ... They should follow the laws of the government and help enforce them. ...

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In 1969 Pierre Elliot Trudeau's government had regulated the White Paper, a legal document that had forbid negotiations with the Natives in regards to their aspirations and rights by removing their Indian status (Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian policy, 1969, Queens Printer). ... Belief among the Canadian government was equality would be born if all citizens can be treated equally without distinctions. ... The Indian Act establishes the reserves, and the land base of the aboriginal communities, not negotiating the desired territory they would pursue. ... Legally many case...

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Contrary to mercenaries, private military and security companies are transnational corporations legally registered which obtain contracts from governments, private firms, intergovernmental and non governmental organizations. ... Private military and security companies often provide security and protection to humanitarian non governmental organizations in conflict or post-conflict areas where it has become difficult for the population to distinguish one from another. ... In order to comply with its mandate, the Working Group must seek opinions and contributions from Governments and intergovernm...

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Fascism This is the age of fear, inequality and extreme forms of government. The 20th century has seen the rise and fall of totalitarian governments and the terror and loss of human lives as a result. ... Fascism also rejects the liberal doctrines of individual autonomy and rights, political pluralism, and representative government, yet it advocates broad popular participation in politics and may use parliamentary channels in its drive to power. ... It is non -religion based; in fact, it discourages people's devotion to the church. ... Islamic Fundamentalism is a dogmatic, religion ...

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John Locke studied at Christ College Church,Oxford University where he studied rhetoric, grammar, moral philosophy, geometry, and the Greek language based on the Teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. ... Locke also believed that when the government violated the rights of the people they have the right to rebel against the government As it can be seen John Locke had many theories about the government and the way it should be handled. ... If the government ever took away or mistreated the rights of the people they can rise up against their government. ... If the government does...

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Everyone has to make a decision for themselves based on their values, so it does not make a matter or right or wrong. ... In 1973, the court ruled in favor of the right of women to have an abortion based on the Fourteenth amendment. ... As a society we would not want the government putting regulations on what treatments are ordinary or extraordinary. ... From a religious, and government standpoint it is important not to intertwine the beliefs of the two respectively. ... As a society, it is not fair to make laws based off religious interpretations. ...

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It should not be based on what people think is wrong, but on what the majority knows is wrong. ... People are dying and all the government is worrying about is bad books. ... The government shouldn't censor things when we are exposed to controversy everyday. ... It is not good for a democratic government to hide what is going on in the world. ... Censorship is also controversy within itself, and the government should realize that. ...

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Since there is very little precedent in this area of law, the limited case law that already exists would suggest that a challenge based on the right to procreative liberty would probably fail. ... For the most part, our legislative branch of government is already at work preparing to debate this very controversial issue. ... This brings up another point, which would concern the U.S government, especially our legislative branch. ... In most states, specific exceptions are provided for the purpose of scientific research and cell-based therapies. ... So far, the the United State's legi...

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Any democracies are heavily based on a religious belief of treating others as if you would want to be treated. No matter what religion, if it's a democracy, it's for surely to be based on the equal rights of others. ... Therefore, one of the best things about a democracy is being able to have a freedom of speech versus other governmental systems that don't tolerate their citizens to speak on anything. ... As long as the representatives that make the nation of democracy feel as if they're heard or equal, most likely there will not be a major problem between government and pe...

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Freedom of Speech Much of society is based on opinions given by someone of a higher authority. ... What many of them tend to do is create rules based upon a specific class, such as upscale America, which may affect people who do not meet the same qualifications or fit the same standards of that small class. ... Thus, if the government makes no law to abridge my right of freedom of speech, then why should I be arrested on such claims? ... Mandela spoke of how the African society was being physically and mentally mistreated by the government. As a result of his continuous claims and acti...

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In 1990, the UN's Economic and Social Council adopted a resolution recommended by the Commission on the Status of Women stating that violence against women in the family and society derives from their unequal status in society and recommending that governments take immediate measures to establish appropriate penalties for violence against women as well as developing policies to prevent and control violence against women in the family, work place, and society (Report of Secretary General 1995: 131-32). ... The major UN convention on women's rights, the 1979 Convention on the Elimina...

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Both proponents and advocates of gun control policies have arguments based on legitimate concerns. ... Many countries have emulated our revolution and resulting form of government. ... Advocates believe it is government's responsibility to outlaw guns because they threaten our life. ... The ability to form a militia gives citizens the security of never fearing government. ... Advocates reject this notion, stating that it is government's job to protect us from harm. ...

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He would desolate the tried, tested and demonstrably untrue notion of big government liberal types that the government should be the first place all Americans turn to solve problems, instead of the last. ... Jefferson would probably tell us that the Founding fathers established our form of government based on our inherent and inalienable rights. Therefore, it is necessary for us to ground ourselves as thoroughly as possible in an understanding of that foundation, and then let that guide us in shaping the policies of government in our own age. ... In conclusion, Thomas Jefferson would tell u...

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Both proponents and advocates of gun control policies have arguments based on legitimate concerns. ... Many countries have emulated our revolution and resulting form of government. ... Advocates believe it is government's responsibility to outlaw guns because they threaten our life. ... The ability to form a militia gives citizens the security of never fearing government. ... Advocates reject this notion, stating that it is government's job to protect us from harm. ...

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Both proponents and advocates of gun control policies have arguments based on legitimate concerns. ... Many countries have emulated our revolution and resulting form of government. ... Advocates believe it is government's responsibility to outlaw guns because they threaten our life. ... The ability to form a militia gives citizens the security of never fearing government. ... Advocates reject this notion, stating that it is government's job to protect us from harm. ...

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Before the beginning of this sociological research there had been risen a big question of what means the absence of women in a governmental hierarchy of Kazakhstan. ... These values and definitions light up the problems of political rights of women from the side they were based on. ... In the following chapters the work will be based on the objects to compare the level of using political rights between men and women and to find out the reasons for "unequal correlation of representation of both sexes" in political sphere of our country. ... The equality of rights between men and women...

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This is the problem that desperately needs to be addressed by the Australian government. ... The wording of these statutory provisions is based directly on legislation enacted in England in the nineteenth century: Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. ... The current Beattie government in power in Queensland is a labor government. ... The government does not want to alter or reform abortion laws in fear of losing votes. ... This male dominance in the government makes it hard for feminists to compete at all. ...

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It was a theory of development based upon the successes of the West and was prescribed to developing newly-decolonized nation-states in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. ... The communist PKP supported the rebellion; a revolutionary attempt to overthrow government. ... On his first term, he revealed his plans for economic development and government reform. ... He claimed that Martial Law was a prelude to a "New Society", one which was based on new and social political values and void of those which hinder effective modernization. ... There was the establishment of a democratic gover...

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