He also believed that the government function was not to directly interfere in the people's lives - "government no longer seeks to promote the good or moral life. ... Furthermore, the liberal state also gave people hope about a better life in the future. ... If they tried to work harder and harder, their life would be better. These ideas created motivation for people to strive to improve their lives. Not only did it make people's lives better, it also made the nation stronger....

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The government should have less control of our social lives and concentrate on national issues such as trade and relations with other countries. Since it is difficult to defend all of the libertarian's views, I will stress my opposition of the federal government's involvement in our social lives. ... Life, liberty, and property, our Natural Rights, should allow us to do as we please without the government's interference. ... I believe people should assume responsibility for themselves because they are in control of their own lives, and government should not interfere with th...

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The aim of this paper is to discuss how the absence of government would affect people`s lives, and whether it would contribute to a better and stable situation, and create the necessary environment for prosperity, or the vice versa. ... So in this essay I am going to argue against anarchism because in that situation people`s lives and their wealth would at every moment be endangered, or as Thomas Hobbes stated that the life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, " and one other reason is the failure of philosophers to clearly explain how would people make decisions and coordinate...

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Individualism became crucial to people's lives throughout the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries because of the key social movements and changing political structures. The enlightenment was one of the key eras that challenging the role of religion in people's lives and therefore brought fundamental change. ... The idea that it was natural for an individual to assert his own liberty of life and property was a complete change of pace from the old way of thinking. ... In conclusion, life in society for an individual went through many changes from 1750 to 1950 and the role of change ...

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Virtues on Self Government Born in Concord, Massachusetts, the popular Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau lived a very simple life which led him to his popular essay "On Civil Disobedience." Thoreau lived a very unique life and he based his writings on many of his fufullling principles. ... With the United States government over looking foreign affairs, one must ask if it is our duty or our right to decide how citizens of other countries live their lives. ...

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In other words people in general live their lives in-groups (i.e.) family units. ... It is not only important to know these things about the human race, but also to understand how these facts of life will effect you, in any given situation. ...

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Like any other individual I have my own strengths and weaknesses, understanding these two variables has been of high importance because it has enabled me understand how to cope up with different situations in life. ... My everyday motivation is that I have a high interest in seeing people in my society living in a favorable environment and under high standards of life. This has been an eminent force that has driven me to take a major in political science; I believe that understanding politics would give me a platform through which I would be able to positively impact on peoples' lives in ...

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Education plays an important role in this typology where 71% have attended college but are half as likely to attend church on a weekly basis. 56% of Libertarians say they use social networking sites and 80% believe that as long as people work hard they can get ahead in life. ... Although I did not personally fit in with the 39% of people who make $75,000 or more annually and religion is very important to me, I do believe in people having individual freedom of life choices. ... The Pew Typology Quiz was correct on my typological orientation and I fully agree with the demographics they provide a...

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However, Hegel does offer anyone the allowance for the understanding of man's dialectical movement towards a state, the universal, and an ethical life while still leaving room for individual freedom within ethical life. From a western perspective, the movement from morality to ethical life is in actuality a self-delusional movement away from oneself. ... Clarity of this individual is lost in the move to ethical life. For an individual's recognition and relation to laws or duties appear to limit the individual by the ethical powers that regulate their lives (p105 145). ... The p...

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Lao-Tzu was a writer who expressed a strong sense of the universe and allowing it to lead us through life. ... He believes that a solution to every problem encountered in life comes with time, and in the end, a balance will be restored. ... He believes that morality and consciousness are what life should be based around. ... In The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson lays out the rules and regulations that man kind ought to incorporate into their daily lives. ...

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When Burke says "binding up the constitution of our country with our dearest domestic ties" he showing how the written rules and rights of government are closely matched with the rules and rights of one's home life. In other words, politicians and lawmakers establish decrees and ordinances with their families or home lives in mind. ... When Burke says "combined and mutually reflected charities," he is referring to the universal aspects of society and life that all of a country's inhabitants hold dear to their hearts such as a sense of belonging, unity, and nationalism and the things ...

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To Machiavelli, fortuna always exists in our lives as a constant yet changing force. ... When, say in the case of a "prince," it becomes necessary to step outside the regular life of Man functioning and into the unusual life of Man governing, these standards become truly meaningless, and only practicalities and realities remain; all idealized systems become burdensome at best. ... Now, historically, Machiavelli lived in and lived for his beloved republic of Florence his whole life. ...

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Machiavelli's Republic Considering Machiavelli's concepts of virtu and the functional role of the citizen in state affairs, we can infer that Machiavelli's republicanism is above all else a commitment to the vivere civil or civil life. ... "Any form of government, including republican or popular government, which does not fulfill the requirements of civil and political life is either a tyranny or a corrupt republic- that is, the two worst calamities that can befall a people" Essentially, tyranny under this theory involves the absence of the rule of law. ... Like the juris...

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This period placed an emphasis on reason, analysis, and individualism in place of the traditional authorities like the Church that had played a major role in people's lives since the beginning of the Dark Ages. ... The basis of Locke's ideas was that the government should exist to carry out the will of people and protect life, liberty, and property instead of being an absolute monarchy existing without power checks. ...

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In order, for him to do that he must enrich and enlighten lives of his people, "his actions must bespeak greatness, courage, seriousness of purpose, and strength." ... In case of him becoming hatred by his subjects he will lose everything he has, his power, name, throne, money, and in the worse scenario his life. ...

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(Leviathan) Given that the natural causes of conflict are unavoidable, Hobbes concludes that the natural condition of mankind (or the state of nature) is a state of continuous war of all against all, where everyone lives in constant fear. ... Hobbes' illustration of life in the state of nature: "In such a condition, there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain; and consequently no culture of the earth, no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building, no instruments of moving and removing such things as require ...

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The achievements of the Renaissance in art, literature and philosophy were particularly important in the secularization of life; thus there was a corresponding decline in the religious authority of the church. ...

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Because of these events, 9/11 is the largest single loss of American civil life in a deliberate act (Atkins, 2011). ... At exactly 8:45 AM that morning a Boeing 767 filled with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center instantly killing hundreds of people and starting off a morning of fear, tremendous loss of life, and a day that nobody would ever forget. ... Although we do this (not reading) all the time when we are accepting a license of agreement when installing or updating new software, enacting a law that controls the lives and ultimately the righ...

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With the colonies growing by leaps and bounds, its inhabitants were looking for more control over their own lives. ... The belief "that leadership in politics should fall to the leaders of society -- natural leaders, leaders in status, in wealth, and in the skills associated with a superior style of life."...

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Their loyalty stems from their desire to protect their own nation, freedoms, and way of life. ... If the reason for an action is to preserve the state and its way of life, then any action is acceptable. ...

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau constructed The Social Contract to solve the question of freedom, specifically, the preservation and survival of what he terms as civil freedom, and his solution to this problem, in its most general sense, is the construction of the civil state. Through the grouping of citizens, each willing to surrender himself to the entire community, one is able to set limitations on their own behavior, live with others as a whole, and, in doing so, think rationally and act morally. More importantly, by agreeing to the social contract, the people simultaneously give up their physical f...

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau constructed The Social Contract to solve the question of freedom, specifically, the preservation and survival of what he terms as civil freedom, and his solution to this problem, in its most general sense, is the construction of the civil state. Through the grouping of citizens, each willing to surrender himself to the entire community, one is able to set limitations on their own behavior, live with others as a whole, and, in doing so, think rationally and act morally. More importantly, by agreeing to the social contract, the people simultaneously give up their physical f...

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American Foreign Policy / POLS 4690 A paper submitted to Dr. Galatas of the History and Political Science Department at Georgia South Western State University The Era of Good Feelings: An Era of Idealism or Realism? The Era of Good Feelings was the national mood of the United States from...

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