... would obey the laws in hopes of rewards and fear of punishment in this life and the next. He believed that the ruling regime must be most skilled at guarding the city with the interest of the city in their convictions. Plato believed that the regime once started, will roll on like a circle in its growth because of sound rearing and education producing good and sound natured offspring to carry on the order.(424a ... is to be a human being, but also went beyond this to an ideal of sincerity (cheng), or perfect harmony of word and actuality, in which this moral sincerity opened the way to ...

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... authoritarian regime where there is no freedom, no human rights. An example of this would be German statutes of the Nazi period, that anything is punishable if it is deserving of punishment according "to the fundamental conceptions of a penal law and sound popular feeling." If the government is able to punish anything "deserving" it may imprison opposition so that it can become unopposed. It may ... law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. Such violations were witnessed in the Concentration Camps of the Nazi party during World War 2. If Aus...

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... leaders were, as agents of the communists and the other radical groups. These were the main conditions that led to the Red Scare of the early 1920s. Eventually, the government began to crackdown against these groups. The basic freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the democratic traditions and beliefs that was so much a part of America and its culture would be ignored and a ugly campaign of intimidation and government attacks on communists and the other groups began. Arrests ... , searches without warrants, the deportation of radicals to their original countries, the crackdown...

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... States who are of legal age control legislation passed by the government. However, the power of the majority can exceed its limits. Tocqueville believed that the United States was a land of equality, liberty, and political wisdom. He considered it be a land where the government only served as the voice of the its citizens. He compares the government of the US to that of European systems. To him, European governments were ... honored, such as creativity, freedom, civic participation, and taste, would be endangered by "the tyranny of the majority." In the United States the majority rules,...

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... can be seen to some extent in Myanmar and Nigeria where after losing elections the military regimes refused to accept "their" parties had lost and cancelled the result. Other examples of factors that may contribute towards democratic erosion include state violence, the rise of hegemonic parties and the decay of electoral institutions. Other areas of consolidation include the "completion of democracy" and the "re-organisation of democracy". However these forms of ... consolidation are perhaps not as significant as the areas previously discussed because they are not usually associated wit...

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... were deprived of these basic unalienable rights by their tyrant government. To protect our rights, Jefferson and others organized a democratic government in which there was rule by the people. Thus, we have basic rights given to us by the government, but do the people have basic rights that should not be taken away from them by any government? No, I do not believe that people ... any government because any basic right that people have is given to them by the government in the best interest of the people. Thus, the right can be taken away by the government for the best interest of the ma...

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... States from British rule, monarchs took action to quell not only the French uprising but the diffusion like ideas. The wars that resulted, and more importantly the sheer power and fury the people possessed, initiated and drove forward the Second Revolution. The Second Revolution would test liberty, equality, and fraternity in concept and in practice. Alarmed monarchies, primarily and Austria and Prussia, led an aggressive campaign, demanding that all kings "restore order in France." One ... tactic used was the Declaration of Pillnitz, issued by Emperor Leopold II of Austria. The declara...

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... was eventually repressed brutally by a Free Corps and regukar army units, but highlighted the great opposition to the Weimar Government, and their apparent weakness by the way in which Munich was seized and members of the regular government fled - two major problems for the Republic, on top of the bloody episode itself. Another problem faced by the Republic was the right-wing putchism in the 1920s. The Free Corps, who had been given power ... by the Republic, were passionately nationalist, and secretly hoarded arms to fight the Communists and participate in ... ...

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... for not guilty, perhaps no one else would have cared to look into the case any further and perhaps Juror Eight would have given in with the crowd. Then an innocent boy would have been sentenced for murder. This action demonstrates Juror Nine's bravery, fairness, logic, belief in justice and the justice system, and compassion. He decided that a boy's life was worth spending a little more time ... to make sure the correct decision was reached. He came up with his decision on his own, not influenced by anyone. That's what made it so ... do, he wasn't influenced by anyone because no one su...

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... ' I ought to be chief because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.' The vote establishes leadership, though Jack still maintains leadership over the choir who he dominates in an almost military fashion as a dictator would. Hitler echoed this in many ways in history. Charismatic and offering easy solutions, they both learnt to use the fury of the mob against their enemies. Hitler turned mobs against ... the Jews, as Jack turns the boys against Ralph. Jack wanted to use the pig hunting mob frenzy to kill Ralph. Ralph and Jack have different goals, while Ralph's are more ...

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... by numerous causes, but irritation could possibly be one of the more important sources of the time. It can be said that the colonists were happy with the colonial policy established between Britain and themselves. Actually, they were only content with a foreign policy that brought glorious results. When the relationship between the colonists and the mother country began to decay, the revolution slowly began. However, no separatist movements ever existed. (Morison ... , 1965) In fact, I find it hard to believe the shift of power that occurred is immense enough to be considered a revolutio...

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... the Flies" is the name given to the pig's head on a stick offered to the beast as a sacrifice by Jack and the savages (138). The Lord of the Flies symbolizes the evil within the boys that drives them to a savage, primitive lifestyle. The beast is a symbol of the decay and destruction of civilization. After Simon faces the Lord of the Flies, he goes on to face the beast on the mountain. He finds the beast, which had caused fear and ... led to disorder in the group, was the rotting corpse of a parachutist (146). This represents the breakdown of the ... ...

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... traits that go with them. These are, from least to most awful, the Timocracy, the Oligarchy, the Democracy, and the Tyranny; the Just City in decay passes through these stages in this order. The first type of government is the Timocracy. This occurs when, inevitably, the guardians of the Just City make mistakes in the eugenics system, and mistaken births force them to put people with iron/bronze natures into positions of leadership ... . This doesn't change the structure of the city enormously--the guardians are still separate from the tradesmen ... ...

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... order to show that it is not possible for justice to exist in the political world, due to the majoritarian rule of politics, and the types of individuals leading it. The first important task, before continuing this essay, is to define justice. According to the Webster's dictionary, justice is: the principle of moral rightness; equity. Justice and fairness are synonyms. Henry David Thoreau would completely agree with Socrates" ... laws, they would tend to do unjust things. In Thoreau's mind, the American people would be better off without the government. The only way to live in true justi...

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... the truth, and Simon's murder is symbolically like the crucifixion of Jesus. Put together the change in the boys' behaviour because of the struggle between good and evil, relates back to the battle between Christ and the Devil. The boys' actions on the island lead to their eventual defeat to stay moral and they symbolize, through religious means, that all humans are deeply rooted with evil. The relation that William Golding makes between the boys' struggles and the ... embody a democratic government style, but as its influence fades, so does all law and order. As time passes the boys' r...

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... War Theory," a conflict is deemed unjust if one of the jus ad bellum (the right to go to war) and in jus bello (the right to conduct war) is not met. In "The Moral Equality of Combatants," by Carl Ceulemans, he says combatants cannot be blamed under jus ad bellum responsibility. In the argument, Ceulemans concludes combatants only become unjust combatants when they are aware of ... that under a legitimate government, whether a war is just or unjust, a combatant has moral equality. Before breaking down Ceulemans' argument it is important to understand how he views the roles of ad bellum a...

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... were ignorant to public affairs. They made many contradictions like turning against their sisters in the women's party that opposed war and accepting American participation in a war they themselves opposed. This form of practical politics harmed the moral quality of the women's movement. They focused themselves on politics and ignored what controlled women's lives, economics and social and domestic affairs, with little concern of what to expect after ... the federal amendment on war was passed. This caused a decline of feminism in the 20's. Women's fight for victory was desperate, they ...

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... not like, you will find yourself in Maekelawi. That is the name of a notorious prison in the capital which is home for torture and human rights abuse on prisoners. In its recent report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has placed Ethiopia the third worst country in Africa for journalists. This report came about as the government arrested a group of political bloggers named "Zone 9 bloggers ... award winning journalists have had their freedom confiscated to write and were put behind bars to hush their voices. These arrests show that Ethiopian writers are systematically silenced...

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... were very well able to advance to wealthy as well as powerful. However, Native Americans and those who were enslaved did not gain the same rights extended to whites. This white supremacy was one of the questionable practices taken up in the New Democracy. Another questionable practice of Jackson was the spoils system. In this, political supporters of Jackson were rewarded with a place in ... office, but because it allowed people who were inadequate for the job to help rule our country. The belief that an ordinary person could perform the function of political office was ludicrous. This i...

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"Democracy" is a difficult term to define. What one person defines as an "ideal case" another person refutes as not representative of democracy in the slightest bit. The term has been modified throughout history to fit the diverse forms of government that have titled themselves a democracy and has wavered significantly from its philosophical ideal. Democracy literally means "government by the people" and in Athens the demos were the poorer people. Prerequisites for Successful Implementation of Democracy: - In social aspects, there has to be an educated mass with strong sense of political consc...

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... as a nation, extreme economic and social dislocation, and a large debt to Allied forces depriving the nation of military, investments, land, and population. The unstable conditions of the time made some think that revolution was just around the corner. The lack of faith in the German democratic institution made the Republic fail and allowed the door to be opened to the Nazi party. This failure to properly institute a well rounded and sound democratic plan shows that ... Germany is not only different from Britain in its failure of the democratic process, but that the stability of the nat...

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... debt of the government and the long standing political differences with that government. Over the course of tweny-five years after the Seven Years War, the government of France, could not manage its finances on a sound bases. This was worsened when France aided the American Revolution against Great Britian. The Government had reached great financial debt. The problem lied and continued because of the governments inability to tap the wealth of the French nation ... by taxation. There was a great paradox in France being a rich nation with a government in poverty. The detiorating finances ...

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... something is done about it? It says that instead of looking outside the government for structure, it must first look inside the government, the government within itself. The author tells the people about his observations, so they would then be able to come to a decision on how they feel about the separation of powers and the government being able to vote on members of other departments within ... the government. It states that the department should have little power on choosing members of ... other departments. It says that the people of the states should have the power to elect member...

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... "Machiavelli says that rulers should be truthful, keep promises, and the like when doing so will not harm the state, and that they conquer and preserve the state, he should not shrink from wrongdoing when the preservation of the state requires this. Thus, the classical concept of civic virtue, which is a moral code applicable to rulers and subjects alike, is critically transformed in Machiavelli's concept of ... virtu, which pertains to rulers of states and can be at odds with moral virtue" . The conclusion ... therefore is that Machiavelli's virtu is not of moral character, but of what...

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... as a nation, extreme economic and social dislocation, and a large debt to Allied forces depriving the nation of military, investments, land, and population. The unstable conditions of the time made some think that revolution was just around the corner. The lack of faith in the German democratic institution made the Republic fail and allowed the door to be opened to the Nazi party. This failure to properly institute a well rounded and sound democratic plan shows that ... Germany is not only different from Britain in its failure of the democratic process, but that the stability of the nat...

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