... from the other parent. 1996 - WORKPLACE RELATIONS Have provisions aimed at removing pay inequities. 1997 - REPORT AND UNDER VALUEING OF WOMENS SKILL IN NSW Recommendations for an inquiry into how work is valued as it seems there lies a disparity between men's and women's earnings. The effectiveness of the Australian legal system 1973 - AUSTRALIAN CENTRALISED WAGE FIXING SYSTEM This introduced system has been, despite its ... good intentions has only emphasised the gulf between men and women's wages. For example; men in 1993 were payed over $130 more then the average woman. This shows .....

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... available in the past. Divorce started to rise because of these changes (Scanzoni #114). Men where not excepting the new woman, and refused to let them be considered equal, which in turn broke up families. These factors contributed to the development of single parent families and different types of lifestyles. Women wanted to be treated as equals, and also have more emotional ties with their husbands (Scanzoni ... to do what ever they wanted in regards to sex. If a woman did the same she would be considered a slut. Women were considered weak and more prone to lose control and corrupt me...

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... as Plato does. First, Aristotle focus more on the highest purpose of the state, instead of the highest authority of the state. Second, he does realize more difference among man than Plato does. He said "a state is not made up only of so many men, but different kinds of men." (P78, Ebenstein) Plato thinks both the rulers and ruled's happiness can be sacrificed for the state unity, but ... Aristotle warns the danger of pursuing unity too much. Aristotle doubt perfect unity can be attained and should be rejected even it can be attained. Both Plato ... government. Plato use the term "Philo...

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... the sovereign. If not, then people will not listen, as there will be no fear of punishment of any sort. In my opinion, Hobbes" state of nature is an anarchical one. In this state of nature, he tells us that men are pushed by an unquenchable thirst for power and that there is no such thing as true peace without a sovereign power to tell people what ... . 6) The main argument in Locke's theory is that all men have both rights and responsibility. The right to take whatever actions are necessary to preserve their own life or freedom and responsibility to help preserve the rights and life of ...

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... it meant going deeper into debt, 63 percent of women said yes, while 57 percent of men were opposed to this idea (CAWP 1). With all of this in mind, the voting patterns of women are also very important to analyze. In the 1972 election, men and women voted almost equally for Nixon and McGovern, with women at 61 percent for Nixon and men at 62 percent for Nixon. However, in ... 1980 we begin to see the emergence of the "gender gap". This term was used to ... describe the invisible gap between the men and women when it came to voting. In 1980, 55 ... ...

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... war. In his government, Lao Tzu simply doesn't believe in armed forces. Training and arming soldiers is considered a bad thing in Lao Tzu's philosophy, for "Weapons are the tools of violence; all decent men detest them. Weapons are the tools of fear; a decent man will avoid them except in the direst necessity and, if compelled, will use them only with the utmost restraint" (Jacobus 25 ... mind is not impossible to be governed, for Machiavelli understands how to do so. Machiavelli understands the natural ways of human activity. Machiavelli once wrote, "One can generally say this about me...

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... BRINGING ABOUT THIS CHANGE? Women had been protesting for the right to vote for many years. They believed that they deserved the right to have the vote because 60% of men already had the vote. Women believed that men's views of the 'inferior' women were outdated and they believed that they deserved more in a twentieth century society. Women had previously been denied the vote because ... second."" This shows the general feeling from many members of the House of Lords, as well as all classes of British men. This shows that many men, and some women still, had no real reason for denying wo...

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... a first hand look at the dangers that occurred every single day inside the mills when his best friend Joe Dubik died on the job. "The explosion blew out the top of the furnace. Three men were killed instantly and eleven injured, three of them fatally." This was very common at the time, however the plant owners did not care much for the health ... company from losing its power. Some men secretly voted for the candidate they wanted but most of them played it safe so they would not get laid off. One of these men was Mike. "Mike voted for a socialist Eugene Debs instead of the Republican th...

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... force them to live in a disastrous eternal war. However, this self-centering nature is also the prime mover towards establishment of society and government, where men practice moderation of personal interest to attain a peaceful and cooperative life. Within the narrower context of modern economics in The Wealth of Nations (1776), Adam Smith confirms Hobbes's idea that self-interest could indeed serve public welfare. He asserts that the ... "justice" (Hobbes, 12, 13). This shared obedience to the laws of nature is consistent with human rationality, since it protects men from fear and sus...

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... preached at, controlled, accessed, weighed, censored, ordered about, by men who have neither the right nor the knowledge nor the virtue" (Joll 78). Proudhon was the first political philosopher to declare himself an anarchist, and is considered by some to be the "father of anarchism" (Guerin). Throughout most of history anarchy has been dismissed without a second thought. Yet over time ... claimed he was staunchly opposed to anarchy. In Civil Disobedience he declares "I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government", and distances himself from "no-government men (ana...

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... Birmingham, Alabama's unfair segregation laws. Both written works reflected the powerful ideas of Henry David Thoreau's, Civil Disobedience. Thoreau, King, and Zinn all addressed the political ideas of protecting the civil rights of an individual from the injustices of one's government and laws. The ideas of the three men include it is the right of the people to alter the government, that citizens should have a large say ... in the government and its laws, and citizens should follow their own morals and preserve their moral inclination. ... wrote, "But before it ended, there were prote...

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... Founders hoped to veer away from traditional political activity consisting of the more dangerous sources of factions and, with the implementation of the Constitution, started to focus on commerce as a broader treatment for the overall well being of America. Beard claims that Madison believes "the theories of government which men entertain are emotional reactions to their property interests" ( ... based on their personal economic interests, particularly money, public securities, manufactures, and trade and shipping. In his book, Beard claims "that the first firm steps taken towards the fo...

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... finds people to make irrational decisions, especially for sake of self-interest. Men are distinct, he says, in that they are concerned with glory – wherefore bees and ants there is no difference between the public and the private gain, men are concerned with their gain as individuals, and in relation to that of other men. "And consequently among men", he contends, "there ariseth on that ground ... , envy, hatred, and finally war; but amongst these [ants and bees] not so" (Hobbes, pg.86). Hobbes finds that men are competitive, defiant and desire to be glorified, and it is the resultant ...

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... citizenship according to Aristotle? After all, if an individual performs citizen-like activities wouldn't that person be recognized as a citizen? In the modern day era of citizenship and the theory of a shared constitution, there is a notion that all men are created equal regardless of race, sex, age, and so forth. This is not the case according to Aristotle's views on political participation. Aristotle omits two factions ... of people from this argument; slaves and women. According to Aristotle, women were inferior to men in many aspects of life including their connection to nature. Ar...

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... state amendments, were written, the words were not meant to be taken literally, but to be used as a guideline to avoid the shortcomings of Old England. The church ran the country and it was promised to the people that administration of this new country would be conducted differently. It didn't mean that if you were in politics you couldn't have a belief in a higher ... seems to be forming an atheistic secularism. Creation cannot be taught in the schools, voluntary praying and scripture reading in the schools have been removed, and there is also a fight underway to remove "under God" fro...

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... as lesser people than themselves and do not feel guilty when hurting them. Pro-censors not only want porn banned for men, but do not want porn to be attainable for men or women, gay or straight (Strossen 1995a). Anti-Censorship Nadine Strossen has been one of the biggest advocators against censorship of pornography. Strossen points out ... Custom's censorship powers on the basis that they limited freedom of expression and discriminated against gay and lesbian authors and readers. Among some of the material seized were two books entitled, Pornography: Men Possessing Women and Woman Hating...

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... desire for power after power, that ceaseth only in Death" (1-11-2). This desire for power is what causes warring factions and he later goes on to say that the only way to ensure that the property of men of character is protected from a person who is striving to steal it for dishonest reasons is to have a way to decide which party is in the ... about religion, Hobbes says that when the people are allowed to be influenced by a sovereign and a clergyman, "we fall again into the fault of taking upon us to ! judge of good and evil; or to make judges of it such private men as pretend to be su...

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... . Age is something that gives his perfect regime more control than one based on wisdom. He thought that the philosopher should be seen as the father, over the younger people of the city. He also feels that old men are afraid of death, and therefore less likely to risk torment in the afterlife by having selfish desires, such as for money. He believed that ... the government.(Wills, Jr.p.22) Confucius believed that the ruler should set an example for his officials to follow and promote men of talent. He believed that the selection of good officials, and the setting of good moral examples w...

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... state amendments, were written, the words were not meant to be taken literally, but to be used as a guideline to avoid the shortcomings of Old England. The church ran the country and it was promised to the people that administration of this new country would be conducted differently. It didn't mean that if you were in politics you couldn't have a belief in a higher ... seems to be forming an atheistic secularism. Creation cannot be taught in the schools, voluntary praying and scripture reading in the schools have been removed, and there is also a fight underway to remove "under God" fro...

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... negotiations they refused to negotiate; "we are going to be slaves no more and our men will starve before they accept any reductions in wages" (AJ Cook) There were negotiations after the publication of the Samuel Report but the miners dismissed the miner owners proposal. This could be one of the reason why one could blame the miners. Perhaps if they had tried to ... which this group have received the most criticism from various sources. Beatrice Webb describes the "capitalists of the coal fields" as "dreary and incompetent" and J.L Garvin of the "Observer" on April 25th 1925 describes t...

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... uninsured workers also. These workers tended to be those who had not been in the job long enough to become insured, or those doing seasonal or causal work. The majority of them tended to be women and young workers. This indicates that men were more likely to get benefits paid to them by the state because they were insured. This may be one ... charitable organisations. It is possible that there may have been more women and young people than men suffering from unemployment. It is now vital to look at some of the other factors with regards to unemployment in interwar Britain and come to a ...

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... we are vulnerable to people's selfish interests. Everything, including our property, families, and lives are at a constant risk. Therefore men would mutually transfer their rights in the form of a contract, which Hobbes claims is the "basis of the notion of moral obligation" (Tuck, 1996). For the sake of self-preservation, people give up their rights if others were willing to do the ... Hobbes, Rousseau claims that, "man is naturally peaceful and timorous, and becomes warlike only by dint of habit and experience" (Gourevitch, 1997). Moreover, Rousseau reveals that "there is no general ...

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... protect the individual and their materials. It is a state of perfect freedom where men do whatever it is in their will and ability to accomplish. "God, who hath given the world to men in common, hath also given them reason to make use of it to the best advantages of life and convenience. The earth and all that is therein is given to men for the support and comfort of their being ... ," (Locke 1986 p.19). Basically, Lockian state of nature is one that is made up of powerless, but equal individuals. "The execution of the law of nature is, in that state, put into every ... law to such a de...

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... awakening, Jonathan Edwards conducted a sermon back in 1741, in Enfield, Connecticut to the people describing and explaining how mankind shall be judged by the creator and be condemned if they did not change their ways. He describes the "Nature of Man" as "souls of wicked men" and that they would be going to hell. Edwards preached for the people to repent their ... sins and become born again (Edwards, 1741). In order to help him scare the people into repentance, he used scriptures and examples from the bible mainly focusing on the Old Testament ... created equal, that they are endowed ...

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... reduced class size, more teachers, higher investments in technology, and college preparatory efforts, to name a few. The two men were also dedicated to preserving the environment. They took critical steps "toward developing a comprehensive and balanced long-term policy to preserve and protect old-growth forests while balancing the needs of the workers, businesses, and communities dependent on timber sales " ("Environmental Actions " 2). ... in order to resolve issues. This bill, if approved, would balance the budget within a span of seven years. Although the spending bill concluded the g...

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