... the masses, and the inevitable fall of democracy to tyranny. As the concept of morality is analyzed, a utopian society free of the pitfalls of democracy is created, and its potential as a viable community questioned. The backbone of Plato's utopian society is the principle of specialization, the idea that the most efficient society is one that puts each person in the job to which they are best suited. By ... avoid conflict through discussion and debate with the end result being decided by a vote of the majority. What Plato describes in the Republic as democracy, is what we in modern time...

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... that they protected individual liberty and held Locke's natural rights in high esteem. They believed that they propagated economic opportunity. Upward mobility was what America was known for, and they believed that was one of the better aspects of America and should be preserved at all costs. However ... select, privileged group, and the matter should be resolved by popular control. "When a long train of abuses and usurpations take place it is their right, it is their duty to use every constitutional means to reform the abuses of such a government, and to provide new guards for their fut...

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... revolution had of course, ended the repressive Tsarist regime and signalled the end for the Romanov dynasty. So things were looking good for the people. Utopian visions of a democratic state seemed almost tantalisingly achievable. Until Lenin appeared with attractive slogans like, "Peace, Bread. Land". He had become convinced ... as an almost "bloodless coup". The blood was shed thereafter and a state far more powerful than the one it replaced emerged. Essentially, what the Bolsheviks wanted was as much opposed to the real desires of the people, as had been the policies of the provisional...

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... and being good, active participants in society. Yet, as people look at the state of our modern school system and our government, they wonder whether or not compulsory education is working the way it has always been intended – to create the educated populace. People have begun to doubt the modern system and its ability to provide what is needed for the country. Through ... must seem like a good, necessary thing. So then, what is the problem? If the theoretical student goes through this entire process to come out an effective member of democratic society, how could compulsory education ...

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... the narrator says "Bodily functions at least remain democratic". This quote has a number of meanings, both in the immediate context, about Gilead, and society as a whole. At the time Offred speaks about this "Democracy of bodily functions" she is referring to the odd comfort she finds in her trip to the washroom of the hotel room. Offred says this to us after ... in turn relayed to the brain. In this sense every cell gets its own "vote" to how additional resources are spent in the body. What is important to remember here is that some organs have far more cells then others (for example t...

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The main objective in Plato's philosophy is a creation of a perfect society. He constructs a foundation for a utopian society in his book "The Republic". The purpose of his thought process was to cleanse his society of the woes he felt plagued it and construct a new one. Plato lived during the ... the idea of moderation on a high pedestal. Many individuals come to favor the concept of moderation because it is flexible, part liberal and part conservative. Plato's ideal society is so difficult to conceive that Aristotle believes that no human being can achieve its rudimentary requirements. He ...

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... educational institutions it is a lie that is all but preserved; keeping most of society unaware of what it is our country does and must do to survive. Truth and lies as you have just seen can be very much the same. One persons (or countries) truth is another's lie. Truth is necessarily defined as the factual being of an argument, the realized knowledge of what is correct, or the ... , and the third by the many, respectively. These terms are conveniently schematic and descriptive and ignore a utopian possibility like Plato's government of philosophers. Is this evidence that the idea of Pl...

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... must have a steady income. No welfare will exist in this society. The government of the Utopia States is one of democracy. This is a government in which the supreme power is held by the people. All the decisions are made by the people. The election system of the Utopian States contains a series of elections. No money is spent on advertising trying to make one candidate seem better ... and are trained to act in a variety of situations. They are extremely educated and can therefore determine what is good for the community and what is not. If an individual cause harm to the society, they w...

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... hierarchy where their political standing is already predetermined. Where the ability to decide on the welfare of the state is conditioned on the composition of the soul. Plato feels that only the golden souls can do what is just for the state, because they are the only ones that have access to the "Good,"" which is the core of Plato's utopian society. The total balance of justice ... is held up by the "Good,"" and the infinite knowledge that can be accessed from it. "For you have often ... been told that the highest object of knowledge is the essential nature of the Good, from which ev...

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... was supporting both of these things, which in many American's view were unjust, he tries to persuade people to cut their ties with the government. The government is doing what is in their best interest instead of what is morally just. Thoreau writes: "Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience ... slavery or the Mexican-American War, but at the same time support their government by paying taxes or in any other form. At the end of his essay, Thoreau describes a utopian State, in which people are able...

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