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Mead on Warfare

that the tendency to engage in wars is a human invention, and that the inevitable result of innate human tendencies or instincts. ...

The Western Tradition of Psychology

Psychiatry is a relatively new discipline yet its roots can be traced back to philosophers such...

Hobbes and Mao's Absolute Sovereignty

of education during Maos command proved extremely difficult to achieve, inasmuch as the entire education system crumbled and the w...

Analyzing the Theories of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

would affect others (Kahl, 2002). So then, it only makes sense given this framework that people in general tend to pursue that wh...

Philosophers Compared and Contrasted

The problem which arose was that if the mind generates all perception, then is our understanding of something "real", meaning of t...

Necessity of Government

country in terms of routine items such as traffic and violent crime and international relations. It would create a strong national...

Moral Responsibility, Determinism, and Free Will

and that is that it enables both freedom and necessity to coexist; it favors an ethical reliance on moral deterrence without brini...

Philosophical Views on Individual Good v. Community Good

the needs of the people as paramount. To derive this point, and other theories related to government, Hobbes paid a great deal of ...

Good and Evil Morality Concepts

to allow him to survive. Pojman draws a distinction between ethics (or morality), on the one hand, and etiquette, law, and religio...

Human Nature as Viewed by Thomas Hobbes

linger about fairness and equality, that one has to assume that to some extent, mans nature is related to this concept. First, Ho...

Thomas Hobbes - Was he a Liberal?

one to his Will, and their Judgments to his Judgment" (Hobbes PG). Hobbes argues against the contention that through the di...

A Business Dilemma and the Ethics of Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and Thomas Hobbes

a fair and equitable return for the business owner and his or her investors. Clearly, the world has become far more complicated a...

Comparative Analysis of John Locke's and Thomas Hobbes' Theories

the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also...

The Vancouver Riots of 2011 - A Hobbesian Perspective

with one another and with figures of authority in order to maximize the best interests of each individual. When left without a cen...

Self Through the Ages

This essay offers evaluation of how conceptualization of the self changed over the centuries, using the works of Vergil, Hobbes an...

Writers of English Prose

assist Bacons advancement" (Abacci Books). Yet, despite that all he had accomplished, and despite all that Essex had provided him,...

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and the Fool's Role

Man has a natural propensity for conflict and human beings form societies not out of their desire for complicit, but out of a fear...

Anthony Down and Thomas Hobbes on Political Ideology

as being possible to do. Hobbes distinguishes between a right and a law. A right, according to Hobbes, "consisteth in libe...

Concepts of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

is the part of a wise man to believe them no further than right reason makes that which they say appear credible." In other words...

Thomas Hobbes' 'Fool Argument'

he is good and honest, the covenant will be kept. If not, then it is more likely than not that it will be broken. Hobbes (1651) ...

Man's Nature According to Thomas Hobbes and William Golding

the adult world of constraints into an exciting world of fun in the sun, the children come up against the usual banes of social ex...

Montesquieu, Hobbes, and Spinoza on Political Theory

to whether or not people need law, or whether or not they can regulate society themselves. The idea of anarchy is supported by som...

Justice as it Respects Hobbes and Plato

that was determined by human will, in that people choose whether or not to keep their promises (Hobbes, 1982). Those that keep th...

Modern Leadership and Classic Political Theory

as well as the people. When one views the former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for example, one hardly thinks ab...

Freedom and Nature of Man According to Thomas Hobbes

of life or meant literally in respect to wealth. No matter how one interprets the sentiment, it seems that life is not good accord...

Transatlantic Relations and the Impact of the Euro

With the new currency, there is fear that the EU will focus on trade over security issues. In the past, Europe has had a lot of pr...

4 Questions on Philosophy, Hobbes and Peirce

power to enforce decisions (Lloyd, 2002). Hobbes also believed that an absolute monarchy was prefereable to other forms of govern...

Absolute Sovereign Power According to Thomas Hobbes

as this being the basis of the way than man will then behave as a result of the toughs Hobbes attention turns to human nature. C...

Justice and Self Interest Philosophies

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

Social Order and Humanity

speech offers a concise picture of the Athenian perspective on government, the social order and the citizens role in that order. H...