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

In five pages political and scientific philosophies are both considered in an examination of divinity with the perspectives of Tho...

In five pages this paper discusses divisibility in a comparative analysis of the philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Fo...

and comparison of the volumes of literature that were produced during this era. Three of the great philosophers of this era, Thom...

In ten pages this paper discusses the fool's argument, the personal contract, the prisoner's dilemma, and the assurance game as pe...

In five pages this paper discusses how presidential candidates can each be connected in some way with the philosophies of Jean Jac...

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

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

himself who willed that he should suffer (lines 5-8). In other words, Hardy pictures preferring a world such as the ancient Gre...

In six pages this report contrasts and compares the views of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and Plato on economic growth in terms of h...

In five pages this paper compares the views of the First World War that are presented in The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy and Dul...

needs of the spirit, which were outlined through divine law (Pierce, 2002). The law of nature, Epictetus believed, was that the be...

realistic appraisal of the people they were expected to lead (Ahsan, 2002). Machiavelli detailed what he considered to be ideal l...

and was able to study their political tactics, particularly those of the ecclesiastic and soldier Cesare Borgia, who was at that t...

to vote for them, even though another candidate is more qualified. Suetonius writes in the Twelve Caesars something akin to Pri...

is not the impression one gets from reading The Prince," for according to Oldham it "becomes clear to the reader that Machiavelli ...

that man must first display characteristics that are shaped by his own masculine perspective. Machiavelli considered the nature o...

influential thinkers of the ancient age. Despite their obvious inter-related lives, they still had significantly differing opinio...

soldier Cesare Borgia, who was at that time engaged in enlarging his holdings in central Italy (pp. 443). Much of what Machiavelli...

In nine pages capitalism in its many forms are examined in terms of Oprah Winfrey's philanthropy, G.B. Shaw's play Major Barbara, ...

virtue. Niccolo Machiavelli lived between 1469 and 1527 (Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 1998). Born in Florence h...

In five pages this report considers this little known 1531 work by Machiavelli and argues that it presents a complete picture of t...

In ten pages this paper examines how Machiavelli perceived women and how they are perceived by past and present society. Nine sou...

In six pages which includes a half page outline this paper examines All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren within the context of...

Freedom is cherished the world over. Not all that cherish freedom, however, actually have it. Unfortunately, there is often an i...

has the most direct appeal to many amoral leaders of today. Some psychologists find in his works deep insights as to the nature of...

design a society that people might like. For example, in terms of sexual repression, Mores Utopia would allow people to see one an...

This paper consists of five pages and presents a critical analysis of the political text that was first published in 1513. Two so...

In seven pages these two poets are compared in terms of the differences and similarities in Thomas's 'Do Not Go Gently Into That G...