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- 4091: Freedom
- ... people are roughly equal, still, if someone has more, others have less. The insecurity regarding what you can keep leads to violence. "where there are no restraints on people's actions, it leads to the war of 'all against all'" says Hobbes. So, Hobbes is basically saying, any state is better than the state of nature, be glad that the state is there. Even if it is a corrupt state, you ... Hobbes, begin with different interpretations of the state of nature. Since Hobbes had the impression that all people were egoists and were only interested in their own good, he figured it would lead to the war of "all against all", therefore any government was better than the "state of nature". Locke believed that most people got along pretty well for the most part by rational intuition, but were always a few ... of anarchism, wouldn't they become a threat to the society if their anti-social behavior lead to violence? (which comes back to Hobbes' theory of the State of Nature that would lead to the war of "all against all") And it leads to even more questions of insecurity like: without coercion or authority would people obey the law or does the threat of punishment work to promote more crime? ...
- 4092: Hero As Schinder
- Truly Hero If a hero is someone who risks their life for others, then Oskar Schindler is a truly a hero. He was a man of great integrity, virtue and valor during World War II and throughout his life. I've tried to express what kind of a life and person Oskar Schindler was, and I ask you to evaluate yourself and decide if you could take the kind ... Europe because he risked his life and spent all he had to save a race of people his country was so against. He saved more than 1,200 human lives during the Holocaust of World War II and he is considered one of the greatest heroes of this century. Oskar Schindler was born on April 18, 1908 in Zwittau, Austria-Hungary. Both his mother and father (Louisa and Hans Schindler) were ... Depression, the Schindler family business went bankrupt. At this time, Schindler's father left his mother, and she died soon after. He became a machinery salesman when opportunity came knocking in the guise of the war. According to his situation from the above, how can this man be consider a hero? What would possess him, with all of his power and money, to risk his own life to save the ...
- 4093: Zinn Chapter 4 Essay
- As the British and Colonists were engaged in the Seven Years War against the French and Indians, the colonists were slowly building up feelings for their removal from under the British crown. There had been several uprisings to overthrow the colonial governments. When the war ended and the British were victorious, they declared the Proclamation of 1763 which stated that the land west of the Appalachians was to be "reserved" for the Native American population. The colonists were confused and ... upper classes formed the Boston Caucus and through their motivational speaking, molded and activated the laboring-class. After the Stamp Act of 1765, the British's taxation of colonists to pay for the Seven Year War, the lower-class stormed and destroyed merchant homes to level the distinction of rich and poor. A hundred lower-classmen had to suffer for the extravagance of one upper-classmen. They demanded more political ...
- 4094: Women In The Police Force
- ... secretarial work or as specialist in juveniles." (Cohn.pg.188) These were the main role that women police officers were historically given. However this has changed over the years. It was not until after world war two that women began to be hired by police departments voluntarily. Women had proven that they could handle themselves in situations that dealt with high stress level. "World war two provided convincing evidence that women were valuable auxiliaries within all-male organizations." (LeBeuf & McLean, 41) This was a start in their quest for equality and fairness in a male dominated police force but it was far from enough. After world war two women did receive some recognition that they were able to perform as an officer in a police department. However, attitudes stayed the same as they had always been. In the seventies a study ...
- 4095: Hektor Is A Greater Hero Than
- ... that of Achilleus because he is the greatest of the Trojans. Priam does not fight due to his age and Paris does not help the Trojan forces, so Hektor burdens the entire weight of the war on his own shoulders. He gives his help for the good of his city. Hektor shows his love for his community several times in his speeches to fellow Trojans. In his talk with Paris, he urges Paris to join the battle for the sake of Troy, especially since the war is being fought for him. Also, in his talk with Helen, Hektor says, Already my heart within is hastening me to defend/the Trojans, who when I am away long greatly to have me (book ... one s army to lose, no matter what the circumstances, lacks true heroism. Achilleus only wants his army to lose so Agamemnon will need him and apologize for dishonoring him. He clearly fights in this war for personal glory and gain as opposed to Hektor, who is fighting for Troy and for honor. Achilleus treason strongly diminishes his heroic status. Achilleus heroism is also diminished in his fight with Hektor ...
- 4096: Abraham Lincoln
- ... the 16th president of the United States, was very important to the past history of our country. He helped to abolish slavery in this country and kept the American Union from splitting apart during the Civil War. At 22, he moved to New Salem, Illinois. With his gift for swapping stories and making friends, he became quite popular and was elected to the Illinois legislature in 1834. In his spare time, he ...
- 4097: The Policies of My Way
- ... constriction crisis was a "my way" all the way. Trudeau, the self-proclaimed socialist prophet of his people, waxed ever so eloquently against the sins of conscription, and yet Trudeau seemingly could not see in War measures that potential greater evil of a Canadian fascism that surly meant permanent conscription and enslavement of all. Equally puzzling is the referral of Trudeau's nationalist compatriots and colleagues in the years since to ... behalf of the anti-conscription, quasi- separatist candidacy of Jean Drapeau; not so puzzling in the refusal of Angelo Saxon patriots to give Trudeau any credit at all for joining a reserve regiment before the war. There was both a typical Trudeau "a plague on both your houses" in all this, and even more of the gunslinger spraying bullets on both side of the saloon bar. The style of the lone ... 1940 Prime Minister Trudeau entered the law faculty at the University of Montreal. He says that he hesitated between law & psychology, but had to settle for law since Montreal didn't offer psychology and the war kept him in Canada. As a student he enlisted in the Canadian officers Training Corps. He was given a commission on a lieutenant, a rank he held until his retirement in 1947. LIFE Joseph ...
- 4098: Kate Chopin
- ... Kates father passed away, her mother became much more religious, and develops a closer relationship with Kate. Kate also has an older half-brother, George OFlaherty. He was a Confederate solider in the Civil War, and in 1863 was captured by the Union forces, and dies of typhoid fever while in prison. Kate spent her childhood in St. Louis Missouri (Hoffman 1). Kate Chopin was only married once, and it ...
- 4099: The Joy Luck Club 2
- ... narrate all four Woo stories in her mother's absence. Confucianism and Taoism were both responses to times of conflict. Confucianism is usually dominant in times of peace, while Taoism is dominant in times of war or strife. Jing-Mei's mother created the Joy-Luck Club during a war, and although the Joy Luck Club is a ritual (Tan, 21), its relativism is essentially Taoist: People thought we were wrong to serve banquets every week while many people in the city were starving . . . to ... garish ones she had always feared. Entering the context of China merely confirms the benign presence of her mother's tradition. As she relates the true story of what happened to her mother in the war, Jing-Mei recognizes that her mother never felt guilty for leaving her daughters, that there was no shame in her actions. In Confucianism, there is no concept of guilt: one either acts correctly or ...
- 4100: Capital Punishment
- ... larceny, burglary, rape, and arson. In the 1800's however , parilament had enacted many new capital offenses, and hundreds of persons were being sentenced to death each year. In the United States prior to the civil war the death penalty was imposed on slaves for many crimes, but the penalty for others were less severe.Although people argue that the death penalty is needlessly cruel, it should be used in every state ...
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