All the three philosophers‚ whose work I am going to scrutinize on‚ have very specific‚ yet in most cases common views on property. First of all‚ let me define what the term property means. Property‚ as I see it‚ is an object of legal rights that is possessed by an individual or a group of individuals who are directly responsible for this it. In his work Of Justice‚ David Hume puts great emphasis on distribution of property in society. Hume believes that only the conception of property gives society
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Propaganda during World War II Hannah Arendt said that “Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda” Propaganda was a technique used by leaders and the government to pursue the people. Propaganda was the way to recruit soldiers and get support from the citizens. The World War II (September 1‚ 1939 – September 2‚ 1945) was a period of disaster and need. Big countries like America and Great Britain‚ among many others
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personal needs before considering others. Because humans are only self-serving‚ John Rawls’ theory of “The Original Position” is the best way to create a better society with more equality. In terms of society‚ equality means that the gap‚ wealth-wise‚ between the rich and the poor is not drastic‚ but rather‚ the “average amount of wealth is lower.” In order to achieve this theory of “The Original Position‚” Rawls rightfully claims that people must have a ‘veil of ignorance’ when designing the new
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Rawls Theory of Social Justice: How decisions are made to benefit all. “Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare‚ social justice can never be attained” (Helen Keller).This quote suggests that social justice can be attained with the involvement of the many. Social Justice can be defined as fair and proper administration of laws and natural laws‚ that all persons irrespective of ethnicity‚ gender‚ possessions‚ race or religion are
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Analyze the case using at least two of the objective ethical theories (Act Utilitarianism‚ Rule Utilitarianism‚ Kantianism‚ Social Contract Theory/Rawls’ Principles of Justice‚ and Virtue Theory). ANS: Kantianism is the ethical theory which explains how one should always focus on his/her duty rather than the end result. According to a Kantian‚ parents should use this app and protect their kids from
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Q. Offer a critique of what John Rawls meant by ‘Fair Equality of Opportunity’ Introduction: The purpose of this essay is to discuss what ‘Fair Equality of Opportunity’ means and John Rawls view point on this subject. Rawls was a well known philosopher from the USA and arguably the most important political philosopher of the 20th century. Rawls is well known for using the basic structure of society as his subject matter and most famously for his work entitled‚ A Theory of Justice (1971). Here he
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moral principle? Reflection on John Rawls’ theory. The theory of justice as fairness was one of the most important elements of John Rawls’s philosophy‚ the one frequently discussed and significant for the twentieth-century political philosophy. To answer the question stated in the topic I would like to divide my dissertation into two major consecutive parts. First‚ I will examine what the principle of fairness implies and what are‚ in accordance to Rawls‚ the prerequisites to realize it. Then
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John Rawls is perhaps the most significant intellectual in philosophical ethics to have written in the past hundred years. It is nearly impossible to address ethics in contemporary philosophy without saying something about John Rawls. Central to his theory of justice are the concepts of fairness and equality from behind what he terms a "veil of ignorance". Rawls’s veil of ignorance is a component of the way people can construct society. He refers to an "original position" in which a person is attempting
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in the current structure of democracy especially in the United States. The Origins of Totalitarianism The term totalitarianism was coined after the dreadful fight and suffering in the world wars‚ political revolution‚ holocaust‚ and fears. Hannah Arendt was a political philosopher who first handedly understands totalitarianism as a climatic pathology‚ which represents the practices of dictatorship‚ racism‚ colonialism‚ and also a lone government institution (Inceoglu). Accordingly‚ totalitarianism
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Benedict (1983) Imagined Communities. Verso: London Arendt‚ Hannah (1959) ‘Reflections on Little Rock’‚ Dissent‚ 6(1) pp Arendt‚ Hannah (1958) The Human Condition. University of Chicago Press: Chicago Johnson‚ Jacqueline (1990) Stokely Carmichael: The Story of Black Power Chomsky‚ Noam (1992) Chronicles of Dissent. David Barsamian: USA Chomsky‚ Arendt‚ Sonntag (1967) The Legitimacy of Violence as a political Act? Noam Chomsky debates with Hannah Arendt‚ Susan Sonntag et Crozier‚ Michael‚ Huntington‚
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