O’Neill martin.oneill[@]york.ac.uk Lecture 2: Positive and Negative Liberty 1. William E. Connolly: Liberty as an ‘Essentially-Contested Concept’ • See Connolly‚ The Terms of Political Discourse (1983)‚ and the relevant excerpt in CKS (i.e. Freedom: A Philosophical Anthology‚ ed. Ian Carter‚ Matthew Kramer and Hillel Steiner (Blackwell‚ 2007).) • The idea of an “essentially contested concept” – a concept that cannot be specified in detail in advance of normative debates. • The meanings of terms
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E-Business The organization that I selected that originally started as a traditional organization and incorporated the click and mortar business model‚ is Blockbuster‚ Incorporated. Blockbuster‚ Incorporated elected to enter into the E-Business to gain a competitive edge on competitors such as Netflix. The decision that the corporation made to enter into the E-Business contained both advantages‚ disadvantages‚ challenges that pertained to regulations‚ and the obligation the organization has to
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Mr. Weir ENG3U1 May 30th‚ 2012 The importance of Freedoms Freedom is a very important aspect of a society‚ without freedom people live in fear and insecurity. Benjamin Franklin once said “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve nether and lose both” (Franklin). Throughout history one can see how much control the governments have had over their citizens. People in other countries have been oppressed by their governments
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IN MY opinion‚ our teenagers nowadays are enjoying too much freedom compared to those before. Freedom helps teens feel more powerful and self-confident. But too much freedom can easily backfire‚ leaving a teen floundering. Some of them start taking advantage of too much freedom. Although teenagers might be reluctant to admit it‚ they still need the stability that parental authority can offer. Some parents remain so busy with their work that they forget their responsibilities towards their children
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The film Fight Club’ follows‚ to some degree of accuracy‚ the archetypal paradigm of the apocalyptic guidelines discussed in English 3910. Specifically the movie mostly deals with the genre of the personal apocalypse. Thus‚ following suit in relation to such works as Lancelot’‚ The Violent Bear it away’ and Apocalypse Now’. Fight Club’‚ essentiality contains the basic premise of these works‚ that is the purging of one’s identity through extreme measures and crisis; to ultimately arrive at
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The school fight During one normal school day at lunch time the weather was hot and no clouds in the sky. I was walking along to help Mr Petersen get equipment for athletics training. While I was walking through the year 9 area some year 9”s were huddling around with one tall skinny guy and one short average weight. To me I was wondering her we go a fight is going to happen and like the people that were around them didn’t care besides wanting to see action. The two guys that were in the circle had
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The theme of rebellion is ever present in Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club‚ and the novel centers around the rebellious cause of the Narrator and Tyler Durden. The duo form form a fight club as a way to reclaim their masculinity and separate themselves from their bourgeoisie existences‚ while simultaneously aiming to break the capitalistic society they inhabit. Their efforts eventually expand into what is known as “Project Mayhem”‚ a terrorist group that aims to annihilate the capitalist culture and
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1. TITLE: FIRST TO FIGHT 2. ADVANCE COURSE‚ SNCOA 3. AUTHOR: Victor H. Krulak Lieutenant General‚ USMC (Ret.) 4. PUBLISHER: U.S. Naval Institute 5. PUBLISHED: 1984 6. PAGES: 227 7. COST: Base Library 8. SUBJECT: This book is a combination of Krulak’s personal experience and opinion about the Marine Corps existence‚ mission‚ and history. 9. OPINION: I believe this book was written with compassion and commitment. It gives you a full ride about the history of our Corps as well as why we
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FIRST TO FIGHT BOOK REPORT PFC WALTERS 1. TITLE: FIRST TO FIGHT 2. CBRN 1st Marine Division 3. AUTHOR: Victor H. Krulak Lieutenant General‚ USMC (Ret.) 4. PUBLISHER: U.S. Naval Institute 5. PUBLISHED: 1984 6. PAGES: 227 7. COST: Base Library 8. SUBJECT: First to Fight is about Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak’s personal experiences in the Marine Corps‚ and his ideas and opinions on how he views the Marine Corps. 9. OPINION: I thought First to Fight was a good book that
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same-sex marriages has increased over time as a result of a shift in social values. One of the arguments in support of same-sex marriages is that when legalized‚ gay marriages will result to more secure and stable relationships (Nagle 14). Without being legalized‚ these same-sex relationships will not last. It will also lead to increased acceptance by the society (Eskridge & Spedale 29). Advocates of the same-sex marriages also argue that legalizing it will fight the societal belief that gay relationships
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