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Hobbes's view of human nature
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In chapter 19 of Leviathan Thomas Hobbes discusses the different kinds of commonwealths and explains why he believes a monarchy is the best form of government. A few of the points he makes about why he believes this are: the monarchs interests are the same as the people, the monarch is more consistent than a democracy, and monarchy is more stable because the monarch can set up arrangements for the succession of power. In my opinion, these points (and the other points he makes) would only work if the people are lucky enough to have the right person as their sovereign. Monarchs in the past haven't always had the same interests as their people, they are just as likely to do things that hurt their people such as the events that lead to the French
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Hobbes vs Locke When a unlawful crime happens we are shocked and paralyzed by fear and despair. Well ,with these crimes comes governmental responsibility this is why. Without a strictly ruled government violence, no productivity, and consequently no knowledge of the Earth would result. To begin, with “Without a common power to keep them in awe, it will result in a state of war” as Thomas Hobbes states. Strict power is important, absences of this allows us to forget that we are all equal and no one is higher than the other.
Thomas Hobbes in his book The Leviathan stated “Our motives and actions are all based on internal bio-mechanical processes.” In other words, our actions for change are based off wants and needs. Cesar Chavez, labor union organization and a civil rights leader, uses juxtaposition all throughout his essay (published in a religious organizations’ magazine) to state the two methods of taking action, violent or non-violent. He writes his article in an introspective tone by using religion to advocate nonviolence. He uses aphorism to repudiate violent methods.
The Ballad of Orange Grape, written by Muriel Rukeyser, is a poem describing a street scene in East Harlem. Instantly she draws the reader into the scene using descriptive language and guides you through the decaying neighborhood to a Frankfurters stand where the man running the stand pours an orange drink into a bin labeled as purple and pours a purple drink into a bin labeled as orange. The narrator noticing that sparks a philosophical debate with the man running the stand so that she can understand the meaning of his actions. This street scene is the authors way of questioning are use of language in binary system and how different words and phrases can convey a different meaning.
The issue of how government should function has long been debated over the years. Both The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau discuss this issue. Steinbeck comments on the birth of civilization from physical needs to government issues in chapter seventeen of The Grapes of Wrath and Thoreau examines the function of government in “Civil Disobedience.” Their views on government clash in some aspects and agree in others. Steinbeck and Thoreau hold contrasting beliefs about individual conscience but agree on how a government should be operated and on the type of people needed in government.
Social determinants have become an influential component of innovation within traditional areas of research, from overall health of communities to disaster management. Starting in the 1980’s, researchers began to understand that social contexts, both micro and macro, have a significant impact on both individuals and the community as a whole when discussing response and resilience to disasters. After the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, after the sheer difference of separate populations ability to cope during the disaster area came to light, researchers began to elucidate the social factors which affect disaster response and ways to assess those for future disasters. The three largest areas of concerns that should be considered are social stratification and class, race and
Does the need for government justify the many faults that have to be endured? Hobbes may argue that government is necessary, but that does not mean that every government in place is the best one possible. Hobbes states that without security outside of the self, “There is no place for industry… No account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; No Society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death.(21)” Hobbes is saying that governments stabilize people for the overall success of the society.
Thomas Hobbes described that life in a state of nature would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” In addition, no one would be able to survive in an Anarchy society where there is no order and the safeguard of others is at risk. Therefore, governments require for citizens to surrender some freedom to obtain the benefits of the government. Thus, the government has preserved its two major purposes: maintaining order and providing public goods to the public and an uprising purpose of promoting equality. The main and oldest purpose of government is to maintain order by establishing laws to preserve life and protect property.
Combining two field is not always easy, but for Johannes Kepler it was. The astronomer is most famous for discovering the three laws of planetary motion. However, discovering them was not an easy process. It took quite some time and would have been unachievable without the influence of theology on Kepler’s and previous astronomer’s work. The combination of astronomy and theology may seem far fetched, but the two had to go hand-in-hand for Kepler to achieve as much as he did.
In chapter 11 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes presents God as the cause of things that before had not a cause. His concept of “God” is similar to that of Descartes; God is an eternal entity larger than man’s mind can fathom. As chapter 12 unfolds, Hobbes puts this conceptual God in practice as he attributes Him to the beginning of our materialistic world. God is the “First Mover,” created by mankind’s anxiety about the future. Thus, religion came to be because of this fear that compelled them to blame someone or something to their fortunes.
Human beings will never get along with each other because everyone have their own desires and goals that keep them fighting for. In the book Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes describes three factors that leads to the state of war. The three factors are competition, distrust, and glory. People always compete with other because they cannot enjoy a single thing together. Human beings are never satisfied with what they have.
It is an ordinary process for humans to cope up with “demonstrable risks” (Masten, 2001) i.e. threats that have noticeably brought unwanted issues in one’s life. Resilience can be defined on two foundations; risks and positive adaptation. It is a quality of a person to accommodate with unfavorable alterations in life derived as a result of exposure to risks such as financial crisis, divorce, health problems or disaster. Therefore, resilience cannot exist in absence of risks.
Petra Nemcova once said, “We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn’t have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.” (Brainy Quote) A natural disaster is unpredictable and will obliterate anything in its path. Families and victims go through sorrow and nuisance. I watched many emotions arise and spirits emerge when I saw the victims of the earthquake that happened in Haiti six years ago.
Today, 39 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to conflict or natural disaster. 10 million are refugees and 29 million are internally displaced persons. People displaced inside their countries face the same hardships as refugees but lack protection under international law. Usually victims of war and oppression flee in large numbers, arriving in poor, underdeveloped states without the means to care for them. Making the situation worse, the conflict that forced them from their homes may destabilize the region in which they've sought refuge.
