The Innate Nature Of Man In Thomas More's Utopian Society

Cruelty well employed basically asserts that a king should appear as a cruel figure in order to command respect and obedience from his people. However, he cannot appear to be too harsh before his citizens because he may lose their support. 4. In a sense there is a democratic lesson to Machiavelli’s discussion of civil princedom.

Polemarchus responds by saying, “that the men one believe to be good, one loves, while those he considers bad one hates.” This is the problem with Polemarchus’ view of justice. He could easily be wrong about who is “good” and who is “bad” and you will end up treating someone who has done nothing wrong unjustly. Dividing a country into classes where each person must be loyal to ones own class would never lead to true justice because the different classes would only be loyal to their particular class. The ruling class would benefit more from this because they are in fact the higher

However it is to be underlined that Hobbes’ Commonwealth is centered on fear. Men joined the civil society to live in peace outside of the state of war that is the state of nature. But the only reason maintaining peace in the civil society according to Hobbes is the fear of repercussions. The sovereign is made strong to counter the natural « bad » nature of men. He is given «  the power to keep them in awe and bind them by the fear of punishment and respect the laws of nature ».

Thomas Jefferson: From Words to Revolution The Declaration of Independence is a very effective and successful essay that had enough power within to cause a country to start a revolution, with the excellent use of persuasive appeals. Thomas Jefferson was a master when it came to using persuasive appeals such as pathos, ethos and logic. His tone from the very beginning to end is apparent and helps him build credibility with the readers. The structure of the essay is very basic, but conveys his opinion and point of view in an extremely clear manner.

For Hobbes, social contract is an inevitable process because men need a central power for self-preservation (Hobbes 39). He cannot protect himself from outside dangers; therefore, he needs sovereign power for survival. Nevertheless, for Rousseau, social contract is needed, but it unavoidably creates inequality as well as peace and order. If men were more just and fair in his actions, social contract would be more beneficial to his life. In his natural state, men was more caring and cooperative, but with social contract, he is more individualistic and greedy (Bondanella 16).

In the Authoritarian style of government on the other hand, has many benefits, advantages and like any other type of government, has its own disadvantages and weaknesses. I remember in our previous discussions, we talked about Hobbes’ state of nature which states that a person is naturally selfish and that without a government, there would be total chaos so in result, man agrees to be a part of a government. In this sense, man would agree to be under that government and would agree to be served. It is not assured that there would not be chaos if one joins a government but through this form of government, war would be lessened – and it could be render void. Under this type of government, there are benefits and advantages as well as restrictions.

A representative democracy is the best way to keep society out of the state of nature, and still preserve individuals’ rights. The flaws that exist in the argument presented in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes stem from the fact that a singular leader cannot be trusted to create just covenants. While that one individual can remove society from the state of nature, their own human nature will trigger members of society to invoke their right of nature. Thus taking society back into the undesired state of nature.

Utopia was written by one of the greatest minds of his time, Thomas More. Written in 1516, however its commentary on politics is still very valid and there are many truths about human nature that still apply to modern world. The idea behind the book is “a wish for humans to work together, so that all might prosper.” Thomas More provides a vision of a virtuous society in Utopia. While the society that he illustrates is not necessarily completely ideal or flawless, the society stands as an opposite of his native England as it exists in 1516, the year of Utopia’s publication.

While many disagree with Machiavelli’s points about what makes a good leader, I find them favorable. While leaders during this time were expected to please everyone, Machiavelli makes the point that it is not possible to do so. One argument he makes is “A man who wishes to make a profession of goodness in everything must necessarily

Well yes that might solve that problem of overpopulation but that would be a murder if they didn't ask for permission. To conclude we should not give up our pain. Some people are in favor of giving up freedom because they believe it would lead to more utopian society. For example, in the The Giver by Lois Lowry , the community gave up decisions because the community thought that it would prevent heartbreak and bad choice. However if we gave up in today society we wouldn’t experience true love, lost of love ones and freedom.

D’Lorenzo believed that with these men, whom have had these ideas on how to run the United States of America, would easily influence Abraham Lincoln. To D’lorenzo these ideas would get in the way of a total free market, and reminded him more of Imperial Europe than the United States that the Founding Fathers wanted to create (one based on as much economic freedom as possible). This to me is very valid. Lincoln’s platform is derived from the Whig party as he was once one. Lincoln also supported many protectionist style Tariffs such as both Morrill Tariffs.

In my opinion John Locke gives a better view on nature of human beings than Thomas Hobbes. My first reason is that he actually gives some hope in people in his readings he says that people can be trusted to govern themselves, but Hobbes is saying that all people are wicked and cannot be trusted but that is not even the case because there are some really good people in this world. Another reason why I am saying that I believe that Locke gives a better view is that he tried to develop the social and political lives for individuals even though Hobbes was just downing people badly saying that the lives of the individuals in the state were poor, nasty and short therefor he did not care about the lives of other people and that is not right. In addition

It also greatly influenced the Bill of Rights and the later Constitution. The document itself is eloquently written and splits into two main sections. The first part of The Declaration of Independence listed a view of what a government should do for its people, it advocates a weaker form of Minarchism, and the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The latter part of the Declaration lists complaints against King George and intellectually justifies the new nation. In short, the colonists finally came together as one nation due to the battles which were endured together, they formed a new nation and resisted the tyranny of King

Thomas Paine, a man who is responsible for some of the most influential writing during the colonial period of the seventeen-hundreds. Thomas Paine was born in Britain, in January 1737 and moved to America in the year 1774 shortly before the start of the Revolutionary war on April 19th 1775. Soon after the first major battle in the war Thomas wrote his most famous work, a pamphlet titled “Common Sense”. The purpose of this pamphlet was to persuade anyone who might be undecided on whether or not they wanted to break free from the oppression of the British government. Thomas wanted the American people to fight for more than just freedom from British taxation, he believed that they could gain or independence.

Tomas Paine, who wanted liberty for all, distributed a pamphlet entitled Common Sense. Paine’s pamphlet stirred up the American colonists. They were already angry with King George. They were irritated at his soldiers because, they were sent to decree over them. They hated the excessive taxes, and they hated that he closed the port of Boston to punish them for their protesting.