2010 HSC Question Analyse how the central values portrayed in King Richard III are creatively reshaped in Looking for Richard The work of Pacino is able to creatively place Shakespeare’s core ideals of humanist philosophy and the corrupting influence of power within a modern context, to reveal the perennial nature of the playwright’s central values. Shakespeare’s King Richard III (1592) identifies hereditary power as a potent force when the natural order is usurped. Al Pacino’s Looking for Richard (1996) sees power within a democratic time and thus presents it as privilege, not a God-given gift, yet the two maintain a similar view of the dangers of authority without balance. Shakespeare’s time demanded a negative portrayal of Richard’s humanist ideals, where blame is placed upon the King’s lack of Christianity for his abhorrent acts. Pacino, however, contends with a time where it is increasingly becoming the norm, but still contends with a society that can be considered moral devoid in some manners, and thus the importance of spirituality and thought is evident in both.
To what extent is the New Right internally coherent? (45) The New Right is a political movement that was first coined in the USA, but it contains past ideas and ideologies. It is a range of radical right-wing groups and ideologies which advocate laissez-faire economic policies, anti-welfarism, and the belief in the rights of the individual over the common good. The New Right can be said to be internally coherent in a political sense in terms of the compatibility of its goals such as their view on minimal state and the support of the market economy. However, the New Right incorporates neo-liberalism, which is a moderation of liberalism that supports free market economics and the minimal role of the state.
GOD BLESS AMERICA By, STEFAN RADUNOVIC Unit 1 Unit 1 was all about the Consistitutional Underpinnings. We first learned what political power was and why we need politics in the first place. We then went on to the idea of Democracy and John Locke’s social contract theory, that “The view that the consent of the people is the only true basis of any sovereign’s right to rule”. Unit 1 taught us that there are two types of democracies, direct and indirect representation democracy also know as a republic, and the pros and cons for both types. One of the main questions reguarding democracy was, who really has control in a democracy?
But what is personal responsibility? Why do we care about it? And what, if anything, should governments do to promote it? Individuals bear a special responsibility for the success or failure of their own lives looking at philosophical theories, political ideologies, and public opinion on the subject. There has been a recent move in political philosophy to deal with real world problems and shows how philosophy can contribute to public democratic debate on pressing issues of personal responsibility (Brown, 2009).
The paper will then assess the fit of the theory by explaining whether what the theory says should have happened, actually happened in the passage of this policy. Finally, it will conclude by declaring whose bias the outcome reflected as well as how democratic the passage of this bill makes American politics and policymaking
Representations 1, 2 and 3 are all representations on the impact of protest on US Society. Representation 1 is about the impact by the Civil Right Movement. Representation 2 is about the impact of Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Right Movement in America. Finally, representation 3 is about the impact of the Freedom Riders. In this essay, I will be analysing and commenting on which Representation I think is the best, based on accuracy, balance and completeness.
Assignment Sheet—Essay #2: Analysis of a Presidential Campaign Ad “If American citizens are to have a clear understanding of conditions and what to do about them, they must be able to recognize propaganda, to analyze it, and to appraise it. They must be able to discover whether it is propaganda in line with their own interests and the interests of our civilization or whether it is propaganda that may distort our views and threaten to undermine our civilization.” --Phil Taylor “The Fine Art of Propaganda” Assignment: At The Living Room Candidate website <http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/>, pick a Presidential Campaign Ad to analyze and evaluate. It can be a recent ad or it can be one from a previous United States presidential
What is power? The ability to cause another person to act as you wish. What is politics? A legitimate non-violent process for settling disputed questions. John Locke: State of Nature, Social Contract, government protects life, liberty & property Harold Lasswell: “Who gets when, where and what?” $$$ David Easton: authoritative allocation of values.
We, of course, examined some of the claims of justice in chapter 3 where Nozick pressed for the importance of liberty and private property and Rawls argued that the principles of justice fall out of what people in the original position would opt for. Write an essay that takes up the issue of justice and discrimination by weighing in on the tension between the the demands of non discrimination and the call for affirmative action in hiring practices. In particular, try to tailor your remarks such that they weigh in on the differing moral pulls of social justice
Worldview Analysis Essay “Abstract” In this paper for this assignment of how have some facet of “process philosophy” has impacted the American government and society, I have chosen to include the topic of education. In my reading for this assignment there were many options to choose from to focus on with my paper however the educational shifts caught my attention the most. In this paper I have included the dispute between Plato and Aristotle and the shift education took when it came to Rationalism. Plato and Aristotle’s dispute was in the area of knowledge, and the shift as a result of Rationalism was from a biblical theology to a natural theology. Some facets of “process philosophy” that has impacted American government and society include some educational, economical, legislation, family and marriage, and civil right shifts.