Normative theory as a threshold concept Students usually think using the scientific method because of past experiences Normative theory is significantly different because it doesn’t examine what actually exists – instead it looks at what ought to be Normative theory changes political theory because it is the only critically legitimate means of analyzing how government […]
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MP 3 Rough Draft 3 comments
Difficult Aspect for Me 1 comment
The hardest aspect for me was definitely dealing with Hobbes in general. The way I’ve always processed dense readings is to thoroughly read them once, think on it for a bit, skim the reading a second time, and think about it some more. After I’ve done all of that I read it again thoroughly and […]
MP 2.2 and Week 7 Blog 4 comments
MP 2.2 I like my introduction and how I plan out what I’m going to talk about in it, but if you have advise on improving it I’d love to hear it. The first body paragraph is a general summary of what I’ll put in the final draft, and I’ll be adding quotes and details […]
Locke’s State of War 4 comments
I decided to look at Locke’s ideas on the state of war and how it influences man’s behavior – because this is a point where Locke differs on a fundamental and significant level in comparison to Hobbes. The section is Chapter III, which is on pages 14-16. In a state of nature people try to […]
Draft Process 2 comments
I mentioned in my proposal that I would write from Goldman’s perspective because I disagree with her more, and that makes me more able to think critically about her ideas and stuff. I was worried that if I wrote from Socrates’ perspective, my way of thinking would be too close enough to his, that I’d […]
Goldman & Socrates Dialogue 3 comments
English Paper 3 Socrates and Goldman Dialogue I totally turned this in on time, but then edited the paper out and turned it into a link after the deadline…
2.5 weeks of college writing 5 comments
The first writing assignment we did for this class was a personal essay, and that essay took me off guard a bit to begin with. I haven’t written an essay about myself for school since junior high (not counting the college admittance essay). I’m not used to writing that way and it was a weird […]
Potential Goldman View of the Thick and Thin Self Idea 3 comments
I don’t see any reason why Goldman would not like the idea of the thick-self versus the thin -self. The ancient people of the world were very obviously more chained to their roles in life than people typically were in Goldman’s era (early 1900), and I think the idea of individualism versus commitment to society […]
Plato Key Words 3 comments
“Those who maliciously and slanderously persuaded you – who also, when persuaded themselves persuaded others – all those are most difficult to deal with…” (Plato, pg 22) Persuaded is the key phrase both in this passage and in the whole of the Apology. Plato records Socrates’ defense because he deems the arguments Socrates has made […]