MP3 I wrote my paper about the threshold concept of normativity. I used Hobbes as a reference that helped me comprehend the idea of normativity and showed that the troublesome knowledge accompanying normativity are alien and tacit knowledge. I feel that once I understood normativity, I was able to understand political theory on a much […]
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MP3 Threshold Concept 2 comments
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I have had a couple concepts that have been difficult for me throughout the quater, however the one that continues to trouble me is not limiting Hobbes. I typically tend to just say that Hobbes’ sovereign is all powerful and can do what it wants and that its citizens are at the mercy of the […]
Rough Draft 2 comments
MP2roughdraft This paper was definitely more difficult for me to write than the first major paper. I found it difficult to not take a stance on whether Locke or Hobbes was better and I had a hard time incorporating effective counterarguments. I chose to write on the first prompt as well so it was hard […]
Locke on Legislative and Executive Power 1 comment
Chapter 12 of Locke’s Second Treatise of Government talks about the legislative and executive power from pages 75-76. Locke starts his argument by stating that the legislative power is necessary for making new laws and preserving the community, yet it should not always be in session. He states that they do not always have business […]
Snapshot of Rough Draft 3 comments
My first draft that I wrote was kind of a mess. I wrote an entire dialogue between Goldman and Socrates about religion. When I read back over it, I realized how bad it was and decided to jsut start over with a completely different idea. I changed to focus on the differences in opinion that […]
Goldman and Socrates 2 comments
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Experience as reader/writer 3 comments
The writing so far in this class has been different from any other style of writing I have done in the past. Throughout high school I had excellent english teachers, but the writing styles they taught me was much different than this class. The writing was very structured and focused around a primary thesis statement. It […]
Anarchy thick and thin 3 comments
I believe that Goldman believes primarily in thin selfhood. She advocates strongly for the individuals to grasp the world around them without any restraints that the community might place on them. However she also pushes for freedom and unity in the community once the restrictions upon them are lifted. Her main belief however is that […]
Key words in the Apology/Crito 3 comments
In the Apology there is one word which I think is crucial in the reason why Socrates is being charged and sentenced to death. He is described by the people as being pestilential. Since I am ignorant like the people that Socrates accuses I had to look up the meaning of the word. I discovered […]