Joshua Spiezle ENGL 298 Paige Morgan 1 December 2011 Threshold Concepts The reasoning for appointment of governing power in Hobbes’ “Leviathan” and Locke’s “Second Treatise of the Government” provide backing to their respective legitimacy. However, through the bias in American culture, the understanding of the legitimacy in Hobbes’ sovereign appears to be unreasonable. In the […]
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Good and Bad 3 comments
I think the most difficult part about political science has been oversimplifying each theory. We have read a multitude of texts, which on one hand leads to a better understanding through readings addressing weaknesses of particular states. However, this can also lead to a broader description of each text; rather than a more general recollection […]
MP 2 Rough/Conference Memo 3 comments
Mp 2 Rough What I really am hoping to hear back on is if my essay is following all of the logical steps in order for my conclusion to be reached. First off, I need to know if the claim I am making is substantial enough at all – I feel like I am walking […]
Trusting the Sovereign 2 comments
In the Leviathan, chapters 17-19, Hobbes illustrates that the changes in the individual’s rights are on the basis of trust to the sovereign. For Hobbes, once consented, the individual gives up his natural rights except for his right to preservation. Unlike Locke, the government, or sovereign may not be accused of breaking the covenant – he […]
Dialogue’s dialogue 3 comments
When I first started, I was not quite sure how I was going to approach my essay. In fact, I approached it completely wrong; I never fully grasped the whole “dialogue” idea and consequently ended up writing my essay as an actual essay. I’m not sure how it happened, but that part of the directions […]
MP 1 Rough Draft 3 comments
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I’ve found that the writing in which I engage in in ENGL 298 is extremely beneficial to my understanding of the texts. However, I also find that in the sense of reading in which we do not go over in class, for example Petyr Kropotkin’s Mutual Aid, my understanding and time in which I spend […]
Goldman’s thin self 5 comments
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1. After reading Apology I have come to the conclusion that word-choice is one of Socrates’ most dangerous tools. The use of “counter-assessment” would mean to Plato that his argument is an alternative to the more commonly accepted argument (Apology, 36c). Furthermore, referring to his argument as an assessment creates a friendlier tone instead of […]