Politics of the Common Good In Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009), Michael J. Sandal argues that politics and society require a common moral purpose beyond the assertion of natural rights like life liberty and property or the utilitarian calculus of increasing pleasure and minimizing pain for the greatest number of people. He would move beyond both John Locke and Jeremy Bentham in asserting that "a just society can't

Politics There were a few things that changed in American political culture between 2004 and 2012. The political culture became more polarized, as media and political rhetoric escalated significant following the 2008 election. The political landscape was change by the 2008 election, which saw an expansion of red states, and renewed interest in politics from African-Americans and Hispanics, two groups that traditionally vote Democrat. The heightened rhetoric can be seen as

Politics, Trade and Unregulated Markets According to Frankline (April 15th, 2008), when a nation increases its public consumption, it reduces the amount of money that companies need to invest in production; therefore, in a way, that nation buys it way out of unemployment. Frankline claims that this is based on a formula devised by John Maynard Keynes nearly a century ago. The formula says that if you increase public consumption, you

Politics As was expected, the Republicans took the House and Senate in the 2014 mid-term elections, shifting the balance of power in the United States government. The election was viewed by many as a referendum on President Obama's policies. The President said it (Martosko, 2014), conservative talking heads said it (Krauthammer, 2014), and voters in exit polls said as much, too (Raedle, 2014). This argument makes for fine political rhetoric, this

Money and Politics - History There has been massive debate on what Frank Baum's actual intentions were when he authored the famous 'Wizard of Oz' story tale. In the tale, Dorothy of Kansas traverses the land and the golden roads therein, in silver shoes. In so doing, she comes across a number of friendly and unfriendly, influential and powerless figures. At first, the tale was considered just that - a children's

Thus, the politics of drugs have impacted the politics of Mexico by forcing the country into inner turmoil and questioning the validity and legitimacy of the ruling government, in addition to giving the military a greater role in politics, along with the problems that this causes. Thus, Mexico, like other Latin American countries, has seen its share of challenges when it comes to the politics of drugs and their influence