Liberty
Essays

In Defense of Tyranny: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

¶ … Sustainable Development Compatible With Human Welfare?

Nietzsche's Woman is by turns simply a reflection of common attitudes of the time, although he occasionally sees her in a more sympathetic view. In a modern light, the understanding of Nietzsche's philosophy has often…

The Theory of Government presented in the Declaration

"Political theory is a branch of moral philosophy, which starts from the discovery, or application, of moral notions in the sphere of political relations." This statement, indicated in the literary work, "Two concepts of Liberty," summarizes my personal views on law and self-development. I believe it is morally acceptable to require people to do things for their own self development. Aspects such as making children attend school, requiring high schools to offer basic curriculum courses, or requiring systemically viable institutions to be certified, I believe, all are morally acceptable laws. Although society overall benefits from the self-development of its own constituents, the world benefits as a more educated population continues to drive economic prosperity

This paper examines the work of the scholar Leo Braudy and his article "Genre: The Conventions of Connection." In this article, Braudy makes a thorough and intricate defense for the importance of genre films and what they accomplish. Braudy highlights the reasons they are often overlooked and explains why this is problematic.

My question is whether there is a concept of free will and whether we can ever attain individuality, or whether lack of free will constrains us from ever achieving the individuality that we wish to achieve. On the one hand, we believe that we are gifted with the ability to choose happiness and liberty would we so wish and create ourselves into the individuals that we believe is necessary for our life's liberty and contentment. On the other hand, certain aspects seem beyond our control. Some are born handicapped and others in ghetto-like poverty. Still others are born in rigid, fundamentalist type backgrounds where they are indoctrinated and socialized in a certain type of thinking that causes them to perceive aspects in a certain way, to judges, a and act accordingly. The question can be extended to any and all, civilizations without going to the extremes of turning to religious or socialist regimes for illustration. After all, we all live in a hub of geo-historical circumstance that makes us revolve on a certain wheel and turn around with the fads and norms of the time.

¶ … forward discount in predicting exchange rate modifications. The conclusion of the literature review is that the forward discount is a biased predictor and that are two possible explanations for this situation.

¶ … Carved in Silence directed by Felicia Lowe [...] its particular value in sociological perspectives. This is a moving and emotional documentary regarding the Chinese Exclusion Act, and their subsequent incarceration…

Iconography of Los Angeles: The Freeway City