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Recent World News Compared to Locke, Mill, or Rousseau
I am looking for a news article about some world news even from the past month or two that could demonstrate ideas from either Locke, Mill, or Rousseau. This is in order to show how their ideas still relate today.
Okay.
Seeking: "a news article about some world news even from the past month or two that could demonstrate ideas from either Locke, Mill, or Rousseau."
Three steps.
Step 1. Learn what ideas Locke, Mill and Rousseau had in common.
Suggest to do a Google advanced search with "all these words" = Locke Mill Rousseau
and for "one or more of these words use "comparison" and "compare"
Select key words and phrases of their common ideas.
Step 2. Use Google News search to find articles regarding the key words and/or phrases from Step 1. "Political Freedom" is one idea.
For example: Google Google News for "political freedom"
http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=DMUS,DMUS:2006-47,DMUS:en&q=political+freedom
Step 3. Use the results to show how these ideas of Locke, Mill and Rousseau still apply today.
Now go back to Locke, Mill and Rousseau and verify this to your own satisfaction for your objective
Seeking: "a news article about some world news even from the past month or two that could demonstrate ideas from either Locke, Mill, or Rousseau."
Three steps.
Step 1. Learn what ideas Locke, Mill and Rousseau had in common.
Suggest to do a Google advanced search with "all these words" = Locke Mill Rousseau
and for "one or more of these words use "comparison" and "compare"
Select key words and phrases of their common ideas.
Step 2. Use Google News search to find articles regarding the key words and/or phrases from Step 1. "Political Freedom" is one idea.
For example: Google Google News for "political freedom"
http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=DMUS,DMUS:2006-47,DMUS:en&q=political+freedom
Step 3. Use the results to show how these ideas of Locke, Mill and Rousseau still apply today.
Now go back to Locke, Mill and Rousseau and verify this to your own satisfaction for your objective
If you believe political freedom is a commonality then it is better to search for the phrase "political freedom" rather than just the words.
For example,
http://news.google.com/news?as_q=political+freedom&svnum=10&as_scoring=r&sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=DMUS%2CDMUS%3A2006-47%2CDMUS%3Aen&ned=us&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=political+freedom&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=14&as_minm=3&as_maxd=13&as_maxm=4&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&geo=&as_occt=any&aq=f
Surprised you don't have Hobbes on that list.
Jason,
The irony in what you say is that jls33fsls is just hobbling along without Hobbes. I'm not sure per the following:
1. "The overpowering modern state the leviathan preached by Thomas Hobbes at the dawn of the Enlightenment but rejected by liberal democrats is being reinvented by the neo-Hobbsians of the twenty-first century. This leviathan, which ensures security at the expense of individual freedom, already controls most developing countries and seems to be creeping slowly into western democracies. The brutal September 11 attack on the United States, as well as other events, have underscored the vulnerability of American democracy to extreme restrictions on political freedom in the name of security. The passage of the Patriot Act by the US Congress in late 2001, despite the pervasive presence of provisions that undermine fundamental freedoms, displays the modern states propensity to acquire unbridled power.[8]"
From http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_creative_mission_of_muslim_minorities_in_the_west_synthesizing_the_etho/0016061
2. "A government will only continue to rule her subjects if both parties to the contract act within the rules of the game. Thus making the Social Contract a two-edged sword. Thomas Hobbes in his Leviathan of 1651 said;
The obligation of subject to the sovereign [president/chancellor/prim
On this view, it is the considered reflection that any citizens obligation to the state and to obey its laws is conditional on the state, for its part, protecting that citizen against threats to his/her life and liberty."
From http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20058095.shtml
3. "Marx was interested in the resilience of communal forms [of living] in the face of overarching structures of domination .
He argued against the conservative philosopher Thomas Hobbes, who thought that without a coercive state there would be a war of all against all where life could only be nasty, brutish and short .
From http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=14473
The irony in what you say is that jls33fsls is just hobbling along without Hobbes. I'm not sure per the following:
1. "The overpowering modern state the leviathan preached by Thomas Hobbes at the dawn of the Enlightenment but rejected by liberal democrats is being reinvented by the neo-Hobbsians of the twenty-first century. This leviathan, which ensures security at the expense of individual freedom, already controls most developing countries and seems to be creeping slowly into western democracies. The brutal September 11 attack on the United States, as well as other events, have underscored the vulnerability of American democracy to extreme restrictions on political freedom in the name of security. The passage of the Patriot Act by the US Congress in late 2001, despite the pervasive presence of provisions that undermine fundamental freedoms, displays the modern states propensity to acquire unbridled power.[8]"
From http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_creative_mission_of_muslim_minorities_in_the_west_synthesizing_the_etho/0016061
2. "A government will only continue to rule her subjects if both parties to the contract act within the rules of the game. Thus making the Social Contract a two-edged sword. Thomas Hobbes in his Leviathan of 1651 said;
The obligation of subject to the sovereign [president/chancellor/prim
On this view, it is the considered reflection that any citizens obligation to the state and to obey its laws is conditional on the state, for its part, protecting that citizen against threats to his/her life and liberty."
From http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20058095.shtml
3. "Marx was interested in the resilience of communal forms [of living] in the face of overarching structures of domination .
He argued against the conservative philosopher Thomas Hobbes, who thought that without a coercive state there would be a war of all against all where life could only be nasty, brutish and short .
From http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=14473
ASKER
I know how to search for something, my problem is that I haven't had much luck finding anything recently. I was hoping someone on here could help me actually find a relevant article.
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Nice. Perhaps sufficiently answered already if in a real hurry. I can only suggest that the underscored TA be philosophy only, despite the aspect of 'news' that could lend it to be a political question. I think it is better asked for getting responses among those experts inclined to philosophical questions, as it is currently being asked. This could probably be better extended with example of what asker is trying to display if only in theory and not real sample of work.
ASKER
Oh okay, sorry about that. I didn't notice Politics or I would have picked that, sorry.
No prob. I changed it. This should get you more coverage.
regards
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Thank you
ASKER