Politics Essay Samples

Politics of Plato and Aristotle
Politics of Plato and Aristotle
Politics · 1,290 words
  • To compare the political theories of two great philosophers of politics is to first examine each theory in depth. Plato is regarded by many experts as the first writer of political philosophy, and Aristotle is recognized as the first political...


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Pitfalls of Relativism
Pitfalls of Relativism
Politics · 2,370 words
  • The year was 1943. Hundreds of Jewish people were being marched into the gas chambers in accordance with Adolf Hitler's orders. In the two years that followed, millions of Jews were killed and only a fraction survived the painful ordeals at the Nazi German...


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Absolute Understanding
Politics · 1,028 words
  • An elephant was brought to a group of blind men who had never encountered such an animal before. One felt a leg and reported that an elephant is a great living pillar. Another felt the trunk and reported that an elephant is a great snake. Another felt a tusk...


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Failure of Gun Control Laws
Failure of Gun Control Laws
Politics · 1,698 words
  • Americans are faced with an ever-growing problem of violence. Our streets have become a battleground where the elderly are beaten for their social security checks, where terrified women are viciously attacked and raped, where teen-age gangsters shoot it...


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Power Does Not Come From a Gun
Power Does Not Come From a Gun
Politics · 1,697 words
  • Power. A word from which many meanings derive. To each individual, it means something distinct and it is how one uses their power that makes up who they are. Power does not come from the barrel of a gun. A gun can do nothing without someone there to pull...


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Summary of the Gun Control Debate
Summary of the Gun Control Debate
Politics · 591 words
  • Since the days of the pioneers of the United States, firearms have been part of the American tradition as protection and a means of hunting or sport. As we near the end of the 20th century the use of guns has changed significantly. Because of fast...


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Quick Look at Gun Control
Quick Look at Gun Control
Politics · 489 words
  • Gun control has been a controversial issue for years. A vast majority of citizens believe that if gun control is strictly enforced it would quickly reduce the threat of crime. Many innocent people feel they have the right to bear arms for protection, or even...


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Issue of Gun Control and Violence
Issue of Gun Control and Violence
Politics · 2,619 words
  • The issue of gun control and violence, both in Canada and the United States, is one that simply will not go away. If history is to be any guide, no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate is, it is probable that the arguments pro and con...


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The Japanese Employment System
The Japanese Employment System
Politics · 517 words
  • One of the unique and well known features of the Japanese employment system is permanent employment for workers. Japanese corporations responses to recessionary periods provide an opportunity to sort out the myths from the realities of the Japanese...


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Abortion - Right To Choose
Abortion - Right To Choose
Politics · 832 words
  • Many people believe abortion is a moral issue, but it is also a constitutional issue. It is a woman's right to choose what she does with her body, and it should not be altered or influenced by anyone else. This right is guaranteed by the ninth amendment,...


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Analysis of Liberty in Society
Analysis of Liberty in Society
Politics · 2,627 words
  • Both Adam Smith and Alexis de Tocqueville agree that an individual is the most qualified to make decisions affecting the sphere of the individual as long as those decisions do not violate the law of justice. From this starting point, each theorist...


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Analysis of International Law
Analysis of International Law
Politics · 1,767 words
  • International law is the body of legal rules that apply between sovereign states and such other entities as have been granted international personality (status acknowledged by the international community). The rules of international law are of a...


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Restriction of Government Power
Restriction of Government Power
Politics · 630 words
  • In order to guard against what one of the Founding Fathers called an "excess of democracy," the Constitution was built with many ways to limit the government's power. Among these methods were separating the three branches, splitting the legislature so...


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The Constitution and its Roots
The Constitution and its Roots
Politics · 686 words
  • A case for the connection of America's colonial and revolutionary religious and political experiences to the basic principles of the Constitution can be readily made. One point in favor of this conclusion is the fact that most Americans at that time had...


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The Anonymity of Juries
Politics · 2,851 words
  • Abstract The American criminal justice system has traditionally made the identities and addresses of jurors known to the judge, the prosecution, and the defense. That tradition began to erode with the unprecedented sua sponte trial court decision to use an...


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