Political Philosophy

Student activism has changed a lot since the 1960s. It has taken on a different form than our parents' generation. Many political issues have turned from local to global. Some don't need immediate intervention, while others have become more crucial for Generation A, when students or the public may not worry about them for another 20 years. There are many factors that affected student activism in the 1960s and 90s, including the political situation in the country and the world,…

What natural law is may be defined and comprehended in several different ways. It all originates from the “natural” aspect. Natural is defined as something with a basis of nature; that produces a truth, fact, or certain belief uninfluenced by humankind. Law is defined as something that is an already existing condition or sanction that cannot be changed. When one integrates the two terms, a very prominent aspect of political philosophy is created. Natural law is law that is universal…

Niccolò Machiavelli (1532) uses the portrayal of Cesare Borgia’s career to teach readers about establishing new principalities through others’ arms and fortune, which are gained with little to no trouble but are maintained with great difficulty. Borgia gained land through his father, Pope Alexander VI, and did not account for the fact that the Church owned the land once his father met an untimely end. Machiavelli goes on to Borgia’s dependency throughout his career was the main cause for his…

The government is made up of both legal and political bodies that control the relationship among the members of the community as well as between the society and members of the outside world. This paper will describe various forms of bad and good governments that exist. Aristotle, who was a Greek political philosopher, elaborated different classes of a government chiefly depending on whether the power was held by on, by few or by many. Some of the good forms of…