Essays Tagged: "Private property"

The Caning Punishment Issue

leave the person scarred for life, is a cruel and unusual punishment for repairable damage against private property. Still measures must be taken to stop criminal activity.A caning for stealing or tr ...

(2 pages) 45 0 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Hazing Essay for Law. This essay discusses the issues and concerns that all deal with initiation.

dangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or that destroys or removes public or private property, for the purpose of initiation, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition ...

(6 pages) 201 2 3.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

An articulated elucidation of Locke's theory on private property and the implications it imposes on sovereigntyheory of Property

drop acts as a the foundation for all of Locke's theories, including his theories of individuality, private property, and the state. The reader will be shown how and why people have a natural right to ...

(8 pages) 175 0 3.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Karl Marx

id of any capacity of freedom except the will to labor. For Marx this all leads to the emergence of private property, the enemy of the proletariat. In fact Marx's writing on estranged labor is a repud ... t. In fact Marx's writing on estranged labor is a repudiation of private property- a warning of how private property enslaves the worker. This writing on estranged labor is an obvious point of basis f ...

(7 pages) 308 0 3.7 Apr/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Revealing Marx

id of any capacity of freedom except the will to labour. For Marxthis all leads to the emergence of private property, the enemy of the proletariat. In fact Marx's writing onestranged labour is a repud ... t. In fact Marx's writing onestranged labour is a repudiation of private property- a warning of how private property enslaves theworker. This writing on estranged labour is an obvious point of basis f ...

(7 pages) 135 1 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

Is Society Inherently Unequal? Essay comparing and contrasting views of social structure by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Barbara Ehrenriech, and David Brooks

18th century philiospher and the author of The Discourse on the Origin of Inequaltiy, believed that private property and inequality are directly linked. He believed that inequality formed with the cre ...

(5 pages) 144 0 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Is Capital Punishment Unconstitutional?

ainst himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation), Eighth (Excessive bail shall n ...

(3 pages) 67 2 3.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

The growth of communism throughout the world.

the more widely known influence, he will be the one most often referred to.) It was his belief that private property was the cause of the poverty and degradation of the proletariat. Therefore, he came ...

(7 pages) 80 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

How the Russian Revolution affected Russia.

er the government by military force. The Bolshevik government observing Marxist doctrine, abolished private property. At the same time, it allowed peasants to work the land they had seized. The govern ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Jean Jacques Rousseau.

a leader of modern socialism and was one of the first modern writers to attack on the foundation of private property. He questioned the theory that the will of the majority is always the right one and ...

(9 pages) 166 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Rousseau and the chains of society

inges upon them. This essay will examine societal mainstreams and practices, such as the effects of private property and peer pressure, which have pitted individuals against each other and crumbled th ... s society progressed, the right to have a home became more complex. Men now wanted a right to enjoy private property, which Rousseau believed was the evil of all evils. Out of this new right, greed an ...

(3 pages) 89 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

"A Study in Causation of the Mexican War" examines whether or not the Mexican-American War was an exercise of American Imperialism.

untry. It is a conflict often resulting in the death of many innocent civilians, the destruction of private property, and sometimes the unjust treatment of prisoners. Many would agree that war ought t ...

(3 pages) 90 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

What problems did Alexander II face in 1855 and how far was he successful in solving them?

them in the name of fatherland.In 1859, there were more than 40 million peasants enslaved to either private landowners or the state, others served as servants on the estates of the nobles. These serfs ...

(4 pages) 41 1 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Marxisum: A comparison between theory and the growing presence of an diversified educated labor market.

st system focuses primarily on the building of capital and profit, competition, and the function of private property. In turn, this system creates "the worker, whose sole source of livelihood is the s ...

(7 pages) 60 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Critical analysis of three discussions of socialism

e proletariat. Socialism views the capitalist economic structure as exploitative and inequitable as private property and profit are accumulated in the hands of a minority of private individuals. Inste ... apitalist democratic regimes" wage labour is "morally abhorrent" and "no person should work for the private enrichment of another". He uses Fukuyama's own words to illustrate capitalism's maintenance ...

(5 pages) 155 1 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

"Private Property rights protect the freedom of some people by denying freedom to others." Do you agree?

Capitalism is defined by the Collins English Dictionary as an "economic system based on private ownership of industry". It has come to be viewed widely by the democratic western world as a ... ased on individuality and freedom of rights. Or more specifically, that everyone has a right to own private property regardless of his or her background or social situation. The division of labour cre ... the best quality. However, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels argue otherwise, claiming that bourgeois private property is the 'final and most complete expression of the system of producing and appropria ...

(8 pages) 236 9 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

It has been argued that "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh is a critique of materialism in western society. Do you agree?

rich Engels believed that Capitalist society, which is based on the right of each individual to own private property, is the cause of the main class divides evident in today's society. That the basic ... ever, it also, undeniably, encourages self-interest, greed and - as Marx argued - an obsession with private property. It is a society whose basis lies in the fundamental need to accumulate property. T ...

(9 pages) 81 1 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Four Principle Rules of Law

ciple discusses political authority and the Absolute Rights of life and limb, personal liberty, and private property. This is the contract in which the governed and political authorities are bound. La ... body of law consists of wrongs forbidden and rights commanded. Wrongs forbidden can refer to either private or public situations.The Constitution refers to the several rights and wrongs. It gives righ ...

(6 pages) 226 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

An introduction to Philosophy

sance. Natural Law stems from Cicero as does the theory of the state as a fundamentally guardian of private property.The basis of the state says Hegel, is the power of reason actualizing itself as wil ...

(8 pages) 218 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

Graffiti and vandalism acts in our community, how to solve them.

iti. Many incidents of vandalism and graffiti are not reported. This is often because it is against private property and the victims do not consider it serious enough to tell the police, or think that ...

(6 pages) 68 1 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community