Rousseau begins The Social Contract with the claim that "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." What are these restrictions on man's liberty? How are they affected by the social contract? And In your own words, explain the concept of the “Sovereign”
Jean Jacques Rousseau begins his book "The Social Contract" with the line, "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains". This statement means that, humans are born as free beings in their natural state and they have the choice to decide what they want and the freedom to do what they want. In the history of humans that existed before the establishment of rigid social structures, people enjoyed the free will of doing what they felt like. When humans were primitives, they had the freedom of roaming around without any rules or regulations, they hunted when they wanted and lived their lives without any control.
However, with the developed of the social systems, the autonomy and freedom of humans were taken away because it interfered with people's ability to live freely in their true state of nature. Rousseau argued that it is madness that people had to give up on their state of nature to live a life without freedom. He also added that people must have the rights to decide the government that must rule them and the laws that would follow. According to him, people need not obey the government that use their force to rule its people and people need not obey the government that they did not choose.
Sovereign is a term used to refer to the supreme leader or the person who is in the highest position of power and authority. It also describes the dominion, independent power of the government that is possessed by a state or a country. For example, in the ancient times, a King is the one who had the sovereign powers because he can take any decision and the people are expected to obey him without any opposition.
Rousseau begins The Social Contract with the claim that "Man is born free, and everywhere he...
Social contract theorists say that morality consists of a set of rules governing how people should treat one another that rational beings will agree to accept for their mutual benefit, on the condition that others agree to follow these rules as well. Hobbes runs the logic like this in the form of a logical syllogism: We are all self-interested. Each of us needs to have a peaceful and cooperative social order to pursue our interests. We need moral rules in...
At age 46, Sam begins to slur his speech and stagger when he walks. People think he is intoxicated, but Sam does not drink alcohol. His children urge him to seek medical care; he learns he has Huntington disease (HD), an adult-onset, autosomal dominant condition. One of his sisters, Pam, undergoes genetic counseling and testing, and is found to be free of the mutation. She takes care of Sam, as she took care of him as...
Ongaga was an African-American man born in Kenya. He had come to the United States for college in the 1990’s and he became an American citizen in 2015. In 2019, he was hired to supervise the human resources division at the Isaboke Company in Fullerton. The company had over 100 employees and was one of the leading manufacturers of toilet paper in the Western United States. Its business had surged since the run on toilet paper started with COVID-19. The...
In 2007 the Star Ledger newspaper told of a young man (unnamed for his own protection) in Newark who witnessed a murder while walking home one day. It was a territorial drug dispute that didn’t even involve the murder victim who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. The man who witnessed the murder recognized a couple of the assailants who also recognized him. He ran and wasn’t found until police discovered him during investigations. He knew...
Health Care Ethics Explain the basic process of ethical decision-making. What is an ethical claim? Name and briefly define the seven main health care principles we are studying. How is this set of principles used to guide ethical action in health care? What sort of fundamental ethical concerns are at the core of the principle of Autonomy in health care? (In other words, what values do we hold that this principle reflects?) Explain the five elements necessary for true Informed...
In 1999, a Seattle man took a popular soft-drink company seriously when one of its commercials made an offer of a Harrier jet, the famous high-tech jump jet used by the U.S. Marines. In a television commercial that aired in 1995, the company jokingly included the Harrier as one of the prizes that could be received with a mere 7 million company points. Although that sounds like a lot of points to get from drinking the soft drink company's products...
CHINESE CASE STUDY #1 An elderly, Asian-looking man is admitted to the emergency room with chest pain; difficulty breathing; diaphoresis; vomiting; pale, cold, clammy skin; and apprehension. Three people, speaking a mixture of English and a foreign language to one another, accompany him. The nurse tries to speak English with the man, but he cannot understand anything she says. Accompanying the elderly man are two women (one elderly and very upset and one younger who stands back from the other...
CHINESE CASE STUDY #1 An elderly, Asian-looking man is admitted to the emergency room with chest pain; difficulty breathing; diaphoresis; vomiting; pale, cold, clammy skin; and apprehension. Three people, speaking a mixture of English and a foreign language to one another, accompany him. The nurse tries to speak English with the man, but he cannot understand anything she says. Accompanying the elderly man are two women (one elderly and very upset and one younger who stands back from the other...
The man whose antidepressants stopped working. List three questions you might ask the patient if he or she were in your office. Provide a rationale for why you might ask these questions. Identify people in the patient’s life you would need to speak to or get feedback from to further assess the patient’s situation. Include specific questions you might ask these people and why. Explain what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate for the patient and how the...
Question: What does Hobbes suggest is the reason we have government at all? How does Locke’s view of the need for government differ? Using these sources: From Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan book 1, chapter 13 So that in the nature of man, we find three principal causes of quarrel. First, competition; secondly, diffidence; thirdly, glory. The first maketh men invade for gain; the second, for safety; and the third, for reputation. The first use violence, to make themselves masters of other...