COMMUNIST MANIFESTO

Which chapter of the Communist Manifesto do you think holds the bulk of the manifesto?

Chapter 1-Bourgeois and Proletarians, Chapter 2- Proletarians and Communists, Chapter 3-Socialist and Communist Literature, Chapter 4- position of the communists in relation to the various existing opposition parties.

Minority vs Majority

Bigla ko lang naisip: In a democracy, where unanimity is not always possible, should the minority submit to the will of the majority? And if so, is it because it is what ought to be done, or is it just for the sake of preventing chaos?

Social Contract Theory.. Try watching this.

3 Natural RIghts

It was discussed that we citizens have three natural or in-born rights. These are: life, liberty and property. But at present, do you think that these rights are really retained by the citizens?

These rights are not surrendered to the sovereign and the sovereign cannot take away these natural rights. but at present, I think that the state or the sovereign somehow takes away these rights of ours. They may not take them away absolutely, but they sometimes abuse it.

State of Nature

Who's take on the state of nature do you agree with more? Hobbes' claim that because men are essentially evil, they will eventually enter the state of war or Locke's claim that because men are essentially good, they understood the need for national cooperation?

All For The Monarchy?

Machiavelli did propose a monarchy for uniting Italy. But i don't think it was the government that he truly wanted to build Italy on. Machiavelli did write a means to uniting Italy under a single ruler but he did also write about how a republic should be started and structured.

I think he wanted to unite Italy with a single ruler, but only to a point of uniting Italy and to see that Italy can see itself as one nation. Then, like he wrote on the Discorsi would build a republic of Italy, which was his main goal.

I find it amusing that Machiavelli was open to more than one form of government and that he was also a person who was quick to changing one means to another means (eg. when being cautious over others).

Zacarias Daniel A. Baricuatro

Machiavelli Being Loud

It was said in our lessons that Machiavelli had a reputation for praising himself.

I find it to be a very practical way to get noticed and to sell. It could have been Machiavelli's strategy for the public to buy his works. Machiavelli was a person who thought ahead of most people at his time. His strategy for marketing the works he wanted people to read would be this difference that he wanted people to know about.

But what I perceive through his writing in The Prince on a psychological basis was that Machiavelli was a man of little trust for acquaintances. He wrote about making alliances and he also wrote about how to stay on top of everybody else. I guess he believes in the achievements a self-made man can do.

This said I believe Machiavelli was a strong marketer of himself and that in order for a chance to achieve his dreams he had to set himself apart from everybody else.

Zacarias Daniel A. Baricuatro