...War has taught us many things about how politics work in the modern world. (These last three sentences are a little repetitive and do not give a lot of information) One thing that Thucydides’ work on the Peloponnesian War has taught us is that states are only concerned with their own interests, and how their interests can benefit them (repetitive). Good! This is demonstrated in the conflict between Melos and Athens. Good! The Melians wanted to avoid conflict with Athens by trying to persuade them that the Athenians should not attack them because they were neutral and not allies to either side (Thucydides Book VI, p. 2). The Athenians did not comply with the Melians plea to maintain their territory. Instead, the Athenians offered the Melians an ultimatum to either surrender or be attacked (Thucydides Book VI, p.2 ). The Melians refused to surrender, and instead engaged in conflict with Athens to maintain their freedom and their territory, and as a result the island of Melos was attacked and ultimately destroyed (Thucydides Book VI, p. 5). The Athenians attacked Melos because they didn’t want to...
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...BCE. After he left the city, he wrote about the dialogue between Melos and Athens called the Melian Dialogue. In Athens, 5th century BCE they were becoming an empire of ancient Greece. Alcibiades, who was also an Athenian general, was planning a trip over seas to take over Sicily. Athens needed money so they sailed all the way to an island called Melos to persuade them to pay the tribute. The Melian Dialogue is a conversation where Athens uses Rhetoric (the art of persuasive speaking) and argues the point of Physis (survival of the fittest) to persuade Melos into paying the tribute. In the end Melos doesn’t agree to pay the tribute and to be an ally with Athens so Athens takes over Melos, kills all the men, and sells all the women and children into slavery. Athens warned Melos and created a strong argument which makes Athens justified in what they did to the island of Melos. In the Melian Dialogue, Athens makes a strong argument around the idea of physis. “This is not an idea that we made ourselves, nor are we the first to act upon it when it was made. We found it already in existence, and we shall leave it to exist for ever among those who come after us” (Thucydides 105). In other words what Athens is saying is, we are not the first to act upon “Natural Law”, that the strong will do what they must do to stay in power for as long as possible. Therefore It is not their fault they attacked Melos, it was all because of “the survival of the fittest” and Athens...
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...BCE. After he left the city, he wrote about the dialogue between Melos and Athens called the Melian Dialogue. In Athens, 5th century BCE they were becoming an empire of ancient Greece. Alcibiades, who was also an Athenian general, was planning a trip over seas to take over Sicily. Athens needed money so they sailed all the way to an island called Melos to persuade them to pay the tribute. The Melian Dialogue is a conversation where Athens uses Rhetoric (the art of persuasive speaking) and argues the point of Physis (survival of the fittest) to persuade Melos into paying the tribute. In the end Melos doesn’t agree to pay the tribute and to be an ally with Athens so Athens takes over Melos, kills all the men, and sells all the women and children into slavery. Athens warned Melos and created a strong argument which makes Athens justified in what they did to the island of Melos. In the Melian Dialogue, Athens makes a strong argument around the idea of physis. “This is not an idea that we made ourselves, nor are we the first to act upon it when it was made. We found it already in existence, and we shall leave it to exist for ever among those who come after us” (Thucydides 105). In other words what Athens is saying is, we are not the first to act upon “Natural Law”, that the strong will do what they must do to stay in power for as long as possible. Therefore It is not their fault they attacked Melos, it was all because of “the survival of the fittest” and Athens...
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...Maimuna Sidibay The fundamental concept Thucydides brings out in his work On Justice, Power, and Human Nature, is his pessimistic view towards human nature while simultaneously contending that justice is what it takes to catalyze prosperity. Thucydides makes certain claims through his representation of democracy that portray his views on human nature. His view teaches us that human nature has been the ultimate tool used by the famous speakers of ancient Greece—thus, it is important in studying his History for we are able to delineate these falsities as we apply them to our own lives. Then, in evaluating the implications in Thucydides’ History, I will agree that it is natural human inclination to unjustly rule over others. I propose to argue my case by first describing human nature and it’s relationship with power and second to explain that with the absence of such conventions such as justice, human nature and overt power induce civil strife. In the “Melian Dialogue,” Thucydides provides a precise position on his view of human nature and its’ pair, power. He shows here that human nature is cruel and unjust and when it is not controlled and restrained, human nature will incline man to become possessive of those more weaker than him and thus pursue his own self-interest through greed. During the Melian Dialogue, the Melians declined the Athenians’ proposal that they submit to the Athenians. In this dialogue, Thucydides made...
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...Dr. Inmaculada de Melo-Martin’s article “Chimeras and Human Dignity,” she questions whether human dignity is a useful criterion to evaluate chimera work or other biotechnologies....
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...Melian Dialogues from Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War shows us how administering force may not be just in society. At this point in time, Athens was looking to expand its empire in hopes to continue to compete with the Spartans. Melos was previously an ally of Sparta but at the time was a neutral party. Athens, being the forceful and tyrannical empire that they are, gives the people of Melos a choice. They either obey the Athenian rule or will be punished. An argument of hope is brought up in the sense that the people of Melos believe that hope is on their side from the gods considering they remain neutral. Athens believes hope is on their side because they are more powerful. The Athenians tell the people of Melos that there is no honor lost if they give in to Athenian rule. Just like Creon in Antigone, Athens is using its power to force people weaker than them into a decision. Athens tell the people of Melos that it was not a discussion of whether or not they were going to invade their territory; moreover, it was a discussion on if the people of Melos will resist their ruling. The Athenians believed that since they were the stronger entity they had the right to conquer Melos even if they were a neutral party. To this, the people of Melos respond by saying, “We know that in war the odds sometimes are more even than the difference in numbers between the two sides, and that if we yield, all our hope is lost immediately; but if we hold out, we can still hope to stand tall”...
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...Thucydides versus Plato Thucydides versus Plato on the nature of the Good Life Plato and Thucydides both had strikingly different views on their approach on the good life. Some have claimed that Plato is making normative claims, whereas Thucydides is making empirical claims. Let's start by taking a look at Plato. Plato's theory on the good life was based on the belief that everything has an objective or use that is typically suited for virtue, beauty, justice, and excellence of the precise thing, and everything will depend on the completion of that role. He considers the good life as being attained through the perfect love and lack of desire. Plato views the good life as the condition a person exhibits total virtue. Virtue tends to come from the absence of desires, or expectations , so true happiness means being pleased to the point one doesn’t have desires. He’s convinced that everyone has the power to be virtuous. He also believed the man and citizen are the creation of the City; they are it’s property (like slaves) and it’s children, and the individual has no right to assert individual rights against the City. In his case justice is accepted as a compromise, and valued, not as good in itself, but for lack of power to do wrong; no man worthy of the name, who had that power, would ever enter into such a compact with anyone; he would be mad if he did. The general in the Athenian army and a greek historian, Thucydides believed the good life was self-sufficient;...
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...In the reading about Thucydides, it discusses two topics during the Peloponnesian War. One of them is between Melo and Athens and their dialog, while the other is about the revolution of Corcyraeans. Both of these topics are discussed by Thucydides which shows the beliefs of realism worldview, these views on realism are still relevant in modern day when it comes to the foreign policy during times of genocides, and Obama’s foreign policy. In the textbook Why Politics Matters: An Introduction to Political Theory by Kevin Dooley and Joseph Patten it discusses classic realism and the basis for it. Realism is the view that human nature lacks morals, selfish, and seeks power. Philosophers who believe in such are, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Thucydides...
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...The Golden Age Like a flower in bloom, fifth century Attica is said to be the prime time of ancient civilizations. Much praise is given to the period, and it is coined to be the Golden Age of ancient western history. It is claimed that the Athenians of this time period were very successful in many areas, being “originators of democracy…art, history, philosophy, and science.” (Discovering 54) Comparatively I support the claim for Attica’s golden status because it was the most successful city state of its time: with a democratic government, military superiority, and free philosophical thought. The government of Attica was historically the first ever democracy, pioneering ideas of equality and power divided amongst all. In Pericles’ funeral speech, he claims the Athenian “constitution does not copy the laws of neighboring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves.” (Discovering 59) Attican government and laws set the bar of standards of equality that others modeled their own law systems after. The original designers of democracy were highly successful in seeing to it that equal representation existed. It is said that “the laws… afford equal justice to all in their private differences.” (Discovering 59) Some would argue that the democracy was crude because only free, landowning male citizens were allowed to vote: which was true. However one living in Attica was not confined to a certain caste or rank in which they stayed their entire life. In fact, “class...
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...1 Banco Galtar: a crise cambial brasileira de 1999 – aspectos políticos e de mercado Carlos Melo e Ricardo Rocha Orientações para discussão do Caso. O aluno deverá realizar leitura prévia identificando no texto os conteúdos que são rapidamente interpretados e o mesmo deve ser feito para os conteúdos que apresentaram algum tipo de dúvida ou indagação. As seguintes perguntas devem ser respondidas de forma preliminar e entregues antes da discussão do texto: 1) Quais os conflitos de agência (agency) presentes no texto? 2) Como funcionava o Conselho de Administração do Banco Galtar? 3) Por que Gabriel apostava na desvalorização do Real? 4) Quais os argumentos de Aderaldo em relação a proposta de Gabriel? 5) Qual o provável choque cultural em andamento no Galtar? 6) Quais os conflitos de natureza política presentes no Brasil no momento onde o caso se desenvolve? 7) Qual a opinião do cientista político Francisco Melo à respeito do governo FHC no momento que antecede o desfecho do caso? 8) Qual a atitude do Banco Central no dia 13 de janeiro de 1999 e, relação à política cambial? 9) Quais os riscos envolvidos nas alternativas estratégicas propostas pelos protagonistas? 10) Caso Gabriel e Aderaldo fossem convocados pelo Conselho para expor suas ideias/estratégias, como deveriam conduzir as propostas? 11) Como o Conselho deveria avaliar tais riscos antes da decisão? 12) Quais as perguntas que os protagonistas deveriam estrar preparados para ...
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...argue that the Athenians are immoral for violently plundering the Melian territory because they had the power to do so. However, given the circumstance of trying to defend their empire due to the imbalance of forces, the Athenian actions are not unduly harsh and are justified because they needed to assert their power. The Melians’ senselessness of resistance and logicality of weakness enables Athens’ actions to be more reasonable. Athens is a nation that has demonstrated their power and authority towards other nations in situations of war and imperialism. In tactically trying to gain allies in the war against Sparta, Athens’ main objective is not to appear weak before their enemies and as a result, they needed to assert their power towards Melos. While asking the Melians to submit, the Athenians say to them, “for your hostility cannot so much hurt us as your friendship will be an argument to our subjects of our weakness, and your enmity of our power” (Thucydides 269). Here, the Athenians are implying that the Melians’ neutrality will show that they are weak and this is far from what they want their rivals to believe. The weakness of the Melians allows the Athenians to speak with even greater candor and further assert their power for in the dialogue between both sides, the Athenians clearly control the debate and the Melians are the ones who ask many, if not all of the...
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...Justice as an extremely crucial factor of this world, it is the standard to define whether a thing or an action is right or not. A legal system is necessary to be existed in this world. However, is it absolutely fair when it comes to justice? What happens if a case delays for too long? Ever since hundreds years ago, people already have words on justice delayed is injustice. For example, in the Pirkei Avot 5:8, a section of the Mishnah (1st century BCE – 2nd century CE): "Our Rabbis taught: ...The sword comes into the world, because of justice delayed and justice denied...". And the Magna Carta of 1215, clause 40 of which reads, "To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice." A closer historical example is that Martin Luther King Jr once used the phrase “justice too long delayed is justice denied” in his letter from Birmingham jail. All of the above indicates that slow justice really puts a question mark on fair justice. There are more recent cases related to slow justice and it proves that justice delayed is equal to no justice. The following paragraphs will express all cases and prove that slow justice is injustice. The first case is related to a fact in Brazil. According to Parallels, a department of five judges are currently handling more than 1.6 million cases in Brazil. That means if each person works on ten cases every day, they will still need more than 300000 years to finish judging all the cases. No one can live that long which means most...
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...FOSC 610: SCIENTIFIC WRITING ASSIGNMENT 2: CONSENT FORM AHADZI PRISCILLA FATHIA (10309479) CONSENT FORM Title: Effect of institutional sensory test location and consumer attitudes on acceptance of foods and beverages having different levels of processing. Principal Investigator: Laura Melo Address: Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemistry. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. General Information about Research You have been invited to participate in a sensory research study that seeks to verify if the institutional locations of Nutrition or Chemistry influence consumers’ opinion on the degree of processing and also assess consumer acceptance and attitudes towards some selected...
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