Essays on Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville’s work, Democracy in America, is work of sociology which examines democracy in the United States. It is clear that de Tocqueville believed that democracy would inevitably prevail in the Western world. While that is important to note, the reality is, it does…

In the book “Democracy in America,” Alexis de Tocqueville, probably the most renowned foreign writer on American government, gives a profound insight on the American Federal Constitution and its effects in America in regard to the power of the states and the construction of its…

The democratic rule of the majority is paradoxically ethical and tyrannical. “Democracy in America,” by Alexis De Tocqueville analyzes the tyranny of the majority theory and its role in forming political ideology and the constitution in America. In England, John Stuart Mill in “On Liberty”…

Finding and Achieving “the Good Life” What is the good life? Is it kicking back on the beach without a worry in the world? Is it freedom to do whatever one wishes? Or is it something more complex and meaningful than these? I believe that…

Natural Rights “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume the…equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them…they should declare…

A Deliberative Theory of Education and Democracy According to Aristotle, to “deliberate” means to “reflect on the pros and cons of ‘things that are in our control and are attainable by action (Kock and Villadsen).’” What this means is that, most simply, deliberation is argument….

America is “the land of the free”, but should it still be referred to as this? Their leaders, policies and people defy the very notions of freedom. Writes Anna Chandi The great American Dream is the ideal America. The set of ideals consisting of democracy,…

The United States of America is officially declared to have the form of government known as a Democratic Republic, but yet today many Americans still find themselves questioning the power of their vote in our democratic processes. We are told me live in a democracy,…