blog#4 The separation of church and state

The first amendment is clearly protecting religion form the state, but it also separates religion from the government completely. And that is one of the strongest reasons that make the united state the best country on the world. Many people from all over the world with different religions choose to come to the united state because of the first amendment. The first amendment protects religion from government by the many laws that are preventing the government from making new rules that will conflict with other people’s believes. For instance the government can not make a law that stop people from practicing their prayers. But the government did make a law that prevents prayer at public school which mean student do not have to pray at school under one religion believe; but the student have the right to pray by there own or the way they believe on. The government is protecting and eliminating the religion at the same time. Another words you can practice you religion but you cannot enforce it for ever one. Also the first amendment is protecting all other religions or other believes. On this country there are many different religion and believes that are different than Christianity. Also there are different believes on each religion about drinking, eating and so on. And by separating church from state people grantee that the government will not support any religion over other religions and that will make people feel equal even though they have different believes. Therefore I believe separating church from government was an excellent idea that made people realize the freedom of religion on this country.

blog #3 Hannah Arendt (Total Domination)

What is the role of the terror in the totalitarian state?

First of all, what is the dictionary definition for the word terror? It is the ability to instill intense fear. From this definition we can understand that the role of terror in a totalitarian government is very important for the government to stay in power. The governments in a totalitarian state use terror as an implement to prevent people of thinking to stand up against the government. Those kinds of government use many different ways to terror people or degrade people. For example, there were some governments who used camps like the one Hannah Arendt described on her essay Total Domination. On this kind of terror the totalitarian government use the camps to separate mans, women, and children. After that the solider torture those people by making them work for long hours without any break or food. This kind of terror used more than once though out history mostly on Germany by Hitler during war world II and than recently by Sadam Husain to prevent Iraqis from getting the freedom. This kind of terror used against group of people or race in Germany or against people who want their freedom like what happen in Iraq. More than that, there were some other ways that totalitarian governments had used to terror people. On some country they use prison as a terror tool; on other words the government put every perso who is revolutionary in jail so other people learn their lessons. And on some governments they hung individuals who try to speak up for the people and so on. There are different ways to terror people but the conclusion is one which is make the people give up.

blog #2 (Machiavelli)

It is much batter if the prince is loved for many reasons. First, if the prince is loved the people will be more convertible and they will feel that he is doing the best for the country and for the people. Also they will be more attached to him and let him to be the leader for longer time. More than that the entire government will have more trust from people, because of the loved prince. If the prince is loved everyone in the society will believe on everything he is doing and that will create peaceful state on the entire country. I believe that the people are the backbone for any government or any prince in the world. If the people love their prince the hall country will be moving forward, because every one will like to serve and do something that will help the prince to achieve the public goals. For example if the prince is loved the army will do their best to protect the prince and make the country more stable. On the other hand if the prince is feared or heated they will try to get ride of him at the first opportunity they will get special if the country is on unstable condition. Second, if the prince is truly loved he will feel saver and more convertible among his own people. Finally from what I understood, I could conclude that the prince was not there to serve people. They were there to control people and to have power. Also the most intelligent prince is the one who stay on the government for longer time even if he was a bad leader.

The first blog

What is the master’s attitude toward action?

The master should have very high attitude toward action. Anther words the master should believe on doing actions. Master is the first person who should look for the public good. And if the master is looking for the public good he or she will have to act and run the government effectively. For instance if a master want his or her people to be educate he or she will provide school and teacher. Or if the master wants to improve the economy of their country he will create more jobs. Also we all know that nothing will make it self, therefore the master should work or direct people and staff to do the things that we take the entire county forward. The master should be doing a lot of action because of the responsibility or things that master have to accomplish while the on charge. Also the master have to do the action that will not make their people anger and create confusion among people. But according to Lao-tzu that master should see things the way they are, without trying to control them. She lets them go their own way, and resides at the center of the circle (24). This means that the master does not have to do anything but things will fix their self. Also Lao-tzu believes that a master should keep people ignorant and help them to lose everything they know and create confusion (22). After reading the essay of Lao-tzu, a person may conclude that people had different ideas and thought about how masters should govern their states. The essay also indicates how people used to interpret any action by their masters in a positive way.


Lao-Tzu. "Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching." A World of Ideas “Essential Readings for College Writers”. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Trans. Stephen Mitchell. 7th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. Pp22-24.

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