Political views
The Term Essay consists of 4-6 pages essay (double-spaced), where you will have the opportunity to apply the
theories learned in class. In the essay, you should use and compare two philosophers learned this semester
(Plato, Aristotle, Livy, Aquinas, Locke, Rousseau, Burke and Kant). In your comparison, you should describe
the main points of their ideas/theory and discuss their main issues of agreement and/or disagreement. You
should discuss how their ideas shape our present understanding of politics and discuss some of the following
questions: a) How their ideas about justice influence us today? b) How their concept of the best form of
government influences our political organization? c) How is the concept of natural law and natural rights
embodied in the American Bill of Rights? d) How the idea of Republicanism influenced the Founding Father
and the Constitution? e) How the idea of limited government and democracy evolved throughout human
history? f) Why is the idea of private property important for your authors? And other issues related to our
present political situation.
rigin of this term comes from the widows of Dakelh men who carried around their cremated remains for a period of mourning that lasted approximately three years. Spiritual beliefs include. The spiritual beliefs of the Dakelh people
Figure 1. Lejac Residential School
Dakelh meaning “people who travel by boat” occupied territory along the Fraser River from north of Prince George to south of Quesnel, the Nechako Valley, the areas around Stuart Lake, Trembleur Lake, and Fraser Lake, and the region along the West Road and Blackwater Rivers, west to the Coast Range, including the Kluskus Lakes, Ootsa Lake and Cheslatta Lake. Prince George, Vanderhoof, Fort Saint James, Fraser Lake and Quesnel are in Dakelh territory. (Dakelh (ᑕᗸᒡ). (n.d.). Retrieved from http://maps.fphlcc.ca/dakelh). The Dakelhs lively hood depended mainly on the abundance of salmon. However, they also hunted moose, deer and other wild game found in their region and wild plants were also a part of the Dakelh diet. When Lejac Residential school closed in 1976 the land was transferred back to the Nadleh Whut’en First Nation and the buildings were demolished. The only evidence of the former school that still remain is the Roe Prince memorial and the cemetery.
Figure 2. Lejac Residential School, Central Interior BC 1922- 1976 (Nadleh Whut’en First Nation, 2013
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