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This 6 page paper compares and contrasts three authors: Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx. Politics are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Marx-different ideas emerge. In respect to their views on the individual and society, the impact of the society on the individual and to what extent society is a boon or
bane to fulfillment, their ideas are each unique in their own right. Yet, there are similarities as well. In addressing this issue, politics enter the picture. What is the purpose
of politics in society and what are their views on the subject? Do politics enhance or inhibit societies? Edmund Burke is a man who is quite supportive of individual rights,
but he also sees politics as important. The political aspects of life, for Burke, seem to enhance society. There is much evidence of this. He was significantly involved in politics
himself and while he was rather middle of the road or perhaps conservative, he did oppose the French Revolution. He was neither supportive of big government or individual rights to
the extreme. One might call him a moderate in terms of the political milieu. While he championed individual rights, but he saw a need for government to rule. In fact,
one might say that he saw the government as more important in the scheme of things than individual rights. Yet, he was not someone who believed in totalitarian government either.
White (2002) remarks: "Whether in regard to the specific demands of the sailors or the broader ones for individual rights and a popular voice in political life, Burkes political aesthetics
seems to be fleshed out as injustice with plumage" (p.79). How does John Stuart Mill compare? In his well known work called Utilitarianism, Mill (1861) goes into moral theory and
suggests that the schools of thought go to intuitive and inductive reasoning, for which the author embraces the latter. To Mill, happiness is the substance to be measured to determine
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