Link to question #4, including the videos referenced in responses. What, if anything, do you think should be done about income inequality in the United States? There were a number of issues with the Wealth Inequality in American video and it raises a number of questions. First off, there were a couple of issues with…
Question 3 Joel Watts – Question 3 Response 1 Elgin Hushbeck – Question 3 Response 1 Joel Watts – Question 3 Response 2 Elgin Hushbeck – Question 3 Response 2 Q1: What Judeo-Christianity values have defined the country from the very beginning? Do you mean “from the very beginning” until now? Given the redefinition of…
This month’s question will start with two videos about income inequality: Each participant will respond to one of the videos. I’ll let you guess which! Here’s the question: What, if anything, do you think should be done about income inequality in the United States?
Question 3 Joel Watts – Question 3 Response 1 Elgin Hushbeck – Question 3 Response 1 Joel Watts – Question 3 Response 2 1) I would agree with your statement that, “liberty is not absolute freedom as that would lead to anarchy.” I found your statement, “we are truly never free given that even free…
Question 3 Joel Watts – Question 3 Response 1 Elgin Hushbeck – Question 3 Response 1 Elgin Hushbeck – Question 3 Response 2 First, I want to answer the questions posed: So how do you view the Constitution? The Constitution is a man-made document filled with flaws and temporal based ideals and errors; however, it…
Question 1: While there is considerable agreement between our views a major difference between us, and I believe between liberals can conservatives in general, is over the competing goals of liberty and equality. You see equality or as you put it, “leveling the playing field” as one of the driving principles of government. Where does…
1. Elgin, I contend that the idea of a Judeo-Christian anything is a myth beginning in the last century with Darby (England) and expanded by Scofield in the United States. It is a myth, and not the good kind like Genesis 1. In my opinion, this idea of a Judeo-Christian foundation presents an unreal expectation…
Link to the Question. The role of Government is one that must be defined generation to generation, people to people. At one time, tribal chiefs reigned but gave way to monarchies. These sovereigns have given way to a people convinced they are little lower than the angels, democrats. Each form of government has its certain…
What is the proper role of Government – limitations, boundaries? Where do you draw this philosophy from? (link) My philosophy of government is drawn basically from the founding fathers, and thus by extensions philosopher such as Locke and Montesquieu and the Judeo-Christian world view in which developed the ideas behind the founding of the United…
For our third question I decided to get a bit more philosophical and less in the moment: What is the proper role of Government – limitations, boundaries? Where do you draw this philosophy from? Joel Watts Reply Elgin Hushbeck Reply Hushbeck – Question 3 Response 1 Watts – Question 3 Response 1 Elgin Hushbeck –…