Case study summary


The following is a summation of the key ideas in the Case Studies presented this semester.

In order to go to the just of each Case Study, we decided to point out some philosophies and or theories that have been very focal during the various presentations. Philip will proceed first, followed by George and Yasin.

I. Malcolm X
? Philosophy of violence
? Wider view of Race

II. Martin Luther King, Jr.
?      Philosophy of Non-Violence
?  Just and Unjust Laws

III. Woodrow Wilson
?  Self-determination
?  Leaderless government

IV. King David
? Nationalism
? Values and Tradition
? Morality, Beliefs

V. Ghandhi
?  Philosophy of Non-Violence
?  Simplicity

VI. Muhammad
? Faith
? Moral accountability
? Spirituality

VII. Plato
? Wisdom and Truth
? Philosophy of dialectics




VIII. Homer
? Hierarchy
? History of the Past

IX. Rousseau, Confucius, Machiavelli  
?  Social Contract, Exercising Doubt through an Antithesis
?  Discipline, Virtue (five cardinal relations)
? Objectivity, efficiency, deliverance

X. Clausevitz
? Analysis of War
? Military Reasoning

XI. Hitler
? Racial Purity
? Domination and Expansionism
? Propaganda