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 |''[[The Discourses]]''
 |[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10827]
+|Fighting is good for society.
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 |[[Thomas Hobbes]]

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 |''[[Nicomachaen Ethics]]''
 |[http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html]
-|The highest human good is happiness
+|The highest human good is happiness.
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 |[[God]] (via [[Muhammad]])

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 |''[[Nicomachaen Ethics]]''
 |[http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html]
-|[]
+|The highest human good is happiness
 |-
 |[[God]] (via [[Muhammad]])

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 |[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.toc.html]
 |The non-believers will be friends with the fire.
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 |[[René Descartes]]

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 |}
-*[http://www.online-literature.com/darwin/originofspecies/ The Origin of Species] by Charles Darwin
+*[http://www.online-literature.com/darwin/originofspecies/] [[The Origin of Species]] by [[Charles Darwin]]
-*[http://www.online-literature.com/karl-marx/communist-manifesto/ The Communist Manifesto] by Karl Marx
+*[http://www.online-literature.com/karl-marx/communist-manifesto/] [[The Communist Manifesto]] by [[Karl Marx]]
-*[http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/Nietzsche/genealogytofc.htm On the Genealogy of Morals] by Friedrich Nietzsche
+*[http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/Nietzsche/genealogytofc.htm] [[On the Genealogy of Morals]] by [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]
 == See also ==

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	'''Contemporary Civilization''', commonly referred to as '''CC''', is part of the [[Columbia College]] [[Core Curriculum]]. It is officially entitled '''Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West'''.		'''Contemporary Civilization''', commonly referred to as '''CC''', is part of the [[Columbia College]] [[Core Curriculum]]. It is officially entitled '''Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West'''.

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 |* What is Enlightenment? It's good.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[David Hume]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals]]''
-|[]
+|[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4320]
 |* Why do we have morals? Utility, experience, sympathy.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Adam Smith]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[The Wealth of Nations]]''
 |[]
 |* Countries get rich by specializing, not hoarding gold.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[Discourse on the Origins of Inequality]]''
-|[]
+|[http://www.online-literature.com/rousseau/discourse-on-inequality/]
 |* Society gives rise to inequality. Let's be cavemen once again.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[The Social Contract]]''
-|[]
+|[http://www.online-literature.com/rousseau/social-contract-or-principles-/]
 |* Or we could have a social contract like those Genevans.
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 |* What's so great about America? Democracy.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[John Stuart Mill]]
 |''[[]]''
 |[]
 |* People shouldn't follow Smith's self-interest, nor Hume's sympathy. They should show disinterested benevolence. There are better tools than whips and scourges to discourage crime; namely, peer pressure.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Immanuel Kant]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals]]''
-|[]
+|[http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/kant_groundwork_metaphysics_morals01.htm]
 |* The Spirit drives world history.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Hegel]]
 |''[[]]''
 |[]
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 |* Might makes right.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Freud]]
 |''[[]]''
 |[]
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 |* Three tales of poverty.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Rawls]]
 |''[[]]''
 |[]
 |* Let's consider justice before even being born.
 |}
 == See also ==

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 |'''"Lite" study guide
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-|[[]]
+|[[God]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[Book of Genesis]]''
 |[]
 |* God created man, twice.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[God]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[Book of Exodus]]''
-|[]
+|[http://ebible.org/asv/Exodus.htm Book of Exodus]
 |* God gave the ten commandments, twice.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Plato]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[The Republic]]''
-|[]
+|[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html]
 |* Make kings philosophers or philosophers kings.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Aristotle]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[Politics (Aristotle)]]''
-|[]
+|[http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html]
 |* Man is a political animal.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|-
-|''[[]]''
+|[[Aristotle]]
 |[]
 |* Jihad is exactly what you think it is.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Saint Augustine]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[City of God]]''
-|[]
+|[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.toc.html]
 |* The non-believers will be friends with the fire.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[René Descartes]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[Discourse on the Method]]''
 |[]
 |* I am think''ing'' therefore I am.
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 |* Christianity is corrupt. It needs modest reforms.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Niccolo Machiavelli]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[The Prince]]''
-|[]
+|[http://sidereus.org/library/the-prince.htm]
 |* How to stay in power: it's appearances that count.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[Niccolo Machiavelli]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[The Discourses]]''
-|[]
+|[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10827]
 |* Life is brutish and short. So men form states with social contracts.
 |-
-|[[]]
+|[[John Locke]]
-|''[[]]''
+|''[[Second Treatise of Government]]''
-|[]
+|[http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/locke/locke2/locke2nd-a.html]
 |* Actually, men cooperate by their very nature.
 |}

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 == External links ==
 *[http://books.google.com/books?id=oTYaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5#v=onepage&q&f=false Introduction to Contemporary Civilization: A Syllabus 1921]
 *[http://www.wikicu.com/images/5/5a/Ccfall2004finalstudyguide.pdf CC Fall 2004 Final Study Guide]
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