1072421 D-block Politiread 9/28 For my book report I have chosen Common Sense by the Englishman Thomas Paine, managing editor of Pennsylvania Magazine on behalf of recommendation from Benjamin Franklin himself, and highly influential colonial American philosopher. His book (or pamphlet) is a staunch criticism of previous and current (at the time) governing bodies, particularly the English monarchical system, as well as the state and ability of America. Laconically written while residing in America
This, however, was not an “explicit agreement” but simply that customary laws had a wider acceptability in the past (a kind of a tacit agreement)(James Tully). On the other hand, the “explicit agreement” of the people to the laws finds resonance in Thomas Paine’s “Rights of Man”, who rooted the idea of modern constitutionalism in the tradition of social contract theories. The idea of popular sovereignty entails that the structure & the continuity of the government is based on the consent of the people
When John Stewart and Thomas Clark established the Chicago Flexible Shaft Company (now Sunbeam Corporation) in 1897, in Dundee, IL, they probably never thought that one day their company would turn into a huge corporation and get involved in unethical and financial dilemmas. Like many other corporations, Sunbeam has also undergone many recessions and crisis. The company has changed its original name, acquired other rival companies, added new SKUs, gone through bankruptcy, restructured itself, relocated