Oct 29

How would I change our government if I could

if I could change my government in China? I would make it more transparent, it means that we have more rights to supervise the running of the government and the government should do the best to make it clear to all of the people. In a long time, Chinese didn't get rid of the corrupted and relatively feudal govenment.The bureaucratic deeply hurt the growth of reformation and opening to China. Although in the seaboard and several inland provinces, the economic grows fast, most the further province has not been opened up yet. It resulted from government.
Another one is to build up the achieved social security. In China, over 50% people are farmer who gain no more 10000 rib every year. What’s more, in the poor area where are at least 50% of the whole country, people are not able to deal with the basic medical treatment and the annuities.
At last, to concern more about our generation, I want to change education system which is examination-oriented and lack of creation. That is one of the reasons why Chinese seldom get noble prize in science even though Chinese do well in the test all over the world.

OCT 28

Friday we were divided into groups to answer the questions and present our final works.We went on our discussion on the 4 questions in the first 10 minutes.The responsbilities of government should be that protect people's safety,ensure people have equal rights ,keep society and economic in order.At present,our conclusion is that the government is doing a good job though there are some mistakes sometimes.So we expect the service is free and equal education and justice judge etc.

OCT 24 25

These two days we talked about John Locke, who is the most important advocate during the Enlightenment and wrote his famous discourses.

My initial reaction about the “treatise of two government"

To be honest, it is one of the deepest article I have ever read. What I apprehend so far is that he is trying to figure out the inheritance from the fatherhood and their posterities. For a long time, why the properties are always inherited from father to the sons especially to the eldest son? Does the government makes the law or even is ordered by the god? As said in the passage, it results from the nature law; it is the regulation which formed as the timed proved. As same as the inheritance between fatherhood, it is between Adam and his so-called sucessor, princes.However, it is impossible for humans to accept the authority that takes over them without command and vote. For this reason, the sovereign should be in charge of the people that were agreed by most of the people. Only that can convince the society in order and guarantee common's due rights.

OCT 23

Deism might be the most popular and compellent hypothesis for hundreds of years.For its moderation ,it is acceptable and believed by many people.In fact,it does fit into this period .Although technology is growing fast,many people still need religion to support themselves.To satify themselves but not violate the science,Deism seems like the best choices.
Scientific Revolution,which changed the history of the human beings,was the period created by many intelligent scientist who even died from their insistance on their opinion.That era was really amazing,no one will ever expect there is a revolution emerge in the future.Thousands of undiscoverd things were identified and predicted,it wholly changed people's minds and habits.

OCT 22

Today We talked about our community again,but it changed because of what we read before.There are several types of communities we have read,religious,environment,and politics communities.Basically,their function and difference can be told from their name,and I wanna tlak about the difference between the communities base on different types of resource.
As NA,they use the natural resource basically,so they are more reliable but more tougher.The community live with the resource which is ready may seem more advanced and convienent,but they may be harmful sometimes.

Values of three different communities

Puritans:
Puritan community pursue both moral purity down to the smallest detail as well as ecclesiastical purity to the highest level.Puritan culture emphasized the need for self examination and the strict accounting for one’s feelings as well as one’s deeds.
So puritan's value is that they insist on purity and order.
Native Americans:
Native Americans live as nearly the same as the aboriginal live in other parts of the earth.The nature condition determine weather they will live comfortablly or live toughly .So they cherish what the nature has given them,although it might not comes from their true minds.As a result,they seldom waste food and water even though it is plenty in that point.
So the value of Native Americans is that their frugality .
Ben Franklin:
Ben Franklin is the founder of U.S.He is the model of so many American even though years past.He seek to be a perfect person. To achieve his goal,he make a cruel list of himself,and the point is he was trying to perfect himself throughout his life.
So the value of BFen Franklin is his industry.

Oct 17

Today it's the last day before fall break,everybody seems so excited. In class,we talked about B.Franklin finally.First,we reviewed what we have looked about his autobiography .In his autobiography,we can know how serious-minded he is .He pursued to be perfect,so he made a list about what kinds of things he should or should not do.For example ,order,which is the most important personality Bj wanted.In his "fault form",it is always appeared the most times.He is a very smart ,succesful man and knows many foreign languages.He is the founder of U.S,so throughtout what we read last week,CM and JE also regard him as their model.BJ,from his autobiography,he try to take his responsibility for community,he want to be the model and lead his community to a new future.That's what we need to learn.

OCT 16

Today We talked about some thinkers and some maximes."No Pain No Gain" is one of my favorite maximes.I believe,nobody succeed without effort.Cotton Mather ,Edward and Franklin,they are always working hard to make their idea come true.They try to save every second,that's what I need to do exactly.Then We talked about confucius,who is most influencing thinker in China's history