Nehemias Jimenez

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Legal theory

This part of my work focuses on issues of justice, rights, and the organization of the society from a Divine perspective.

God and The Rule of Law

God and The Rule of Law

Of all the legal concepts, the rule of law may be one of, if not the most important. It's a principle that states that there is not a person in any government who is above the law. It prohibits the enforcement of the law to be arbitrary, but

Memes as Hate Speech

Memes as Hate Speech

Abstract My hypothesis is that the law must weigh their options in getting involved with online hate speech, particularly memes. The way I back up my research is through an interdisciplinary approach of law and computer science. I will use the law's understanding of hate speech, with reference

Critically Responding to Thrasymachus’ Conception of Justice

Critically Responding to Thrasymachus’ Conception of Justice

Abstract In Plato’s The Republic, Socrates begins to question the conceptions of justice of a few people in the city of Athens. Those who took on the challenge of answering that I will write about were Thrasymachus and his two brothers, Gloucon and Adeimantis. Particularly I want to define

Hobbesian, Lockean, and Rousseauian Responses to Hume

Hobbesian, Lockean, and Rousseauian Responses to Hume

Abstract David Hume is the first philosopher to write a critique on the social contract theory. A large portion of his critique is that the social contract theory is ahistorical. I believe it to be the most interesting of his arguments because of the popularly expressed need for a social

Locke’s Logic on the State of War Emerging from the State of Nature

Locke’s Logic on the State of War Emerging from the State of Nature

Abstract The State of War according to John Locke is a “state of enmity and destruction” that one deliberately enters by acting or speaking against another in a way that violates the State of Nature. From the perspective of the responder, the State of War is a state of defense

A Platonic Critique of Democracy

A Platonic Critique of Democracy

Abstract Plato’s criticism of democracy is based on comparisons to other forms of government and in light of the constitution of a person with a democratic soul. I will attempt to delineate the different constitutions of the souls that correspond to a form of government to show Plato’s