2. Within the Social Contract Theory, living within a society requires us to have rules and laws. This gives people the groundwork for how people and governments cooperate. Individuals receive stability when they live in a social structure. This gives them security from other individuals that may want to do them wrong. In order for them to receive this protection, they have to give up some freedoms, such as being able to steal without receiving punishment. Individuals need to commit to helping make society secure, and happy. In this case study the town manager of a beach town needs to make a recommendation to the Board of Selectmen on the access to the currently restricted access beach within their town due to objections from nearby towns. …show more content…
The town had a policy which excludes all nonresidents from its beaches. When the Federal law declared all beaches much be open to everyone, the town complied. However, because the town’s parking lots were built and maintained by the town, they felt they had the right to keep them available to residents only. Parking on streets by the water is not allowed, due to public safety, and large fines are imposed to those that parked there. This currently makes parking for non-residents very difficult, as the nearest parking would be a mile away from the beaches. These constraints have caused neighboring communities protest the towns attempt at excluding other community citizens from using their beaches. These rules set up by the town have made residents happy by excluding other communities but it has also caused contempt with those outlying communities. There has been a growing amount of pressure to give some of the outlying communities’ beach privileges. There have been arrangements made, not by the town manager, providing permanent guest passes to some of the citizens in a neighboring community which is causing some issues with the other communities. One of the towns has a large African American population which is causing concerns form some of the residents in the beach town. The beach town’s Board of Selectmen are asking the town manager to come up with a solution to protect them on their beaches. The town manager had thought of a few options as possible solutions. The first one would be to keep the strict parking lot access and street regulations in place. These restrictions would have to apply to all neighboring communities, not just a few. This would make the residence of the town happy because it will keep out the neighboring towns. Residence of neighboring towns will be agitated that they will not be able to access the beaches as they would like. Another recommendation would be to provide access to the parking lots to all of the neighboring communities.
A higher fee would be charged to non-residents to utilize the parking lots, which will help pay for taxes that the town residents pay on the lots. The residents of the beach town would be unhappy with this decision because it makes it much harder for them to find parking for the beach. Despite that this would please the other communities because it will give them better access to the beach. They may not like the higher parking fees but the access to the beach may outweigh that downfall. Third, would be to give full access to only one of the adjacent communities due to the historical connection that they have with the beach town. This may be acceptable to the beach town because of the connections they have within that town but it will cause animosity within the other outlying towns. This may also cause legal consequences for the …show more content…
town. Another alternative would be to increase the current size of the parking lots within town. The town does have land available to increase current parking. This would allow them to grant access to everyone, again charging a higher fee to the non-residents. By doing this, the town could possibly make money. By doing this it will drastically alter the atmosphere of the beaches due to the increased crowds, including the increase in African American culture. This causes concern for residents and their safety due to the full integration. This, of course, will be seen as racist by the communities with a high population of African Americans which can cause anger and hostility between the two towns. The last option would be to completely close the beaches. This option would be the most upsetting to everyone involved as it doesn’t satisfy anyone within any of the towns and cause resentment between communities. In order for all the individuals in each of the towns to live harmoniously some rules need to be applied to everyone involved.
If not, everyone will feel the liberty to do as they please which will cause chaos and resentment. Enforcement of the social contract within the town will be carried out by the Board of Selectmen and town authorities. I think the best option under the Social Contract Theory would actually be a little bit different from the recommended suggestions. I think keeping things equal between all citizens will be the best possible solution for everyone. The town should keep the parking lots the current size that they are to keep the beach population to a manageable and safe level for everyone visiting. Parking meters should then be installed within those parking lots, giving open access to all towns and individuals. By putting in the parking meters this will allow everyone equal access to the beaches. Due to the parking meters being for a specific amount of time, individuals will only be able to be parked in the spot for that amount of time. When the time is up and they leave this allows others to come in and use the beach, cutting down on the people not being able to get parking spots. The money from the meters will help to maintain the beaches as well as the parking lots. The town may also make money with the meters to put back into the town for their residents. Expired meters will receive a parking ticket which will also provide the city with
additional funds. This solution will keep the beach population low, yet allow anyone to access them. By following these “rules” set by the city, it will create a balance within the town and surrounding communities.
The whole island is in the shape of a giant square with white sandy beaches full of people sunbathing, swimming and fishing right on the shoreline. From the end of the hot pavement parking lot to shore of the beach is an ocean of soft white sand. The pearlescent white sand seems to know how to invade every nook and cranny almost as if it enjoys it. Walking around the beach on the fluffy whiteness surrounding the parking lot, the seagulls are fighting over scraps of food on the ground. “Sandy beach ecosystems provide invaluable services to humankind. Their functions have been exploited through history, with significant anthropogenic effects (Lucrezi, 2015)”. This white sandy beach is a beautiful refuge from the mundane grind of everyday life. The smell of the misty ocean air mixed with the sound of seagulls hovering above and kids playing is a tonic for the mind. The feel of the sand between their toes and the waves crashing over them as people swim in the water, or the jerk of a fishing pole when someone is catching a fish makes Fred Howard Park one of the best places to relax. Standing on the beach looking out on the water, people are kayaking and windsurfing. The lifeguards watching vigilantly in their bright red shirt and shorts, blowing their whistles when they see someone being unsafe. After a long day of swimming and laying around visitors head back over the soft white sand to the showers, in order to rinse off the menacing sand that clings to everything like a bad habit. Everyone rushes over the hot pavement burning their feet to reach their cars so they can put away their beach paraphernalia which is still covered in the white sand, nearly impossible to completely leave behind, so when they get home it serves as a reminder of where they were that
In the early 1900s it was a challenge to come up with a scheme to build on oceanfront property and attract people to come there. Now, generations later, the little town of Seaside Heights has received so much attention that it’s a wonder they haven’t transplanted The Brooklyn Bridge to Toms River just so tourists would be more comfortable crossing into the land of sea, sun and sin. The lure of Seaside Heights has attracted every legion of people from all over the tri-state area to this family oriented town for years.
Some considerations are particular to the town. Users must determine, first of all, whether it is even possible to go from one point to another. This is especially important for those who are not able to walk long distances. Riders must also decide whether the restrictions of a certain mode - say, timetables for trains, or driving laws - are acceptable.
However this Social Contract theory acknowledge that cooperate is not the only scenario. The Prisoner’s Dilemma explains what happen if we do not cooperate with one another. Such dilemma explains that been rational, our fist intent in a competition is to get as much possible benefits as we can. Taking into consideration that this means less benefits for any other person. Russ Shafer-Landau explain The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a scenario introduced by economies. In such scenario are caught two thieves, AL and BOB, and they are send to separated rooms. They have four options. Fist option, both remind silence and they get two years in jail. Second option, both betrayal and get four years. Third option, AL remind silence and BOB betrays. Fourth option, AL betrays and BOB remind silence. This scenario demonstrates that AL and BOB or even anyone will do better off by limiting their self-interest and cooperate. Social Contract theory acknowledges that moral principles are universal. Since Social Contract is based in the belief that rules would be accepted by free, equal and rational people, then the rules they select to be govern by must be moral. (2014 The Fundaments of Ethics, p.199) also, this theory help us to
1: A debate happening between the world-renowned amusement park "Disney Land" and stakeholders who are supporting an engineer's plan to assemble competitive lodging in an area close Disney Land that is saved for tourism-related exercises or for Disney's extension in a region where lodging is extremely costly, an arrange that Disney contradicted. Disney area is dismissing to act in a socially capable manner towards it stakeholders as it is not considering their enthusiasm of having moderate lodging close to the spot in which they work.
2. Identify all those affected by the decision. Consider individuals and organizations as well as the community.
The City of Progress recommendations to best balance resident interest in bed and breakfasts and to increase tourism, while limiting neighborhood disturbances, focusses on sustainable development agreements and controls. The following paper will explore the best practices to allow the planning department and council to meet all resident objectives and allow for a sustainable tourism industry. Senior Planning recommendations for maintainable growth and resident satisfaction include controls/discretionary use and/or development agreements in order to deal with the residents’ intent on providing bed and breakfast in its community. These options give council flexibility, while at the same time control when giving permissions to residents for
This mutual transference of rights is called a contract, or covenant. By adhering to the contract, a man gives up whatever rights set forth by the contract. However, man cannot give up his right to defend himself, for the entire purpose of entering the contract is self-preservation. Once the contract is formed, one must obey Hobbes’ third law of nature, which is to adhere to the contract (Leviathan 1, 14)...
Philosophers have been concerned with the theories of a social contract for thousands of years. Plato mentions the concept in Crito and in Republic. These theories have stemmed from the concept of justice and for our society to be just. I will look at the works of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau and finally with John Rawls after which a overall view into the function of a social contract can be derived as well as any problems with the theory(s).
Why do students and their parents pay such a large amount of money to attend the University of Dayton if there is not going to be any place for parking? I am a first year student at the university so I understand that I am not permitted to have my car on campus (Handbook). My boyfriend on the other hand, lives at least a half hour away and comes to visit me several times a week. He arrives and has to drive for a very long time trying to find a place to park where he will not receive a ticket. He has tried to park everywhere we can think of, but it never seems to work out. The first few times he came over public safety/the police department was willing to give out temporary permits for visitors and people staying overnight. They allowed the driver to park in the main parking lot, which is in the middle of campus as long as they were gone by eight or nine in the morning so university workers would have the spaces to park. Public safety decided to do away with temporary permits because it was becoming a hassle for them. So as my boyfriend would still come to visit he had to hunt even harder for a space not knowing whether they would be giving tickets or not. He parked off the university in the neighborhood and received a ticket from the city police for being parked on the street. It seems that no matter where he parks he is going to get a ticket and the prices go up each time he receives one, eventually they will put a boot on his tire so he cannot leave. It costs over one-hundred dollars to get it removed. After a series of tickets the will tow your car and not let the driver back on campus unless all the tickets are paid off.
The basic law of a contract is an agreement between two parties or more, to deliver a service or a product. And reach a consensus about the terms and conditions that is enforced by law and a contract can be only valid if it is lawful other than that there can’t be a contract. For a contract to exist the parties must have serious intentions, agreement, contractual capacity meaning a party must be able to carry a responsibility, lawful, possibility of performance and formalities. Any duress, false statements, undue influence or unconscionable dealings could make a contract unlawful and voidable.
Thomas Hobbes creates a clear idea of the social contract theory in which the social contract is a collective agreement where everyone in the state of nature comes together and sacrifices all their liberty in return to security. “In return, the State promises to exercise its absolute power to maintain a state of peace (by punishing deviants, etc.)” So are the power and the ability of the state making people obey to the laws or is there a wider context to this? I am going to look at the different factors to this argument including a wide range of critiques about Hobbes’ theory to see whether or not his theory is convincing reason for constantly obeying the law.
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When having stop signs and traffic lights, people have a tendency to drive slower and look out for people walking in the middle of streets. To put a traffic light or a stop sign in a community, it takes a lot of work and planning from the community and the city to put one in. It is not cheap to do it either. The community first needs to take a petition around to everyone in the community and have them sign so they can take it to the board when the next city council meeting is. A couple residents will present it to the board, and they will decide weather or not to put it in or not. If not put in a lot of residents might be mad and bad things could happened to that part of the city.