He believed it was right that everyone stay in their place and work together for the common good of the state and its citizens, and similarly to Socrates, believed it to be unacceptable to disobey those in a higher position than yourself. While each of the philosopher’s views has their merits, and each has something to contribute to society, I do not personally agree with either of their views in full. I do not agree with submission to authority without question, because the leaders of any state are just as human as their
Atticus was not only doing his job, he was trying to prove a very important point. He wanted everyone to realize the all people were equal and should be treated equal. It didn’t matter what color skin they have or what language they speak, all people are equal. Related to my last point, Atticus did not just defend Tom in court; Atticus put his life on the line to protect Tom from mobs. When Tom
Wright is not the only reason of racism but he certainly isn’t trying to stop it. “These people are a part of me. And they are a part of America, this country I love.” This quote shows pathos, showing that Obama loves his country. No matter what happens tovthis country, Obama will always love and be a part of this country. No matter how much Obama tries to eliminate racism, there will always be racism.
There will always be people that just will not accept each other and judge others by their color or the way they dress and foods they eat, but the majority of all the people here must learn that the only way the United States can continue to be a great nation is that we are all in this together, and keep making laws that will protect from being discriminated against and stop the racism, so our children can build a long and strong country. Making sure we accept others no matter what, and just learn from one another. Make sure that the equal rights of all people are enforced and maintained as laws, to protect all of us from the harm of bigotry and racism. When we as parents can teach our children and the different people that their cultures are excellent ways to share and help us all live together for the good of all and that we can learn so much from each other and share all the good things from our different cultures and are lives. This will make our great country so much stronger and
By not taking into account the historical precedents we are reducing the weight of racism and believing it is only based on prejudice on the individual level, something that I believe happens in my family. My father has always been proud to say that “I am not a racist because I never did anything racist towards anybody and have avoided that as much as possible; I have made an effort to treat people of others races with the upmost respect and disapprove of others who do not do so”. So I would think “yes, he is not racist and those other people are racists” According to the book, these are textbook procedures and it also stresses the importance of intentionality, something we have fallen for too. My father and myself would think “I have never intentionally committed a racist act so I am not racist and those who do so are racists” Again, these are textbook attitudes; but, what about the non intentional actions? We hide on the aspect of intentionality to make ourselves believe we are not racist but there are many other actions or beliefs that are implying bias and
The only way to win was with the help of God, because he created man as equal. All agree that if king had lived, he would have been active not only in the black community, but would have likely taken up causes of other minorities (Jones). Martin Luther king Jr. helped improve society with trying to stop discrimination against African Americans. He wanted to stand up for his people, if it wasn’t for him we would not have the rights we have today. As Jones states, he once said, he might not have entered the promise land with us, but he had been to the mountaintop.
Most people will never have to face the same challenges as the people of Le Chambon, but still, it’s a core part of what it means to be morally responsible. Pastor Trocme’ said to the people of Le Chambon, “Don’t give up your consciences to participate in hatred, betrayal and murder.” The people of Le Chambon didn’t discriminate against Jews, they only saw them as people just as they were. They did what was morally the righteous thing to do. President Obama said in his speech, “…..No one is born a savior or a murderer. These are choices we each have to make.
People, by their very existence, are meant to be free and maintain a level of individual liberty. “‘All men recognize the right to revolution,’ he wrote, ‘that is the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government when its tyranny and efficiency are great and unendurable.’” Gandhi felt very strongly that slavery and oppression of people was wrong and an infringement on the rights of humans and human nature. People are not obligated to follow a government who is wrong or corrupt. Despite these individual liberties, people are also bound to each other by human nature and by the invisible barriers of culture and society. In their fight for freedom from
Everyone has the right to listen to what they want as long as they do it with consideration to others. Everywhere we turn, everything we do and say is being scrutinized, no longer are we all allowed to think freely, openly. All the censorship out there is a way of stopping our right of free expression because it doesn’t fit their description of what is decent and moral. What they fail to realize is that we all have our right to be free as long as no one is being out in danger, and I don’t think music has ever hurt anyone. Music shouldn’t be censored.
Do the needs of the majority come before individual fulfillment? “We must be all alike. Not everyone is born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against." This clearly reflects Beatty’s beliefs, as captain of the firemen forces, but it also depicts the wide-spread way of thinking in the dystopian society displayed in “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, or in “A Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, where the needs of the majority are put before the possibility of individual fulfillment.