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- 371: Philosophy - Abortion Rectitude
- ... has the ability to decide for themselves what is morally acceptable. It is because of this decision that our American culture intensely debates issues of morality such as abortion. The debate over abortion pits the rights to life of an unborn fetus against the rights of rational women who want to control what happens to their own body. Does the termination of a pregnancy deprive a human of their right to life? Should our government be allowed the power to ... is "what properties must someone have in order to be considered a person, i.e., to have a serious right to life?" Tooley answers that anything which completely lacks consciousness, like ordinary machines, cannot have rights. If a being does not desire something such as consciousness, it is impossible to deprive that being of his right to it. In other words, Tooley argues that since a fetus does not show ...
- 372: Brown Vs. Board Of Education
- ... Law School to admit Sweatt, a black student, because the black law school was not equal in terms of reputation to the white school. Additionally, in McLaurin v. Oklahoma State, McLaurin argued that his constitutional rights were being violated. McLaurin was forced to sit in isolated seats in a classroom, library and cafeteria. In another unanimous decision, the Court ruled in favor of McLaurin. These two cases contributed to the case ... that the doctrine of "separate but equal" was not applicable to the educational system. Aside from the various Supreme Court cases regarding education, there were many important issues residing during this time period. The Civil Rights Movement was gaining momentum, America launched their first satellite, the Second Red Scare was picking up pace, the Korean War began, and we had the entry of the Counter Culture. In addition, racial boundaries were ... to junior high and elementary schools. However, in the case of Hobson v. Hansen, the destruction of the tracking system was ordered. The 1960s marked an era with increased awareness of racial issues and Civil Rights. The Civil Rights Movement was in full swing. Martin Luther King, Jr. And Malcolm X became strong political leaders. The deep south was the last to integrate their school system in the 1960s. In ...
- 373: For the White Man, Of the White Man, and By the White Man
- ... black slaves. The black people had many struggles to freedom which helped shape our American culture today. Three different periods characterized there struggles: the slaves before the Civil War, during Reconstruction, and during the civil rights movements. These three eras mark a pivotal point in the movement and advancement of the black race to social equality. During the time before the Civil War, it was not easy for slaves to organize and rebel against their slaveholders or whites in general. There were numerous laws that specifically took away slaves rights as men. Slaves also feared the whip and even death if they were to act out against their owners. The Declaration of Independence did not apply to many groups and the black race was one of those excluded groups. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness"(Primus 295). Thomas Jefferson, having slaves himself, recognized the fact that he could not free the slaves himself in that document. It was ...
- 374: Commercial Warfare
- ... thus forced to enforce the Non-Intercourse Act on both Britain and France. The Non-Intercourse Act expired after it’s one-year term, and Nathaniel Macon, chairmen of the Foreign Affairs committee, prepared a bill to congress on the issue. The bill came to be known as Macon’s Bill No. 2. In the bill, he stated that if either Britain or France would revoke their seizure of American vessels, then the Non-Intercourse Act would be imposed on the other, if they pledged ...
- 375: Candidate Profile Paper on Alan Keyes
- ... children, two boys and a girl. Keyes has continued to maintain a traditionally conservative stance on many issues in his campaign. He bases these viewpoints on what he calls his “Core Belief Based on Unalienable Rights”. Citing the Declaration of Independence, he supports his stances with evidence from our country’s heritage. Keyes believes that this historical document is “a statement of the principles of justice that define the moral identity of the American people. It presents a certain concept of our human nature and draws out the political consequences of the concept” (4). This document gives every human unalienable rights; the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However, because this can be interpreted in such a broad manner, Keyes takes it one step farther. He also believes that “the Declaration is more than just an assertion of rights. It also makes a clear statement about the ultimate source of authority, which commands respect for those rights. God, the Creator, the author of the laws of nature, is that source” (4). Skeptics may ...
- 376: War Of 1812
- War of 1812, conflict between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815. Fought over the maritime rights of neutrals, it ended inconclusively. Background Over the course of the French revolutionary and the Napoleonic wars between France and Great Britain (1793-1815), both belligerents violated the maritime rights of neutral powers. The United States, endeavoring to market its own produce, was especially affected. To preserve Britain's naval strength, Royal Navy officers impressed thousands of seamen from U.S. vessels, including naturalized Americans ... they had first stopped in Britain. Collectively, the belligerents seized nearly 1500 American vessels between 1803 and 1812, thus posing the problem of whether the United States should go to war to defend its neutral rights. Americans at first prepared to respond with economic coercion rather than war. At the urging of President Thomas Jefferson, Congress passed the Embargo Act of 1807, prohibiting virtually all U.S. ships from putting ...
- 377: The War of Freedom of Expression
- ... whether they are criminal or not. There was recently a new development in the Canadian war for freedom of expression. Introduced in April 1982 was a new and important strategic battleground. With the Charter of Rights and Freedoms the war could be won or lost by either side. It was not long before the Charter saw battle. In 1984, Jim Keegstra was charged with violating section 281 of the Criminal Code ... he was no longer the mayor Eckville and his teaching license, revoked. The problem was, the very nature of s. 281 lent itself to legal debate under section 2 of the relatively new Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The defense counsel Doug Christie lost no time in challenging the legislation's constitutionality. In response, Crown prosecutor, Bruce Fraser, stated that Keegstra was being charged with promoting hatred; not expressing it. The ... view the problem of freedom of expression as "good" versus "evil". The debate raises the main issue of whether or not the people of Canada want the government to be passing any laws limiting our rights to think and speak. While it is nearly unanimous that violently acting on these views is illegal; the debate on laws against speech of any sort draws not only racists, but simple liberals who ...
- 378: Martin Luther King
- ... me to settle for anything less than brotherhood, I beg God to forgive me. King also believed that all people should be treated with equality and fairness and this became the basis for the Civil Rights Movement of which King was the leader of. This fairness is one value that allowed King s followers to have so much respect for him, for some, he was more than a man, The young ... be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. King wanted to see justice prevail and he and many of his follower felt that it did in the signing of the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Act. Blacks now had many rights that they were previously refused, they now had the right to vote, access public accommodations, and racial discrimination was prohibited in the sale or rental of housing. With this King was one step closer ...
- 379: Assisted Suicide
- ... been very strong arguments for both cases. Joel Feinberg argues that the constitution does not give us that right simply because of Thomas Jefferson's famous words "that all men are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life..." He says "How could a person have a right to terminate his own life (by his own hand or the hand of another) if his right to life is inalienable ... no one who could take that right away from us not even ourselves. Feinberg probably says it best when he says, "The 'right to life' is essentially a duty, but expressible in the language of rights because the derivative claims against others that they save or not kill one are necessarily beneficial-goods that one could not rationally forswear. The right therefore must always be 'exercised' and can never be 'waived ... when we want to say it. The fourteenth amendment gives us the right to determine what we want for ourselves. Sullivan says, "That suicide is a 'fundamental right' and those are explicitly guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The Supreme Court has recognized another class of fundamental right whose source lies outside specific guarantees of the Constitution, such as the rights to marital and sexual privacy, the right of a ...
- 380: Bill Brady on Violence in America
- Bill Brady on Violence in America Murder is the still number one cause of death for young African Americans males. This high number of death means that we have to start keeping these young people alive ... be gone. A high number of teenage boys claim they have no best friends and they trust no one. When only a “gang” gives life meaning, death cannot be far behind. The emerging federal crime bill is an attempt to counter raising violence. Many of the opinions on how to stop violence are unsure opinions. There is no real answer. Nothing so far will put a drastic effect on the rise ... an admission that much of what must be done is beyond the reach of the federal government. We need a national rebellion against violence that sets a specific target for reducing violence over ten years. Bill Brady suggests aiming for England’s low numbers and aiming for a 75% reduction in our homicide. The rebellion against violence must enhance our national example, not diminish it. We must always remember that ...
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