1. Fredrick Douglass: Radical Egalitarian‚ former slave‚ abolitionist‚ orator‚ writer‚ statesman‚ anti-emigrationist‚ anti-colonialist - Oration Delivered in Corinthian Hall (online) → Fourth of July speech criticizing Americans for celebrating independence while preserving slavery - The Colonizationist Revival (p. 65) - African Civilization Society (p. 76) 2. Martin Delaney: Black Nationalist (“nation within a nation”)‚ abolitionist‚ emigrationist‚ journalist‚ physician‚ writer‚ advocate for
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Assess Rachels’ critique of the main argument for normative cultural relativism (NCR)‚ i.e.‚ the Cultural Differences Argument. How might a proponent of NCR respond to Rachels critique? Is the response effective? Why or why not? In this essay‚ I will discuss James Rachels’ article “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism”‚ in which he criticizes the normative cultural relativism argument which is about how different cultures have different moral codes‚ thus there is no single
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Summary of Prevail and Transcend Scenario In chapter six of Radical Evolution‚ author Joel Garreau shows through various interviews and examples that even though technology may be rising on an exponentially increasing Curve‚ humans may still be able to change the effects of technological advance in unpredictable ways. Deemed the Prevail scenario‚ it is also characterized by humans slowing down once-viewed inevitable change viewed as negative and speeding up positive change. Another great theme
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their moral codes. Ethics determine what is right‚ and what is wrong for an individual. However‚ we have adopted a sense of cultural relativism in that we don’t always feel the “right” thing is the ethical thing to do. Dr. Edward Younkins‚ Professor of Accountancy and Business Administration at Wheeling Jesuit University‚ states that this form of cultural relativism comes from‚ “...the mistaken idea that there are no objective
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Moral relativism is one’s perception of what is acknowledged to be morally just or unjust depending on accepted demeanor. Certain behaviors and manners that a specific culture may consider to be acceptable‚ another culture may consider to be unethical. In such an instance‚ neither one of the cultures would be incorrect. Morals are culturally defined in that it originates from the root as to what is considered socially acceptable. In Mary Midgley’s “Trying out one’s new sword”‚ she argues that moral
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To what extent was the United States Constitution a radical departure from the Articles of Confederation? The Articles of Confederation was written in 1777 and became operational in 1781. It put an emphasis on state rights. Without an executive branch or judicial branch the central government was run by a Congress. This Congress was unicameral‚ meaning it was a single branch; there was no House of Representatives or Senate. Each state got a single vote in Congress. In order to create
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Gilbert explores a consciousness raising through a hidden curriculum in teacher education and how this creates a “knowledge of differences‚ it’s interest in stories of subjection and overcoming. (Britzman & Gilbert. Page 81) and this may repress the “radical qualities of social difference. Britzman and Gilbert also questions how the narratives and/or experience does not change people’s perspectives when it does not make sense to the individual. The issues they bring fourth is how narratives are becoming
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Wood argues that America may be deemed “radical” like other major political revolutions in history because it produces dramatic social as well as political transformation. Not everyone would agree with his statement. However‚ the French Revolution also had a dramatic political and social change. Before saying which revolution was more radical‚ I believe you must first figure out what really is radical. That is advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social reform; representing or
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Loves’ Illusions In the essay “The Radical Idea of marrying for Love‚” Stephanie Coontz voices her opinion on George Shaw theory‚ the expectations of love and how it has changed over time. Shaw believes that marriage is “an institution that brings together two people under the influence of the most violent‚ most insane‚ most delusive and most transient of passions (Coontz 378). Marriage overtime had different variations depending the time frame in which it was in‚ and the culture that influenced
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How Radical was the American Revolution? "Young man‚ what we meant in going for those Redcoats was this: we always had been free‚ and we meant to be free always. They don’t mean we should" (Levi Preston‚ 1842‚ Doc. 10). Levi Preston was a veteran of the American Revolution who‚ when interviewed by historian Mellen Chamberlain‚ revealed that most of the patriots knew not and fought not because of the taxes and acts from the British‚ the famous literature written by founding fathers‚ or for a
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