“Given the fact that there’s plenty of blame to go around for slavery — plenty of blame to go around among African and Arab states, plenty of blame to go around among Western states — I think we’re better to look forward, and not point fingers backward,” Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State, mentions on NBC. The controversial debate of the United States Federal Government paying reparations to African Americans has been going on for countless years. Reparations, according to Merriam Webster’s dictionary, is the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. Many claim that the difficulties faced by blacks today are deeply rooted within our nation’s history as well as society’s
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Feasibility is an absolute prerequisite for moral obligation, as it determines if an event can be successfully accomplished or not. If my friend really needs a hug but I have two broken arms, is it necessary for me to hug her? Am I morally culpable for not hugging her? If so, this reasoning also suggests that we should blame poor and financially unstable people for not donating to the American Cancer Society due to the fact that everybody has a moral obligation to donate to the American Cancer Society. Entities are only responsible for doing things that are possible for them to achieve. Currently, according to the US National Debt Registry, the United States is suffering from close to a $19 trillion debt. Let that sink in. $19 trillion! This means approximately $157,000 per taxpayer is owed. If the United States cannot manage it’s own government spending in terms of defense, mandatory spending, and special interest, then there is near 100% guarantee that reparations will not be paid to African Americans. In the Human Morality articles, we closely study the themes of support and survival. One of the articles mentions how being a good Samaritan comes second to keeping your own self safe, citing the Princess Diana incident in France. This further proves the point that feasibility must come before the intention of benefitting others, as it must be viable for one (in this case the United States Federal Government),
Feasibility is an absolute prerequisite for moral obligation, as it determines if an event can be successfully accomplished or not. If my friend really needs a hug but I have two broken arms, is it necessary for me to hug her? Am I morally culpable for not hugging her? If so, this reasoning also suggests that we should blame poor and financially unstable people for not donating to the American Cancer Society due to the fact that everybody has a moral obligation to donate to the American Cancer Society. Entities are only responsible for doing things that are possible for them to achieve. Currently, according to the US National Debt Registry, the United States is suffering from close to a $19 trillion debt. Let that sink in. $19 trillion! This means approximately $157,000 per taxpayer is owed. If the United States cannot manage it’s own government spending in terms of defense, mandatory spending, and special interest, then there is near 100% guarantee that reparations will not be paid to African Americans. In the Human Morality articles, we closely study the themes of support and survival. One of the articles mentions how being a good Samaritan comes second to keeping your own self safe, citing the Princess Diana incident in France. This further proves the point that feasibility must come before the intention of benefitting others, as it must be viable for one (in this case the United States Federal Government),