The recent events below have led to a series of protests over the past year but recently in the media the public has been advocating for the rights of African Americans in America based off of the neglect of the justice system for these young black men. These situations were all against young black males that had absolutely no reason to be murdered as a means to a solution. As these three situations only stand as representations of the many black male to be victimized by the police system in America it also shows us that although we have made strides in race relations and equality we still have a very long and tiring journey to go to be fully accepted by our fellow counterpart. Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times by a Chicago
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An action is right in so far as it promotes happiness, and that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the guiding principle of conduct. As blacks are labelled as a minority in our American society, the main agreement would be that we don’t bring the greatest amount of joy to those with power. Within the same article, Mill introduces “The Greatest Happiness Principle, it is the ultimate end with reference to and for the sake of which all other things are desirable is an existence exempt as far as possible from pain, and as rich as possible in …show more content…
Individually sometimes we find ourselves dealing with matters on our own rather than waiting for a group of people to act in unison which is another reason why the black community is as divided as it is today. We must understand that when we act together to reach our ultimate goal of equality and show the world that we are capable of unifying as a community for the advancement of our race. Rational egoism claims that the promotion of one’s own interests is always in accordance with reason. Blacks in American society need to take up the idea of egoism to maximize strictly selfish immediate desires and goals to resolve issues efficiently. We want the majority to recognize us as individuals; better yet we want the majority to recognize us as equals, so we need to act immediately to achieve our desired goals, just as the
An action is right in so far as it promotes happiness, and that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the guiding principle of conduct. As blacks are labelled as a minority in our American society, the main agreement would be that we don’t bring the greatest amount of joy to those with power. Within the same article, Mill introduces “The Greatest Happiness Principle, it is the ultimate end with reference to and for the sake of which all other things are desirable is an existence exempt as far as possible from pain, and as rich as possible in …show more content…
Individually sometimes we find ourselves dealing with matters on our own rather than waiting for a group of people to act in unison which is another reason why the black community is as divided as it is today. We must understand that when we act together to reach our ultimate goal of equality and show the world that we are capable of unifying as a community for the advancement of our race. Rational egoism claims that the promotion of one’s own interests is always in accordance with reason. Blacks in American society need to take up the idea of egoism to maximize strictly selfish immediate desires and goals to resolve issues efficiently. We want the majority to recognize us as individuals; better yet we want the majority to recognize us as equals, so we need to act immediately to achieve our desired goals, just as the