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society. In newly found America, there were slaves who were not considered people, but items. When it came to politics only the white men had the right to vote, than years later slave men had the right to vote, with some difficult obstacles of course. It was not until 1920, not even 100 years ago, that women finally got the right to vote. The women’s rights movement was a major shift in history to help women move up the social and economic status. The movement improved a lot of things for women.…

Rebellion is usually seen as a negative connotation, yet there are instances that one must rebel against society to receive human rights. Not everyone in the world has equality or basic human rights. People, specifically black people, that have been mistreated and dehumanized for countless centuries. They must rebel in order to have human rights that everyone must have. It is not okay when you are put down and mistreated because of things like your race, your sexuality, your identity. There has…

Filipinos before wanted our independence back to us. It was about fighting for our country’s independence with right goals and right objectives. It was about sacrificing your own life for independence. From the Spanish colonial rule up to the Philippine-American war, General Antonio Luna wanted our independence back. He was a general with great skills and was a military strategist and the most brilliant general in our country during the Philippine-American war. When Katipunan Revolution existed,…

s book The Case for Animal Rights, philosopher Tom Regan argues that animals have rights due to their inherent value, which means that by existing and experiencing life, animals should be given rights equivalent to those of humans. Philosopher Carl Cohen counters that since nonhuman animals lack the capacity for moral judgments, they cannot have rights, yet we still have obligations to them. Philosopher Mary Warren, too, disagrees with Regan's stance, criticizing his use of obscure terms and…

an upstanding member of the international community, in order to make a difference with one’s essential voice. To complete, one must remember the lesson Jackson taught the world 70 years ago with the Nuremberg trials- everyone must be granted the rights of equality, justice, and fairness. Jackson passed on his life’s work of exposing injustice to the ordinary citizen of the world, stating, “it is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function…

self-sufficient. We all need to have a means of sustaining ourselves without infringing on the rights and lives of…

The Royal Flush Most people want to make a difference in life and to the world, and we all have different ways of doing it. For instance, some people economize on food or choose to donate clothes to the people and countries with low financial circumstances, while others travel to countries in voluntary work to help and make this difference to the poor people. One of those people is Lindsey. Her adventure and the voluntary work in Bangladesh are described in “The Royal Flush” by Lori Pollock…

The term eugenics derives from the Greek language, eugenics translates to “good genes” in Greek. Eugenics is the controlling of the reproduction of a society to gain desirable traits or eliminate undesirable traits. Rawl’s Contract Theory refers to a social contract among the individuals involved for mutual advantage and follows principle in which everyone agrees to. Everyone must agree on a decision before the event occurs behind a “veil of ignorance.” According to Rawl’s Contract Theory, or…

People are only given certain rights and freedom entitled to their status and identity. But what if they go beyond themselves and their status? What benefits, if any, would they get? Throughout the semester, several texts studied illustrate how disguise, changing people’s appearance or position temporarily, could provide much power and versatility to the individuals. Even though these benefits are used in different manners for different means, these additional benefits are all provided through…

America, land of the free and home of the brave. We pride ourselves on being unrestricted, we can choose: what we believe (spiritually and politically), what we want to be (career-wise and gender-wise), and where we want to go. But, what does it mean to truly be free? According to the Merriam-Webster the definition of free is, “not determined by anything beyond its own nature or being : choosing or capable of choosing for itself.” In other words, nothing controls people but them people…