Equality before the law

Freedom and equality; two different things that can be taken into the extreme wrongdoing. Our ancestors, who once had a vision for this country, would not know that this country would eventually be a world of shame. Freedom is a word that many people don’t use lightly. Freedom can pertain to being free from restraints, whereas equality pertains to all being equal or the same. Every person has their own personality and everyone is unique in their own way. Just because someone has a different…

rights of sovereigns and that only the people have the right to legislate., while in Diderot’s Encyclopaedia also insisted that “the good of the people must be the great purpose of the government” (Crocker, 144) under the definition of government. Before the Revolution, French society was grounded in the idea of privilege or an inequality of rights.…

There are many challenges in Islam, however one that is distinct is that of women equality. Not only do we have inequality in America, but there are also inequality in religions. Islam has had many defining moments in the way they treat women. First we will begin with what is Islam, what do they believe, and then how it affects women and changes that are being made to make women equal. Islam means surrender or submission wholehearted surrender to God (Molloy, 2010). A muslim in turn submits…

One of the most controversial topics in America is gay rights and whether or not “they” deserve the same rights as heterosexual couples. In America, members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning (LGBTQ) community should receive equality through the institutions of marriage, gender rights, and social acceptance. Imagine you were denied the right to marry the person you love, how would you react and…

was most likely dealing with the laws being passed throughout the country and making decisions that gave them the upper hand in America. Most African Americans were targeted for being unable to vote and have the same rights as the whites when they spoke up about inequality they faced the whites did not clearly see the injustice they were putting on those of different race, religion, and gender. The civil rights state that they prohibit the discrimination under the law on the basis of race,…

philosophical ideologies. Some of his ideologies that would support this reasoning would be the rule of a man over a woman, Creon being fit to rule and not fit to be ruled, and the goal of a city and an individual. Aristotle rejects the fundamental equality of all and believes that there are people who can be rulers, the ruled, and slaves. As we analyze the philosophy of Aristotle, we see why he would support Creon. One of the compelling reasons as to why Aristotle would side with Creon would…

war has been described as a “moment in which gendered, religious, and ethnic identities were challenged.” Along with the fight for liberation, the fight for equality was rising as a result of the women’s movement. In the midst of the 19th century, Algerian society was conservative and patriarchal. This was a result of the Islamic Sharia Law that favored males and denied women of equal rights. They were strictly following the centuries-old tradition in which women were supposed to be domestic…

jurisdiction nor denial upon legislation, limiting full power to the national government upon them. This power is only effective within each state and if attempted in making a law national, it may be brought by nullification. In the time of need, the federal government has the elastic clause, granting them authority to create laws that are necessary for the well-being of the country, meeting the satisfactory of the constitution. Fortunately, state and national governments maintain a dual…

Question 3 What are Abraham Lincoln’s views on the institution of slavery and notion of racial equality (Documents 5 and 6)? In both excerpts of his speeches, Abraham Lincoln expresses his views on slavery and racial equality in a very impartial and lawful manner. Rather than represent partisan interests (i.e. North vs. South), he addresses the institution of slavery as an issue of the nation as a whole. He does not defend the abolition of slavery on the grounds that it unjustly denies…

inferiority (therefore making them culpable in it) (Wollstonecraft 368). As for education, it is often called ‘the great equalizer’ for good reason, if women were afforded an education equal in rigor and substance to men in her time period, I suspect that equality akin to the levels enjoyed currently would have been achieved much…