Blogs created by Anjali K

 Question: Pick one of the following. In your post, say what role this item plays in Anthony's argument for civil disobedience: 1) Natural Rights 2) The Declaration of Independence 3) The United States Constitution 4) The Social Contract and the Idea of Consent Answer: I pick natural rights because in Anthony's argument for civil disobedience he begins to explain how our government goes around an idea of freedom of speech. In that case, individuals like us human beings has the right to vote. Anthony wanted to communicate how every woman needs to have rights that men have too. Everything should be equally (life, liberty and property). These rights are for everyone and can't be taken away from anyone because it would be cruel. 

 Question: Gandhi argued that Satyagraha, a non-violent confrontation with the opponent, was always the right solution. In his book on Gandhi, Bikhu Parekh argues that this was a mistake in Gandhi's theory Hayim Greenberg, editor of The Jewish Frontier and an admirer of Gandhi, wrote to him, ‘a Jewish Gandhi in Germany, should one arise,could function for about five minutes and would be promptly taken to the guillotine’. Gandhi replied that Hitler too was a human being, that the Jews, who were going to be slaughtered anyway, should have asserted their dignity and freely chosen their way of death, and that such an action was bound to have an effect on ordinary Germans, if not immediately at least a little later (lxviii. 137–41). His reply had a point,but it rested on an uncritical faith in the power of non-violence, and showed little understanding of the complex ways in which totalitarian systems brutalized the community, demoralized the victims, distorted public discourse...

Question: Do you agree with Thoreau's argument that action according to conscience (i.e moral action) is not compatible with living in a representative democracy  where decisions are based on collective agreement? Answer: Thoreau stated that the government is supposed to be necessary, yet it is mostly complicated. In that case, the government does not do quite a good job at keeping the nation free or trained. H e however, argues that there should be a government that listens to the standards/morals instead of the "majority". Thoreau believes that it is  necessary to develop an approval for the right then respect for the constitution. Respect for the constitution can lead to biased steps of the people and it can lead to a war/big conflict. 

 Good afternoon everyone! Hope everyone is healthy and staying safe during this difficult time. Question: In Book 7, Socrates describes education as a 'turning around' of the soul. How do you think education today would look different if this was the guiding idea? Also, what else is wrong with education today? Are there any radical changes you would like to see in education (K-12 or college)  today? Explain why. Answer: In Book 7, Socrates describes education as a "turning point" of the soul. If education today followed that same virtue like the one socrates created in the book " The Republic",  then scholars today, like us would only be able to understand the true importance of the education systems. However, i f we looked at education like a transformation of our value system and implemented that into our programs, it also might help some of the problems young students face in school such as bullying. In today's society, education system are built to t...