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This 4 page paper discusses the Civil Rights movement as well as the Vietnam War protestors, explains both sides, and considers these opinions using John Rawls' work as a basis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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back by unfair Jim Crow laws and the de facto segregation that still existed, particularly in the South, began to work actively for change. The movement produced some great leaders:
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, for example. It also saw the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, driven through Congress by Lyndon Johnson, who was arguably the
last real liberal to hold the office of President. This paper discusses the Civil Rights movement as well as the Vietnam War protestors, explains both sides, and considers these opinions
using John Rawls work as a basis. Discussion John Rawlss work is almost universally acknowledged to be very nearly impenetrable. But his basic idea, as explained by another scholar, is
that "a person has a dignity and worth that social structures should not be permitted to violate" (Nussbaum, 2001). Rawls believed that "the moral judgments of ordinary people are an
essential starting point for good political deliberation" (Nussbaum, 2001). He also believed that "philosophical tradition and argument have an important role to play in sorting out what we think, particularly
by putting alternatives before us with sufficient rigor and clarity that we fully appreciate how to choose among them" (Nussbaum, 2001). We can already see how Rawlss thinking would have
had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that diminishes that worth is not to be
condoned. That would include such things as segregation and the persistent denial of opportunity to African-Americans. The Civil Rights movement was just as the name implies, a movement dedicated to
making certain that all Americans enjoyed full and equal rights. It seems shameful in a nation founded as a democracy that we even need laws to insure that people are
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