...Strength to Love is an insightful book that provides a depth of understanding in regards to human issues. Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently articulates that the primary hindrances to mankind’s disagreements occur due to a lack of forgiveness, which propels hate and evil, and a blindness of humanity in comparison to the perceived badness of humanity. In order to eliminate the prominence of hate and evil, King argues that Christians must maintain a tough mind and a tender heart while understanding the idea that God is able. King develops this idea through the discussed social and global issues of segregation, slavery through colonialism and the prevalence of communism. Perhaps the most obvious social issue that Martin Luther King Jr. ever addressed was segregation, particularly the segregation of the black man in a white America. King demonstrates that the role of the persecuted man, woman, and child is not to retaliate in kind. A tough mind allows the persecuted individual to deal with the persecution, yet the tender heart promotes reconciliation between individuals and groups through love. As his wife eloquently articulates in the foreword, “Someone must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate. This can only be done by projecting the ethic of love to the center of our lives” (King 9). This idea...
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...were in state of war with other nation; in terms of nuclear weapons; In terms of science and technology (Space war); and even in terms of sport competition (Olympic). In the end, the Cold War ended by the United States and the Soviet Union themselves by the failed system of the communist. I’m the one that believed that “In the cold War the United States was the good guy who fought against the evil empire of the Soviet Union to defend freedom, democracy, and human rights around the world.” Firstly, the two countries had fundamentally different beliefs. So, how do we know who really was the good guy and who really was the evil? The first thing we need to do is to consider their different beliefs, because these factors could link to different actions such as the political and economic systems they used, including the way they dealt with the situations. The Ideology of Democracy gives freedom to all individuals to express their idea to other and agree on the majority; promote human rights and equality; and uses the economic system of capitalism. On the other hand, The Ideology of the communism is a theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members. In my point of view, I would say that the democratic system is better because the country shouldn’t only being control by a group of people but by the ideas and...
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...is evil or immoral) ◦The subjective norm of morality – Conscience ◦The objective norm of morality – Law (natural) •Both natural law and conscience are rooted on Eternal Law, the ultimate norm, thus, there is only one norm. Loading... Conscience •The subjective/proximate norm of morality. ◦It is proximate because it is what directly confronts an action as good or bad. •Function: to examine/investigate, to judge, to pass punishment on our moral actions. ◦It approves & commends; reproaches & condemns; forbids & commands; accuses & absolves. •Synderesis – it is the quality by which man naturally perceives the truth of the self-evident principles of the moral order. Conscience - definition •Derived from the Latin words “con” plus “scientia” which means “with knowledge” of what is right or wrong or “trial of oneslf” both in accusation and in defense. •It is the “inner or little voice of God in man” crying out man’s moral obligations and telling him what to do and what to avoid in the moral order. •It is an act of the practical judgment of reason deciding upon an individual action as good and to be performed or as evil and to be avoided. Loading... Conscience - Kinds •Antecedent – judgment is passed before an action is performed. Consequent – judgment is passed after an action is performed. •Right/True – judges what is really good as good and waht is really evil as evil ...
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...How important was fear of communism in explaining why President Hindenburg invited Hitler to become Chancellor in 1933? Intro Communism was a political idea which was beginning to become popular in Germany. However it was very much disliked as communist were seen as unruly because of street battles with police. People feared the way the USSR discriminated against the middle class and in the process of becoming communist countries had taken land away from farmers and many peasants had been killed or imprisioned. Hitler was appointed chancellor on the 30th January 1933 and this was partly to do with the publics fear of communism however it was not the most important factor. One way the fear of communism explained why Hindenburg invited Hitler to become chancellor was pressure from big businesses. Originally Hindenburg had not wanted to appoint Hitler as chancellor, he feared he would dismantle democracy and as a former leader of the imperial german army Hindenburg strngly disliked the S.A. However he was getting older and struggling to keep the republic together. The army favored Hitler to protect the state from communism and the former president of the reichsbank, Hjalmar Schacht, made it known that the business and finical world saw Hitler as the ‘lesser of two evils’. This put huge pressure on Hindenburg to pick Hitler as chancellor because he needed the support of the army and business world. Along with the army and business world, support for Hitler in the public was...
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...American society today. In “The Communist Manifesto”, Marx first introduces the two main social classes: bourgeois (the upper class) and proletarians (the lower class or working class). He points out the revolution of industrialism has made changes of Capitalism to Communism. He suggests that the rich should redistribute property evenly because the proletarians have put a lot effort contributing in the revolution. In contrast, Carnegie analyzes in “The Gospel of Wealth”, the unequal distribution of wealth is a natural consequence of civilization. Both Marx and Carnegie present the problem within society because they want to contribute their own experiences from various views to resolve the tension between the rich and poor efficiently. By eliminating the gap between rich and poor, Marx believes Communism should replace the economic system of Capitalism. In his perspective, he claims, “They have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite” (Marx 476). Because he sees the Capitalist system exploits workers who are unfairly treated, he asserts that the proletarians should become the ruling class. The principle of Communism is the ideology of collectivism. Marx states, “Communism deprives no man of the power to appropriate the products of society: all that it does is to deprive him of the power to subjugate the labor of others by means of such appropriation” (470). This means that no private property should be allowed, and no one has...
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...Doctrine of Reagan Mrs. J. Y. Baker Prof. Thomas Payne Jr. – POL 300 February 4, 2012 Doctrine of Reagan With the threat of The Cold War, U.S. Presidents beginning with Truman had to create doctrines to find remedies for the problem of communism and its expansion. The doctrine of Ronald W. Reagan was especially noteworthy because it initiated a revolutionized foreign policy after World War II. The Cold War brought trepidation of nuclear bombing that sent panic through the U.S. government. This is why previously the U.S. chose not to challenge the Soviet Union head-on. Officials felt American’s weren’t ready to send their loved ones to fight another war on foreign soil after Vietnam listed so many casualties. However with the risk of communism spreading further and possibly encompassing the globe, the U.S. just couldn’t take a backseat and keep quiet. In 1983, Reagan dubbed the Soviet Union an “evil empire” using a speech written by Dolan for the opposite purpose. As Diggins put it “Reagan dubbed the Soviet Union ‘the focus of evil’ of the entire world” (2007, pg. 29). Following the footsteps of his predecessor, President Carter, Reagan developed a way to fight the war on communism and make the people happy by preventing our military from suffering anymore casualties. President Carter got the ball rolling when the Soviet Union tried to invade Afghanistan in 1979. That’s when the U.S. supplied secret military aid to mujahideen fighters to assist in driving out the...
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...McCarthyism and The Second Red Scares impact on Media in the 1950-60s decades (Research and Analysis Paper) In 1950, fewer than 50,000 Americans out of a total US population of 150 million were members of the Communist Party(Gilder Lehrman). However following WWII the the time period of the 1950-1970 was marked as a period of mass fear of Communism. American fears of internal communist infiltration reached Its highest point since the First Red Scare of the 1920-30s. Government organizations investigated millions of americans, “asking what books and magazines they read, what unions and civic organizations they belonged to, and whether they went to church” (Gilder Lehrman). This time period was also marked by the major shift and blacklisting of celebrities primarily in show business. One of the people who took full advantage of the mass hysteria was Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin. McCarthy began his crusade by giving a speech at the Women’s Republican Club of Wheeling, in West Virginia, where he stated that he had a list of over 220 confirmed communists living in the US. The numbers of this statement dropped over the years as people began to watch him more closely. However this didn’t stop him from rising to more power, after the Republicans regained a majority in the senate, McCarthy took control of a subcommittee, and performed investigations on government agencies. Other Cold War “activists” consisted of Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey, union leader Walter Reuther...
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...that were authorized and corroborated by the Soviet Union. This assignment will review by what method the United States delivered open and private backing to guerrilla and resistance movements during the Regan years. Additionally, explain the political doctrine detailed events that occurred in Afghanistan when the Soviet Union invaded. As a final point, this assignment will define the benefits and drawbacks established on the Regan Doctrine. Summarize the Situation of U.S. Diplomatic of the Regan Doctrine During the course of the initial years of the Cold War, Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter all endorsed dogmas against communism in order to enclose it. Ronald Regan prohibited their détente policy in 1979, when the Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan. This alone demonstrated that policies that only contain communism were unproductive. Regan criticized in the compromise policy when it emanated to any communist government. As an alternative, Reagan proposed the Rollback policy. The creation of the Reagan Doctrine moved from containment and dispersal to eradicating all current communist governments. Likewise, the United States wanted to rise and encourage democracy and capitalism in additional of overthrew communist administrations (Conservapedia, 2012). Execution of the Regan Doctrine was to deliver explicit and concealed support to guerrilla and resistance movements in nations were the Soviet Union wanted to feast their communist's plan or where eradicate...
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...During the Cold War, the majority of Americans had a view of communism that depicted it to be nothing but evil; however, for the millions of people who had revolted against their former government, it was the only way forwards. The situation that developed in Korea during this time was a very accurate description of this. The people of North Korea were pushed down enough that they revolted against their government and formed a communist state while American simply viewed this as another country that had begun the process of falling to communism. The Korean War greatly enhanced the fear and hatred that the United States and the nations that had converted to communism felt for each other. The Korean War, although primarily only fought by the US, North and South Korea, Russia, and China, would have many political consequences around the world that...
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...The Truman Doctrine divided the world into good and evil. The United States was supporting the freed people and going against the Communism. The Truman Doctrine was a policy that was meant to contain communist aggression. It all began with Turkey and Greece which had involved aid to the two countries. NSC-68 was the update to the policy to make the actions proactive. The Truman Doctrine had pros and cons. One of the downfalls of the doctrine was that it appeared to many nations and their people that we harbored plans to be imperialistic. That concept was the cause of much of the worlds resentment towards our foreign policies. The governments during that time looked the other way when we were giving aid and allowed the agencies like Peace...
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...U.S. Foreign Policy Essay Assignment. Lessons learned through the Past 25.Nov.2011 After the end of the Second World War, the global balance of power steered with the rise of communism and nations determined to fight against it. When these two sides gradually received spotlight of international politics until the end of Cold War, the United States, the key player of anti-communism, began to propel, its unofficial, the so-called ‘World Police’ obligation, as their main foreign policy makings. Even now, the U.S., as the leading super power of the global arena, influences to the whole with what it believes is right for the sake of humanity and the nation itself. Its belief eventually may have salvaged many from the tyranny of communism or unjust dictatorships. However, at times, it did only harm than good to keep the society on the right track. But these were lessons learned after several trials of failures of various spectrums of the United State’s policies. Now, history tells the future generations of young American politicians through the mirrors of past events such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War. These mirrors foretell what outcomes one would face if he finds himself stumbled onto the wrong course of intervention. One will also discover military supremacy is not all to influence a certain entity. Despite the evident proof of the past, there are politicians that are misled to believe what are not worth believing anymore. Mitt Romney, a Republican politician, is one...
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...blacklist many innocent people in the United States government stating that they were communists. His work led to the arrest of many people many of whom were not even communist.His downfall was under the leadership of President Dwight Eisenhower. McCarthy went after the United State military claiming that their were were many communist member. Dwight Eisenhower stated that McCarthy had no decency because was accusing the military,the force that was keeping him safe from the terrors of communism....
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...theme due to the fact that they depict real aspects that were profoundly evolved in the bitter years of the Cold War. For instance, Will Kane represented the righteous man who was willing to stand up to transgressors. In this sense, Kane depicted the role of United States during the Cold War. The United States primary enemy during the Cold War was communism, no matter who pursued it. Kane did all that he could in order to defeat Miller and his gang. Consequently, it could be reasonably deducted that the gang in this case represents communism. Also, given the previous roles assigned, the townspeople of Hadleyville play the role of the United Nations that is too coward to take action against the evils of communism. So basically, the townspeople abandon Kane on his journey to defeat the gang is the same ideology as the UN refused demolish communism. The reason the Hadleyville townspeople strongly refuted Kane’s proposal to fight the gang is their overwhelming fear. The people were scared of standing up to such skilled gang members who had guns and warlike astute. This phenomenon illustrated the United Nations position when communism was expanding across many countries and imposing its undemocratic policies. Fear what this...
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...The Crucible and Honor With a story based on the mass hysteria of the red scare, and characters that are about as evil as they come, The Crucible dramatizes events that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts. The story, written by Arthur Miller, gives the viewer a glance into the lives of those who lived during the Salem witch Trials. It is dark and dismal and brimming with symbolism, from comparisons to Communism, to a man’s honor in his name. Due to false accusations, the lead of The Crucible, John Proctor, is sent to be executed due to his supposed involvements with Witch Craft. As many know the author Arthur Miller was sent to Jail for his alleged involvements with Communist parties and his lack of willingness to betray anyone involved. During...
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...citizens felt were the same, but what America called the enemy was different. Following the September 11th attacks, there was a feeling of paranoia felt throughout America similar to the paranoia felt during the Cold War. Americans did not feel safe, and an attack could come at any time. The fight on the home front looked different during the Cold War and the War on Terrorism. During the Cold War there was more of a correlation between fighting Communism, and buying consumer goods. During the war on terrorism Americans were asked to give up some of their rights in order to maintain their safety. There is an abundance of similarities between the Cold War and the War and Terror. In Echoes of the Cold War, Elaine Tyler May says, “The war against terrorism, like the struggle against Communism, defines the enemy as a worldwide conspiracy…with operatives infiltrating the United States.” In both wars, America was not just fighting a group of people; America was also fighting an idea. In the Cold war, America was fighting of Communism. The USA believed they were truly free, and that in order for other countries to be truly free they had to embrace capitalism and consumerism. America tried to spread capitalism to Vietnam and Korea by fighting in those countries, similarly to how America tried to bring Democracy to Iraq and Afghanistan. In the War on Terrorism, the idea that America was fighting was the idea of Terrorism. America was fighting a group of people who hated us because...
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