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Assignment 6 Module 6
1.
Give an explanation as to how and why did Jim Crow law became a law of the
Southern states. And the treatment of the blacks under this law. (You must watch
the video to answer this question).
Laws known as "Jim Crow" were established in the 1890s. In the Southern states, they
were employed to separate and deny Black people the right to vote. For POC, these laws had
an impact on almost every element of daily life. There was segregation in restrooms,
playgrounds, libraries, drinking fountains, city as well as local transportation. Although the
law officially declared that Blacks were treated "separate but equal," Whites were still
considered superior due to the racial hierarchy that existed in the Southern states. There were
indications of ongoing reminders of the state's segregation in public areas. Furthermore, the
selective and racist application of literacy tests and other racially motivated criteria resulted
in the denial of voting rights to Black individuals. To make things worse, white men in the
South became vigilantes to "safeguard" their means of life. They committed violent crimes
against the Black community, including beatings, rapes, lynchings, and even organ removals,
all of which ended in death. The purpose of the White Men's Act of Terror was to terrorize
Black people, keep them feeling inferior, and uphold White supremacy.
2.
Give a paraphrase of Richard Wright's experience of living under the 'Ethics of
Living under Jim Crow.'
To put it mildly, Richard Wright's experience living under the "Ethics of Living under the Jim
Crow" was horrific. He first worked for $5 a week at an optical company when he was old
enough to get a job. His job was in a predominantly white neighborhood, so he had to take extra
precautions to avoid getting into any trouble. During his interview, he was careful to be
courteous, even pronouncing "yes sir" and "no sir" with additional accent. He took this action to
reassure his soon-to-be employer that he was aware of his place as a black man and that a white
man was the one writing his checks. He starts to get along with Mr. Pease and Morrie, his
coworkers and eventually makes a mistake one day while trying to learn something new instead
of just doing tedious work. Morrie became enraged and told the eager boy not to try to become
smart when Richard questioned him about how the machinery operated. Richard asked Mr. Pease
again to learn, and he was told to quit trying to appear white. Richard asked Mr. Pease again to
learn, and he was instructed to stay in his "black bastard" station and to quit attempting to play
white. Things between Richard and his coworkers altered after that day. Even worse, Morrie
accused Richard of addressing Pease by his first name without adding the polite "Mr." Mr. Pease
found himself facing Richard and threatening him with a crowbar held in Morrie's hand. They
were demanding that he acknowledge ever using derogatory language about Mr. Pease, but when
he refused to do so, they got combative.
4.
Give a detail account of the Robert Nozick's 'Entitlement Theory,' from the point of
following important points in his theory: a. Libertarianism, b. Negative Rights, c.
Three points of entitlement rights, d. Lockean Rights.
The "entitlement" concept of justice holds that the distribution of wealth within a community
is only reasonable if every individual has a legitimate claim to their possessions. According to
his own conception of libertarianism, he was in favor of the idea that individuals are owners of
themselves and have a right to possess private property. Negative rights, in his view, are requests
that others abstain from doing acts against you. The three pillars of entitlement rights are repair
of injustice, fairness in transfer, and fairness in acquisition. Lockean rights are defined as
"individuals have rights, and that there is something that no organization or individual may do to
them."
5.
Give an explanation of the rise of post modernism? You must give three negative
points post modernism believes and gives credence to three movements which came
as a result of its stance.
After the number of individuals who regularly followed their religion and accepted a
morality based on Natural law theory declined in the highly technologically sophisticated nations
of the West and parts of the East, postmodernism emerged in the 20th century. Several people
lost faith in the existence of absolutes, an all-encompassing reality, and an objective source of
truth throughout this period. The spread of democratic principles, the expansion of knowledge
about other cultures and their diverse customs, beliefs, and values, and the growing impact of
existentialist and pragmatic concepts are the causes credited with the reduction in belief.
Postmodernism has three negative beliefs: the world is too complicated to be understood through
any worldview that claims to have objective insight into ultimate truth; objective understanding
is a myth; and there is no God to give the world purpose. The following represent three
movements that sprang from postmodernism: The existentialists urged acceptance of the
unavoidable role of human emotions, the pragmatics emphasized the impossibility of reason
surpassing the limitations of human reason, and feminist theorists have developed a variety of
ethical perspectives that share at least this one thing in common: the rejection of earlier notions
as skewed and misguided.
6.
What is the philosophy of pragmatism? How can this philosophic thought be
distinguished from Utilitarianism? What are the flaws in this theory? Explain
Charles S. Pierce coined the word "pragmatism," which is widely regarded as the first and
only philosophical tradition or school of thought to arise in North America. According to this
study, pragmatism in ethics is a kind of consequentialism. Whereas utilitarianism emphasizes
utility, pragmatism focuses on the acts that result. Another well-known specialist, William James,
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