short response 21
In no less than two typed double-spaced pages with 1-inch margins and Times New Roman 12 point font pages answer one of the questions listed below.Please avoid long quotes or paraphrases as I am looking not just for your demonstration that you know the material but also (and more importantly) for your own opinion on the subject. Please clearly indicate on your paper which question you are answering.Submit your response to TurnItIn on Blackboard.Papers will be graded on grammar and style, length, the ability to correctly summarize the arguments in the works discussed, and the ability to synthesize a personal argument based on the works discussed. Outside sources other than the materials read for class are not allowed, nor are any collaborative efforts with other students.
- What is the Racial Contract?How is it different from the Social Contract?Why is it (as Mills asserts) a key feature of the global political system yet is unrecognized as such?Answer these questions and then select any two of Mill’s theses to expand upon further.How does he support the theses you chose?Do you agree with his assessment?
- Compare and contrast the writings of Socrates, Thoreau, and King on the topic of Civil Disobedience.What are their arguments about what you should do when you feel like a law is unjust?Which argument do you find most compelling and why?