Martin Luther King, Malcolm X…Who would Eminem be friends with?

Envision the television show: Speed Date; however in this weeks episode, there will only be three participants: Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and Eminem. Imagine the Find your Friend special where Eminem will sit down with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. and then choose ‘his new best friend’. Throughout the late 1990’s [...]

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Mill in Sociology

Mill’s Subjection of Women bears a striking similarity to the philosophies of sociologist Emile Durkheim. Durkheim coined a phenomena known as social construction: the concept that society teaches and shapes individuals behaviors, and personalities through institutional arrangements, culture, and an individuals’ search for identity. The most interesting similarity is Mill and Durkheim’s discussion of the [...]

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The Future According to Marx

Given our current economic, social, and political structure, how would Marx predict the future outcome of our society? Marx was without question a revolutionary thinker and extremist for his time. His arguments against materialism and capitalism were seen as crazy by his peers, yet make astounding empirical sense for an industrial society. However, in 2009, [...]

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Communist Manifesto: A Prospective of America and the Global Capitalist System

Although written more than one hundred years ago, the principles of the Communist Manifesto are more credible today than ever. Marx’s predictions of the interclass struggles between the proletariats and the Bourgeoisie have become a reality on a global scale and pose a significant threat to the Unites States and the global capitalist system. The [...]

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On Consent

John Locke and Socrates talked about consent; how people tacitly consent by doing nothing, and expressed consent, when people state their consent.  I do not think that tacit and expressed are the only kinds of consent that we should consider. Take homework for example- I do not expressly say that I am not going to [...]

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The Campus-Wide Smoking Ban and Mill

Rachel Emery Section 13 The health risks of tobacco smoking are well known. The University of Michigan has announced plans to enact a campus-wide smoking ban to allegedly combat these risks. The ban, (Smoke-Free University Initiative) is part of their MHealthy initiative, “in which the university seeks to create a culture of health by offering [...]

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Malcolm X and Violence…

I found Malcolm X’s argument compelling.  I especially liked when he talked about not being an American.  I was fascinated by this concept, I have never really thought about being an American.  He said “I am not going to sit at your table and watch you eat, with nothing on my plate and call myself [...]

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