Kingdoms at War

Kingdoms at War:   Inequality Propaganda Exposed.

David L. Taylor
Philosophy 107
Doug Stave
October 25, 2010

Kingdoms at War:   Inequality Propaganda Exposed.
    What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil that dark is light
and light is dark that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. What sorrow for those who are
wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever?   Isaiah 5:20 (NLSB).  
    “Moral situations involve choice.   For choice to be possible, however, we must be
free to act.   We must not be compelled to act by any irresistible force, whether outside
or within ourselves” Ruggiero (2008 pg.130).  
    The Universal Human Rights adopted by the United States Supreme Court, states Under 3.2 of the minority and group rights the concern for the equal rights of disadvantaged groups is a longstanding concern of the human rights movement. Human rights documents emphasize that all people, including women and members of minority ethnic and religious groups, have the same basic rights and should be able to enjoy them without discrimination. The right to freedom from discrimination figures prominently in the Universal Declaration and subsequent treaties. The Civil and Political Covenant, for example, commits participating states to respect and protect their people's rights “without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, or social status” on minority and group rights. Nickel (2006 pg. 10).   Some standard individual rights are especially important to ethnic and religious minorities, (including rights to freedom of association, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, and freedom from discrimination). Human rights documents also include rights that refer to minorities explicitly and give them special protections. For example, the Civil and Political Covenant in Article 27 says that persons belonging to ethnic, religious, or linguistic...