... lack of faith in the decision making abilities of the common man, he writes in the final draft of the "Declaration of Independence" his beliefs on the common rights of man. When he states in the beginning of the second paragraph "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all ... person's own self that they come to understand this. He explains that all men are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" and goes on to list among them the rights to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. We must assume from the context of Jefferson's writings that by ... moral sense...

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... correctness requires from society equal public respect for all ethnicities, sexual orientations, lifestyles and religions; meanwhile, it strips society of its fundamental right to make conscious decisions based on individuals" own free choice (5). The purpose of this concept is to include all members of society by treating them equally and to remove offensive language, but the cost ... movements in the 1960's, and it is a necessary component in maintaining a comfortable atmosphere for minorities. Those individuals fail to comprehend that political correctness is leftist censorship, an i...

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... feudal system, as early as 1630. Aboard the Arbella, en route to the New World, John Winthropp described the inequality of wealth and social/political status (into which people were born at the time) as "for the glory of (the individual's) Creator and the common good of the creature, ... Richard Saunders'. Franklin used the character Poor Richard', after the alleged author, to personify the moral codes and work ethics he wished to enforce on other Americans. For instance: Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small and the wants great', describing the pleasures of his ... f...

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• Grade Level: Graduate