She believes that human rights should not be concentrated on single national identities. "If we really do believe that all human beings are created equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights, we are morally required to think about what that conception requires us to do with and for the rest of the world,"" (Nussbaum 13). Being loyal to anything less than the entire human race is a danger to the value of natural rights for all mankind. Indeed, Du Bois would support the morality of this claim. The acceptance of the rights of the entire human race supports his ideas of having a true democracy. As a black person in the United States, he is aware of how social inequality between people of different identities can lead to the violation of these rights. The truth about this world is that there are many differences among the people who live in it. Du Bois says that "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line, the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in American and the islands of the sea,"" (Du Bois 45) . He recognizes that the world has a problem for identifying themselves through race and appearance instead of through values. He witnesses in his country how people judge themselves in such a way and he agrees that people must be taught to respect these rights not only for themselves but for all people. He thus finds a high degree of moral value in Nussbaum's argument and would support her in teaching individuals to respect the rights of all people regardless of identity. .
Nussbaum believes that rightful citizens are born when individuals learn to hold their identity as irrelevant and consider themselves part of a larger group that values the equal rights of all people. These people are loyal to nothing less than the human race as a whole.
These were the thoughts circulating through my mind each time I picked up Nussbaum's "Cultivating Humanity." ... (Nussbaum 19). ... So in this way, I agree with Nussbaum. ... Nussbaum explains that in normative chauvinism imagination is key. ... Throughout the entire chapter, Nussbaum makes her arguments and thoughts clear to the reader. ...
Although Nussbaum has accumulated a few amount of critics for her more feminist positions in regards to these subjects, Nussbaum also has a number of supporters who agree with a majority of, if not all, the points she makes that will be presented in this paper. First and foremost, the Capabilities Approach is described by Nussbaum as "a counter-theory to challenge . . . entrenched but misguided theories . . . to move policy choice in the right direction" (Nussbaum Preface, Kindle Locations 37-38). ... Nussbaum continues stating that the U.S. ... Many people who criticize Martha Nus...
Washington and WEB Dubois continue to act as politically-charged lightning rods. ... Without Washington there may be Dubois, but not in the sense we know him. ... The individual is where DuBois begins in The Souls of Black Folk. This is the single most important difference in the two narratives - the institution vs. the individual (or collective individuals). ... The commitment to the individual view leads DuBois down a very different path. ...
Jebb begins citing that the main conflict, divine law vs. human law, is the strength in the play. ... The conflict, according to Bowra, built good contrast - the real arrogance of Creon vs. the apparent arrogance of Antigone. ... Nussbaum, the final in this series of critics, gives a rather different insight into Antigone. ... Nussbaum blames her for refusal of vision. ... Despite the common need for the reader to sympathize with Antigone, as Nussbaum says, Antigone and Creon are both unloving, inhuman beings. ...
Dubois thought the main problem of America was the problem of race. ... Dubois thought that a black person could never have just one identity. ... Dubois had a major role in the opposition to Booker T. ... For Dubois, resistance was the way to go in order to gain equality. ... Dubois debated furiously with the pan-Africanist leader of his time Marcus Garvey. ...
Harvard University was DuBois's first choice, but Harvard had high admissions standards which DuBois's high school did not satisfy, and was denied. ... DuBois interviewed some 3,000 families; this was the first time that someone had take scientific approach of studying social problems (DuBois). ... In Souls, DuBois challenged Booker T. ... DuBois believed that without the ballot, citizenship, and higher education in arts and sciences that there could not be any black advances (DuBois). ... The Crisis was the most important national voice for the advancement of black civil rights...
History Comparison Essay The future of the freedman W.E.B Dubois and Booker T. ... Washington was born four years before the civil war had begun, Dubois was born three years after the civil war had come to an end. ... Dubois was not exposed to the daily problems that slaves endured until his early teenage years. Dubois's and Washington's slightly different backgrounds caused them to have different views on the future of freedman in the United States. ... Washington and Dubois were both visionaries who shared the same goal, although they had there own individual ...
DuBois was the only child of Alfred and Mary DuBois. ... DuBois graduated as the first black to graduate from GBHS. ... DuBois attended Fisk College for three years. ... That experience torn DuBois apart. ... DuBois to put it all in just a few pages. ...
