Listen to (or read) the speeches by Martin Luther King and George Wallace concerning the issue of segregation and analyze the transcript of those speeches and then relate the views of philosophers or philosophical theories discussed during the term that relate to these speeches.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the following speech on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
King, J. (2009). I Have a Dream Speech. I Have A Dream (Primary Source Document), 1.
Audio Recording https://youtu.be/vP4iY1TtS3s
Govemor George Wallace delivered the following speech on January 14, 1963 during his inaugural address.
The text for this speech is available at the following website:
Source: Inaugural address of Governor George Wallace, which was delivered at the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama: ADAH Digital Collections. Retrieved from http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/singleitem/collectionNoices/id/2952/rec/5
You can listen to the speech here:
Source: George Wallace's 1963 Inaugural Speech January 14, 1962: Alabama Archives [Web video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=sMDWov-kGcCt
After listening to and analyzing each speech, construct the opposing arguments Dr. King and George Wallace would be likely to make, based on their statements in the speeches, regarding each of the following five philosophical issues we have discussed in this class:.
the legitimacy of positive law versus natural law a subject's duty to obey the law how law should or should not be used to promote the common good harm to others principle as justification for his views the role morality should play in determining the aims of law
Identify the statements in the speech that support your position. Justify your arguments by referencing the views of philosophers or philosophical theories discussed during the term.
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