Write a 4-6 page essay in which you make an argument in response to one of the following questions: • Question 1: The Importance of Participation. Is it important to participate in shaping the political and economic conditions of one’s life? Why or why not? Draw on Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx in order to make your argument. • Question 2: The State and Human Flourishing. Is the state useful given the goal of human wellbeing? Why or why not? Draw on Thomas Hobbes (or Niccolò Machiavelli) and Emma Goldman in order to make your argument. • Question 3: Debating Racial Equality. Can free thought and free speech secure racial equality in a contemporary representative democracy like that of the United States? Why or why not? Draw on John Stuart Mill and WEB Du Bois in order to make your argument. Regardless of which question you answer, your essay should demonstrate an understanding of the thinkers listed, put them into conversation with one another, and offer your own answer to the question in relation to their thinking.
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