How would contractarians (contractualists) morally justify the civil disobedience against laws that allow racial discrimination or social inequality? [100-150 words] Landau, pp. 192-217 [The Theory of Social Contract] Part II Reply to the bellow students response to the sam question by addressing a point, problem or offering an alternate perspective. Your reply should be 100 - 150 words in length. "The term contractualist refers to either a family of political theories in the social contract tradition, or to the ethical theory developed in recent years. Contractarians morally justify the civil disobedience against laws that allow racial discrimination or social inequality because the main goal is to promote good-natured social relations. According to Scanlon, what we owe to eachother, or what we could loosely call "the morality of right and wrong", is distinct from this broader conception of morality in that contractualism provides a unified account of its content. When the laws mirror the rules liberated and equal people accept, they are morally justified. Everyone else that gets the short end of the stick sacrifice themselves for the sake of others and the social contract theory explains why that is not fair. The main point of morality is to create a mutual benefit in terms of fairness." REQUIRED READING  The Fundamentals of Ethics, Russ Shafer-Landau, Oxford University Press. ISBN# 978-0-19-999723-7 Landau, pp. 192-217 [The Theory of Social Contract]

Reading is both a pleasurable pastime and an academic skill. To get the most out of any reading, whether it is a relaxing novel, a textbook, or a report from your employer, you must be able to read it carefully and comprehend it fully. This is called close reading. For this assignment, you will choose one passage from a piece of literature, just a couple of paragraphs, and do a close reading of it to increase your understanding and hone your abilities to get the most out of anything you read.Instructions: Read Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. Choose a section where the writer makes the experience meaningful, striking, or revealing. Examine this section for evidence of revealing a depth that reaches beyond the poem. In 2-3 pages, address the following prompts/questions:Name three literary tools used in this piece and briefly describe how they are used. Examples are theme, tone, mood, symbolism, foreshadowing, irony, imagery.What does Frost tell us about the character at this moment? What does he leave out?How does the character communicate (through words, gestures, or other means,) and what does he/she say?How does the writer convey the character’s identity and culture? What symbols are used to communicate gender, race, class, occupation, and/or other identity categories?How does this passage relate to the human experience overall? How do you relate as a reader?