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John Locke And Civil Rights Movement
1,369 wordsJohn Locke and the Civil Rights Movement Would John Locke, a liberal thinker who advocates resistance to an unjust government, support the civil rights movement of the 1960 s? In his Second Treatise, the argument he presents in favor of government resistance suggests that he would support the nonviolent civil disobedience that constituted part of this movement. For, although Locke limits the cases in which resistance is possible, these limitations are not applicable to the civil rights movement....
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Ring Bearer Frodo Conflict Between Willpower Power
2,033 wordsWill and want All beings have within them ambitions and desires, but only those who manage to resist those siren calls can overcome the inner struggle between what one wants, and what must be. J. R. R. Tolkien demonstrates this everlasting conflict between willpower and desire in his novels, The Fellowship of the Ring, and The Silmarillion. This conflict is personified within the characters of the mortal Frodo, and god Melkor, and symbolized by the empowering Master-ring, which tempts corruption...
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