On your Marx, get ready....PHILOSOPHIZE!
As a student in the Program in Philosophy, Politics & Economics, I am exposed to a very broad curriculum that requires me to write on topics that are boring to most people. However, I believe that the thoughtful discussion of philosophy and politics can prove to be integral in opening dialogues regarding topics that most people tend to strat away from.
Below you will find a collection of pieces that I believe showcase my studies:
Disparate Impact and Equal Protection: Common Goals with Underlying Conflicts
This paper takes a look at the tension that exists between Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the terms of the Equal Protection clause from the United States Constitution. It explores the matter in both historical terms by looking at the 1971 Supreme Court Case, Griggs v. Duke Power Company.
A Moral Exploration of the Contraception Mandate Under the Affordable Care Act
This paper takes a look at a matter that has recently come up in the media. Since being signed into law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has has its fair share of challenges, specifically from religious employers who believe that their right to free expression of religion is being violated by the contraceptive mandate of the new healthcare law. This paper takes a look at this, making a moral argument for why these employers should not be exempt from the mandate.
A Moral Argument for Extralegal Occupation of Housing in Detroit
It is now common knowledge that there is a housing crisis in Detroit. In recent years, there has been a trend of abandoned houses being occupied in a trend known as urban homesteading. This paper makes a moral argument justyifying the practice of urban homesteading, and considers why this is the case.
On the Abolition of Private Property
Karl Marx is known as the father of communism, and this paper gives a charitable argument analyzing Marx's call for the abolition of private property. It also attempts to apply his theories to contemperary issues, in order to analyze how his argument may not be applicable in the modern world.
Interference and the Well-Functioning Market
This paper helps to resolve the discussion of if, and to what extent, government institutions should interfere in free-market operations. I consider two arguments for interference, a view from F.A. Hayek, and a view from John Maynard Keynes. These two thinkers offered opposing ideas, even though they had a similar conception of the well-functioning market.
This is an open letter calling for a dialogue regarding ethical issues on the University of Michigan Campus.
Forthcoming Works:
Affirmative Action and Post-Racial Tensions
Title VII: a General Restatement
Contemporary Ethical Problems with Unrestricted Technological Innovation