George C. Wallace and His Depiction of Freedom vs The...

Wallace v. The Enlightenment George C. Wallace was the governor of Alabama in 1963, the time period when the fight for Civil Rights was at its height. On inauguration day, January 14, 1963, in Montgomery, Alabama, Wallace gave a speech that proves to everyone exactly what kind of man he was and strived to be. Wallace was against the common and moral rights of humanity and he contradicted the philosophies of the Enlightenment thinkers. The Enlightenment was a time period that lasted from the mid seventeenth century through the eighteenth and changed the way people viewed the world. Some of the most famous philosophers from the time period include John Locke, Voltaire, and Montesquieu (www.csudh.edu). George Wallace does not follow either the beliefs or the actions one would expect from an enlightened thinker. He disregards the ideas of freedom, individuality, and natural rights. One of the most famous philosophies of John Locke is his belief in freedom. He is quoted saying, To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions, and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending on the will of any other man.† This quote describes how Locke feels a man’s right to freedom should be. (www.discoverjohnlocke.com) In comparison to the Inaugural Address givenShow MoreRelatedContemporary Issues in Management Accounting211377 Words   |  846 PagesFOREWORD ‘ Michael Bromwich is an exemplar of all that is good about the British tradition of academic accounting. Serious in intent, he has striven both to illuminate practice and to provide ways of improving it. Although always appealing to his economic understandings, he has been open to a wide variety of other ideas, recognizing their intellectual strengths and capabilities rather than making artificial distinctions between what is acceptable and what is not. He also has contributed widely