This essay focuses on The Common Good standard of rationality. difficult issue that not everyone has the same vision of what is for the common good.
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The Common Good standard of rationality

raises the difficult issue that not everyone has the same vision of what is for the common good.
A good example is the conflict over segregation which exploded, sometimes violently, in the U.S. in the 1950s and 60s. Please go to the Public Library web site and read the first 3 chapters of the book Warriors Don’t Cry (Links to an external site.) by Melba Pattillo. (You do not have to borrow the book, just click on the READ A SAMPLE button.).

Then post your reflections

on the following questions: According to the Common Good standard, was it rational to want to perpetuate segregation? Was it rational to try to end segregation? Are opinions about whether segregation was morally justified or unjustified relevant to answering the previous questions?
Note: I insist that you read the book excerpt linked above before answering the questions. It is very interesting, pretty short, and well worth your time. I want to see your answers reflecting this by much more that just prefacing it with “After reading the book excerpt, I think that…”

A more recent example

is the January 6th, 2021 coup attempt. It is  where organized far-right groups stormed the Capitol to try to overthrow. It is  the presidential election results and force Trump’s reappointment as President. In the aftermath, the media have frequently called “rioters” those who stormed the Capitol. In a riot, a mob violently lashes out in anger or in despair at anything nearby with no clear plan or objective. Do you think it is accurate to say that in a riot people behave irrationally? Is this what was going on at the Capitol, an explosion of irrational behavior? Does this make their behavior irrational? Do you think the common good would have been enhanced or set back if they had succeeded? Explain as clearly as you can the difference between a riot, an insurrection and a coup. Is the corporate media correct in labelling those who stormed the Capitol “rioters”?

Details;

firstly, be sure

secondly, be fast

thirdly, be keen

further, be smart

Further, be creative

Lastly, be innovative