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2. Each member of your group must write an organized analysis of how these arguments and positions summarized above show up in our nation's history and within our modern society. Make sure to include documented examples (research is a must) to support your assertions. Each member of your group must create an indivdual page linked to this main page, complete with a works-cited section. For citation in paragraphs and for your bibliographic information you are required to use the MLA format.

Throughout the history of the United States, few have ever agreed with Cicero and his views. In the Mexican War, the United States fought a virtually inferior nation for territories in Texas, California, and New Mexico. This was one of the bloody wars in American history, it resparked the slavery issue, and it led to Civil War. It has become obvious that for the past half a millennium, people are naturally selfish in the way that each person seeks the immediate benefit for his or herself. No one stops to think of the consequences others will have to face. For example, in the movie //Bruce Almighty//, when he pulls the moon closer to the Earth so that he could fornicate with his girlfriend, many suffered from floods.

“…we every-day people must observe and live up to that moral right which comes within the range of our comprehension…”( Cicero ). This quote is stating that people should not think of their own personal gain from something that may cause pain to others. For example, when America wanted to expand to the west, they forced the Indians down the Trail of Tears. Basically, Indians would be forced into present day Oklahoma and many of them died on the way. a more modern example would be a driver cutting across four lanes in five seconds on a freeway causing a massive accident and the deaths of ten people. The driver thought of him or herself rather than the many people that would be affected by the accident. If we can live up to the moral right, there could be an over all better society. True, world peace is doubtful and a perfect utopian society has even less chance at the moment, but if more people become less selfish, the world could prosper. People today are becoming more ignorant; they choose the easier path to take especially when the difficult path is right in front of them. People seek only that which they are sure they can achieve without having difficulty, in today’s world, one prefers to have money given to him rather than earning it.

Citations

Cicero on Duties Book III." 6 Dec 2007 . for quote Kennedy, Cohen, Bailey, David, Lizabeth, Thomas. __The American Pageant__. 13. New York, Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. for American History



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