1 Rights and Obligations
The Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson
The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro Frederick Douglass
What Rights Do We Have? R.M. Dworkin
38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police Martin Gansberg
The Paradox of Individualism Robert N. Bellah et al
Animal Rights, Human Wrongs Tim Regan
A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift
2 Discrimination: Choices and Consequences
Formation of In-Groups Gordon Allport
The Library Card Richard Wright
Affirmative Action: The Price of Preference Shelby Steele
In Ivory Towers Roger Wilkins
A Defense of Affirmative Action Thomas Nagel
3 Aggression and Non-Violence: Ends and Means
Warrior Culture Barbara Ehrenreich
War Message to Congress Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King
Civil Disobedience Charles R. Morris
The Case for Torture Michael Levin
Tools of Torture Phyllis Rose
4 The Bomb: Individual Actions, Global Effect
Shatterer of Worlds Kildare Dobbs
Of Accidental Judgments and Casual Slaughters Kai Erikson
Philip Morrison Studs Terkel
Hiroshima: A Soldier's View Paul Fussell
5 Vietnam: A War's Impact on Individuals and Nations
How Bad Do You Want to Get to Danang? Michael Herr
Dear America: 12 Letters Vietnam Veterans
Vietnam Diary Lewis Lapham
My Vietnam, My America Andrew lam