Marshall_Civil_Liberties

The Passage that I chose 

Marshall argues the demand for social rights really begins with the idea of public education. If civil rights literally means only that the government cannot interfere with you, then on that basis alone there is no clear right to provide education for all the people. Same with political rights and the right to vote. It is of course a commonly accepted value that everyone is entitled to go to school, at least primary school, but this is only because we accept the idea of education as a kind of social right that everyone needs. In today's politics, things like healthcare would be considered a social right. This however makes it clear, that not everyone agrees on the idea of social rights. When it comes to healthcare most other countries have accepted it as a social right, this is still something debated in the U.S. With education there is a continuing effort to privatize education and de-fund and eventually shut down many public schools.

My Perception of the passage

Marshall discusses the idea of social rights, the dynamics which propel its ideologies. In the latter passage he mentions his perspective of social rights, and how it begins with public education. Civil rights protects people from government infringement which he states there is no right for the government to educate the public. In order for a strong political society to exist, its members must be educated, but he goes to state that social standard began to accept the basis of at least a primary education. 

Why I chose this Passage

I chose this passage because in the American society social rights are a big piece of history, and people still are trying to identify where they fit in it. I think that there is a confusion of the term right, what is right, and what one may think is right. There are two ways to think of the term. We can define the term as the truth, a fact, and something that is unchangeable. Secondly we can view it in a moral stand point, which will always be pointed.

Conclusion

Indeed education is the primary factor in establishing social rights. If a person perceives their realities based upon what they know, then they will only come to accept life as far as their common knowledge. Civil rights then will be a product of what the communities produce daily. What political force would come from educated societies vs. uneducated societies? There will ultimately be sets of classes based on what each class is capable of; hence a huge gap will be placed upon the division.