Answer: Enlightenment Dream
Explanation: The the 1700s to the 1800s marked the period of Enlightenment and philosophers of the time such as Kant believed that one of the important conditions in achieving enlightenment is freedom. He also assumed that the people oppressing the weak in society will not want to give up their power.
Another thinker of the era of Enlightenment, Socrates believed in using public arguments to fight for what is right, in such a way that the powerful have no choice but to listen to the ruled
Dr. Martin King fought for freedom through arguments, without the use of violence. This is what this paragraph means by calling him an heir to the Enlightenment dream. He used methods thinkers of the Enlightenment Era believed would work in such a situation.
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a. drew upon the Roman tradition of cynicism as a basis for his political theory.
Explanation:
Nicolo Machiavelli was an Italian philosopher and theorists. He studied how politics were run through reading of books and observing other leaders. He came to a conclusion that morality should be put aside in politics and a more subtle and crafty method should be embraced. He believed it was better to have rulers who are feared by the people than those who don’t and only obey due to obligation. This was common in the Roman Empire and Machiavelli drew this tradition of cynicism from the Roman leaders and was a basis for his political theory.
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c. The Great Depression and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff led to the Generall Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. As world trade grew, a more formal organization was needed and the World Trade Organization eventually replaced GATT.
Explanation:
It is worthy saying that the GATT remains but it has been taken over by the World Trade Organization. Tariffs like Smoot-Hawley after World War II as well as the Great Depression were major events that created the need for a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. It was initially signed by a few countries and it kept growing, thus the need for a more formal World Trade Organization.
