Religious groups unite in a rally to convince both presidential candidates to confirm their positions in light of social issues. This event relates to the concept of civil society introduced by Jean Jaques Rousseau in The Social Contract. According to Rousseau, if individuals form a civil society through the social contract and disregard their natural strengths, they will continue to remain free. Civil society consists of nongovernmental organizations or voluntary groups that assemble in pursuit of common ambitions. In this article, Christian organizations such as TheCall and Family Research Council plan to get enough information regarding evangelical concerns from both Obama and McCain. Personally, I like the idea of civil society because it allows the people to become more active in the decisions that govern future generations to come.
Isaac Zamora, who shot and killed six people, had been arrested. This tragic event alludes the Declaration of Independence. According to John Locke, we are entitled to natural "birth" rights, as mentioned in the document. These include: the rights to life, liberty and property. Furthermore, citizens have also made a silent agreement with society by which each individual is responsible for the protection of others', as well as their own, natural rights. Zamora has clearly made a poor decision in killing those people, and has stripped them of their right to life. I believe that Zamora must have lost all sense of rational judgment to commit such an immoral act.