Roger Rosenblatt's "The Bill Of Rights": Inescapable Dilemma

Part I of Essay
All right, then, I'll go to hell.” Six simple words; yet they have a very deep and complex meaning. The above quote was taken from Twain's Huckleberry Finn, and it illustrates how modern man copes with what Twain termed the “inescapable dilemma of Democracy.” In the nove ....

Part II of Essay
.... child was deformed, or was otherwise going to be born into a possibly unhealthy environment? Isn't taking away the opportunity to live life morally wrong? There are many more questions that face the doctor as well as the mother of the fetus. So, as the mother and the doctor are faced with this dilemma, sometimes what they feel is morally correct is not legal- as abortion is illegal in certain states. Another example of an inescapable dilemma is guns. Should it be legal for man to have the power to purchase such an item whose sole purpos ....