The Saints did the same things as the roughnecks, but because their label was one of respectability, they were not viewed as deviant. The roughnecks were viewed as deviant because their labels were ones of no respectability and only trouble and suspicious behavior. After looking at all of the different theories for deviance, the one that I best goes a long with its definition of violating a groups social norms, is the labeling theory. This theory explains why some people
He further explains that the evil deeds that we perform are of our own accord, and that we are punished by God’s justice because they are done out of our own free will. This argument leads perfectly into the question of free will because, like Aug, I agree that we are not taught evil. Aug explains to Ev that it is impossible to learn evil deeds. It is impossible to learn something evil because our intelligence is inherently good. Since our intelligence is inherently good it is not possible to take away from something that is good, something that is evil.
There are a few individuals, however, who have acknowledged the inhumanity going on, and they are the ones who walk away from Omelas. They know that the treatment of this child is not worth the happiness that they have had. In this way, they are the heroes of Le Guin’s story because they are willing to give up their happiness for the sake of someone else. They could not live in a place and be happy with the knowledge that their happiness is to product of someone else’s misery. The theme of Rand’s “Anthem” is just the opposite.
Gandhi said, “The people [disregard] those laws they [do] not like and [suffer] the penalties for their breach. It is contrary to our manhood if we obey laws repugnant to our conscience.” (Document B). Gandhi explained the principles of passive resistance and he maked it sound appealing to people by speaking of it simply. This intrigued others that felt the same way to join the movement because it is not difficult to participate in. All that was needed to take part in Gandhi’s Passive resistance movement was the willingness of self-sacrifice.
It is believed that the people who create injustice are not naturally good, because they have the power to be just, and the people who suffer injustice can not dole out injustice because they do not have the power to be just. The people believed that to impose injustice is naturally good and to suffer injustice bad. But the wickedness of suffering it far exceeds the righteousness of imposing it. This means that they who have impose and suffered injustice, who have tasted both, are ones who lack the power to do it and avoid suffering it. They are the ones who decide that it is profitable to come to an agreement with each other to neither create injustice or to
What I like most about him, is he never tried to keep anything from the audience. He admittedly said that at times, he’s struggling with himself because he still thinks that he was very smart to be able to have done those adjustments in Enron’s financial standing but also feels bad about the effect these mistakes did to the employees’ pension funds and whose lives he destroyed. I would have to agree with Mr. Fastow when he said that the accounting principles is vague and is open to any understanding and interpretation. This also goes to our laws governing the Philippines. Lawyers would interpret the rules and regulations differently and would defend it accordingly.
They had no suspicions of him, and he listened and watched, until, at last, he discovered what was going on. “he discovered what was going on” have more than one meaning, depends on the reader what was going on with the couples. SYMBOLS • And then, he was not one of those idiots with wild looks, and the manners of an animal, Wild looks mean bad, ragged, dirty and so on, and the manners of an animal means harm and dangerous • ….because all thought they would please the poor gentle creature who harmed nobody. Because mademoiselle is idiot and the word idiot is too rude sometimes, the poor gentle creature can replace it. • His smooth face, his long flax like hair, required a cap with ribbons, and became a caricature under the high chimney-pot hat of the old doctor, his grandson.
Among all of these examples Wiesel notes a common similarity, indifference. In his speech Wiesel explains why indifference is evil for it, among other reasons, “is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor -- never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten.” Because indifference is, as Wiesel explains, seductive and easily tempting, he has made his life’s purpose to educate people to take positive action. To not take action and stand idle hurts one’s neighbor more than to try to help them in the
If this was the intended meaning behind Eliphaz’s words then he was indeed correct, but more than likely he was talking about earthly punishment. The second interpretation of his words could be that righteous people are rewarded on earth and evil people are punished. The belief that good people will flourish and sinners will be punished is not necessarily true. What happens to people in this life is not solely dependent on whether they sin or not, and often times bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. Job is an excellent example of this as he was a very good man yet was afflicted with much pain and suffering throughout his life.
The second quote is “ For every force there is a counter force.”. The reason that this quote also made me think that daoism is effective is because daoists believe in karma which means that if u do good things the universe will reward you but if you do bad things the universe will give you bad luck. So that says that daoists will not interfere with nature and thus nature will reward them. Daoists also believe in non-violence. They will never be the one who starts a