In the platonic theory of Forms, there is a hierarchy of the Forms. In The Republic, Plato states that the highest and most important Form to learn about is The Good. Underneath that are the other forms which are: universal qualities, concepts and ideals, physical living objects and physical inanimate objects. For example Justice, Wisdom and Beauty are aspects of Goodness. However, Goodness is something that Plato has never properly established what The Form of the Good exactly is but we recognise it because we understand how they correspond to our intuitive knowledge of the Form of the Good.
The basic concept of religion and morality, especially divine command theory, is very simple: what God commands is good, therefore only do that. However, things begin to complicate when we begin to answer questions, such as ‘why are Gods commands intrinsically good?’. The Euthyphro dilemma outlines the problems with asserting the goodness of God. In the great philosopher Plato’s text, ‘The Last Days of Socrates’, Socrates questions Euthyphro over the piety of the Gods. Which follows on from which?
Moore and WD Ross a fellow intuitionist agreed that pleasure, knowledge and virtue are all intrinsically good, and pain, ignorance and vice are intrinsically bad. However, they disagreed about our basic moral duties. Unlike Intuitionism, Emotivism does not purport the existence of objective moral facts, truths or duties. Instead it takes
So, oppressed people can not win the respect of oppressor. He believes in this way the oppressed become as evil as the oppressor because acquiescence is the easier way to encounter oppression, also it is not the moral way. In Dr. King’s opinion, the second way is resorting to physical violence and corroding hatred. He believes violence not only brings impermanent results, but also is impractical and immoral. According to King, it is impractical because it slows the process of ending the oppression for all, and it is immoral because it seeks humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding.
But men generally abandon the care of their most important concerns to the uncertain prudence and discretion of those, whose interest it is to reject the best and wisest institutions; and it is not till they have been led into a thousand mistakes, in matters the most essential to their lives and liberties, and are weary of suffering, that they can be induced to apply a remedy to the evils with which they are oppressed. It is then they begin to conceive, and acknowledge the most palpable truths, which, from their very simplicity, commonly escape vulgar minds, incapable of analysing objects, accustomed to receive impressions without distinction, and to be determined rather by the opinions of others, than by the result of their own examination. If we look into history we shall find that laws which are, or ought to be, conventions between men in a state of freedom, have been, for the most part, the work of the passions of a few, or the consequences of a fortuitous or temporary necessity; not dictated by a cool examiner of human nature, who knew how to collect in one point the actions of a multitude, and had this only end in view, the greatest happiness of
Woe to the nerd, an archetype created by mankind to socially reject people, pinned down with characteristics that may derive from only one aspect of your personality. There are two types of nerds, each with their own aspects that pin the nerd down as the common caricature. This picture, wrongfully painted by society, is portrayed as a person who is “physically weak and unattractive, poorly dressed, and ha[s] poor posture” (Smiler 625). Shall then, society pity the nerd? No, nerds don’t need society and this paper will show people exactly why nerds are just as fine as they are.
Humanity’s Separation from Nature The gray unhappy air surrounds civilization as the pollution of human creations and discoveries tears us further and further from our natural beginnings. Nature no longer encompasses us with sunshine and beauty, left alone we become monsters in our outlook and attempt to take control of power we were never meant to have. With the use of drugs and the constant striving for upmost power to create living from dead we have destroyed our natural roots. Natural processes slowly disappear from the world around us, in Brave New World the Director says; "Bokanovsky's Process is one of the major instruments of social stability!" (1) This is a process where people are artificially made and conditioned into certain parts of society.
Spreading the burden to the entire population is unfair, especially when considering treatments that are required as a result of one making poor health decisions, such as: smoking, obesity, and drug use. Allowing those who make such poor decisions to pay the same amount as one who has attempted to lead a healthy lifestyle, is a very unwise decision. This is because it subconsciously promotes such bad habits, as there are no economic consequences imposed. Additionally, if one feels that taxes are high now, wait until a universal health care system is in place. It has been estimated by several economists that $339 billion a year in additional taxes will be the bare minimum needed to compensate for the high cost of health care.
Summary: Lessons of Love from Stories of Old Lessons of Love from Stories of Old is written by Gary Lipshutz, where he examines love in our day and age. Lipshutsz argues that love is not the same as it used to be, mainly because of media corrupting the idea of true love. He uses examples such as movies, and television shows, that he states give us an unrealistic concept of love. Commerce, advertising and commercialism suggest a false impression of love, it is brainwashing many because of these things. People look for the wrong things in a relationship such as money, car and good looks.
It would be very prejudicial and people would stop caring for who you care and just look at what your hereditary traits say. In my opinion, this movie portrays very effectively what our society would come to if this happened. It is very sad to see how technology can destroy human nature just because people seek a god-like perfection that is actually