Examine two critiques of the relationship between religion and morality. It has long been common thought that there is a distinct link between Religion and the fundamental moral laws upon which we base our lives upon. These heteronomous moral codes were used as the basic principles of everyday life. From this viewpoint then, it is hard to imagine a world without the concept of religion, as sure anarchy and suffering would ensure across the Globe. However, if this link between religion and morality is criticised, then there are sufficient grounds for secularist and atheistic ways of life.
She was merely trying to honor her brother Polyneices with respect by giving him the proper burial a royal member deserves. Any other moral man or woman would do the same and give his or her family member a proper burial. Creon made this law to try and forbid any rebellion, but is that fair? Is it fair that Antigone is being punished for such a noble and loving deed? Shouldn’t she be honored for her kind acts?
In the case of “The Burial at Thebes”, Antigone displays many of the positive attribute that would encourage the reader to identify with her cause. She is fighting for the right to bury her brother and the themes of family and a woman’s place in the world play a significant role in the entire text. However, so can Creon, although it is more difficult for the audience to relate to him and the first reactions to him are of repulsion and disgust, he adapts to his situation in a style that is common to the characteristics of greek literature that is essential to the character of a protagonist. A protagonist is “the leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel, etc. However the protagonist portray negative characteristics and does not follow the path of a
The main form of deception that most readers would look to, would be Viola’s physical disguise as a male ’Cesario’, which is extremely pivotal to the main plot that contributes to the comedy side to the play. ‘Disguise what I am’. Here she addresses the captain and tells him to disguise her current appearance. Later it becomes evident that the fluctuation in attitude to the double role imposed on the character of viola ends up benefiting the storyline as she wins the trust of Orsino. Moreover by taking on the role of a male she would have more liberty in the patriarchal society.
As I Lay Dying The novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner tends to make readers confused when beginning to read it due to the theme the book entails. One of the main themes in the novel would have to be the difference of what are the truth and the explanation of what is true. Without a doubt any point is able to end in a massive amount of what is biased due to the different characters and their individual point of views. Each thought they have on what they believe true is dependent on their previous outlooks and thoughts. With that being said anything that is alleged can’t always necessarily be the truth.
The argument concludes with the claim that, despite the supposed infallibility, people are often mistaken in their moral judgements. This would seem like a coherent argument if one took infallible to mean unchanging and constant, as the subjectivist mind would likely move around in moral viewpoint throughout a life and loose its constancy. However, subjectivism suggests that simply the action of believing and thinking a moral claim renders it true, regardless of whether one abandons such an outlook moments
He was the man responsible for a majority of quotes that made this text popular. Voltaire’s satire evolves around Pangloss’s optimism. His philosophical views mainly target conceptions from the Enlightment. His views state that, “the conception that if God is all good, and all-puissant God had engendered the world and that, therefore, the world must be impeccable.” It is believed through his philosophy that it is seen as misguided or evil, it is because they do not understand the overall good that the “evil” is designated to accommodate. Like Candide, Pangloss is not a tenable character; rather, he is a distorted, hyperbolized representation of a philosopher whose beliefs and perspective is considerable linked to his philosophy.
Even in contemporary society, we tend to associate morality with some kind of divine will, but through the Euthyphro, Socrates seems to suggesting we think along another line altogether. Is something moral because God commands it? Does morality depend on religious belief? A common view among religious, and even some secular, philosophers is that just as conventional laws require lawmakers, morals also require some ultimate source. The Divine Command Theory is the view that moral actions are those that conform to God's will.
The difference between both of them is that they aspire to two very different aspects of life; She wants respect and he wants power, we see that those two principles do not always agree with each other. We obviously see that both are ready to face the extreme. But Creon could not be considered as a Sophoclean hero because all he does is respect what he has to do, the written laws. He could have made an exception, especially for his niece but he did not. Antigone was overpowered by unwritten laws, which are what makes her a Sophoclean hero.
The Anti-federalists thought only those worthy enough of life, liberty, and property, should have rights. The Federalists were more for people’s rights than the Anti-federalists. In conclusion, there are many differences between the federalists and Anti-federalists. The Federalists and the Anti-federalists had many differences such as: change of government, the constitution, and the people’s rights. The Anti-federalists wanted to keep the government the same, while the federalists wanted to change it.