Why do people succumb to anger?
It feels so easy to slip into its grasp. But at the same time, from a distance, it looks quite stupid. Aren't we overreacting? What's the point of hitting one another, yelling at one another, going to war with one another? Yet when are up close, immersed in anger, we feel nothing but blissful rage, if that makes sense. Sweet revenge empowers us. Makes us feel as if we are at the top of the world. Maybe it is a survival mechanism. But I sure wish it weren't.
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It's been a while
It's been a while! And with time, I have realized how conservative I am. I am arguing for lit speech that the ends do not justify the means, and that not a single person's rights can be sacrificed for any reason. No one deserves to have their rights taken.. It's simply not fair. But then I guess there is the question of what to do with the criminals and all. But aren't there alternative methods to imprisonment that don't take away the liberties of life? I have no idea how effective they are, though.
The main flaw I feel in the argument of the end justifying the means is what the end really is. Common good. But there are so many ways to interpret the common good. I mean, look at Hitler's one sided view of the common good of the "people". It's almost as if Jews weren't considered human by him. Same thing with imperialists. Studies by professors had been published stating that Africans were another species, which allowed the British and European powers to look at the good of the "people", just their own people, and decide to squash the Africans' rights. And we see that in the case of Britian oppressing India, and US oppressing Native Americans. It's everywhere..
I don't see what enables us to have the power to take away other people's rights. Who died and made us king? Who even said that we are superior to one another? Why can't we all be equal? Why can't everyone just accept each other for who they are and just be happy. No strife, no worry, just peace. Is it too much to ask for?
We were looking at ways that powers maintained control in a country: divide and conquer the people. Set one group above another and set both groups to fighting. It's so inhumane; how can we just sit happily and cause the lives of millions to be lost- just for our own gain. Really, did Europe HAVE to go to Africa? Does there really have to be this competitive spirit where one country feels the need to take over another and to make the inhabitants of that country suffer?
It's just not right.
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It's been a while
It's been a while! And with time, I have realized how conservative I am. I am arguing for lit speech that the ends do not justify the means, and that not a single person's rights can be sacrificed for any reason. No one deserves to have their rights taken.. It's simply not fair. But then I guess there is the question of what to do with the criminals and all. But aren't there alternative methods to imprisonment that don't take away the liberties of life? I have no idea how effective they are, though.
The main flaw I feel in the argument of the end justifying the means is what the end really is. Common good. But there are so many ways to interpret the common good. I mean, look at Hitler's one sided view of the common good of the "people". It's almost as if Jews weren't considered human by him. Same thing with imperialists. Studies by professors had been published stating that Africans were another species, which allowed the British and European powers to look at the good of the "people", just their own people, and decide to squash the Africans' rights. And we see that in the case of Britian oppressing India, and US oppressing Native Americans. It's everywhere..
I don't see what enables us to have the power to take away other people's rights. Who died and made us king? Who even said that we are superior to one another? Why can't we all be equal? Why can't everyone just accept each other for who they are and just be happy. No strife, no worry, just peace. Is it too much to ask for?
We were looking at ways that powers maintained control in a country: divide and conquer the people. Set one group above another and set both groups to fighting. It's so inhumane; how can we just sit happily and cause the lives of millions to be lost- just for our own gain. Really, did Europe HAVE to go to Africa? Does there really have to be this competitive spirit where one country feels the need to take over another and to make the inhabitants of that country suffer?
It's just not right.
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