involved voluntarily committed the offending action. However‚ the question then arises of what‚ exactly‚ qualifies as a voluntary action. According to Aristotle‚ a voluntary action is any action an individual performs that is neither due to force nor ignorance. This in turn evokes two more concerns: firstly‚ what defines a force and secondly‚ are there any exceptions to the rule? In response
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gave inspiration to abolitionists in hopes that one day change would come. David Walker’s Appeal which consisted of four articles explored many factors which he believed contributed to the “wretchedness” of the blacks including slavery‚ religion‚ ignorance‚ and the colonizing plan. Throughout David Walker’s piece of work he makes many religious references showing that he is a strong and devout Christian who believes deeply in his faith. Walker emphasizes that the only true master is Lord Jesus Christ
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William Hazlitt once said “Prejudice is the child of ignorance”. In To Kill a Mockingbird the author‚ Harper Lee‚ illustrates this idea through real life events. The three main types of prejudice are racial‚ social and gender. As Scout and Jem mature they both see all the evil that is in their small‚ old town of Maycomb‚ Alabama. In Maycomb the same families have been living there for a long time so the same families are passing on their ignorance generation to generation causing the prejudice that
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complexity of the character requires a shift in outlook of his or her actions‚ but also the action of others. In Oedipus Rex‚ Sophocles repeatedly uses the ideas of sight and blindness metaphorically to display the correlations of knowledge and ignorance. In the play‚ Oedipus could not see the truth‚ but the blind prophet‚ Teiresias‚ "saw" it clearly. Sophocles reveals there is more than what meets the eye through the motif of sight versus blindness and knowledge versus
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Menelaos and sparks a war. During the battle‚ the demigod Achilles will eventually kill the Trojan leader Hector. Achilles is the real tragic hero of The Iliad for several reasons. Achilles’s ignorance results in his downfall. All tragic heroes have a major personal flaw‚ and for Achilles‚ it is his ignorance. In Book I‚ Achilles and Agamemnon get in a fight over a girl. However‚ instead of compromising‚ Achilles goes on a rant. Achilles scolds
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fact that he can view the past‚ present‚ and future because of his prophetical nature. Both characters exhibit sight and blindness both metaphorically and literally in Oedipus Rex‚ and Sophocles uses these conditions to show the adverse effects of ignorance. The plot turns on the gradual revelation to Oedipus of the dreadful truth that he has become ruler of Thebes by first unwittingly slaying his father and then marrying his mother‚ the queen
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The Power of One In the movie‚ The Power of One‚ Botha‚ an Afrikaner‚ symbolizes the racial hatred and ignorance in Africa. Botha‚ unknown and foreign to other cultures and races‚ abuses P.K. for being the only English boy in a school of Afrikaners. The only way he knows how to cope with others different to himself is to abuse and to humiliate. He blames his own faults on those who have less authority. Botha is a symbol for all those in Africa who don’t care for anyone but their own race. Botha
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Rawls then continues to introduce concepts such as the original position which pertains to the thought experiment he calls the veil of ignorance – the original position is a hypothetical state where members of society decide what the principles of justice are. To find the original position‚ the members must use the veil of ignorance in the sense of having ignorance toward class‚ intelligence‚ strength‚ and things alike‚ in order to prevent bias and in turn create a fair choice. With this in mind‚
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In both works‚ Beowulf and Grendel‚ Grendel himself is generally given the same connotations. He is given kennings‚ called names‚ referred to as the evil spawn of Cain‚ and even viewed as a monster; but why? Why in both books is he a wicked‚ horrible‚ person who is harshly excluded from everyone? After stumbling upon John Gardner’s book‚ it was halfway expected that some excuse would be made for Grendel; that he wasn’t really the inexorable monster the thanes in Beowulf portrayed him as. But all
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In the text‚ Cleante is portrayed as the rational and logical voice of reason in the conflicts that arise out of ignorance. For instance‚ he tells Orgon about his foolishness when he addresses him‚ “And yet you see no problem in the notion/ of hypocrisy as a deep devotion.”(13: Lines 98-99). Thus Orgon demonstrates his use of reason in assessing the events of which are
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