The Culture of Life versus the Culture of Death During the 20th and 21st centuries mankind has encountered a major conflict that is a civil war of ideas – namely the Culture of Life versus the Culture of Death. The Culture of Death has been rampant. Consider the first and second world wars plus the many other bitter conflicts‚ genocides‚ massacres and the killing fields sacrificing the lives of millions of innocent human beings. Consider the savagery of the holocaust. Consider the damage
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A person with any intelligence at all will realize after a few minutes of thought that eternal life of any kind is a curse. So for religious people eternal life takes on two flavors‚ hell‚ and heaven; and for them these two choices are very black and white‚ or good‚ and bad. Their description of hell paints the picture of a mentally ill god that revels in the death and suffering others. Hell is an infinite punishment earned not through any particular sins or wrong doings‚ but for hurting the ego
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books of the Bible described an underground cavern where all people‚ good and bad‚ spent eternity after death. The later books described Hell as either a place of annihilation or of eternal punishment. Generally speaking‚ this system of beliefs looks upon Hell as a concept‚ not as a place of punishment. The idea that a person would suffer eternal punishment for a single oversight‚ error or sin during life is seen as unjust. Punishment of an individual because she/he had never heard the Gospel is also
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Devin Young Marx‚ Durkheim‚ and Weber: Understanding Modernity’s Implications on the Evolution of Labor The nature of modernity is grounded in the exploration of social change by Karl Marx‚ Emile Durkheim‚ and Max Weber. Each theorist discovered a distinct link between history and society‚ creating separate theories based on their unique situations in the face of the emerging modern‚ capitalistic world. Their concepts of Alienation‚ Anomie‚ and Rationalization find the division of labor a key component
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picture of the life of civilized people without neg lecting its poor and downtrodden. He paid great attention to the economic aspects of the British social life. By narrating the freedom in all activities‚ Mulji attempted to teach his people about the futility of taboos including those surrounding travelling overs eas. Unlike Mahipatram and Karsandas‚ Malabari was not too overwhelmed with Eu rope. He found the life-style‚ food habits‚ religious practices and social manners disagreeable. He rejects
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inherently evil or good? Human beings are naturally selfish and carnal beings‚ having these tendencies from birth without having to be taught. Basic and consistent human behavior‚ Barbara Tuchman’s “This is the End of the World: The Black Death‚” and Philip Gourevitch’s “After the Genocide” reflect how Thomas Hobbes’ theory of human behavior may‚ very likely be true. At a very young age‚ humans show signs of selfishness and greed. An infant or toddler naturally wants all the toys for their
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Mill and Marx on Wealth and Justice by Adrian Navarro Stuart Mill and Karl Marx each had their own reasons for what makes the world unjust. Mill thought that it was unjust to deprive anyone of personal liberty‚ property and other things which belong by law. He also thought that it was unjust to deprive anyone of their own happiness. Marx on the other hand believed that property‚ classes‚ competition‚ and inequality all made the world an unjust place. He thought that these things separated the
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----------------------- - After 1870‚ government functions expanded to include public education and national systems of welfare - As government responsibilities were enlarged‚ new taxes were imposed to pay for the additional programs. - Western Governments introduced civil service exam to test applicants on the basis of talent rather than on connections on birth alone. - Growing bureauary and improved recruitment‚ governments began to extend their regulatory apparatus‚ inspecting
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Symbolism of Life and Death in "The Masque of the Red Death" One characteristic of a romantic piece of literature is the use of symbolism the authors use in their works. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story "The Masque of the Red Death‚" symbolism is used and seen many times. Some things in the story‚ when taken at face value‚ seem peculiar and confusing‚ such as the different colored rooms in the hallway‚ the purpose of the giant ebony clock‚ and the reasoning behind the guests’ way of hiding their
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men‚ ruined humanity." The philosopher challenges Thomas Hobbes’ theory of the wicked nature of man‚ arguing that it is not man’s nature but society and the pleasantries of civilization that have weakened and demonized mankind: "It appears‚ at first view‚ that men in a state of nature‚ having no moral relations or determinate obligations to one another‚ could not be either good or bad‚ virtuous or vicious" (279). The nature of man‚ therefore‚ is naturally untainted and based on compassion- a basic
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