The Evils of Obedience If one was to be asked to follow through with an order to inflict pain on another human being‚ would they obey this order? Many would answer “Never!” Yet‚ humans have been following orders such as these since the beginning of time‚ for example‚ the Holocaust or the murdering of innocent civilians during the Vietnam War. Some may think these people are psychopaths‚ but could they also be ordinary people followings the orders of a higher power or simply being influenced by
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Friedrich Nietzsche’s first essay‚ The Good and Evil‚ Good and Bad is Nietzsche’s thoughts on the concepts of ‘good’ and ‘evil’. In describing the origins of ‘goodness’‚ Nietzsche points out that the concept of ‘good’ was created when an individual determined “un-egoistic” acts to be “good” (Nietzsche‚ §2). Furthermore‚ the idea of a ‘good’ act came from the point of view to which the deeds were done. However‚ he does not agree with this origin of “good”. Rather‚ he argues that “good” had not been
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The Evil in Good “The archetype is a symbolic formula which always begins to function when there are no conscious ideas present‚ or when conscious ideas are inhibited for internal or external reasons.” In other words‚ an archetype is the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are copies or representations. A Jungian archetype is a thought pattern that finds worldwide parallels. We have unconsciously molded specific traits to specific characters and turned them into “archetypes”
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Nietzsche also talks about the origin of the noble conception of good and bad in terms of the linguistics during (Genealogy‚ I §4-5) where he comments that the word for bad in German Schlecht is practically identical to the German word for plain Schlicht with him saying that this indicates that in the noble morality the bad is only that which is common or simple but it is not meant in a derogatory way it is meant only so to separate them from the nobles or the good. He comments further that he believes
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Ghassemi 1 Seena Ghassemi Mr. Hindley ENG3U December 10‚ 2012 How Evil Spawns Evil: by Seena Ghassemi The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett serves as an excellent example of how humans can succumb to evil‚ and thus corruption. This book tells the story of David Hunter‚ who moved away from London a small village called Manham‚ in the United Kingdom‚ after losing his wife and daughter in a car crash. He worked in Manham as a General Practitioner for his employer‚ Henry Maitland‚ who is
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1 Thoughts on Equality and society; Plato‚ Rousseau‚ and Nietzsche. Equality is the concept of everyone being equal in a certain state‚ with equality there would be little to no biased opinions‚ no fighting over wealth‚ and just a free world where everyone can live amongst one another and still obey the laws without worrying about social structure or who is better than someone else. Many different philosophers have spent years on trying to figure out where inequality first started and what
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Nietzsche makes the point how even within Christianity that living a pious life‚ would set people up as thinking they were good. Religious followers try to create a clear distinction that those who do not follow their example are considered evil. Nietzsche says that as people continued to live up to moral codes they perceived themselves as the masters of all things good. The problem is they eventually become self-diluted taking on the characteristics of‚ “the good‚ themselves‚ meaning the noble‚
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Contrasting Evil and Good in Macbeth - In this essay I will look at the ways that Shakespeare has contrasted evil with good in his play Macbeth. The play revolves around the bad and wicked qualities in human nature‚ but Shakespeare also contrasts this evil with the power of good. This contrast between good and evil is a recurring theme throughout Macbeth. These contradictions start in the very beginning of the play‚ with the witches. In Act one‚ Scene one‚ line 12‚ the witches say‚ “Fair is foul
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According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary‚ the definition of evil is “morally bad.” However‚ after reading the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel‚ one begins to question the depths of the superficial dictionary definition. In Elie’s memoir‚ he is able to show the capability of evil within mankind by describing his experiences through one of the most horrific events in history. The three strongest cases which show what evil is capable of‚ occurs in the early and final chapters. In the earlier chapters
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The Good and Evil Desire in Macbeth Desire in itself is a powerful force. In fact‚ almost every action we take‚ good or evil‚ is prompted by desire. Success and advancement is also something we all seem to want. It is something people spend hours‚ days‚ and years of their life either preparing for‚ or chasing after. It is a desire that we are often striving for‚ and the things acquired or accomplished along the way are how we define our lives. Ultimately‚ at one’s funeral people will remember a
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