Censorship of an author’s words denies individuals the ability to choose‚ to critically evaluate‚ and to judge what they read. Banning a book is most frightening when viewed in the context of a young adult. Censorship automatically assumes a young adult is incapable of critically evaluating information they read. The implication exists that due to their age young adults cannot be trusted to make the right decisions nor resist outside influences. Furthermore‚ the individuals and groups inciting
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It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation”. This quote by Rabindranath Tagore reveals some of my perspective on what is important to focus on when examining your beliefs of philosophy. As explained in the Allegory of the Cave by Plato‚ some of reality is merely shadows; in Plato’s perspective‚ this puppet show view is created by the materialistic world. An ideal ‘real world’ is made up of ideas‚ thoughts‚ feelings and other nonmaterial beliefs. Inside the cave‚ one is blinded and
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Plato’s philosophical explanation of the underlying causes of stasis‚ showing how Plato’s theory informed Aristotle’s later work. Plato applied the concept of stasis to composite units‚ such as the body‚ soul‚ or social groups‚ whose cooperating parts cease to operate in accordance with their nature‚ thereby interrupting the telic operation of the entire organism. Plato therefore defined stasis not by reference to specific features‚ such as violence or unconstitutionality‚ but as an aberrant condition
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legalities of censorship there is also a scientific role in censorship. Lopez establishes the argument that it is against human nature because people will do whatever they want and in this case read whatever they want to read. Humans are naturally curious and by investigating they learn and develop maturity and a more cultured view of the world.
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Censorship of music is the practice of restricting free access to musical works. This censorship may stem from a wide variety of motivations‚ including moral‚ political‚ military or religious reasons. Censorship can range from the complete government-enforced legal prohibition of a musical work‚ to private‚ voluntary removal of content when a musical work appears in a certain context. In order to allow songs to be played wherever possible‚ it is common to censor particular words‚ particularly profanities
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According to Lois Lowry‚ “ Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of The Giver: the world where there are no bad words and no bad deeds. But it is also the world where choice has been taken away and reality distorted. And that is the most dangerous world of all.” (Lowrey) This can be seen in Ray Bradbury’s novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ through how books are not aloud and taking walks looks suspicious‚ because things like this allow you time to think‚ and books give you information to think
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Censorship: Reaction of the Scared Wesley Scroggins states in the article “Scroggins: Filthy books demeaning to Republic education”‚ “In high school English classes‚ children are required to read and view material that should be classified as soft pornography”(Springfield News- Leader). He then states that Speak should not be allowed in English classes because it is inappropriate for teenagers to be reading by viewing soft pornography. Laurie Halse Anderson states within her essay “A Comment About
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derived from the very same thing. He believed that if a person committed a sin or had an evil heart that they did not have the knowledge they needed to be good. Every day we decide the choices that we make and those choices can make us happy or sad. Plato said that it took Socrates who was a student of the sophists‚ to unravel the real truth of what virtue is and to establish a meaning that all of his students could also believe. This is exactly what Socrates believed. The sophists Protagoras‚ Gorgias
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Apology by Plato tells a story of Socrates‚ who was being accused of teaching others for a fee‚ corrupting the young and not believing in the gods. He asks the court to allow him to defend himself in his normal speaking manner because he had never been in a courtroom. Socrates starts by denying the charges against him. He claims that he has never asked for money from other people. He argued that young rich people with nothing to do would follow him and imitate his interviews of well-known wise people
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powerul ways for a human being to educate themselves is through reading books. I support the First Amendment because it opposes the censorship in libraries because it affets peoples freedom of speech. Many things are considered inappropriate and need to be censored‚ but I disagree with censorship in libraries because it restricts peoples interests in several ways. Censorship in libraries goes against our right to view any book‚ therefor restricting my views on books. Books are censored because of
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