Jean Paul Sartre's View Of Ownership

There have been multiple, different ideas over the centuries for what it means to "own something" and what that means for the "owner." Ancient philosopher Plate thought that owning objects was unhealthy for a person's character. Aristotle made the opposite argument that owning objects developed good moral character. However, twentieth-century philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre took the definition of ownership from tangible, material objects farther to intangible things like skills and knowledge. I define ownership as a combination of those ideas. To own is being in control of something, tangible or intangible. In my opinion, how much a person owns or how good that person is at something has no effect on the person's personality. Everybody is unique, no two people are the exact same and different experiences have different effects on people. Looking at the media, two fictional characters that illustrate this thought are Captain James T. Kirk from the popular sci-fi franchise Star Trek and Supreme Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine from another sci-fi franchise Star Wars. Both of these characters have power in their respective universes. Captain Kirk has control of a starship and a crew and is responsible for any actions made by either, so in …show more content…
He had control over many star systems and enough resources and manpower to build an enormous army of space stations, starships, and foot soldiers. He had the money to buy anything he wanted. His goal in life was to never die and put others through misery and torture for entertainment. He has no ethics, he orchestrated the death of his apprentice for a younger, stronger one and when became obsolete and another young powerful potential apprentice came around he snatched the opportunity without reflecting on the feelings of the previous apprentice. He had absolutely no care for the millions of people under his rule, instead passing off the duty to take care of them to his other cruel