Summary Of Allegory Of The Cave

In 21st century, the world has been advancing. For example, information systems, transportation systems and housing systems are well developed. Although human is the creator, all systems cannot be made individually without proper communication between each other. The community we live is not a once own island, but a shared home. What we are consuming now is the collaborative effort of the society, which everyone plays an important role and gives their best to ensure the society running favorably.

Since people are interactive and resources are shared, what we learn and we do are the same as our family, neighbors and friends, as well as others in the world. In that sense, we are like what Plato described in the “Allegory of the cave”, living in the cave. (‘The Allegory of The Cave’ by Plato: Summary and Meaning, 2012) The knowledge …show more content…
The shared society we are living are the cave mentioned above. Besides those people who are living in the remote areas have their own living system, and disconnect themselves to the mainstream, for instance, Bhutanese, they have limit connection to the other parts of the world and create their own living style and hence being the only few who are living outside the cave. In the common society, whistle blower may be one of the examples of outsider whom they do not believe empirical evidence, as they may not always true. E.g. perception tells that referee ensures fairness and prevents athletes from violating rules. However, that may not be the same in every situation. While some people have figured out the defect in the empirical evidence and tried to persuade others to believe, unfortunately, mainstream is always hard to be convinced. Thus, this is why whistle blowers existed. Whistleblowing simply means the whistleblower perceives something that he or she believes to be unethical or illegal and reports it to authorities so that corrective measures may be