Culminating Essay: Second Rough Draft
Society is defined as the aggregate people living together in a more or less ordered community. Society 's resistance to evil is only as strong as its moral and values. If the infrastructure of said society is plagued with immorality, certainly the nature of that society will be evil. Although the nature of society has the potential to be virtuous as it does to be malicious, distinguishing traits can reveal the true nature of that society. In the novel, Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World 's Most Precious Stone, it focuses on societal behaviour in response to the Sierra Leone diamond trade. Therefore, the nature of society revealed in the novel, Blood Diamonds, is evil because of the …show more content…
It induced major population shifts away from the diamond mines and allowed them to remain in their position of power. The RUFs knew that unwarranted violence in society will make people pliable and succumb to their present situations. Violence in society is placing the innocent, placing them in a kill or be killed situation. On one occasion, tortured was inflicted on a son for refusing to inflict it on his mother. Campbell explains, “In one instance, a young boy was beaten and roasted nearly to death on a pit in front of his mother for refusing to kill her” (Campbell 72). Forcing and exposing children to violence will undoubtedly warp any natural expectation they have. The RUF insistently kidnap young individuals so they are able to easily manipulate them into their child soldiers and sex slaves. Violence targeted at young individuals demolishes the probability of a non-violent society now or in the future. The development of violent behaviour comes from varying …show more content…
Greed within businesses is easily identified by looking at the value and prices of their products and ethical standards. Campbell reveals, “The diamonds are eventually sold to customers at up to ten times the price paid from them De Beers, which,of course can be up to a hundred times the price paid for them at the source” (Campbell 112). The De Beers Group is excessively overpricing a stone that we are made to believe is explicitly rare and priceless. Their extreme desire for more money is shown through their disproportionate prices. The scarcity of diamonds that we have been told about was a fraudulent business plan. If every diamond that has ever been found had been sold on the open market, they would be less expensive than emeralds, rubies,and sapphires. Financial greed is evident in the De Beers Group as it trumps any ethical problem that stands in the way of their profits. The De Beers Group 's financial plan is simply written as this, “ Over the course of the twentieth century, De Beers pursued a plan that was as simple as it was ruthless: Buy as much of the world production [of diamonds] as possible and tightly control global distribution through its London offices” (Campbell 108). The De Beers Group had a meticulous plan to control diamond distribution not only nationally but also globally. As a result of this, the De Beers Group could
Society is defined as the aggregate people living together in a more or less ordered community. Society 's resistance to evil is only as strong as its moral and values. If the infrastructure of said society is plagued with immorality, certainly the nature of that society will be evil. Although the nature of society has the potential to be virtuous as it does to be malicious, distinguishing traits can reveal the true nature of that society. In the novel, Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World 's Most Precious Stone, it focuses on societal behaviour in response to the Sierra Leone diamond trade. Therefore, the nature of society revealed in the novel, Blood Diamonds, is evil because of the …show more content…
It induced major population shifts away from the diamond mines and allowed them to remain in their position of power. The RUFs knew that unwarranted violence in society will make people pliable and succumb to their present situations. Violence in society is placing the innocent, placing them in a kill or be killed situation. On one occasion, tortured was inflicted on a son for refusing to inflict it on his mother. Campbell explains, “In one instance, a young boy was beaten and roasted nearly to death on a pit in front of his mother for refusing to kill her” (Campbell 72). Forcing and exposing children to violence will undoubtedly warp any natural expectation they have. The RUF insistently kidnap young individuals so they are able to easily manipulate them into their child soldiers and sex slaves. Violence targeted at young individuals demolishes the probability of a non-violent society now or in the future. The development of violent behaviour comes from varying …show more content…
Greed within businesses is easily identified by looking at the value and prices of their products and ethical standards. Campbell reveals, “The diamonds are eventually sold to customers at up to ten times the price paid from them De Beers, which,of course can be up to a hundred times the price paid for them at the source” (Campbell 112). The De Beers Group is excessively overpricing a stone that we are made to believe is explicitly rare and priceless. Their extreme desire for more money is shown through their disproportionate prices. The scarcity of diamonds that we have been told about was a fraudulent business plan. If every diamond that has ever been found had been sold on the open market, they would be less expensive than emeralds, rubies,and sapphires. Financial greed is evident in the De Beers Group as it trumps any ethical problem that stands in the way of their profits. The De Beers Group 's financial plan is simply written as this, “ Over the course of the twentieth century, De Beers pursued a plan that was as simple as it was ruthless: Buy as much of the world production [of diamonds] as possible and tightly control global distribution through its London offices” (Campbell 108). The De Beers Group had a meticulous plan to control diamond distribution not only nationally but also globally. As a result of this, the De Beers Group could