Anuradha Singh
Fall 2014
Ethics
“The greater number of people take their opinions on trust to avoid the trouble of exercising their own minds, and these indolent being s naturally adhere to the letter, rather than the spirit of law, divine or human.” – Wollstonecraft
Wollstonecraft was really big on women’s right, with the different between morality and reputation, and also virtue and reputation. Even though Wollstonecraft was for women’s rights, she thought that both men and women were equally the reason there are differences between these two sexes. “Wollstonecraft considers the hypocrisy of those who confuse reputation with virtue.” (Wollstonecraft 315) Since virtue is a quality that helps with the goodness of life, people think it is …show more content…
If a innocent girl become prey to love, she is degraded forever...” (Wollstonecraft 316) An appropriate example of what Wollstonecraft is talking about here is arranged marriage. Arranged marriages would happen when the parents find a man that will be able to not only take care of their daughter, but also be able to uphold the family name. In India, parents usually look for a suitable husband by seeing what job he has and if he is rich. If the parents were to find that their daughter was in love, they would marry her right away to the person they pick. Yet she is still degraded since she fell in love with someone else, she disrespected her parents. Though there are times that women disrespect themselves, behavior wise. They choose vice or virtue and they ruin their reputation at the same time. A woman like this chooses herself, over her duty, she spends every penny not thinking of her children, and cares about her reputation more than her own …show more content…
This man that makes a woman feel weak, should then “maintain the woman they have seduced” (Wollstonecraft 321). Being with that woman, marrying her and changing her manners and make her strong, for moral standing. “The two sexes mutually corrupt and improve each other” (Wollstonecraft 322). For these two genders to be able to be equal, women need to be looked upon, as an equal to man. To show that she can do what a man can do, vice versa, a man can do what a woman
Fall 2014
Ethics
“The greater number of people take their opinions on trust to avoid the trouble of exercising their own minds, and these indolent being s naturally adhere to the letter, rather than the spirit of law, divine or human.” – Wollstonecraft
Wollstonecraft was really big on women’s right, with the different between morality and reputation, and also virtue and reputation. Even though Wollstonecraft was for women’s rights, she thought that both men and women were equally the reason there are differences between these two sexes. “Wollstonecraft considers the hypocrisy of those who confuse reputation with virtue.” (Wollstonecraft 315) Since virtue is a quality that helps with the goodness of life, people think it is …show more content…
If a innocent girl become prey to love, she is degraded forever...” (Wollstonecraft 316) An appropriate example of what Wollstonecraft is talking about here is arranged marriage. Arranged marriages would happen when the parents find a man that will be able to not only take care of their daughter, but also be able to uphold the family name. In India, parents usually look for a suitable husband by seeing what job he has and if he is rich. If the parents were to find that their daughter was in love, they would marry her right away to the person they pick. Yet she is still degraded since she fell in love with someone else, she disrespected her parents. Though there are times that women disrespect themselves, behavior wise. They choose vice or virtue and they ruin their reputation at the same time. A woman like this chooses herself, over her duty, she spends every penny not thinking of her children, and cares about her reputation more than her own …show more content…
This man that makes a woman feel weak, should then “maintain the woman they have seduced” (Wollstonecraft 321). Being with that woman, marrying her and changing her manners and make her strong, for moral standing. “The two sexes mutually corrupt and improve each other” (Wollstonecraft 322). For these two genders to be able to be equal, women need to be looked upon, as an equal to man. To show that she can do what a man can do, vice versa, a man can do what a woman