Nurturing Society to Improve Justice Which comes first, a loving nature, a wicked nature, a blank slate, or none of the above? Psychologists and sociologists often debate the common phrase “nature versus nurture”; in other words, when a baby is born is its fate predetermined and which is more impressionable, the genes an individual inherits (nature) or the environment (nurture) into which an individual is born? According to Rose Weitz, a sociologist, “Research on the human genome has found … humans virtually share all the same genes” (54). With this in mind, perhaps the nurture versus nature debate can be resolved. If humans essentially have the same genes, nurture must be more crucial and determinative than nature. In other words, people are most likely born inherently moral and their circumstances shape the helpful or harmful decisions they make.
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Whereas “good” is now ambiguous and utilized to characterize anything pleasing or gratifying (such as, “that pizza was good”), “moral” connotes behaving justly and properly toward things considered as holding value (Ryan). Human beings should attempt to treat each other with the utmost respect and dignity because, when it comes down to it, all are created equally out of similar “ingredients”. This notion reveals a paradox present in today’s culture: most Americans feel incarceration is just punishment, but, prison is often not the most beneficial solution for society, especially when this justice is administered incorrectly, resulting in many injustices in the prison system.
To start, the safety of society should not depend on the confinement of its citizens. In the short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, the citizens of the city enjoy happiness because of the suffering of one particular individual. These citizens ignore their initial guilt by
Furthermore, to …show more content…
Whereas “good” is now ambiguous and utilized to characterize anything pleasing or gratifying (such as, “that pizza was good”), “moral” connotes behaving justly and properly toward things considered as holding value (Ryan). Human beings should attempt to treat each other with the utmost respect and dignity because, when it comes down to it, all are created equally out of similar “ingredients”. This notion reveals a paradox present in today’s culture: most Americans feel incarceration is just punishment, but, prison is often not the most beneficial solution for society, especially when this justice is administered incorrectly, resulting in many injustices in the prison system.
To start, the safety of society should not depend on the confinement of its citizens. In the short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, the citizens of the city enjoy happiness because of the suffering of one particular individual. These citizens ignore their initial guilt by