As long as humans have walked the earth they have asked questions about their existence and how the world works. Many of these inquiries are philosophical in nature, dealing with areas of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence. As prevalent as these questions are, Philosophers have sought to provide modern and simplistic correlations in order to better convey concepts that otherwise might go over the average person’s head. One such example is the use of popular characters in film and television such as superheroes. Whether consciously or purely by coincidence, comic books and movies about these meta humans touch on a wide range of ideas discussed in Philosophy and even go so far as to provide a model or explanation.
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First is that of Christian ethics and the problem of good versus evil. The foundation for Christian Ethics is that God created people to fellowship with him; and gave them rational minds in order to discern good from evil and free will to choose accordingly. Uncle Ben’s famous quote is paraphrased from Jesus’ “to who much is given much is required” in the book of (source). God gives people great power and expects them to do great acts of goodness with what he has gifted them. For many, this seems unfair or as if God is choosing favorites because he makes some people ‘super’ and others ‘ordinary’. However, God can neither be partial or act unjustly as that would contradict his perfect …show more content…
The story is one of a man who is beaten and robbed and left to die on the side of the road who is passed by a number of people who do nothing to help him before one, a Samaritan, comes to his aid (source). In the context of the story, and in Spiderman’s own life, the victim and the savior have no pre-existing relationship, nothing to tie them together except for a need and a perceived responsibility to act. Good Samaritanism is set apart from regular acts of salvation such as the responsibilities of law enforcement, since good Samaritans are not required to act, whereas a policeman coming upon a robbery scene is. A few criteria help to differentiate a situation where someone is acting as a good Samaritan: 1) person(s) are in dire peril, 2) peril is immediate, 3) awareness of the peril, 4) capacity to provide aid, and finally 5) no special relationship to the person
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First is that of Christian ethics and the problem of good versus evil. The foundation for Christian Ethics is that God created people to fellowship with him; and gave them rational minds in order to discern good from evil and free will to choose accordingly. Uncle Ben’s famous quote is paraphrased from Jesus’ “to who much is given much is required” in the book of (source). God gives people great power and expects them to do great acts of goodness with what he has gifted them. For many, this seems unfair or as if God is choosing favorites because he makes some people ‘super’ and others ‘ordinary’. However, God can neither be partial or act unjustly as that would contradict his perfect …show more content…
The story is one of a man who is beaten and robbed and left to die on the side of the road who is passed by a number of people who do nothing to help him before one, a Samaritan, comes to his aid (source). In the context of the story, and in Spiderman’s own life, the victim and the savior have no pre-existing relationship, nothing to tie them together except for a need and a perceived responsibility to act. Good Samaritanism is set apart from regular acts of salvation such as the responsibilities of law enforcement, since good Samaritans are not required to act, whereas a policeman coming upon a robbery scene is. A few criteria help to differentiate a situation where someone is acting as a good Samaritan: 1) person(s) are in dire peril, 2) peril is immediate, 3) awareness of the peril, 4) capacity to provide aid, and finally 5) no special relationship to the person