What is a good society? A good society consists of many components, education , social justice and equality. I would argue that a good society, is a state that is non oppressive, where women and minorities have the same right as men. Everyone has the same rights to pursue their destiny.Everyone is educated on equal terms. But does a “good” society really exist? Can it exist? Plato through the voice of Socrates thinks that a good society could not exist, because a good society is just and has virtue. Mary Wollstonecraft, says that a good society can only exist where men and women are educated equally and together, so they can come together in harmony. But if the woman finds herself alone, that she is able to take care of her household. The
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In The Vindication, Wollstonecraft states that women have always been treated as either slaves or despots, and both situations are not logic to reason. Second, pleasure is dictated as the business of women’s lives, and while in even todays society continues to hold this view, women will always continue to be weak. Third, women are rewarded by marrying for being beautiful and useless. Wollstonecraft’s primary concern is the education of women. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is, basically , a rebuttal to Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s book Émile , dealing the the idea of the proper education of men and women. . The purpose of life for all humans, not just men, is to perfect one’s nature through the exercise of reason. It is, immoral to leave women in ignorance or to be formed by the prejudices of society. An education that develops the mind is essential for any mortal creature.The essay argues that wealth and gender roles are major problems in society, because they tend to create unequal relationships among men and women. Inequality leads either to slavery or to despotism, both of which contaminates the human character. Wollstonecraft argues that dependence on a father or husband, creates a kind of deceit just as slavery did. Therefore, women should be educated alongside men and they both learn together to be able to live together in marriage. Women should be educated so they can be independent of men and be able to educate the
In The Vindication, Wollstonecraft states that women have always been treated as either slaves or despots, and both situations are not logic to reason. Second, pleasure is dictated as the business of women’s lives, and while in even todays society continues to hold this view, women will always continue to be weak. Third, women are rewarded by marrying for being beautiful and useless. Wollstonecraft’s primary concern is the education of women. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is, basically , a rebuttal to Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s book Émile , dealing the the idea of the proper education of men and women. . The purpose of life for all humans, not just men, is to perfect one’s nature through the exercise of reason. It is, immoral to leave women in ignorance or to be formed by the prejudices of society. An education that develops the mind is essential for any mortal creature.The essay argues that wealth and gender roles are major problems in society, because they tend to create unequal relationships among men and women. Inequality leads either to slavery or to despotism, both of which contaminates the human character. Wollstonecraft argues that dependence on a father or husband, creates a kind of deceit just as slavery did. Therefore, women should be educated alongside men and they both learn together to be able to live together in marriage. Women should be educated so they can be independent of men and be able to educate the