Absolute advantage

Basil would never take advantage of him. However, his all changes once Dorian loses his innocence and takes the fall. In The Picture of Dorian Gray Dorian resents Basil afterwards, telling him that, “... [He] only taught [Dorian] to be vain” (79). Dorian neglects anything else Basil taught him and only focuses on the bad; the corruption of his soul also attacked his heart. Dorian has the same reaction in Evergreen - where he had earlier stated that Basil would never take advantage of him, after…

In the book, The Closing of the American Mind, Bloom discerns truth as relative or absolute. Relative truth being multiple views or opinions that can be right while absolute is where a different opinion isn’t tolerated. Bloom makes the argument, “The point is not to correct the mistakes and really be right; rather it is not to think you are right at all”, (Bloom 1987 26). In this…

Rather the world was planned and created for sharing among those who live in it. As “the sinful selfishness of men…had destroyed this ideal possibility and made exclusive possession the only safeguard against tendency of men to take advantage of one another” (pg91). In other words Adam and Eve sabotaged this plan when they damaged the human nature of all humans, in damaging their own. In doing this God’s plan became unrealizable and thus makes private property the necessary evil it has…

morally objectionable because it goes above the normal baseline. He prefers gene therapy because its main objective is to return a person’s function to a sufficient baseline. He provides four premises for his conclusion. Firstly, it provides an unfair advantage, only rich people could afford genetic enhancements. Secondly, making it universally affordable and fair would be self-defeating because of the social cost. Thirdly, it would result in inequalities and disrupt self-respect,…

Beginning in our childhood, we are taught to always tell the truth, with the idea that ‘honesty is the best policy’ being an important aspect of our upbringing and remaining a key rule in our society throughout our lives. This notion coincides with the theory expressed in Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals. This moral theory presented by Kant presents the claim that lying is absolutely forbidden in every situation no matter the circumstances. However, there are a number of…

as a threat to the government’s absolute power. D-503’s free writing in the Record journal, his only creative act, leads the protagonist to begin to form his opinion as he starts to question the motives of OneState’s actions. The chronological structure exhibits D-503’s progressive conflict between conforming to the collective ignorance, and reclaiming an individual identity. As a result, he joins an underground resistance movement against the government’s absolute power. Therefore, in order to…

Although the Canterbury tales is a satiric story about pilgrims, each character presents personality traits, appearances and tales that do not fit them in to absolute good or evil. However, instead of leaving the sinful characters to only be defined by their evil deeds, Chaucer manages to rationalize their deed to be a result of their nature. Giving them more of an amplified version of evil characteristics every human beings possesses. Through this rationale, Chaucer was able to show that no…

to everything. However, if peace is not possible, namely because others wont also give up their Right of Nature, then it is not justified for man to give up his own rights. Doing so would be a form of self-destruction since others would be at an advantage, and this goes against the Laws of…

One of the interesting aspects of Riley's works is how her paintings appear machine made, given their absolute geometric perfection, yet are all hand painted. This pedantic technique of careful and repetitive paint application reminds me of embroidery and other arts and crafts work, linking back to Nochlin's discussion on the types of art that women often…

you first must acknowledge that you are powerless when confronted with your “monster”. By accepting your inadequacy, you can start to rehabilitate yourself; deciphering the rationality and irrationality of your fear, as well as inching forward to absolute vanquishment of your monster. Monsters will continue to evolve as you do, but in order to prevent yourself from being controlled by these monsters, you need to be one step ahead. It is best to deal with monsters when they are miniscule.…