Feeble-minded

Matthew 7:12: Matthew 7:12 is reiterating the Golden Rule, it states “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law of the Prophets.” The golden rule is often mentioned in bioethics because when making decisions the Golden Rule is used as a comparative. When you put certain situations into perspective, using yourself as the patient, it often will make it easier to decipher right from wrong. Exodus 21:22-23: Veil of ignorance: A veil of ignorance…

As the narrator describe it, “Omelas sounds in my words like a city in a fairy tale, long ago and far away, once upon a time” (Le Guin 106): Omelas is a fictional city made by the author. Moreover, a child “could be a boy or a girl […] It is feeble minded […] or perhaps it has become imbecile through fear, malnutrition, and neglect [...] It is so thin there are no calves to its legs […] Its buttocks and thighs are a mass of festered sores, as it sits in its own excrement continually” (108).…

In Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, it focuses on a society of distractions. These distractions can range from subtle mechanisms such as television walls, to more forceful means of interaction such as the burning of books to prevent the spread of knowledge. All of these minor mechanisms of control have to stem from somewhere: a corrupted government. Because the government cannot control society by themselves, they use the most important mechanism of control they have: the…

There are many different interpretations when it comes to the word "Hero". The construction of "the heroic" has taken many forms, however all heroes have reoccurring traits such as courage, honor, and loyalty. These traits reappear as themes throughout the "hero" personality. The Characters of Beowulf and Sir Gawain each represent the authors different vision of a hero. Even with both of them being heroes, they both come across quite differently in their story. A hero can be said to truly win if…

Charlie decision making when he was feeble-minded was very primitive. For example, on page 285 it states "I tried hard, but I still couldn't find the pictures. I only see the ink." In a Rorschach test, he thought about the pictures very concretely. When he became intelligent his decision making…

With a view to differentiating the individuals’ abilities, the intelligence test is introduced to investigate the individual differences across different countries, age groups and gender. However, the definition and measurement of intelligence are varied from time to time, and it raises the interest of psychologists to discuss the phenomenon. This essay will first describe the formation of the concept of intelligence. It will then depict the evolution of the intelligence test and its relation to…

As people live on to be 70 to 80 years old they carry memories from their childhood days till they die. Many memories can shape them in a high-minded way or in an inadequate way. “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Flannery O 'Connor, Granny Weatherall faced multiple hardships in her lifetime up that she cannot forget. The results she received made Granny Weatherall not rely on anybody to help her out because she took control over her life. While in “A good man is hard to find” nameless…

Perception As critical thinking individuals we are given the power of choice and free will; the ability to decide if we prefer the left path or the right dictating our journeys as we grow older in knowledge and mind. Choices that are customized to reflect directly on our values, morals and beliefs; like a descriptive manuscript written in stone which depicts who we are in the depths of our personal abyss, stating what makes us different than others around us. But what happens when our sense of…

eugenics movement of the early 20th century. This movement seeked to create a “master race” by improving genetic traits of humans through sterilization and selective breeding. There were laws set in place which forced people that were deemed “feeble minded” to be sterilized. These laws are long gone now as a result of a ban on sterilization laws from the United Nations in 1948 (Greenblatt). However, the thought of trying to control intelligence in people, whether to increase or prevent “dim…

because they often prevent and discourage people from being individuals because they they must adhere to stereotypes in order to be accepted within society. An example of a stereotype that feminists work towards eliminating is that women are weak, feeble minded, and in need of male guidance and protection. These stereotypes often arise out of bias. Bias is prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. Bias can be…