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Johnathan Haidt is a Professor of Ethical Leadership and social psychologist at NYU’s Stern School of Business. He wrote the book, The Righteous Mind to “at least do what we can to understand why we are so easily divided into hostile groups, each one certain of its righteousness.” He states: “My goal in this book is to drain some of the heat, anger, and divisiveness out of these topics and replace them with awe, wonder, and curiosity.” In light of America’s increasingly unreasonable political…

A successful and respected ruler must have many qualities to give themselves the control they need to govern a country. Both Plato and Machiavelli suggest a different way to rule, which they both believe work to benefit themselves and their country. Machiavelli believes in governing his way because he says a ruler should appear “merciful, truthful, humane, sincere, and religious” and feared by citizens. Plato believes a ruler should be knowledgeable in philosophy, and not necessarily want to…

What would the world be like if power was equally shared and world leaders were no longer in power. People would more likely to take control of their own lives and treat others with respect. This is because if power is shared equally, everyone is in control of their own power and how they are treating others. This is sadly not the case in the book Animal Farm. In the allegorical novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the main characters use different propaganda devices in order to gain power and…

Absurdism is the belief in that all human beings exist in a purposeless, riotous universe. Inside The Stranger, by Albert Camus, Camus centers to a great extent around persuading his readers of the idea of absurdism. The novel is depicted in the first person of the character Meursault from the time his mom dies to his trial for killing an Arab man. These occasions portray how human life must be comprehended by tolerating the reality of death. Camus effectively persuades his readers on his…

1. INTRODUCTION THE CONCEPT OF DYSTOPIA: Dystopia (Greek word dys meaning bad and topos meaning place) or alternatively, cacotopia,1 can be defined as an imagined world in which the society is oppressed and an illusion of a perfect society is maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral or totalitarian control.2 It is a word coined by British philosopher John Stuart Mill. In the dystopian society freedom of thought, action and association (as propounded by Mill) are…

Consider the last time you heard people utter the phrases “ignorance is bliss”, “boys are stronger than girls”, and “the client is always right”. What do all three of these well-known sayings have in common? Well, they all focus in enslaving the mind to limited viewpoints, ones that focus on the least amount of effort. Let’s examine what is meant by being ignorant. According to Oxford English Dictionary ignorant describes the state of being “destitute of knowledge, either in general or with…

memory are regulated by the government. (BS-1) In the novel, the government uses technology to distract their citizens from the hidden truth. (BS-2) By doing this, the government gains power and control over their people. (BS-3) Eventually, the individuals in society are harmed both physically and mentally by their loss of knowledge. (TS) Ray Bradbury’s message in Fahrenheit 451 regarding knowledge and memory is that they are dangerous to regulate. (MIP-1) The government uses technology to…

In what way can two plus two equal five? In George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”, Orwell writes how the government has everyone believing only what they want them too. A way one can see this is through the destruction of language and how it is used to manipulate people. In the novel, we see a man who lives in dystopian future in place called Oceana, which is present day London. Everyone in this society is being run by the party which rewrites history to control the people. So one can ask…

1984 A WARNING TO THE FUTURE No one can imagine of living in an environment which is undesirous for most of us, in a society where the government watches and controls the actions of everyone, in which one is devoid of individual’s choice. A society where anything a person thinks or acts against the government can be punished by isolation, torture, or death. Independancy, freedom, personal thoughts is deprived from everyone’s life. A society which is often rampant with poverty,…

Would sameness be the best thing in today's society? In the novel, The Giver sameness seemed like the best thing for Jonas (the main character) and his community. How everyone lived the same life doing the same thing and having everything easily handed to them. After Jonas was assigned as the receiver, he eventually realized the reality of what was going on around him. The community he lived in, which could be referred to as a utopia, quickly turned into a dystopia where all feelings were to be…