Human sacrifice

a person or group of people tend to turn to the dark side of human nature. That is how William Golding’s Lord Of The Flies exposes such criticism about mankind. After witnessing the dark side of human nature in World War II, Golding wrote about this encounter in his book of a group of boys who crash landed on a deserted island. The very actions of the boys on island reveals that everyone is capable of turning to the dark side of human nature when in survival situations, and this is emphasized…

each individual's life to be of main importance to them. • Other moral theories all directly or indirectly enjoin altruism, which h is not the part of part ethical egoism. • Altruism regards the individual life as something one may be required to sacrifice for the sake of…

Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment in 1963 that showed just how easily ordinary people could be influenced. He proves that people are changed, shaped, and molded by their experiences, some for the better, others for the worse. A similar scenario is present in Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, where two characters originally driven by similar circumstances make completely opposite decisions at every turn. Madame Defarge, once motivated by a love for her sister and a hunger for blind…

Nietzsche takes the view that morality should be grounded in ascetic values….. Nietzsche believes that ascetic marks the highest expression of human existence and it takes precedent over Ethics. According to Nietzsche, one cannot use some ethical system to judge competing ethical…

The name “Offred” was the original name of the novel and Atwood hints at her reasoning behind this choice by saying “Within this name is concealed another possibility: offered, donating a religious offering or a victim offered for sacrifice.” The idea of a sacrifice creates an image of a person with little authority or importance, who is being traded away for the greater good. Therefore, the use of this verb as a name for the protagonist could symbolise how all characters in the novel have been…

In On the Genealogy of Morality, Friedrich Nietzsche argues against what he calls “bad conscience” (Nietzsche, 56), or the suppression of instinct. He believes that people should act according to their will to power, an aggressive drive which all humans possess. Restraining themselves from exercising this will to power only causes people to turn its violent demands inward and ultimately hurt themselves. In Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant describes his concept of morality.…

benefits, friends with benefits have many forms of friendships and the benefits are more than just sex. From a reciprocal altruism point of view: reproductive and survival costs and benefits of opposite-sex and same sex friendships can be observed in humans. As our ancestors have lived in the past, without friendship certain tasks or social life would be difficult because a friend can provide fitness relevant benefits to us in several ways such as resources, cooperation, assistance, and mating…

from humans. However, they both are in the animal kingdom, and even as mammals they share certain characteristics: they are vertebrates, endothermic, have body hair, and mammary glands. These characteristics are what relates animals to humans. Although, there are various aspects which distinguishes an animal from a human. Humans are self-conscious beings, who have emotions, language, a complex thought process, and philosophical thinking. These are the key distinctive qualities of being a human.…

While society would like to believe that no matter the situation humans would remain philanthropic, the truth is, given the circumstances humans will return to their early darwinist self, survival at all cost. Few people would give up their lives for another; this resonates with early humans and is a trait that has been passed down over time. It is part of evolution that will never leave the our traits. Nowadays people heroically sacrifice themselves for the good of others. These stories should…

industrial actions creates a society that is separates nature from humans. With this separation, it is always incredibly satisfying to be involved with groups that are so dedicated to conserving lands for species to use. The project that I was so fortunate to work with was the MPG Ranch. This project allowed me to experience the actions of conservationists from a firsthand perspective in order to see for myself the value of humans with the environment. In this perspective, I was able to see…