Irrationality

The sacrifice of the precious in order to satisfy the expectations of the self and of society often leads to pain and destruction. This is true in the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing, when Claudio forfeits his marriage to Hero and sacrifices a life of happiness with her because he suspects her of infidelity. His willingness to abandon her reveals in him pride and a deep value for female chastity. Claudio’s pride in his power and control, as well as his rigid conformity to societal…

The concept of humor is targeted around a person producing a comical statement or something that produces laughter and enjoyment to an audience. In the book titled Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton, the writer hypothesizes that the position of humor in society is to bring out repressed mind and messages that regular human beings can relate and apprehend without restriction from others. I trust that de Botton's stance toward humor having a vital role within the feature of society is true, because…

Destruction or Reconstruction A flame that blossoms can either burst in full force and spread like wildfire or diminish as if one were to pinch the flame into nothing. In the heroic epic of The Aeneid, the author Virgil represents that flame as a catalyst for chaos but also intertwines it with another central theme- love. The Aeneid tells a story of Aeneas, the main Trojan hero who embarks on a long journey to Italy, a city where he is destined to findfound; however, various forces impede Aeneas…

Through the rise of modernism in American culture during the 1920’s, America’s societal and economical standards were changed. Those changes came in the form of a rise in mass consumption, fewer societal restrictions, and new opportunities created through the rise of Industrialization. In the middle of this changing culture stood Henry Ford and his automobile company. Ford helped push American culture toward a heightened emphasis on mechanization, while also revolutionizing mass production…

called the desires of the heart: ambition, power, and money, and the desires of the liver: sex, food, and alcohol. Plato, like most Ancient Greek philosophers, however, looked down upon giving into such desires because he believed doing so allowed irrationality to lead one’s life. Instead, Plato extoled a life led by reason, stemming from the brain. Plato exhibits his view through the voice of Socrates in Phaedrus by showing how love madness, usually thought to be a lack of reason led by the…

racial and religious hypocrisy of society. Through Tom Sawyer, Twain criticizes the hypocritical nature of those with ‘intellectual’ education. Finally, by demonstrating the actions of Huck’s father, Pap, and the new judge, Twain ridicules the irrationality of society’s rules. Throughout the…

‘L’Étranger’ is a novel written by Albert Camus in 1942. The title of this work has an ambiguous meaning which leaves space to open interpretation; it has been translated to English as ‘The Outsider’ or ‘The Stranger’, as the French term ‘étranger’ comprises both these shades of meaning. Meursault, the multifaceted character that Camus chose as the protagonist, can be in fact regarded as an outsider, for he is completely alien to the society he lives in and to a series of social norms which at…

According to Nicholas Walter (1997), humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance grounded in the belief of the importance of the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and relies on critical thinking and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over acceptance of dogma or superstition. Furthermore, the British Humanist Association acknowledges humanism as grounded in the belief that the life we humans live is the only life that we have, that the universe is a natural…

Moral philosophy is the study of moral judgments or value placed on decision about what is right or wrong, good or bad, just or on just. Business philosophy is the standard, principle or policy placed on who may behave outside the norms of organizational culture, emphasis upon ethical behavior enables employees to know how they should react when faced with ethical dilemmas and the consequences of their actions. MY PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY. As an individual, I believe that keeping a low profile…

is not ok for us to be afraid of death, because we are unaware of what it really is. However, not knowing anything about death, is what makes it ok to be afraid. We call this apprehension and it is typically a sign of intelligence rather than irrationality. People do not know what is to come in the afterlife, making it scary. Our understanding of death molds how we live our lives. If a person feels the cure to life is death then he may as well end his life, which is no way to live. On the other…