Perfection

In “disease called perfection” originally published on sep,20, 2010 on single dad laughing blog by Dan Pearce, an author, app developer, photographer and artist, argues that people have a disease instead of being true to themselves and other people they try to be fake and perfectionist. It is a “sickness” that has “damaged” the author personally and many others. Furthermore, Dan argues that the misrepresentation of the truth leads to many negative consequences. People use it in school, job,…

Rhetorical Analysis of “The Case Against Perfection” The world today wants simple answers to its complex problems. Whether it is in politics, religion, science, we want to be told what is right and what is wrong. But often times, as in the case of genetic engineering, the moral divide becomes hazy and begins reflects “a kind of moral vertigo”, which Michael Sandel attempts to relieve in his essay entitled “The Case Against Perfection”(2004). Here, Sandel argues that further pursuits in genetic…

The mere attempt at perfection is a lost cause, no one in the world can achieve something because one can only be as perfect as his flaws allow. August Wilson’s play, Fences, explores this theme of trying to be the best that one can be through the protagonist, Troy Maxson. His past defines him, where it is fitting to define Troy, and any person for that matter, as the sum of one’s experience. As the choices he makes in the play are defined by prior events in his life, he believes that his…

Ever since I was a little kid, I have always been a highly motivated individual. Striving for perfection has never been a foreign concept to me. Unfortunately, being a perfectionist has created some issues within my academic career. With time being a restraint on multiple tests, I have left a plentiful amount of answers blank trying to make sure every detail is correct. Despite this, I have still maintained high A’s in every one of my classes. As big of a problem as this was in my first years of…

On the Notion of Perfection in Darwin’s On the Origin of Species In On the Origin of Species (Origin) Charles Darwin argues that natural selection “works solely by and for the good of all being” (13). That which is “good” for a being is defined in a Darwinian sense as any combination of factors that provide an organism reproductive advantages over other organisms in its environment. Later on, Darwin connects this notion of “good” to the idea of perfection, claiming that natural selection…

have to do is write down as much as I can see through a one-inch picture frame” (4). What a clever idea to get the ball rolling on a writing assignment, it will no doubt be a fruitful model in my desperate attempts at first draft only, essays of perfection, this semester. Well a girl can dream. Furthermore, another area Lamott is attacking my demanding pride issues with vengence, is this ghastly idea of having someone, other than myself, gasp, read my drafts. Yikes! I can see where she is coming…

In chapter four of Michael Sandel’s book The Case against Perfection: Ethics in an age of Genetic Engineering, he brings up the notion of the controversial notion of eugenics. Sandel divides this chapter up into three types of eugenics- all of which he eventually finds unconvincing at the end of the chapter. Sandel begins this chapter by defining what eugenics is and its origins. However, as he does this, he also goes in to describing this notion as a shaky and righteous movement coined by Sir…

The Case Against Perfection In order to cater an ever changing society, and as science continues to progress, many claim genetically modifying humanity is a no brainer. Though, Michael Sandel would heavily disagree, claiming, “Changing our nature to fit the world, rather than the other way around, is actually the deepest form of disempowerment. It distracts us from reflecting critically on the world, and deadens the impulse to social and political improvement,” (97). Instead of changing humanity…

How often do you hear about women hurting themselves to achieve perfection? Changing their appearances. Changing what makes them unique. Changing themselves. The pressure to be viewed as an example, as perfection is becoming an everyday battle. Like a snowball rolling down a snow hill, getting bigger and bigger and bigger. There is a lot of pressure for females to look a certain way, girls are being brainwashed at a young age, and there are horrible outcomes like eating disorders coming from the…

My purpose for managing my time was so I would do better this semester in school without becoming stressed. I wanted to get ahead in my work because I had a tendency to procrastinate on my school work. In the article “Dynamic Interplay of Depression, Perfectionism and Self-Regulation on Procrastination by Ozera, O’Callaghanb, Bokszczaninc, Edererd and Essaub stated that there is a relationship between not being self- regulated and procrastinating (2014). I feel like I can relate this because I…