Philosophical terminology

I believe that God allows evil to exist for reasons that we do not understand, but I also believe that he was not the one who created it. I believe that God created man, and that man created evil. According to the bible, God The reason as to why God allows evil may never be known, but others have arrived at the conclusion that God must want to teach people a lesson. Another theory is that he literally cannot or will not do anything to stop evil from happening because he gave us free will. Regardless as to why he allows it to happen, the bible states that he will judge Earth’s inhabitants and he will at this time banish evil forever. This day is known as Judgement day in the Christian bible, and the purpose of it is to give humans another chance at eternal life. Adam and Eve lost their right to this when they sinned, and caused the rest of their descendants to sin and eventually die. According to some people, the existence of evil proves that there is no God. Their argument is that if God really did exist (and he was a good/omnipotent God), then evil would not exist because he would not allow it to. These people are looking for answers as to why the cruelty and evil from events such the Crusades or the Holocaust were allowed to happen. Their argument comes from a place of compassion and justice for the victims of evil and cruelty (which eventually is all of us). This is a fair question that I believe deserves an answer. A second criticism of God is based on natural evil,…

Descartes has written six meditations on First Philosophy, with some being more important than the other. The third meditation does seem to stand out among the rest as the most important. The goal of this meditation is to find out if there is a God and whether or not God is a deceiver. After reading the third meditation, you take a step back to realize the importance of what the meditation had uncovered. There are different types of Ideas, which might not seem so important to the whole…

Many wonder what is the root of all evil and most conclude that people are simply innately evil or have a darkness in them that is waiting to show itself. The topic of evil and where it really comes from has caused a debate among many people who take a variety of stances. One such person, William Golding, writes a novel called Lord of the Flies to display his position on the topic of evil. Through his character’s in Lord of the Flies, Golding conveys his opinion that humans are born with natural…

Mr.Hoo killed Sam Westing. Mr Westing stole his disposable diaper idea and made millions, but it was Mr.Hoo’ s idea. Which made Mr.Hoo get mad at Sam Westing, and being mad is a good motive to kill someone. Mr.Hoo is a mean man. Mr.Hoo is jealous of Mr.westing because he did not make millions of dollars. Mr.Hoo is poor and must work. Mr.Hoo behaves in an abusive manner by insulting him. If Mr.Hoo is abusive and insulting he may have killed Sam Westing. This shows that he is a mean…

Ways to gain power have been seen throughout history. The three main ways to obtain power is through race, gender and social class. To have power is to control one's own life as well as the lives of others. The idea of power is discussed in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Mayella Ewell is a poor white woman who accuses a black man of raping and beating her. Mayella is powerful in regards to her race; however, she is not powerful in regards to gender and social class. Since…

Onto the actual title of the poem, “Power.” Is power a force for good? Can it be possible, or is it corrupt by nature? Whether power is good or not depends on who holds it. As Rich illustrates in her poem, power can be good for others but could be damaging to oneself. Power, however, cannot be possessed–but instead it can posses. With the words of Michel Foucault to back this up, power is not a possession, rather, it is the relationship between entities that determines knowledge and discourse to…

Why do good people do bad things you might ask? Maybe it is because they are influenced by the people around them, such as their friends, neighbors, or even maybe their parents or family members. When someone is around another person, they start to act like them, and it is not always the best thing. In the article ‘’Why Good People Do Bad Things’’, It has a very calm and mellow way of describing how someone so nice and good can do terrible things, in ‘’To Kill a Mocking Bird’’, it is talking…

In life there are people you love and get along with and there are people you just don’t get alone with and you choose to not be around. Most people are more likely to keep the positive people and learn positive messages from them. But you learn to stay away from the negative people and you learn to be positive from things they did wrong. Asking people about who is positive and negative in there lives was very interesting because everyone could point out the positive people but finding the…

1. Explain Mill’s Harm Principle. Say what it is, and whether you think it’s a good principle for governments to follow. Use examples. Harm Principle- The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm from others. This is not a good principle to follow because this is only stating how we should prevent harm from others. This principle does not say anything about harm to oneself, for example, suicide. 2.…

After reading and viewing the mob mentality pieces, I conclude that being in a mob make people’s actions more harsh and unrelenting. For example Smith writes that “These factors sometimes make a person believe that they can act a certain way within a group and not have the same consequences that the same actions would have if he or she acted alone.” This quote means that when people in a group commit a crime, they believe that they are more likely to get away with what they are doing. Since…