Puritanism

Love is one of the most profound emotions that we, as human beings, feel in our lives. It is present in the movies and the TV series we watch, in the songs we write or hear in the radio, as well as in the literature we read or write. The importance and the relevance of love as a common topic has been this way from centuries ago. In this paper I am going to analyze the philosophical topic of love by taking into consideration Plato’s point of view, the different types of love and their…

structure and the psychology and behavior of people have changed profoundly, the middle class expands rapidly, the individual consumption increases tremendously, the lifestyle and the moral idea of people also changes. All in all, this is a times of puritanism and drinking ban, the innovative and high technology is applied in many aspects, such as car ,airplane, movie, radio and so on. Under the social background, Gatsby pursues his dreams, he is remorseless and clinging. Referring to dreams of…

villagers into believing that they are living an almost perfect way of life. Such beliefs had provoked the mass interest in other villagers and their daily lives. If your daily activities were considered sinful and or you didn't display actions of puritanism, you could have easily fallen into an accusation of witchcraft. The false accusations that led to the Salem Witch Trials were jealous actions, suspicious neighbors, and the fear of…

While North America was settled in the majority by Englishmen of the same nationality, by the time of the 1700s, the New England and Chesapeake regions developed adversely from one another. England sent over numerous groups to these two regions. From the start, New England and the Chesapeake had different values and identities. These differences originated from the reasons that they decided to come to the New World in the first place, and where on the coast they were. This affected the colonies…

Women of today should say, Thank You, to women like Anne Hutchinson. A woman who spoke and lead others while taking care of those around her. A leader when women were not thought capable to lead. An inspiration to those going through spiritual as well as life altering events. While only in America for a short time, her actions made an impact on those learning a new religion and getting their own start in the New World. Born the second child of thirteen in 1591, she went on to get an…

Puritanism: The Fight Against Human Nature The Puritans are a people who believe that all the goodness in them comes from a deity. They believe that a human can do nothing but evil. Along with this belief, Puritans follow the concept of theological ethics. This states that the good works that humans preform are a deity working through them. They do good because of their theological ideas. The Puritans are the opposite of humanists. People who follow humanistic ethics believe that humans…

No Excuses The world has creates society, and society creates commandments and guidelines to follow. Humanity, for the most part, follows those guidelines mindlessly, never considering anything else to be acceptable. For instance, society has created a moral standard that everyone is to follow; unfortunately, not everyone complies, and the immoral parts of humanity often deviate from those standards humanity has developed over time. According to Lawrence Kohlberg’s moral stages, the immoral…

The puritans were a group of people that in the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries who sought to purify the church of England from its catholic practices. The men and women had different roles as puritans in the society. The men thought that women are not that important in their society. However, women were just as important as men in any society. The women had many roles as part of the puritan society: • Sometimes in special situation women were viewed intellectually beneath male children.…

In the 1700s, also known as the Era of Rebellion for the United States, education was limited. This was before public schools were around, and it was not mandatory for boys and girls to be in a school for eight hours a day, five days a week. A lot of times the children were dependant on the parents, and the style of education and what the children learned was based on the region of where they lived. These regions are known as the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern…

Liberty can be defined as having freedom from control and restriction. A person who has liberty is not restricted, by the government, more than the people around him, and has the ability to do anything or think any idea that others around him or her can. As the Quakers fought to attain liberty and free themselves from the oppressive restrictions of the Puritan Government they did so with little aid from government entities. The Quakers were a relatively new sect of Christianity that was formed…