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Reflections of Judgment Through Fiction When reading through various works of fiction, we sometimes come across material that almost speaks directly to us, or may even describe our current situation or feelings. Although the works are truly fictitious, the inspiration for these stories comes from deep within the mind of the author, who is human, and human emotions tend to bleed through fiction. This is how we can find a surreal connection to so many stories that never actually occurred. Some…

Freedom of choice and responsibility In the recent discussions of existentialism, a controversial issue has been whether existentialism is before essence. On the one hand, some argue that essence is before existentialism. From this perspective, each man has a particular, universal human nature and has the same basic qualities. In other words, God creates a man, so a man’s life is only directed by God. On the other hand, however, others argue that existence precedes essence. In the words of…

that there is genuine choice and forced belief within religion. The difference between genuine choice and forced belief according to William James is that people have individual choices to believe but within certain religions there are certain facts that become forced beliefs. For genuine choice to occur there have to be three key components that need to be present according to William James’ theory they include: that the choice must be live, forced, and momentous. A live choice includes an…

decisions and rely upon those choices made to get them to their preferred destination. Robert Frost in his famous poem “The Road Not Taken” talks about a man who comes upon one of life’s stop signs and he must decide what road will lead him to his anticipated future. When analyzing Frost’s work, various interpreters deduce the theme of this poem as an acknowledgment to ambitious nonconformity. However, when examining beneath the surface, the theme is based on life choices and the…

Many people question whether people who are addicted to drugs if they can really choose to stop as easily since they made the choice to take the drug in the first place. Coming into this world you are introduced to making choices good or bad. Everyone has the will to make their own decision. Why would anyone decide to start taking any type of drugs with some knowing the possibly it could lead to addiction and even worse death. In the video, Dopesick: Fentanyls Deadly Grip, there are two…

Choice and Accountability Essay In the short story “The Guest” by Albert Camus it shows how everyone has to make choices and decisions, and these choices will affect the person later on. Balducci a father figure to Daru comes to his house and brings an Arab man giving Daru the orders from the French to deliver the Arab to Tinguit to the police headquarters because he has committed a crime. Daru chooses that he personally does not want to be the one to bring the Arab man to his fat. However, Daru…

contemporary ideas. She created a poem that emphasizes a mother’s prayer towards the man who stole her daughter from her. Rita Dove used language to stress that no one can escape the repercussions of their decisions so they need to consider their choices carefully to avoid potentially destructive consequences. Rita Dove’s language in the poem provokes the reader to think about the aftermath of making decisions. In the poem she wrote, “each desire has an edge,” (l. 2) the word edge at the end…

If you could have, then why didn’t you? Free Will is the tittle for chapter 6 in the book. It starts off by giving us a brief example of a very common situation people go through everyday in perhaps more than once a day. Food choice, would you pick the healthiest desert for you, or the appealing chocolate cake? If you picked the cake knowing that it wasn’t good for you, yet you still had the option to pick something else, then why didn’t you? Nagel discusses different explanations of why humans…

about free will and enlightens the fact that you are free to choose, but, consequently, you are not free from the consequence(s), whether good or bad, of your choice. Throughout this story many examples are found when key events that shape the story are dependent on the character’s choice in the situation. Later the reader finds how that choice has affected the character and those surrounding them. They then have to live with that because you cannot alter the past. But when the reader gets back…

Here* Imagine this. Two doors, both alike in appearance. One is an exit whilst the other is a trap. You are given a choice in which door to go through. Hypothetically, let’s say you choose the first door. Bam, wrong choice. Let’s say you choose the second. Nope, wrong again. Both doors were traps; you never really had a choice. It may seem that your life is governed by the choices you make—you don’t need fate or destiny to predetermine it for you, but when we look at the tragedy of Romeo and…