The Egoist

think of the fact that a position of power will be more of an attraction for certain types of people, the type of people who crave recognition and having things their way. Maybe to be a successful leader it is even necessary to be somewhat of an egoist and to have a ,“succeed at all cost”, type of mentality. Whatever the reason, Alcibiades certainty brought to my attention a pattern of leaders being brash and…

Morality an idea that causes much pondering and has led people to have many different answers as to what it is. Morality in concept is a system made from a person’s or society’s values and principles that tells us if the action or behavior we act upon is good or bad. This in turn means that each person will have different moralities based on several factors in their life. Many philosophers have created their own philosophy about morality, such as Mary Wollstonecraft. Born in the year 1759,…

Patroklos, the best friend of Achilleus, although focused less often by Homer, plays a crucial role in shaping the story of Iliad. Patroklos, in fact, is one of the important chess pieces in Zeus’ chessboard because of the twist he brings in the epic. The twist which results in a change of Zeus’ plans and a different hypothesis of the story’s end. Patroklos is introduced for the first time in the book when Agamemnon’s army comes to take away Briseis in Achilleus’ shelter. The statement of…

Moral relativism is a commonly held position among many. This could be due to the regard for the value of tolerance or the truth in descriptive moral relativism. But my argument will be against meta-ethical moral relativism: there exists moral truths but these truths are not absolutes but relative. If morality is relative, there is no ultimate right or wrong. Because, there isn’t an objective point of reference to differentiate between right and wrong. If one were to examine subjective morals,…

One of the brightest and renowned representatives of the modern intellectual drama, Henrik Ibsen, made a large contribution to the depiction of the society and social problems of his time. In his most famous drama, A Doll’s House, he raised painful and crucial social issues and managed to depict a detailed evolution of the characters and the development of the situation. In many regards, the main issue examined in the drama could be considered the role of women in a society where the image is…

Every human being, old enough to understand what is right or wrong, have their own sense of morality. In order to keep their morality, there are times where certain things, such as the truth or other people, have to be sacrificed. As a result of those sacrifices, there are times in life where we have to make decisions that make us question our own morality. For example, questions like “is it okay to mislead people for the greater good?” and “is saving five people and killing one better than…

As previously stated, the binary gender system does not promote self-interest, societal happiness, social structure, peace or prosperity. These goals could be obtained by removing gender, as will be shown with use of classical utilitarian, egoist, Kantian, and social contract ethics. Classical utilitarianism decides morality by looking at the overall happiness of a population using the principle of utility, “Jeremy Bentham’s principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever,…

In his book, African Friends and Money Matters, anthropologist, David Maranz attempts to describe some of the everyday life differences between the African and Western culture. Maranz has lived and worked among several Africans since 1975. Maranz uses his own experiences of living overseas, but also acknowledges that his observations do not represent Africa as a whole. This book highlights how to utilize different cultural observations from the African culture. Maranz starts with an overview of…

“A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away”- Thomas Hardy. Dracula, by Bram Stoker was written during the late nineteenth century, and is classified as a horror film. Further analysis however, has brought to light the buried symbols and themes of sexuality that the novel holds within it. Mina and Lucy are very significant to the novel as they are the only female characters, and they are both given very…

Schindler’s List is a film based on the true story of Austrian industrialist Oskar Schindler. Responsible for saving over 1,100 Polish Jews during the Second World War by using them as labor in is kitchenware factory. As the film opens, you get a glimpse of the suave businessman bent on making a fortune as a war profiteer off the backs of Polish slave labor. Initially, Schindler jumps at the chance to exploit cheap Jewish labor in his factory (knowing full and well this is morally wrong)…