Virtue isn’t a feeling. Good men are not always great. Justice does not always seem just. There are various opinions and perspectives on what exactly makes a human ultimately great. Famous philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle have different approaches and views on how to discuss the nature of a human being. Specific qualities and distinctions come about in their famous works on what it exactly means to say a human being is truly great. A fair amount of questioning...
3 Pages
1216 Words
Human has a long history of waging war and in conflicts, there is evidence especially for us that the last century is most violent in the history of mankind because of documentation of all wars. We glorify war with honor, sacrifice, selflessness, and war unite the nation. The argument about human nature and war has two concepts emerged one who says, yes we are hardwired to war while others say, that no the human is a rationale and peaceful and...
2 Pages
1090 Words
Introduction John Locke was born in 29 August 1632 and died in 28 October 1704. His era was the 17th century, era of early modern philosophy. He was an English philosopher and physician, and known as the Father of Liberalism. He was known as first British empiricists, he followed the tradition of “Sir Francis Bacon”. he is equally important to social contract theory. His main interest was in Metaphysics, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of education and in...
3 Pages
1548 Words
Human nature is defined as “the nature of humans, especially the fundamental dispositions and traits of humans” (Human Nature, n.d.). Moral character refers to “the most important code of conduct put forward and accepted by any group, or even by an individual” (Gert). As humans, we tend to think about our actions and whether or not they qualify as being “good” or “bad.” There are many different attributes of a good person. For example, a good person is known to...
3 Pages
1492 Words
What really separates us from animals as human beings? The need for civility, being controlled by fear and power is instilled in the fundamentals of our instincts. William Golding’s 1954 novel, Lord of the Flies explores these themes through the fictional story of a group of schoolboys who are trapped on a deserted tropical island when trying to evacuate Britain in the midst of a war. Although the boys seem to be enjoying their new lives without parents or rules...
3 Pages
1380 Words
Get a unique paper that meets your instructions
800+ verified writers
can handle your paper.
Place order
The themes of the book include statesmanship and warcraft, goodwill and hatred, free will, virtue, and human nature. Regarding statesmanship and warcraft, Machiavelli relies on the fact that good laws act in accordance with a good military. A famous quote from The Prince where Machiavelli states “the presence of sound military forces indicates the presence of sound laws”. He portrays his understanding of war as a necessity in the development of states. A big chunk of the book is dedicated...
2 Pages
1023 Words
Human nature refers to all that is natural about human life; an innate, essential and fundamental character of human beings. This essay compares the writings of Thomas Hobbes and Karl Marx through a collectivistic lens. While Marx considers consciousness as integral to human nature, Hobbes conceptualizes human nature based on the principle of equality. Marx labels humans as ‘species beings’; we're a species who consider others of our species to be essential for our existence. Marx emphasizes the cooperative character...
1 Page
500 Words
The human nature, a through an interweaving of good and evil, a mingling of kind and cruel, a bundle of two very dissimilar ways of thinking and acting, it has it all. The sophistication of the human mind, the way how of its working system, the questions of morality mutating with its very nature, never ceases to amaze indeed. And that is what we all witnessed in the Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark, a play by William Shakespeare, which...
5 Pages
2257 Words
Social psychology is the scientific study of how people’s behaviour, thoughts, feelings, actions, belief and moral conduct changes significantly when interacting with others in a social setting that could either be a real life, such as a prison institution, or an imagined one set up solely as a case study, or experiment to measure results (McLeod 2007). Two psychologists, Philip Zimbardo and Stanley Milgram, carried out a number of conformity experimental studies to explore and understand why people’s behaviour changed...
5 Pages
2596 Words
The world around us is dark, a dark place, with dark humans and dark lives. Some might say this is a fact, but others say the world is good, a good place, with good humans and good lives. In the stories Lord of the Flies, and “The Most Dangerous Game”, this contrastive opinion is evident. Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of young, English boys who crash on an abandoned island left to survive. While this...
3 Pages
1290 Words
Ben Martin Research Essay Heart of Darkness(1899) 12 April 2019 In-text references; Conrad, J. (2007). Heart of Darkness. Penguin publication. The power of the written text lies in its ability to capture the things that make us human. Examine the extent to which Heart of Darkness has represented its context of the situation to this end. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1899) portrays an unsettling but vital aspect of human nature; our inherent darkness, which ultimately leads to our capacity...
5 Pages
2323 Words
As a teen in high school, I can clearly explain the differences between teens during school and outside of school. I can clearly explain the differences of teens actions around different friend groups or even different classes. I feel like a lot of it has to deal with the amount of comfortability they are feeling. Mostly all teens can admit that we all act differently in different kinds of situations but where I mainly see it is at school. Human...
1 Page
528 Words
“Chaos was the law of nature; order was the dream of a man.” (Henry B. Adams) Civilization is the force that keeps us all in order. From an early age, one is taught that if we break the rules we are punished; this is how society works. If we took society, civilization, and punishment; what would be the result? Eventually, human nature will take its course one will and natural evil within man’s heart outweighs the order within society and...
2 Pages
1057 Words
There are three monotheistic beliefs: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. These three faiths worship a specific god. Monotheism emerged from Egypt in the 14th century BCE (1353-1336 BC), and the worship of a single god proved to be exceedingly unpopular with the priestly schooling, as well as, most likely, the local population. During this period, the worship of deities was very particular to given cities and temples. We all know Judaism is the world's oldest monotheistic religion, dating back almost 4,000...
2 Pages
711 Words
Religion has the potential to transform individuals, bringing them happiness and a sense of engagement within their community. The expansion of religion allows individuals to connect with more people, as evidenced by the 45% of actively religious individuals in Australia who reported feeling happier, compared to the 33% who were unaffiliated. This is highlighted in an article from 'Christian Today', which emphasizes how religious practices contribute to a greater sense of engagement and vitality. A study conducted across 25 countries...
1 Page
566 Words
Mary Wollstonecraft saw, “reason (as) a distinctly human trait and that the degradation of women is due primarily to the suppression of their rationality and an overemphasis on their feelings and emotions.” She stressed the higher values of women rather than the pleasure-centered view so many had of her sex in the European patriarchal society. She addressed women, “My sex, I hope, will excuse me if I treat them like rational creatures…” believing the kernels of reason were already embedded...
1 Page
413 Words
Immanuel Kant created his ethical teachings with a basis of doing your duty and with goodwill. A priori reason is used to follow the three forms of categorical imperatives and the three postulates. Kant focuses’ on the intention and so is non-consequentialist and deontological. The ultimate ending to following the maxims created is happiness. However, Kant’s ethical teachings are argued by Schiller to be too repressing human nature which needs to be governed by reason yet ultimately, the theory relies...
2 Pages
1050 Words
Karl Marx, John Mill, and Sigmund Freud are some of the most iconic philosophers and writers who focused their works on human nature. Each individual had a different view on human nature and progress, but religion ties into and is a key point in their work. In Karl Marx’s Early Writings, he refers to religion as “the opium of the people”, and is a strong critic of the relationship between religion and the human race. In The Future of an...
4 Pages
1986 Words
In India, more than three-quarters of the population consider themselves 'Hindu,' which essentially means 'Indian.' It helps distinguish them from other native religions like Islam, Jainism, and Buddhism. Hinduism is broadly described as a way of life. It seeks to explain how human life fits into the universal context. Also, it focuses more on practices that aim to address three levels of relationship: person to divine, person to person, and person to oneself. The common beliefs of Hinduism are as...
3 Pages
1183 Words
When describing humans as God We might best describe humans as 'priestly kings.' Like kings, According to Genesis 1:26, all humans were meant to govern and reign on God's behalf on this earth. As humans, we were called out and set apart to do God's purpose and definition of good and evil something that humanity failed at rather quickly because of continual disobedience due to the freedom of choice that God instilled in every one of us. We as humans...
2 Pages
1025 Words
Struggling to find the right direction?
Expert writers are here to provide the assistance, insights, and expertise needed for your essay.
Many Westerners are unaware that the yoga classes they attend, the martial arts they practice, and even the yin-yang to which they refer are derived from traditions set forth by the early Indo religion-philosophy, Daoism. Although this system has had a profound impact on Chinese culture, its impact has also transcended and established its influence internationally. Though the philosophy may seem somewhat abstract and metaphysical, this open-ended system has created a long struggle for scholars to decide on its classification....
3 Pages
1231 Words
Introduction Heroism, the act of selflessly risking one's life or well-being to help others, has been revered and celebrated throughout human history. The concept of heroism raises the question of whether it is an innate trait within human nature or a learned behavior influenced by society. This essay will present a persuasive argument on the existence of heroism in human nature, highlighting inherent human qualities, historical examples, and psychological perspectives. Innate Human Qualities Human beings possess inherent qualities that lay...
1 Page
571 Words
In what ways does John Steinbeck use the societal circumstances of ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ to convey the depths of human nature? Through “The Grapes of Wrath”, Steinbeck is able to illustrate two concepts in great detail. The first of those is opportunism and oppression, and how they coincide. As Steinbeck is able to successfully demonstrate the reactions that occur as a result of changes within the economic and social circumstances. During the text, Steinbeck uses the oppression of the...
2 Pages
1072 Words
In most cases, it is easy to conform to an idea considered normal by society. Those who contradict these standards are often thought of as brave, but what if this wasn’t the case? If everyone was courageous enough to walk their own path, how different would the world be? Hester Prynne does just this, going against rules her society has put on her, she leads by example and serves as a guide for others to hopefully follow in her footsteps....
2 Pages
945 Words
Abraham Lincoln once said, “If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will.” The meaning of this quote is that humanity is fundamentally evil. There is a darkness to everyone on this world that is hidden or shown in different ways. In Lord of the Flies, human nature is evil because the boys formed into vicious people and lost all their civilization when they were on a deserted island. In The Dark Knight, human...
1 Page
484 Words
The complex nature of human nature drives individuals to choose between right or wrong, often causing conflicts between personal desires and moral decisions. William Shakespeare explores this concept through his tragedy Hamlet, in order to explore the timelessly relevant themes, ideas and values in this play. In doing so, he delivers the audience a message about tragic procrastination, morality, mortality, murderous ambitions and how this can lead to conflict, change and tragedy. Although written with Elizabethan context, the sophisticated use...
2 Pages
972 Words
Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella is the twenty-first century because it reflects feminist ideals, conveys an updated message of love, and explores the duality of human nature. In most of the stories analyzed in class the Cinderella character was subservient and very passive. However, the 2015 Cinderella is feminist in many ways. One aspect of the movie is that she is intellectual. In most if not all of her conversations with the prince she points out the wrongness of some traditions. During...
2 Pages
921 Words
Karl Marx was born in 1818 to a middle-class family in what was then called Prussia and pursued an academic career before pivoting to political journalism to advocate for revolutionary socialism. Almost thirty years later, Friedrich Nietzsche was born and also pursued an academic career at the University of Basel in Switzerland until he was enlisted to serve in the Prussian military shortly thereafter. He suffered from a number of physical ailments before succumbing to a complete mental breakdown in...
3 Pages
1390 Words
It must be said that the power of hypocrisy in human nature is powerful. This kind of power promotes human progress and evolution. The desire for power, the yearning for money, and the pursuit of women are all brought by the power of hypocrisy. Whenever people have these desires, people will use this force to strengthen themselves and disguise themselves, so as to achieve their own goals and satisfy their desires. The play The Importance of Being Ernest and the...
1 Page
483 Words
Introduction The notion of the inheritance of Evil has been prevalent since the onset of the Second World War, where homicide, rape and racism, captured the interest of moral, political and legal philosophers. As a complicated and broad term, many religions shed light on this concept from differing angles. “The way in which we understand Evil is crucial to our conception of morality”1 (Kekes, 1988). The Original Sin and Evil are seen by Luther2 as “an inheritance from Adam and...
5 Pages
2248 Words
