the choice to do good or evil and relates to the virtue that every person has. In Plato’s "Meno"‚ Socrates argues with Meno over what virtue really is and the true definition. At one point‚ they discuss that being virtuous is "find joy in beautiful things." The go on at length arguing what is beautiful and what is good. They also cover whether or not people actually do desire bad things or if all people desire good things. At the end they concur that people do not desire bad things and virtue
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estimates‚ there are roughly 4‚200 religions in the world. Religious beliefs are complicated things. You can look at them and say these beliefs cause wars and manage billions of people’s lives. But have your ever thought about why do people have these beliefs? Why do these beliefs even exist? Take a look at the history you might say people created religions just because they wanted to rule the rest of people or to secure their own social status. These stories may be true but they are not the root
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I believe that all individuals have free will. They have the ability to choose their desired path‚ but what influences their decisions is the environment that surround them. The values and characteristics that individuals develop over time are influenced by their family‚ culture‚ and society. Individuals have free will‚ but because of their influences they are encouraged to choose what family‚ society‚ or their culture tells them what to do. It is up to the individual to either go with or against
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Most people believe that free will is something that all humans have. Many religions even teach that people have free will. Children are told by their parents that they have free will. However‚ free will is nothing more than a myth. It is only an illusion. Humans only believe that they have free will. The play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles brings this idea up. In the play‚ Oedipus believes he has free will in choosing to run away from the town he calls his home because he is afraid of a prophecy
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Pygmalion Effect: Good People Doing Bad Things “Mother of two kills man who earlier hurt children.” Reports like these are seen every day. These headlines often leave people thinking‚ “Why do good people sometimes do bad things?” This question has everyone from scientists to citizens wondering. The Pygmalion and Golem effects help answer this. These self-fulfilling prophecies tell why people do certain things to meet the standards of others. When faced with pressure‚ their reputation on the line
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Why do good people do bad things? (750 words) In this essay I will talk about the torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. I will also write about the Stanley Milgrim Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment. All of these relate to one of the topics we have covered this term. There is an excellent example of uniforms influencing power in the Stanford Prison experiment which took place in1971‚ it was lead by Prof Zimbardo1 (see footnote) in which a group of students were selected to act as prison
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Do things have to be equal to be fair? Well‚ yes‚ they do. If things weren’t fair‚ they wouldn’t be equal‚ simple. People hear the saying all the time‚ “Life isn’t fair‚ so just deal with it.” But life should be fair‚ for many reasons‚ especially our history. First‚ an example is the schools of London in the 1900s. The boys and girls were taught differently. The girls would learn how to keep house‚ and the boys would learn labor‚ and how to pay bills and such. True‚ that is what most people would
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Same Places‚ Same People‚ Different Names There was a big problem for me and I am certain that it is shared among millions of people from different parts of the world living in the United States or other English speaking countries. I am referring to the problem that why some foreign names are different in the English language from their origins while some others are almost the same as they are in their origins. For example‚ names such as Ali‚ Buddha‚ Miriam‚ Tokyo‚ Washington‚ and Quito are the
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Why good people do bad things? “Doing bad is easy but doing well is not”. Yes‚ that saying is the most concrete explanation why good people do bad things. Good people do bad things with good intentions. We‚ humans‚ are all sinful by nature. No one of us can behave perfectly and sinless. But we have the capacity to avoid temptations and to distinguish what’s right from wrong. Good intentions cause most of the world’s great evils. There are many things that happened in the past that can construe
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Why do people have bad relationships? And how do people have good relationships? Relationships to me does not all have to be about marriage or couples. You have friend relationships‚ Healthy relationships‚ spiritual relationships‚ sexual relationships and more. But‚ today I am here to speak on them all. Friend relationships can either go bad or good. This generation today people cannot even be friends for just a whole month‚ because there is always some he say‚ she say mess just. But‚ to stop all
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