Flaws Found In The Supernatural Theory
To begin with, the supernatural theory is the belief that values come from a supernatural being or higher power. It is also the belief that the higher power embodies the highest good themselves, and they reveal to us what is right or good and what is bad or wrong. This could also be referred to as religious morality. I personally believe in this theory. I have gone to church and been involved with churches ever since I can remember. I no longer go and do not believe that you have to go to church or be a deeply religious person in order to believe in the supernatural theory or to have a relationship with your higher power. However, there can be flaws found in the supernatural theory. For instance, if you believe that God has spoken to
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Ayn Rand was a supporter of this theory. She called it rational ethical egoism and believed that the self-interest of rational human beings will never conflict. I do not believe this is true because when I decided to leave the father of my son, he did not want me too. I was acting in my own self-interest, but it conflicted with what he wanted. In order for universal ethical egoism to work, we would have to be almost completely self-sufficient and isolated. Since most of us live in a place where we are interdependent, self-interest conflict constantly and have to somehow be …show more content…
This theory states that if God is all powerful and all-knowing then he must have predestined everything that occurs. Fatalism is the same belief only not in a religious way and not involving God. Jean-Paul Sartre believed that there does exist a limited determinism in that people cannot help that they are born, how they are born, in what century, or to which parents they born. However, he also believed that people can help to determine how they live. I agree with his theory, because if everything was predetermined it would make it very easy for me and everyone else to not be held accountable for our actions. For instance, I could say that the fact that I used drugs is not my fault. That was determined before I was born and I have no control over it. I do believe, as Sartre did, that something’s are predetermined, but we can choose how we live our life. If it was all predetermined, I do not see what the point would be in living. It would almost be like acting out a play that was already
Ayn Rand was a supporter of this theory. She called it rational ethical egoism and believed that the self-interest of rational human beings will never conflict. I do not believe this is true because when I decided to leave the father of my son, he did not want me too. I was acting in my own self-interest, but it conflicted with what he wanted. In order for universal ethical egoism to work, we would have to be almost completely self-sufficient and isolated. Since most of us live in a place where we are interdependent, self-interest conflict constantly and have to somehow be …show more content…
This theory states that if God is all powerful and all-knowing then he must have predestined everything that occurs. Fatalism is the same belief only not in a religious way and not involving God. Jean-Paul Sartre believed that there does exist a limited determinism in that people cannot help that they are born, how they are born, in what century, or to which parents they born. However, he also believed that people can help to determine how they live. I agree with his theory, because if everything was predetermined it would make it very easy for me and everyone else to not be held accountable for our actions. For instance, I could say that the fact that I used drugs is not my fault. That was determined before I was born and I have no control over it. I do believe, as Sartre did, that something’s are predetermined, but we can choose how we live our life. If it was all predetermined, I do not see what the point would be in living. It would almost be like acting out a play that was already