The author of the essay “Panopticism”‚ Michel Foucault gives his opinion on power and discipline in Panopticism. He describes Jeremy Bentham’s “Panopticon”‚ a tower in the centre of a room which has vision to every cell‚ generalized for prisoners. In simple words‚ it functioned in maintaining discipline throughout the jail. It’s most distinctive feature was that; prisoners could be seen without ever seeing. Prisoners would never really know when they are watched and when not. They are always under
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mystifying paintings are branched from the panoptic schema used by the “ruling class” to inspect‚ sort‚ and oppress the public. As indicated by Bentham‚ Panopticonism is “a great new instrument of government…; its great excellence consists in the great strength it is capable of giving to any institution it may be thought proper to apply it to” (Bentham 66). John Berger’s radical views on the way we appreciate art are great aspects on how artworks can affect us socially. An implication of
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Road to a Discipline Society You will never really be seen as “free” in this world. Especially with the amazing technology we have today. It’s getting extremely superior obviously day by day. It is hard to do anything without being watched by the government. Some people feel more secured while others want nothing to do with the government being “on top of you.” The government does this for a reason‚ to have all the people in line and not have anyone doing the immoral things. Foucault explains
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happiness for the greatest number‚ therefore a community of people would most likely gain priority over an individual. If a positive act were to benefit a family of people and the opposite act would benefit a single being‚ the positive one would be what Bentham would encourage as it would have the best results for a larger amount of people. However‚ an immoral act such as gang rape which is arguably something that could never be justified‚ would be deemed ‘acceptable’ according to act utilitarianism as the
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I A political theorist once claimed that one should be most critical of ideas that have been deemed normal or scientific. For the most part‚ these notions that have been branded as “facts of life” carry with them several nuisances and drawbacks that people often ignore or fail to see since they are primarily held by many as irreplaceable truths. Unfortunately‚ such non-examined concepts are normalized in the level of human consciousness and in effect‚ rendering the individual a myopic perspective
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There are numerous philosophies regarding morality. Two of the ethical systems debated today are utilitarianism and deontology. These two traditions parallel the sayings “the ends justify the means” or “the means justify the ends”. Inspired by Jeremy Bentham’s philosophies‚ John Stuart Mill applied his ideas to his many pamphlets and short works regarding Utilitarianism. This philosophy considers that the best thing to do ethically for a society is to maximize its happiness‚ interests‚ preference
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generation. Thus‚ their ideas aren’t actually their own. All their thoughts have been molded and influenced by social institutions such as home‚ school‚ and church. This kind of mind play is the real source of power‚ at least according to Foucault. Using Jeremy Bentham’s design of the panopticon‚ he discussed how the prisoners were controlled by their own minds. The knowledge that someone might be
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Question : What is Utilitarianism? Identify and discuss the arguments for and against using Utilitarian principles in the workplace. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that proclaims that the morally right course of action in any given situation is the one that produces the greatest amount of pleasure over pain for everyone affected (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich &Ferrell 2008).This is evident in business decision making processes done by analysts‚ legislators and managers‚ for instance on deciding
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This Perfect Day is probably Ira Levin’s greatest work of his career. Levin’s work‚ despite being written in 1970‚ is very plausible having realistic technology‚ such as scanners and computers which watch over the entire family‚ the entire population of the world. This novel could be used to show the dangers of a Utopian society as well as being full of anti-Communist and anti-racist sentiment. This Perfect Day also displays the feeling that communist and segregated institutions can be defeated
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a text that persuades the readers that the “control of mind” is the best way to achieve happiness. Csikszentmihalyi created the psychological concept of flow. Csikszentmihalyi uses his book to best explain his concept to the common people and the best way to achieve it. He uses many examples and explains how to achieve flow and why it is the key to happiness. Csikszentmihalyi states that the concept of flow is useful in professions
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