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Such brutal examples of truth-telling only sound brutal because of the way that they are framed in the above-mentioned example. Take the example of the abused friend. Even a six-year-old child must know about 'good touching' and 'bad touching' so the child will make the parent aware if the child is being abused. Surely the child should be told that their friend is being touched in a negative manner? It would be more hurtful to the child's welfare to pretend that 'all grown-ups are good and can be trusted.' Santa Claus is 'real' -- a real embodiment of a cultural ideal about the beauty of self-sacrificing love for children! Even Socrates in his Republic does not believe that children should be educated in exactly the same way as adults. Rather the younger generation should be taught in a way that it can understand. This practice will guide children to greater philosophical truth and give children the intellectual implements to become truth-seekers. Learning how to ask the right questions, finding out the truth one's self means that a person should not be diverted onto a path of lies, like telling a child that his or her friend just fell down.
As for the example of the Christian parents -- in their belief system they believe that they are telling their adolescent the truth when they say that God exists, just as surely as Nietzsche believes that God is dead. They can affirm their faith to their child, but they cannot force him or her to believe in God. The truth, in this case, is subjective, and what is 'true' is that the parents believe in God and the adolescent does not believe in God (or doubts), and to force him to say that he does believe in God without question would be a lie. To force the child to lie would even be wrong according to the parents' own belief structure, as believing in God for a Christian is more than simply mouthing words or obeying the protocols of a ritual. So, yes, one should always tell the truth -- but be mindful of how the truth is conveyed, and the subjective nature of truth.
Each and every one of these deeds may not have been universally good, some of them might even have been exaggerated, but Augustus needed to reconcile the supporters of the old forms to the ideas of a new era. The Republic was gone; the Augustinian state had replaced it. Augustus was self-serving in the greater interests of Rome, as well as of himself and his family, while Tacitus served
But even many devout believers in America today state that we all worship the same God, and thus participate in the same 'truth' regardless of our affiliation. Even atheists validate the feeling of believers and state that although science is factually true, the human mind and faith has its own truth that can emotionally and psychologically move mountains. In other words, there are different kinds of truths -- truths
Furthermore, in environments that are highly conducive to trauma, such as war or a paramilitary educational institution that is predominantly filled with Caucasian males who are permitted to attack one another during a certain period in their careers, conventional morals can also become distorted .The differences of right and wrong that apply to the outside world, the world that was inhabited by people before they left it to take place
Arts John Cage's 4'33" and the Concept of Brutal Honesty John Cage's is a composer known for his experimental work. It is a work that is presented in three movements, for any combination of instruments, with the interpretation usually being a perception of silence. Throughout the work the musicians do not play their instruments. This is a challenging piece of music, especially when the composer described this work, with it absence of
But this sense of a death of nationalism, or one's personal belief is different than Nietzsche's statement because no ideology has kind of hold Christianity did upon the world when Nietzsche wrote in 19th century Europe. Response 2 Do you think we reached a point where we no longer need God? On one hand, it is possible to see humanity's ability to engage in scientific discovery as proof of the glory of
Grendel by John Gardner and Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Grendel by John Gardner The Development and Validity of Knowledge In the beginning of the novel, Grendel is a large and frightening monster who enjoys killing and eating people. It is however revealed that he is also intelligent, and that he can theorize about the meaning of life and tell sophisticated jokes. He however hates almost everything. He hates his mother, for her
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