Monday, January 13, 2014

student prompt

Deven: Write about one interpretation of evil and then write about how you see this interpretation.

The Socratic view believes that there is one evil which is ignorance.  I feel that this is only half correct.  I feel that this is only half correct in the sense that some people are just mean like Roger from Lord of the Flies.  Some people just enjoy pain and know exactly what it means and have a complete understanding of their actions and their effect.  The thing is that their actions are limited somewhat by their understanding.

            I believe that the kind of evil this applies to is people like Hitler who ignorantly killed hundreds of Jews in concentration camps because he saw them as a flaw.  He ignorantly caused the death of many people because of his own disagreements with them.


1 hour reading the absolutely true diary of a part time Indian
1 hour revising annotations

1 comment:

  1. I totally agree with you about how ignorance can be interpreted into a form of evil. Like people not caring what they do, who they do it to and who it effects. They just like to inflict pain on others. But I also think this kind of evil such as Hitler can be interpreted as people believing that they are right or perfect and that everyone should be like them. And if your aren't they kill you off.

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