INTRODUCTION During this semester, we were asked to find a book authored by any scholars and read the book. Instead of just reading the book, we were required to do our own reflection on the content of the book. It is one of the assignments for EDC3362 Course, Contemporary Moral Issues. For that purpose, I chose a book entitled “From Here We Start” authored by Khalid M. Khalid out of a few books proposed at the first place. Thus, this paper is written to give my personal reflection on the chosen book entitled “From Here We Start”. PERSONAL REFLECTION This is my personal reflection about the book. First and foremost, I would like to say that it is my first time reading the book entitled “From Here We Start”. Honestly speaking, the book is actually not my first …show more content…
At first, it discussed about bread and butter. Honestly speaking, I do not understand what bread and butter really means at first. In simple word, it actually reflects prosperity. After the last world war, the government works hard to improve living standard of the people and everyone tried to reach prosperity for better tomorrow. I was attracted with the phrase “The government that does not provide food for its people is not even a government”. It shows how important the role of government towards its people. I believe that being at the government side is not easy. However, nowadays many people are condemning and complaining about their government. What can I only say here is that we will never can understand what the thing really is until we are in their shoes. I totally agree with the famous English proverb saying, “Do not judge the book by its cover”. Peace is bread. How does this relate? Bread symbolizes prosperity. This prosperity will lead to peace. That is why achieving prosperity is very crucial. Sir John Llord Orr confirmed the fact that
I found this book to be a rather interesting read. I enjoyed how Levathes researched this book and wrote it to try to explain about this specific period of time and how it is very non-fiction.
My overall opinion of this book is good I really liked it and recommend it to anyone. It is a good book to read and it keep you interested throughout the whole book.
However, due to its stark and chaos-ensued exploration of human nature, it’s been quite controversial with it’s central theme of putting yourself before the common good. Other themes include conflict between civilization, the human impulse to control others, and living by the rules peacefully and in harmony. The book has thus made it’s home at number eight on the American Library Association’s list of frequently banned classic...
Did you like the book? would you recommend this book to others? Why or why
...n a government is the group that states what is to be socially acceptable and what is not, it greatly hinders a person ability to act as an individual. Whether it is the fear of being classified as abnormal, false or unjust imprisonment, or making a show out of large groups of the abnormal people, it is all in order for the government to maintain control. Within both of these contexts it is more important for there to be a strong central government than to allow a person to truly be an unique, which in return takes away what is considered to be a persons right.
...book was difficult in the fact of all the strange names and places but that teaches me that learning about the world will not be easy either. It is hard for people to drop what they are used to and be open to something totally foreign to them but that is something I need to experience in life.
With what seemed as a failed economy, its people were forced into a new way of living where hunger, illness, poverty, and unemployment were the everyday norm, but it was
Overall, this well-written book was easy to read and understand. The more I read the book, the less I didn’t want to put it down. It was strategic in form and quotes from others often highlighted the previous material talked about. This book also reminds me that, dependent on what type of book you are writing, sometimes it’s ideal to get help from others as well as use other individuals insights alongside your material.
I believe governmental power is maintained through oppression and tactic compliance of the majority of the governed struggle and conflict are often necessary to correct injustice.
began the book well. This book tried to get the idea across that humans knew
In conclusion, human morals and the fate of society depends on human nature and how people are influenced by society, not by the government. Still government plays a fundamental part on morality in society because it is the las finger holding the person who is about to fall from a ledge. A very thick finger, that is the last hope and support so that society does not end up falling into a sort of chaos of a moraless society, where life conditions would be miserable.
... it should in fact concern anyone who cares about the role a government can play in society and the devastating effects of a totalitarian government.
for me. I have found the book to be extremely well written, as well as informational and
As a child, you probably don’t consider the meaning of such phraseology as “Code of Ethics”. In fact, I don’t recall that phrase ever coming into play. However, there were guiding principles that were modelled daily, and by extension we were expected to adopt and incorporate into our daily lives. I could not have imagined how her lessons, her modelling, her guiding principles would become such a solid foundation upon which I could build my personal and professional life. Respect and honesty were givens. It was something you practiced daily, no matter how challenging the moment might have been. These were gifts you gave yourself, for they made you the better person. As I matured, I came to realize that other
Morality can be vaguely defined as the extent to which is right or wrong. The word and the concept are hard to define as it means a different thing to people. History has many theories on morality, which only lends validity to the fact that morality is a personal definition of one’s values and concepts of right and wrong. For example, the debate on abortion has been raging for decades with no end in sight any time soon. One of the reasons that this debate is so heated is that some people find abortion to be inherently immoral. They find that taking any life is unjustifiable. Others believe that it is a woman’s choice and that since the other life is dependent upon the living woman, it should be no one’s choice but her own. We all have