“It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law” -Thomas Hobbes. There are three crucial laws to mankind. Equal rights, free speech, and treating others as you would like to be treated. These three rules to society have been around for ages and they are some of the things that most humans live by still to this day. Although they are definitely not the only three laws within society, they are some of the most important. These laws are strong enough to run society on their own. In America there are many conflicts over these three simple rules not being followed. So if these rules were taken seriously and followed would the world be any different or any better?
Equal rights are very pivotal to this generation because of all the segregation that
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They have the right to state their opinion and with that others can listen and make decisions based off what one person has said. Free speech is not a part of the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. In this book sameness and precision of language is required. The people in that book are not allowed to feel emotions or speak for themselves. They have strict rules to be alike and use specific words and actions to prevent leadership or opinions. Free speech is the main thing in the world that does create leaders and without these leaders we would not have many of the luxuries we have …show more content…
At the end of The Giver by Lois Lowry all memories and feelings are set free and people stop using precision of language. They are allowed to state what is really on their mind and true happiness is brought back into their world along with free speech. In the books The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank equal rights is pretty much abolished for Jews and those wanting to help the Jews. Hitler believed that Jews were not equal to Germans like himself. He believed they were nothing but animals that should be treated with the utmost disrespect. This treatment lead to WWII and many other conflicts. The Golden Rule or treat other as you would like to be treated is an overall rule that can change the mindset of many. Most people think of only themselves and this rule opens their minds to understand others and opens their eyes to see that what they are doing can hurt. The Golden Rule also prevents violence and conflict with feeling the emotions or physical pain of the opposing side. These rules together shall create an equal, opinionated, and kind society. Some laws are what make people's lives livable. “It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ of the will of all which establishes in civil rights the natural equality between men. It is this celestial voice which dictates to each citizen the precepts of public reason, and teaches
Our ideas about laws and philosophy are borrowed from those of Justinian’s code, which was the main set of laws of the empire. For example, the Declaration of Independence says the “unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” (Doc. D) This is similar to the “maxims of law... to live honestly, to hurt
Do you think that by having twins, the one twin you don’t like gets killed? In The Giver Jonas’s Community has no freedom nor choice in anything they do. They think that by taking away all this freedom that they could have a perfect community newsflash, nothing's perfect. Do you think the Giver is a Utopia or Dystopia? In my opinion The Giver is a Dystopia because they don’t have color, they release kids for bad reasons, and why the Giver is a Dystopia not a Utopia.
a law made by God, called the Law of Reason. This law gives humankind liberty,
Imagine a community that you live took away your personal rights; the things that you know and even the way that you think. This is happening to a boy named Jonas not only him but also the inhabitants of Jonas’s community. In the book The Giver Jonas and his community is living with no personal rights. I believe that the inhabitants of Jonas’s community and Jonas should be given personal rights. The community should be given personal rights because they can learn from their mistakes, to have memory and to have emotions. Those are the reasons why I believe that the community should be given personal rights.
“Everyone loves free expression as long as it isn't exercised” (Rosenblatt 501). In the article, We are Free to Be You, Me, Stupid, and Dead, Roger Rosenblatt argues for the people’s right to freedom of speech and expression, that is given by the U.S Constitution. Rosenblatt argues that freedom of speech is one of the many reasons the Founding Fathers developed this country. For this reason, Rosenblatt believes that we should be tolerant and accepting of other’s ideas and beliefs. Even if one does not agree with someone else, they need to be understanding and realize that people have differing opinions.
life: the Golden Rule. The Golden Rule states “do unto others as you would have them do unto
Jonas, the main character in The Giver by Lois Lowry, is a very strong person, which allows him to go farther in life then the people that surround him. Throughout Jonas's life he has known nothing but "sameness". He lives in a Utopian community where there are no choices and everyone in his world has their lives laid out for them. But, Jonas is given the job of "Receiver of Memory". He alone knows the truths of the world, a world with colors, pain, and choices. What he does with these truths will bring obstacles to his life that will show the readers not only his strengths but his weaknesses as well.
With minor differences such as the belief that public misfortune was due to ignorance, omission, or scorn for the rights of women. Also mentioning that all women are born free and therefore are entitled to liberty, security, and especially resistance to oppression. As all men do all women should also have the right to vote in matters of the public. Along with that would come the right for a fair trial taking into account the law of nature and reason and equally can be charged and prosecuted as seen fit by the case or crime. Something very interesting in the set of laws includes the term that men and women share equally all duties and painful
Since this country was founded, we have had a set of unalienable rights that our constitution guarantees us to as Americans. One of the most important rights that is mentioned in our constitution is the right to free speech. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
In The Giver, by Lois Lowry, the reader is left with an uncertain ending about what happens to the main character of the story, Jonas, and his little friend, Gabriel. The plot of a story usually ends with a resolution, where the conflict of the story is resolved; however, this is clearly not the case with The Giver. It is not possible to be completely certain on the ending of this book by reading this story alone; however, it is possible to gather the evidence and assume what likely occurred in the ending of The Giver. One cannot be sure on what happened at the ending of The Giver; however, I believe that Jonas and Gabriel did not survive. I also believe that there could have been a more effective ending to the story; I highly disagree with Lois Lowry’s choice of leaving it up to the reader to decide what happens in the ending of the story, for it leaves too many unanswered questions. Overall, I did not enjoy the ending of The Giver due to its ambiguity.
In the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, the author portrays a utopian society where important items such as emotions, customs, and diversity are lost and forgotten. Universal feelings such as love and hatred are eliminated from Jonas’s community. Jonas is the main protagonist in The Giver. Throughout his journey from a regular twelve year old to the most important citizen in his community, Jonas learns about many important themes, such as the important of love, sameness versus diversity, and the role of memories.
This includes the need to prioritize one's conscience over the dictates of laws, based on the principle by Thoreau that we men should be first, and subjects afterwards. People have an important duty to refuse a government that is corrupt, and distance themselves from these unjust institutions.
Has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges everyone; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions (Locke 9).
"One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws." Martin Luther King's words, which correspond with the above assertion, perfectly tell us what to do in the face of laws, either just or unjust. To be sure, modern laws are made to express the general will, a will that aims at the common good. This means that laws in most cases intend to protect every social member’s rights under the principle of justice and fairness.
The purpose of this book was to show us a possible version of a "Utopia".