Dystopian Development

One night, a very dark night, trouble was lurking in the shadows. You could just smell it in the air everywhere you go. It was like choking on a dark cloud filled with danger. Legend has it that it targets one person until they die. It fills them with dreadful thoughts, making them do bad deeds, and leading them to suicide. Today it chose to pick me...

The city that once had homed thousands and been the most economically successful country ever, was now a contaminated wasteland. The land looked dry, destroyed and lonely. The morning breeze felt like crying sorrows, and the grey deceitful sky awed down at us. In the deepest corner of despair lies dystopia where hope dies. As someone looks through the eyes of the devil, they see his utopia. Only visible by the dim light of the moon was the great wall. Beyond the wall? No one knew. Stretching away from the wall was a humongous bridge that towered the wall. Standing tall on the bridge was a tower, which had two circles that almost looked like eyes. Those mysterious, creepy and dangerous looking eyes stared down at the city giving away a haunting look.

I look to the right of my bed and it’s there; crouching beside me. Its face is pure white and doesn’t resemble skin at all, but a shining porcelain. The monster doesn’t have a mouth - there is just skin running down from the bottom of its nose to its chin. Shielding it’s beady eyes are a pair of raven-black goggles strapped to its bald head. It wears what resembles a completely circular helmet the colour of a neon orange and its hands are covered in tactical gloves, dark as a jet-black night. It wears an amber jumpsuit and stare into my soul. Its wretched face is about five centimetres away from mine and I can feel an ice cold breath creep onto my forehead.The creatures body is hunched over and strange

Give and Take is a book written by Adam Grant to describe his view of economic drivers and motivations through the lens of his theory of Give and Take. Economics is the study of how people make choices under scarcity and the results of these choices for society and Mr. Grant asserts that success isn’t just achieved by those who take it; but the majority of success goes to individuals who are willing to look out for others at their potential detriment. According to Grant, the perception of givers are often taken advantage, his research indicates that givers make up a majority of those at the top of the success ladder, even though they are more likely to “sacrifice their own interests to benefit others. Give and Take compares to economic theories like scarcity, cost/benefit analysis, equilibrium, and opportunity costs. To better understand the principles of economics through the lens of Give and Take, one must understand the concepts of Grant’s Give and Take as a description of day to day operations as they relate to well established economic theories.

A utopia is what everyone is aiming for, but is that really what they are getting? With the hopes of a perfect society, we the people are rushing for a drastic change in the way things work without giving too much care in which direction things are changing, and that can and will cause definite issues. In the hopes to rush into a perfect world, too many people are treating government like a roulette wheel and hoping for the best, even though all odds are against them. In doing so, they are setting themselves up for a more controlled tomorrow.

According to Cohen, economic systems operating on the basis of generosity are not feasible. Production is driven by greed.

Altruism is defined as the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others. Why would someone think that certain actions are moral? There are two answers. First, altruism is naturally positive but on the contrary there are situations that decisions are made with morally bad tendencies and motivations, in circumstantial selfishness. Secondly, altruism is good because of its affirmative effects. The outcome of altruism does not only effect the person to whom the altruism is intended for, but it has its indirect ramification on society. There is truth to both of these answers. We all have experiences of acting out of an impartial concern for the health of a friend or loved one. These experiences that we have had seem to be an unambiguous instance of moral virtue. It seems likely that if our society had more acts of altruism, our world would be a better place to live than if there were no altruism at all.

Inequality, hatred, and selfishness are some of the things that we live in day to day. Whether it be in the streets or at home. I believe that people should focus more on the less unfourtunate than themselves.

I believe the most important issue we as humans need to solve in the world is poverty. In a sort ‑of way, some of the mentioned issues we face are somewhat connected to poverty. Racial discrimination is formed from the thought of the black race being the lower and rather vulgar class. And poverty is the reason for the black race being viewed upon as non-superior. Because of their ethnic

Prosocial behaviour is any type of voluntary behaviour that heightens the welfare of one or more individuals other than oneself, without making any distinctions about the motives behind the behaviour. Often, altruism is seen as a part of prosocial behaviour with the ‘egoless’ motive of helping another person and this not in hopes of being rewarded or avoiding punishment (Eisenberg & Miller, 1987). Batson and Powell (2003) contest this. To them altruism, as the antithesis of egoism, is not so much a behaviour, as it is a

This behavior refers to any action that benefits other people, no matter what the motive or how the giver benefits from the action. By that, we could say that altruistic acts are pro-social. However, pure altruism consists of true selflessness and that, not all pro-social acts are fully altruistic. Perhaps, this is the reason why some people could not set apart altruism from egoism. Pure and absolute altruism can be found once a person fully recognizes a selfless act from an act that is self-beneficial and

Altruis is the opposite of self-centeredness or selfishness. For that reason, an altruistic person will always be

The renowned researcher Stephen Post defined altruism as “Unselfish delight in the wellbeing of others and engagement in acts of care on their behalf”. I would add that authentic altruistic expression demands the wellbeing of another as paramount, often to the detriment

Altruism derives from the French word autrui, meaning "other people”. The simple definition: feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people. The full definition: unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others. (Merriam Webster Dictionary). People are willing to help others in times of need when a disaster happens regardless to their circumstances. This shows the heart of individuals toward others survival and recovery.

When women with children come displeased on account of them bearing offspring, and barren women remain happy on account of having no responsibility of offspring.