Morality In Brave New World

Morality as a driving force for happiness no matter what the cost seems to be a theme in Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World. In chapter three of the book, the Director makes the following statement, “Moral education, which ought never, in any circumstances, to be rational” (Huxley 26). This says that morals or the values that make up a society’s ethics do not need to be rational. They just kind of exist to make the society a cohesive unit. Although, in the story, New London’s sense of morality was completely different from that of today’s societies, the leaders of the society seem to do whatever necessary to keep the citizens in line and to follow their own rules on morality.

In Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel Brave New World, John (referred to as “the savage”) is the voice of freedom in a society ruled by an inexorable pursuit of superficial happiness. In the dystopian setting, the world controllers maintain public satisfaction “but at a very high price—the sacrifice of freedom, individuality, truth, beauty, a sense of purpose, and the concept of God” (Neilson). John’s unorthodox beliefs about monogamy, God, drugs, and freedom clash with that of the overwhelming majority of people in the totalitarian London utopia. This barrier is rooted in John’s natural moral development as opposed to the artificial conditioning of the rest of society and it leads to John’s complete isolation from the people of London.

John, also known as John the Savage, is the son of Linda and his father, who are both members of Utopia. He was born and raised on the Savage Reservation. John is an outsider both on the Reservation - where the natives still practise marriage, natural birth, family life and religion - and the apparently civilised Brave New World: a totalitarian welfare-state based on principles of stability and happiness, even if it`s a happiness of a superficial and bland nature.

I believe that the best approach to political culture is the moralistic culture because it best reflects the common ideologies of the United States, benefits the common interest of the people, and is a selfless means of government. The United States is based off of a common belief that all people are created equal and therefore should have equal opportunity. Moralistic culture focuses on the common good of the people, where as the individualistic approach is every man for themselves. In the individualistic approach the government is solely focused on the minimal amount of help it can give to its citizens. Moralistic government is the most beneficial form of government for the people. The politicians focus on what is best for state as a whole,

This is a study about one’s ethical and moral behavior and Christian World View as related to personal and professional growth and development. This study examines my personal views of moral behavior and Christian World View as it relates to my expectation of what a manager in a leadership position should posses and why. Growing up in a African-American Baptist church and ultimately landing in a diverse Christian Church has shaped my life and viewpoint when it comes to values and beliefs. There are 5 characteristics that I believe a Manager should possess: Authenticity, transparency, empowering, trustworthy and competence. These five characteristics help to build rapport and trust in a manager, which are good qualities to possess when leading a team.

There is a wide array of uses for religion, but the most important aspect is how it teaches us morals. An example of this deriving from the Abrahamic faiths would be the Ten Commandments by Moses as it teaches us basic principles of morality and compassion such as loving and respecting your neighbor or the Seven deadly sins that is associated with Christian teachings. Morality is the center of all religions and answers the fundamental questions of our existence and why events may occur (Nord and Hayes). When the loss of religion or faith occurs, society seems to be bleak. Brave New World and Crime and Punishment are both experiencing or have experienced the loss of faith. Brave New World has citizens who consume soma which is a type of drug that enables its users to become hypersensitive to the world around them. This hypersensitivity allows them to be in encapsulated and feel emotions unlike ever before. It practically becomes their religion as the hail the great Henry Ford who first introduced the assembly line. There aren’t any Abrahamic faiths that exist within this society. It makes us question why the individuals must who participate in such a degrading activity that handicaps them. They are slaves to being “free”, but it’s only an illusion of freedom as they are still united through the ritual of “orgy porgies” that requires all of them to participate in group sexual intercourse. It’s apparent that there are no morals that exist within this society. Relationships have become a taboo as wife, husband, mother, father, boyfriend, girlfriend, sister, brother and any other connection to another human is frowned upon in society. The whole idea of the “orgy porgies” is for them to replace the intimacy that is provided by another human and be replaced by a group. The sense of intimacy that is built within a relationship is lost and seems more

suggests that on a global scale, unique societies fail to share the same evaluative language when

James Rachels' article, "Morality is Not Relative," is incorrect, he provides arguments that cannot logically be applied or have no bearing on the statement of contention. His argument, seems to favor some of the ideas set forth in cultural relativism, but he has issues with other parts that make cultural relativism what it is.

Time, a river of random sources acting upon the minds of existence. The idea of existence, a moral strife of which is created by the natural order of survival. In history people have related this to the past revelations of the human individual and technology, but in sentience it is not of this impression. Morality is the key to this and is the main reason why even animals realize not to kill their own brethren, or other animals similar to their own niches. Morality is also the reason why people believe because of their own past insecurity that even in the present they cannot find their own future, like a wall across the universe, it is just an excuse and could easily be broken by the universe’s shining stars.

The Progressive Movement, impossible to defined all, in the United States focused on many social, political, and economic issues by middle-class or working class to better urbanization through reform in the first decade of the 1900s including the most serious problem of morality possibile (Barnes & Baules, 2014). Morality is most important issue in the first decade of the 1900s because it is the root to reform of poverty, corruptions, prostitution, alcohol, working conditions, social health, and other negative socioeconomic conditions (Barnes & Baules, 2014). According to the article titled “The Definition of Morality” by Luco (2014) reads, “Haidt offers the following real definition of moral systems: Moral systems are interlocking sets of values, virtues, norms, practices, identities, institutions, technologies, and evolved psychological

Although Aldous Huxley wrote, Brave New World, before world war II, the book relates to modern day times and presents challenges and issues that should be discussed and considered. When writing the book, Huxley was reflecting on the world around him. Mass production, growth in technology, and decreasing privacy was increasing rapidly and Huxley saw major issues in this. Brave New World is a reflection of Huxley's worries for the 1930's. The book raises many different questions for readers to think about.

Within great texts reside conflicts which authors employ to educate us on our own definitions of what is moral, as it allows us to gain vicarious experience of how we would react to certain quandaries within our day to day actions. This idea of moral justification through ethical friction is exemplified within the texts Mice by Gordon Reece and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The conflict within these great texts and others who similarly discuss moral standpoints creates societal benefit as we can apply these conundrums that we experience vicariously in to tangible change within our lives where we see fit. This is applicable to the real world, as a world which is morally educated to the relevant ethical standards is a world with less conflict,

The link between morality and human nature has been a progressive reoccurring theme since ancient times (Prinz, 2008). Moral development is a characteristic of a person’s general development that transpires over the course of a lifetime. Moral development is derived by a wide variety of cultural and demographic factors that appear to influence morally relevant actions. Turiel (2006) defined morality as an individuals “prescriptive judgments of justice, rights, and welfare pertaining to how people ought to relate to each other.” Individuals’ moral judgments are frequently considered to be a product of culturally specific controls that provide a framework for behavioral motivations that are sensitive to the effects of gender, education, religion and politics (Banerjee, Huebner & Hauser, 2010). While several approaches have been utilized to examine the interaction of multivariate contributors to fundamental moral differences such as: disputes about family life, sexuality, social fairness, and so on, research has suggested that ideological considerations have provided a potent and diverse explanation for the polarization of contrasting views (Weber & Federico, 2013).

According to ADDIN EN.CITE Noonan1970705Noonan (1970)7057055John T. NoonanJohn T. Noonan, JrAn Almost Absolute Value in HistoryThe Morality of Abortion: Legal and Historical Perspectives51-591970CambridgeHarvard University Press HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_2" o "Noonan, 1970 #705" Noonan (1970), "anyone conceived by a man and a woman is human" and by recognizing this fact, it is inhuman to kill the fetus despite its imperfections. He also presents the argument that by limiting humanity to exclude certain groups which comes from allowing abortion as a result of imperfections in the fetus risks creating precedence in allowing certain groups to be excluded in society. The author also states that the moral analysis conducted in his essay comes from the perception of the fetus' humanity and the weighting that is given to the fetal rights against other fundamental human rights. He presents the argument that if any other human being's life should be spared despite their imperfections, the rights of fetuses should also be upheld. The author states that this can be put as a commandment in the sense that one should not "injure your fellow man without reasons". He continues his argument by stating that the only condition when the humanity of the fetus can be put aside and abortion upheld as a moral decision is in self-defense. Here, the author refers to the situation where the life of the fetus must be ended in order to save the mother's life "reason alone

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