It is said that nature made men equal in mind and body, but are all men created equal if some are born with different desires than the other? Some controllable, and some not so controllable. If someone were to act upon a certain desire, and another person had the same desire but did not chose to act upon it, one may be viewed as a wrongdoer and the other person might not receive any judgements for having that desire because they did not act on it. A case in March 2003, of a man with a Right Orbitofrontal Tumor inside of his brain, (“Orbitofrontal abnormalities are associated with poor impulse control, altered sexual behavior, and sociopathy.”) During the time of this diagnoses, he began to accumulate child pornography magazines, and developed …show more content…
Another point Sartre makes is that “the first effect of existentialism is that it puts every man in possession of himself as he is, and places the entire responsibility for his existence squarely upon his own shoulders.” A person is in control of their body, no one else, so for this case, who would be to blame, if not the 40-year old man? If the blame was not placed upon this man, despite having the tumor, how may the victim, his stepdaughter, feel? Her rights were violated, therefore there has to be a …show more content…
This entails that the 40-year old man’s decisions have affected others, and not just himself, therefore he is responsible for what he has done. I argue that although the tumor may have pushed for pedophilia to occur, and can be a reasonable factor towards his actions, I believe he is guilty for his actions, but he should have years of rehab in replacement for jail since the tumor being removed did stop him from having such desires. He should also be required to have frequent check-ups, even after his tumor was removed, because he was rewarded back into the home where his stepdaughter
According to Downing, author of On Course, when it comes to personal responsibility, there are two ends of the spectrum: creator and victim. A creator is someone who believes they have the sole responsibility for the outcome of their life, they understand that their actions have been ineffective, and strive to change them to “create the best results they can” (21-22). Though he uses different language to explain, Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of
Seiden (2004) cites the case of a 40 year old Virginia teacher who was indulging in a lot of promiscuous activities including soliciting prostitutes, making sexual advances towards his step daughter and collecting child pornography. Eventually the police found out and was to be sentenced to jail. However, the night before he complained of severe headaches and had to be hospitalized. There too he continued his behaviour making advances towards the nurses. When he was examined for his severe headaches a large tumor was found that was displacing his orbitofrontal lobe. Following the removal of his tumor, the urges subsided and he returned home. One year later, he started re-experiencing the headaches and also indulging in the same deviant behaviours
A choice issues from, and can be sufficiently explained by, an agent’s character and motives, then to be ultimately responsible for the choice, the agent must be at least in part responsible by virtue of choices or actions voluntarily performed in the past for having the character and motives he now has (295).
On August 18, 2017, a man named Mark Johnson was mountain biking in Massachusetts when he crashed while rounding a curve on a trail. His bike tire was jammed into a pile of rocks, causing him to fall down a declivity. He was found by other bikers, but it was too late. Although some may argue that it is not completely his fault due to the fact that he was not expecting the pile of rocks to be the obstruction that led to his death, he had complete control over his decisions and actions to take the risk and mountain bike. Putting oneself in a similar situation with control of all decisions being made and all actions being performed means that he or she should be held accountable for their actions. This is prevalent in the characters and
Psychological suffering versus physical torture is one of the central themes in No Exit by French playwright Jean Paul Sartre. Sartre’s famous quote that “hell is other people” (45) is illustrated through the interactions among Garcin, Inez and Estelle. Through psychological suffering the characters’ self-destructive flaws are revealed which ultimately emphasizes how each of them are responsible for their own fate. The characters have the freedom of will to help redeem each other but choose not to. To subtly reinforce the theme, even the style of the play is psychologically wearing on the audience.
For example, let’s take a person that is in poverty or even homeless for example. Let’s say the government decides to build around their current situation. How do you think the person and poverty will feel? I am most certain that the person will feel a range of loath, disrespect, and a whole lot of anger towards those particular individuals. In words of the author “it’s best to leave things the way they are” (Kirst- Ashman). One other thing that stood out to me is, “If people would work hard and take responsibility for their actions, they wouldn’t need any help” (Kirst- Ashman). I am an overall firm believer of this statement because, I feel as if everyone has the mindset to take responsibility for their actions. Nevertheless, they also have the ability to not take responsibility for their actions. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that’s what route at least half of the human race decides to
Oftentimes people blame certain outcomes solely on fate and forget that their actions have consequences on the outcome of a situation as well.
“Sartre believes mankind cannot escape responsibility by adopting an external moral system, as this in itself is a choice that we approve, implicitly or explicitly. He argues that, one cannot escape responsibility, as an attempt to separate one's self from their freedom of choice.”(Onof) “With freedom comes much more responsibility. Sartre feels that in bad faith however, the being is fleeing from more than just freedom, it’s fleeing from several aspects of its life, basically any type of lying. “(Solaman) “This inner anguish over moral uncertainty shows a personal feeling of responsibility over the choices one makes throughout their life’s.” (Onof)
In response Dr. Adewale Troutman’s statement on individual responsibility in episode 1, individual Responsibility is important only within social context, without social determinants
"Sensitivity of the Deviant" by Jennifer Bleyer, highlighted in the December 2015 issue of Psychology Today, raises the issue of the brain research behind pedophilia. For the most part, individuals couldn 't care less to know why pedophiles do what they do, they simply compose them off as awful individuals. Pedophiles, by and large, are sensibly disengaged by neighbors and once in a while can be abandoned by companion or potentially families. A few people, in certainty fall back on savage or scornful activities towards known pedophiles. In any case, a few individuals contend that pedophilia is a mental issue that those perpetrated can 't settle on their own. They see pedophilia as a mental issue, for example, a dietary issue that needs
As I started reading "The Wall" by Sartre, I was a bit confused how the title came to be or how the story is going to relate to it. Based on my reading, it focuses on three men sentenced to death just waiting for their lives to be over. How does a wall come into play?
I find a good guide toward the good life in an amalgamation of the read from Aristotle and from Sartre. Taking Aristotle’s human function and defining the function as maximizing survivability and evolution and placing this function as a higher template for our choices made in Sartre’s view constructs this amalgamation. In an attempt to move far away from anthropocentrism, I consider nothing special about the human race, and in that, find our function to be no different than a rhinoceros’. Survive and evolve. By supplying a function to Sartre’s view of good and bad faith and the choices we make in life, I see a system of responsibility. The I and the other from our lecture on Sartre can be one and the same with the need for evolution in the above human function requiring other and the survivability aspect requiring I. This system describes the absolute freedom or free will of both I and other. Both would be necessary, and both need to make choices in life that are of good faith to succeed in the human function. Pollution, reliance on fossil fuels, and ever present resistance to ecological changes are examples of bad faith on a societal (or aggregation of others) that is keeping bad faith and may very well support some I’s survivability, does nothing for human evolution. Changes in the mindset of human rights (ultimately, I prefer Sagan’s person rights over human rights) and equality are encouraging signs of support for evolution. The above evolution aspect of the human function is not necessarily restricted to biological evolution. Living under this crossing of the two philosophies would compel an individual to not only hold absolute accountability for their decisions, but also to make decisions both for I and other. Reaching toward this good life requires selfishness and selflessness under the same
Neuropathology was discovered that aggression in sex offenders and criminal offenders has been investigated by neuroimaging techniques, neurochemicals, and neuropsychological indices. It was discovered that neuropathology was criminals were aggressive. Dysfunctions of the limbic system can cause aggression and sexual in sex offenders. In the past, researchers discovered a link between neurologic and sex offenders. The researchers used a method called neuroimaging techniques to collect data. During the case study, Mills and Raine discovered that frontal lobe dysfunction among aggressive offenders, temporal lobe dysfunctions among criminal offenders, and frontal lobe associated with rapists. Another case study conducted by Yeudall, Fedora,
The quote “All men are created equal” is a very true statement.This quote means we are all the same, black, white, Asian whatever the race may be we are all the same. We are all created for the same reason. No matter what we look like. How are we equal you might ask. We are all equal because we all have the same rights, we can all pursuit emotions, and we all have liberty.
One of the most common questions asked during an accident is “who’s responsible?” The people involved usually try their best to assign the blame onto another person as to not receive any consequences. But how can one know who is truly at fault? How can one separate all the factors and trace the blame to one single choice or choices made by a person or a group of people? Some answer that the person who did the action is responsible. Others answer that the person with the greatest knowledge of the outcomes is responsible. I, however, argue that if a person influences someone’s actions, then the influencer is responsible. If I were to influence someone else 's actions, then I ought to be held accountable.