Essay on Society is Destined for Destruction

Pride or hubris is part of the warp and woof of the human experience. From Satan (picture) and the Tower of Babel (picture) in the Judeo-Christian tradition to Achilles (picture) and Icarus (picture) in the Greco-Roman tradition, pride has led to the downfall of many and the suffering of countless.

Webster's online dictionary defines civilization as "a society in an advanced state of social development". Without the restraints of society, the behaviour of people will regress to their savage beginnings, due to the fact that one's need for survival will overpower all other impulses. The descent into savagery, man's inherent desire to survive over anything else, and the need for civilization and order shows how society unnaturally holds everyone together. Society artificially bonds everything together by imposing rules and structures and without the reminders of civilization and its conventions the savagery of human nature emerges.

There are many deadly diseases that fill our world today, but one stands out above all,

We learn as a little child that there are wrong choices and right choices. However, people do not realize how important decisions are until they make the wrong one. Some people make a choice that affects them to help others. In church, we learn about the punishment and shame of the two thieves hanging on the cross and Jesus Christ who died on the cross for others. We can switch on the television to learn about the punishment, and shame one went through for their decisions. Unfortunately, shame is everywhere we look these days, and seems to be worse because of the public media. Apart for the present which has public media shaming, let’s examine the past where shaming was contained in a town.

No single reason can usually be attributed to the collapse of a society. Civilizations both thrive and fall due to numerous reasons. Invasion from foreign forces, natural disasters, overexpansion, and decay of religious beliefs can all be attributed to decline in civilizations, but looking further into the decline there is another pattern. The breakdown in moral behavior precipitates the collapse of civilizations. The desire for power and wealth most often cause morality to decay. This pattern is significant for the reason that the decline in moral behavior brings about other problems that also contribute to the societal decline such as distrust in government and loss of civic virtue. Understanding the internal problems allows people to better understand why civilizations thrive and why they fail and apply that knowledge elsewhere.

Bonobos are the most closely relates species to the human race, yet the general public knows little about them. The minimal knowledge of these apes’ existence may be due to the fact that they inhabit only specific regions in the Congo, and are not naturally seen anywhere else in the world. Only in recent years have scientists and researchers even begun diving into their world, or unique behavior and psychology. Their collective importance to the eco system, interactions with one another, how they solve problems, and how these actions differ from other monkeys and apes in the wild are just a few characteristics that make the Bonobo special. Unfortunately, significance itself has not saved these primates from being a part of the scientific endangered list. Human impact, capture and slaughter for commercial bushmeat sale, war, deforestation, and poverty all play a role in their demise. Although their current status is not favorable, research and conservation efforts bring hope for their future.

Shame is a powerful emotion which has great influence on social behaviour (Mcdougall, 2001). Brief synopsis of relevant literature confirms that shame handling and management, also emphasizes the importance of this particular social emotion as it is able to alter interpersonal bonds, it can be destructive and may to lead to farther violent behaviour (Baumeister & Bushman 2014). Additional important reason of managing shame is that it may develop to pathological consequence of major depression or suicide due to the absence of a single concept as a solution of repairing the entire self which is damaged by experiencing shame on a long term (Tangney, Burggraf & Wagner, 1995). This particular feeling might trigger violent outbreak or complete withdrawal or cause anger as a defensive reaction, which aims to neutralise the negative evaluation (Weiner, Tennen & Suls, 2012; Baumeister, Smart & Boden 1996). Relating shame to social conflict theories, Scheff (1999) hypothesized if the shame is recognised, a bond of cohesion and trust can be formed, although shame is frequently unacknowledged. An important aspect of shame management theory developed by Ahmed, Harris, Braithwaite and Braithwaite (2001) suggests who accepts and takes personal responsibility, will be able to avoid delinquency as they have considered the damaging affect of consequences. On the contrary, managing shame through blaming others will enhance misconduct due to personal action and consequences being disconnected

We live in a world we’re we have many diseases. We worry how we’re going to cure all

As the world moves into the twenty-first century, it faces many problems. War, disease, over-population, and starvation are examples of problems that have yet to be solved. However, progress has been made in many areas that aid in the reduction of human misery. Diseases, through research and scientific study, are better understood—many that

As long as humans have existed, weapons too have existed. Ranging from the simple bow-and-arrow from the Native Americans, to the advanced pistol of the Europeans, weapons have existed for as long as history can tell. Due to the reasons like this, we humans have placed ourselves on the top of the social hierarchy while simple, “weak” organisms have been placed on the bottom. This idea is loosely present in the novel The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, where the human race is invaded by aliens from the planet Mars, called Martians. Although we have placed ourselves on the top of the social hierarchy, Wells argues that even though we have such advanced weapons, an entity exists that could prove formidable against humans. Even through human

In 1918, the whole World underwent a thorough change, having recently come out of the most grievous catastrophe ever faced, World War I. In addition to leaving massive destruction behind, the socioeconomic aspects of the age gave birth to new ideas that had yet to cause significant changes in Germany, the country that was affected the worst by the war. The situation was relatively pitiful in Germany at that time; there was nothing remaining from the economy, people were in miserable poverty, and opposing ideologies forming in such a chaotic atmosphere were causing street fights and deaths every day. One of these ideologies that dominated the streets of Munich, a city politically known for the extreme right-wing adoptions of ideas, was “Nazism”. This harshly discriminating idea slowly turned into the main ideology interiorized by Germans, which

Disgrace is a novel by the Nobel prize-winning writer Coetzee set in the post-apartheid period in South Africa, a period when people were trying their best to learn to forgive the past wrong done by the suppressive government. The question of what it means to forgive is raised in the novel. The process of forgiveness was mechanical in a sense that there were several stages that the victims have to pass through in order to truly forgive. The Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act 34 of 1995 establishes a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help those victims who were uncomfortable to forgive. It forged a new relationship among amnesty, trust, and forgiveness- in forgiving, people are not being asked to forget, but to remember,

With a population of 6.8 billion and growing at a rate of about 75 million per year, it is important we have a safe environment to live in. “Every time we venture beyond the boundaries of our everyday world, whether traveling to a less-developed country or camping in a wilderness area, we are reminded of the importance of these basics: clean water, sanitary waste disposal, safe food, and insect and rodent control” (Core Concepts 572). Elements that we survive on and that are being polluted are our air and water quality. As well as our solid waste, chemical, radiation, and noise pollution having a detrimental effect on the world we live in. Our surrounds directly affect our personal health and we affect what surrounds us, so improving what we can is the most important responsibility we have.

Thirty years ago in Bhopal, India, an accident at the Union Carbide pesticide plant led to around thirty tons of highly toxic gases to fill the air and spread through the nearby towns. When the accident occurred, over 600,000 people were exposed to the very deadly gas. Over the past years, 15,000 people have been killed by the disaster and it’s effects. (Union Carbide Corporation, 2001-2014) Toxic material still remains in Bhopal to this day. (Taylor, 2014)

To begin with, there are many types of dangerous chemicals we use daily that affect our environment in a negative way. Washing into our water sources, infecting our once pure soil, and harming the wildlife. Farmers use these deadly chemicals to attack the bugs that harm the crops, which has the same effect as a nuclear weapon has on the environment. Rachel Carson states that, “the