Thursday, October 16, 2014
Pathos
Good and evil can be defined in a plethora of ways. Good is defined as the moral, the charitable, the heroic, and the selfless. While evil is defined as the deviant, the criminal, the antagonist, and the immoral. In a sense all of us have good and evil and no one can be clearly labeled as good nor evil. Throughout life its in our nature to act out and go against the societys norms and sometimes society may label these things evil even though they might not understand the full perspective. In the podcast it describes Fritz Haber and his accomplishments throughout life and how he was both a hero to the world and also a murderer. His intention was to do something for the good of the world but in turn it harmed a great amount of people. His theory allowed people to harvest nitrogen from the air and turn it into bread. This process in turn harmed many people in return. So Good and Evil can be a balance between individuals and an imbalance.
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From the picture, we realize that the whole concept of good vs evil is a flawed truth in the world. In reality, the balance of good and evil is being able to see the potential for good in those who are evil and the potential for evil in those who are good. Fritz Haber is one of these people who can be seen as both good and evil. Though his scientific contributions were in good faith, he was seen as a war criminal because of the amount of people his theory had harmed in the process of its success. Even those who appear to be heroes have the potential to do evil things, and sometimes, in their want to do good in the world, they're blinded to the potential for disaster that their actions may have on others.
ReplyDeletePeople are both good and evil, I don’t think there is anyone in the word that is only good and has never done any harm nor do I think there is a person that does only evil things and has never done any good. In “The flawed concept of “good vs. evil” Hayao Miyazaki states that “Evil is natural, it is innate in all humans...” We all have some evil in us. He also tells us to “see the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good”. I like this quote because it falls back with the story of Fritz Haber, Haber thought he was doing good to the people, he thought he was protecting the German’s which he was but he was blinded with trying to be a hero that he didn’t see what he was doing was also causing harm to others. When he signed up voluntarily for duty in his head he thought that he would be doing greatness and helping all of Germany, he didn’t care that he would kill all the other soldiers as long as they would win. It was a craft with consequence, due to the fact that he created that chlorine gas from nitrogen and hydrogen made him lose his family his wife committed suicide and he left his 13 year old alone when he went to war again, his son also passes away once he comes to the United States. Also because of his creation the Hitler takes over and uses the killing gas on the Jews. I believe that Haber was trying to save the Germans but caused serious harm to many people and destroyed enormous lives. It falls a lot under Pathos but I can see where I can argue about how it can be Ethos as well, due to the fact that the people telling us Fritz story was trying to convince us if he was really bad they asking at the end if the world was better with or without him.
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