https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8 Humanity is Essentially Cruel en-us 2021-06-08 20:57:51 UTC 2023-04-11 13:37:19 UTC hello@padlet.com peytontillie https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603383781 - A UN Study examined how many people live in poverty on a global basis, which displayed how 700 million people live in extreme poverty;
- This study indirectly shows how humans are innately cruel as to allow fellow human beings to live in such horrible conditions;
- An Inspector Calls, Immanuel Kant: Radical Evil, and A Victim of Human Cruelty all display similar theses of human cruelty;
- Analyzing such works reveal an astonishing affiliation with Global Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions]]> 2021-06-13 13:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603383781 peytontillie https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603392223 2021-06-13 14:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603392223 peytontillie https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603393717 - Mr. Birling acts in a cruel way by firing her when she demanded a raise in times of financial hardship;
- They “wanted the rates raised so that they could average about twenty-five shillings a week” (Priestley 14);
- The juxtaposition between Sheila's socialist beliefs and Mr. Birling's capitalist beliefs furthers the audience's dislike for Mr. Birling, making the audience agree with Sheila more rather than Mr. Birling;
- Priestley uses dramatic irony to create a sense of distance and antagonism between the audience and him: “Just because . . .  a few German officers have too much to drink and begin talking nonsense, you’ll hear some people say that war’s inevitable” (Priestley 6);
- If privileged people such as Mr. Birling all started to care more for their employees rather than their own wealth, then “promot[ing] peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development” would not be necessary]]> 2021-06-13 14:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603393717 peytontillie https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603406223 2021-06-13 14:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603406223 peytontillie https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603407361 - Explains how and why Kant though humanity had an innate desire to be cruel;
- Kant thought that all humans possess three natural dispositions: animality, personality, and humanity;
- For humans to be able to exhibit cruel behaviour (as they clearly are) one of these dispositions must be corrupt
- Since animality and personality are pure in nature, humanity is the only "remaining basic predisposition susceptible to corruption” (Hanson);
- To display his argument, Hanson lays out a series of facts to build his thesis off of;
- “The failure of human moral agents to observe the moral law is symptomatic of a character . . . that has been corrupted by an innate propensity to evil” (Hanson)
- If humanity was not innately cruel, a society would be just naturally, so providing proper justice for all in Goal 16 would not be necessary]]> 2021-06-13 14:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603407361 peytontillie https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603430612 2021-06-13 14:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603430612 peytontillie https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603431457 - Tells the tale of a boy treating an innocent bird with cruelty;
- The bird “was injured by a youngster with a stick / He aimed and struck the bird a crippling blow” (Duggan);
- The boy symbolizes all of humanity and the bird symbolizes those who are weaker than us;
- “And homeward whistling happy he did go / Leaving his crippled victim to die slow / It’s sad to think so very very sad / That human kind can be so very bad" (Duggan);
If humanity wasn't innately cruel as this boy is, all institutions would already be inclusive, so Global Goal 16 would not need to exist]]> 2021-06-13 15:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603431457 peytontillie https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603442433 2021-06-13 15:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603442433 peytontillie https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603444205 - All of humanity carries a natural inclination to be cruel, which must prove that the fundamentals upon which human nature is built are inherently cruel;
- An Inspector Calls displays how most people cruelly prioritize their wealthy over the health of others;
- Immanuel Kant: Radical Evil explains how Kant believed that, as humans, being cruel is inescapable;
- A Victim of Human Cruelty demonstrates how all humans prey on those weaker than them;
- We must start to recognize this cruelty in order to prevent it from continuing;
- We must also start focusing on creating peace, justice, and strong institutions;
- As a global community attempting to take a next step, we should try to highlight specific parts of human nature that exhibit human cruelty as a way to prevent it from controlling us ]]> 2021-06-13 15:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/peytontillie/3dpwp1mmu85q0rh8/wish/1603444205