Do you believe in the rationality, perfectibility, and mutability premises? What social institutions and practices are based on these beliefs?
I partly agree with the rationality premise. Most of the time, we can live our lives without worries because there is a trust between people. As the textbook states, “most people” (353) will give back things that they borrowed. However, I think fewer than “most people” is behaving irrational now a days. Some people consciously betray “trust” and try to get benefits. So many people lose logical analysis before benefits. Yes, there are polices and juries who are there because we trust them, but we cannot say for sure that they really can be trusted.
I don’t agree with perfectibility premise. I believe people are born to good. When we heard a sad story about a person, we cry for him because we feel sorry. If someone is falling down, our body unconsciously move to catch him. It is not something we “put effort and control” (353) to do these things. I believe we all naturally have goodness.
As for mutability premise, I also believe that human behavior is shaped by biological factors too. For example, I learned in a human sexuality class that men and women’s different behaviors are shaped by both biological and environmental factors. However, I think environmental factors shape our lives a lot. Thus, I agree with the idea of universal education that by giving healthy physical and psychological circumstances, people can grew up to be healthy people.
Final Post
15 年前
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I wonder if there could a premise that takes a negative aspect for any one of these premeise, and creates a premise that would state that people can be affected by other people in a negative way. We have all heard the notion that good people sometimes go bad. Is it because they were already bad to begin with or did something drive them to that point due to influence, environment, and or interactions that leave them helpless both mentally and physically?
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