Today's prompt:
10) If you act justly, will you find happiness? (Socrates)
Well, to that, you must first discover what justice is. For this prompt, let us assume that Justice is the opinion I have been expressing the past few blog entries: the idea that justice is living life as to avoid conflict, and if conflict arises, to make sure it does not happen again. If that is so, then one may be able to find happiness easier, but if everyone were to follow said justice to the letter, it is very likely that it would turn into a hellish nightmare. Much like in the Twilight Zone episode, "A Nice Place to Visit," man would become so bored from all the peace, that they would eventually go insane. Not everyone may be a "Glutton for Punishment," as the saying goes, but it is definitely part of human nature to despise monotony, even if that monotony is an absence of conflict.
However, it's rather unlikely that such a utopia would occur, sad as it is. If one were the only man in the area to participate in what we call "Justice," then it would still rely on those around him. Were those around him kind souls, then they may accept justice, and peace will reign until monotony destroyed it. Were those around him not as kind, some may take in Justice into their own lives, some may shun it and cause more conflict. From there, it is all dependent on how good the followers of Justice could uphold it.
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Justin,
Your reading is true in many ways in my opinion. It is right that if there was no right or wrong, there would be chaos. It's just that some people don't seem to see it as clearly as some other people do. For example, on the day of the Socratic seminar when you were talking to me about my sample about how ants are not that different than humans. If you kill an ant and you say it's like a human, most people will say it's just an ant. Think about it harder. Think about it from our view, consider that the ants are a society (which they are). I'd like to talk about this more with you.
thanks a lot for questioning all my opinions, socrates
but id just like to know what you think about the whole ants thing
great post. I would love to follow you on twitter. By the way, did you hear that some chinese hacker had hacked twitter yesterday again.
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