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The Ideal Society

            The scriptural vision of society should remain an ideal to strive for, even though it is not likely to be achieved. In Christ's vision of a just world, every one is equal; there is no class system or racial barriers but instead a unified community of the people in the world under God. God wants a good life for all his people. In God's just world the only events that cause pain and suffering are illness, death and natural disasters, not the unnecessary pain and suffering caused by the choices people make or the social structures in our society. .
             In the first chapter of the Book of Genesis God creates the world and after every step of creation scripture reads, "And God saw that it was good." We believe that God chose to create everything in order to share his goodness and that there is goodness in all of creation. It also says in the Book of Genesis that "God created humankind in his image" (1:27). So we are the only creatures on Earth that are called to share in God's own life. Humans are gifted with the ability to respond to God with faith and love by loving all that is created. The Church teaches that everyone has dignity and worth that comes to him or her from God. Catholic teaching goes so far as to say the human life is sacred. Individuals can never lose this dignity and worth. Even if we don't recognize the sacredness in every person we meet, God does. If someone believes in scripture then they aren't the people who decide to help others crying out for justice because they are nice, but because they recognize that every human life is sacred.
             In God's just world every person would have what they due as God's children. The definition of God's justice is: what all people are due as children of God made in his image. Justice is a process (the work of justice) and a goal (a just world). The definition states that everyone has a right to justice. It doesn't however specify what exactly everyone is due.


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1. Ideal Existance

... attention, just cant get enough so my ideal existence would need to get me a lot of attention. People the are ideal to Americans usually get much attention due to being famous or looked up to. Who else gets more attention then a Pro Athlete or a super here? In a society where we are bombarded with images of ... super heroes and homerun hitting sports figures, it would be hard to choose one figure of personality as ones" ideal existence. However, the closest you can get to a the perfect idealistic being would be that of a great Jedi Knight; ... in many reasons; he's alright looking, has...

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2. Ideal Society

... though it is possible to have one in an ideal society. If the hospital were perfect in every manner it would mean that the patients of the hospital would be free of suffering and pain and we all know this in not possible. In an ideal society this would be possible.Progression of technology would play a key role in the ideal society. The goal would be to make things that would ... help everyday chores. Machines would grow smarter and faster to complete jobs more effectively than humans. They would be created to help the human race not destroy it. This is where some ... controversy lies....

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3. An Ideal Society

... to alter or hamper the ideals possessed by another individual within the society. This notion goes against the grains of the idea of an ideal society. An ideal society would have to provide the ideal conditions for all those who lived within it. The principles and standards of the inhabitants within the society would determine these ideal conditions. If an individual within this model society could alter the life of another individual within the society, the ideals of the second individual may ... be broken; this consequently undermines and destroys the concept ... ...

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4. Summary/Critique of "Too "Close to the Bone"-

... mostly affected by it are women. (Seid). In the article, Seid makes the declaration that the hunt for thinness has turned out to be more or less of a religion. She shows that there is compensation and punishment by society in following the doctrines of this religion, pounds, clothing sizes, body measurements show that virtue. Seid says that the ideal body weight has never been as thin as ... it has in today's society. Actually, Seid claims, past societies often ridiculed and felt sorry for thin people. Past generation ... themselves. Seid's does very well in getting her point across. H...

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5. Ideal State

... others' possessions is always wrong. One who engages in any of these unlawful acts not only fails to respect the value of someone else's life, but fails to respect the value of their own life, and the worth of an ideal society. While humans may be the most advanced intellectual beings on planet earth, that does not mean that humans are superior to all forms of ... lime. We could not exist without the presence of all of the other life forms. Humanity must currently exist as part of ... other life forms may be required to nourish and sustain humans, humans should respect those life forms...

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6. Beginnings of the Independant Woman

... these assumptions, it must first be brought to one's knowledge what the roles of an "ideal"" man and women are in today's society as well as have these roles have changed within the past fifty years. In the modern society, the "ideal " man and women both have roles that have been deemed to be normal by society due to the fact that they have been around for such a long time ... . Starting off with the ideal role of a man in modern society, when one think of a modern ideal man an image will appear in most people ... day man and women, it is also important that one has an understanding of ...

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7. Animal Farm and the Ideal Society

It is very clear that all the way in the book, the animals did everything they could to contribute into the forming of their ideal society. The ideal society to the animals was an everyday life where all animals were equal, none were hungry or to kill each other, the stronger protected the weaker and that they were free from the hands and whips of man. They were really just necessary ... If Snowball and Napoleon did not lead the Animals during the first rebellion, the animals would have never dared to rebel against Mr. Jones. Even though they were persistent on their idea of ideal society, th...

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8. How Female Health Magazines Propagate the Gender Codes

... sexual orientation requires women to dress, move, speak and act in ways that men will find attractive. Although this argument remains debatable, one thing is for sure, with the proliferation of mass media, the "Ideal- woman has a greater and more widespread effect on our society than ever before. Looking back at Mind, Body and Spirit Fitness magazine, it is seen that advertisers exploit ... There was not much evidence which refuted the gender codes, so overall we have a magazine that is biased towards propagating the gender codes. But realistically, in today's society, any advertisement ...

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9. Feminist Reading of the Tempest

... progressed into todays. A Feminist's reading of The Tempest goes way beyond a simple understanding of the differing characteristics between the two genders represented in the play. They go on to further identify and understand the sexism and inequality that faced women within Elizabethan society. Miranda represents the ideal woman of this time, but she, the other female characters within the play, and the attitudes that the males have towards them, serve as a historical ... documentation of the chauvinist social expectations placed upon women of that time. The play, being written from a...

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10. True Happines in a Utopian Society

... to its people? There is not a definite right answer to this question, because we all have our own meaning of the word, "perfect," and different visions of what a perfect society looks like. I am a firm believer in the idea that an ideal society is characterized by three elements: equality, happiness, and selflessness. Equality means that special privileges of all kinds should be eliminated. ... those who put their needs aside to help others, reach their goals through adversities. We call them selfless. The first respondents to the tragedies of 9/11 and hurricane Katrina, each serve as ex...

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