Bearing in mind the first two sessions and our own personal understandings of what being ethical means, besides Khan's own words, “I do not know why people say something but think otherwise.” Ought we to be like him, who always says the truth in order for us to be ethically fit, in a society like ours?
From My point of view the movie presents two topics; one about discrimination and other about stereotype evidenced during the film. On the other hand, the use of words by the main character did not help him to be understandable. However, all the obstacles were seen as an opportunity to demonstrate his good intentions. I think that we should be like him respecting our own believes and showing ethical principles towards others.
ResponderEliminarI consider that this makes senses even in our real society. Clearly this movie shows a pretext to ponder and go deeper about how our own culture, perception and ways to understand the reality influence in our daily lives, the interrelationships with other and of course, how we can act ethically respecting ourselves and the others.
EliminarThat's right, Aleja. The point is we all have any kind of stereotypes that make us to behave in a particular way. Neverhteless, Regarding this seminar's contents, as teachers we are called to leave those behaviours apart in our classes. There is not any place to judge our students or even colleagues.
EliminarAleja, what you mentioned above it's highly important. We should respect others' beliefs, likes and their culture itself even if we have different thoughts; however, nowadays there's an absence of this value. A clear example is the presidential elections. Opinions towards this topic are divided, and we can see how people usually degrade and insult others for having a different political orientation.
EliminarThanks Aleja for the answer to my question. I now understand your point regarding khan's words and behavior. Yes, he was certainly following his values and moral of being a good person and always working towards the truth. He wanted not to be judged for how he is or what his believes are. He learn from his mom that there is only two kind of people, good and bad. He was sure that he was a good Muslim person and that for, he got so sad and disappointed about what happened after september 11, all people accusing and condemning Muslims, believing all of them are terrorist and killers. He worked hard to show the American government and many other, he and most of his people are good.
EliminarThanks Aleja for the answer to my question. I now understand your point regarding khan's words and behavior. Yes, he was certainly following his values and moral of being a good person and always working towards the truth. He wanted not to be judged for how he is or what his believes are. He learn from his mom that there is only two kind of people, good and bad. He was sure that he was a good Muslim person and that for, he got so sad and disappointed about what happened after september 11, all people accusing and condemning Muslims, believing all of them are terrorist and killers. He worked hard to show the American government and many other, he and most of his people are good.
EliminarYou know, that is exactly what I think, Alejandra. As far as I am concerned, the film portrays a deeply realistic viewpoint of religious and ideological conflicts among people with different religions and ideologies. Likewise, it shows Asperger's syndrome in a natural and real way; I mean, its characteristics and the personality of those who are prone to suffer from this “disorder”.
EliminarHowever, I would like to point out that “the use of words” of the main character, in my viewpoint, were not an obstacle at all. It seems to me that Khan did not not know how to tell lies; he said everything as he thought it and as he felt it.
I agree with you, Aleja, that we should be like Khan, who was always defending his own beliefs that made sense through the help to others. This film shows the importance of showing our views and our ethical thoughts with actions. Sometimes, as humans we forget the importance of helps the other in a difficult situation or we put ourselves first in any situation, but it is important to remember that the society needs people who are inspired by the disere of helping the others, as Khan did, turning the obstacles in situations for shows his good intentions.
EliminarBy the way, Aleja... your comment made me reflect about how hard it would be to live in a society that tends to doubly discriminate just because of your origin and your health state. Khan certainly represents, on the hand, what love and fraternity mean and, on the other hand, what it takes to be sorrounded by those two conditions. Are love and fraternity enough worthy to get, even if it implies sometimes going through incredulity, discredit, mockery and mostly indifference?
EliminarThat is one questioning that I would love to ask Khan!
I am agree with Aleja about Khan's good intentions and definetely he was a good person, but his words were not understandable because he had a disability.
ResponderEliminarSadly, wrong judgments untied unforgettable teachings.
It was an excellent movie, full of particular feelings and learnings. The actions of the humans are complex to understand because we never think about the other as a different person.
ResponderEliminarCharity, humanity, love, religion, justice, suffering, honesty, etc. are some words watched along the film with a clear goal: To fight every day to be a better person (good actions) and to find happiness in the simple moments of life! (family)
I agree with your sentence "to find happiness in the simple moments of life" indeed, family is a support in our lives.In Khan´s case his mother taught him the difference between good and bad; and these were part of his bases during his life.
EliminarI have to agree with Alejandra, It was a beautiful movie, with so many topics to talk about, for me, family and school (which sadly Khan couldn't attend) are the base for education and more important for ethical principles, no matter the cultural, economic or even health conditions, if there are strong bases of respect, love for each other and good principles, then, as Khan, you can make good decisions for your life and it will affect the others.
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EliminarIt is a little bit contradictory your intervention because you are writing about family and school as the main places to obtain our principals but on the other hand you are mentioning khan’s absence at this places and how he could overcome obstacles in his life, so the question is; do we need our families or school to be good people or citizens? Off course we don’t, we do not need this places to get good values and principals, sometimes they show bad paths and we follow them, then we realized those were bad choices and it is up to you to change the perspective, this is call ¨Resilience¨.
EliminarI don't agree with what you say that we don't need our families or school to learn values and principles. These two social areas are the first contact that people have with society. If you say that we don't need them, how are we supposed to learn or socialize? If a kid is raised with no one around, how can this little person know what's right or what's wrong?
EliminarI highly agree with you, Anna. I remember what we were discussing in class. Nature is that innate capacity to be ethical, but 'nuture', that is to say, what parents teach us is essential to know how to behave correctly.
EliminarI am sorry Ana and Alejo (Maybe I could not explain myself better) but I did not try to say we do not need families or schools in order to socialize and share our experiences and I agree when you say Ana (that those places are the first to get contact), but I totally disagree with you Alejo when you say (what parents teach us is essential to know how to behave correctly) not always, they think they are doing it well but they are not. What I said was that we do not need the places per se to get good values or principals, and even worst I did not mention we do not need people around. I insist, I tried to say that not always neither families nor schools teach us how to behave (good or bad) nowadays because they are showing us by their testimonies Incoherencies and I stand my position saying; values and principals are there to be experimented, but are adults currently (families-schools) by their actions show us how to be behave correctly?
EliminarI call up Carolina´s expression “we never think about the other as a different person”, because this allows us to understand that the other is different not only because of the physical appearance, attitudes, aptitudes or abilities. This is owing to the own culture, the way in which every single human being has grown and also the human capability to understand that every person embodies in him/her self a treasure who gives footprints to be who the person should be according his own mindset, contextual space and respecting the place that has “that other entity” in our society.
EliminarI liked your comment, leave footprints, as Khan did it in the film (even the president knew about his journal trying to know him), but good footprints, memorable and unforgettable, as teachers, as parents, as friends, as students, as individuals, etc. in a society definitely multicultural.
EliminarI agree with Alex, when you say that families or schools show us some kind a behavior, but I would be careful with the words good or bad. What is a good behavior and what is a bad behavior? Does it depend on the context or culture you are in it?
EliminarI definitely I agree with you guys when you say that we have to keep in mind the context to jugde something as a good or bad action. We need to be in some one else´s shoes to understand his/her point of view. Consequently, we need to read the context under their own ethic code, not from our ethic code.
EliminarYou are right, Caro. Even so, I personally consider religion doesn't allow us to see what we have in common. In spite of it, as we clearly watched in the movie, it highlights our differences. I'm not saying that is the goal of religions, but people cannot identify their similarities most of times. That is the point with stereotypes: we judge without know the real context of any situation.
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EliminarOh my God, why do you say that about religion? If supposedly the religion we prophesy is a lifestyle in which we seek the origin of life, giving meaning to our humanity and our faith. Although some religious behaviors are truly questionable and immoral.
That is a good point, Christian! In fact, Emile Durkheim in his book Elementary Forms of Religious Life states that religion cannot be a web made of illusions. In that regard, I would like to say that the essence of any religion ought to be manifested in a way where parishioners can be more sensitive to the needs of society.
EliminarJohana, I think that your point of view is really accurate to the reality that we live . Doing the right things at the right time, speaking when you should and telling the truth as Khan, may be the most complicated acts to be carried out by the human being.
EliminarIn Freedom writers’ movie, someone says "Make the right thing in the right moment be carefull, be the light in the darkness." This phrase perfectly describes Khan's way of acting and puts into perspective the way in which humans being behave. We always act in an interested manner, expecting something in return for the things we do and it is impossible for us to understand the contexts in which other people develop and we don not mind the things they must face in their lives also some hard situations that make them change their actions and they thoghts.
I couldn’t see discrimination in the movie clearly, for me is all about stereotype, Khan’s family were happy until that fateful event (9/11), since then people started judge and point them because their nationality, the way they dressed, how they prayed; among others; all these facts ruined Khan’s family for a period of time but at the end all the good actions he did reflects his good values and principals his mom taught and he learnt during his entire life and the most relevant he could reach his goal, to talk with the president just to say; “my name is Khan And I am not a terrorist”; definitely, he shall overcome.
ResponderEliminarAlex, I would say that the movie is charged with discrimination. In my opinion, when you mention that people start judging them because of their nationality, the way they dressed and how they pray (religion), that is purely discrimination. Furthermore, they were not only judged but also assulted.
EliminarOn the other hand, I totally agree when you say that all the values and good principles taught by his mother, in other words nuture, helped Khan to overcome all the difficulties, since those are the basis of human beings development.
Thanks for your comments Alejo.
EliminarAbout this I can say that the discrimination in itself could be the tip of the iceberg of what really symbolizes the movie´s plot. Although discrimination be the framework of reference since the point of view from social, religion, cultural and other sorts of principles, this denotates the all human being troubles that still we are fighting no matter the culture or the context. The discrimination could be present among us not only in determined issues, but it can stay camouflaged in other deeper concerns like this one.
EliminarWell, my opinion follows the same path as Juan Pablo's!
EliminarIn my viewpoint, stereotyping is also another way of discrimination. Both, stereotypes and discriminatory acts are types of prejudices as they consist on drawing conclusions before having the chance to know someone else's conditions. This was clearly evidenced when that group of cops retained Khan in the terminal and took him to an office for an interrogatory; there it was proven that their purpose was not fully into asking him questions to find out evidence but to make fun of him probably due to his medical disorder and maybe incriminate him due to his religious beliefs; in any case, every cop's action with Khan was allegedly raised because of an assumption born from a prejudice.
Oscar, I couldn't agree more with your statement. Stereotyping is also another way of discrimination. The example you provided when he was retained by cops just for being Mulisms. Khan is an example to follow, since he never complains or assults anyone.
EliminarThe movie considers various topics, for example, xenophobia, disabilities and disabilities but; what caught my attention the most was the xenophobia; and I would like to take this situation to our context; how we, Colombians, are dealing with this situation with people that are coming to our country from Venezuela? Are we being racists? Are we thinking that all Venezuelans are coming to be thieves in Colombia?
ResponderEliminarGood point, I do not think so, but unfortunately that is the behavior they are showing nowadays, and we are judging according what we are seeing, but we need to analyze it carefully and take into account the other side of the coin and it is about the good people with good deeds (as khan’s mom said), for instance there are some Venezuelans in my neighborhood who are good workers, humble, well educated, and with good manners; so it is depends, maybe we are overgeneralizing
EliminarAs you have pointed out, this is an appropriate excuse to continue understanding or even better, to interpret our own real situations according to what we saw in Khan´s story. Thus, maybe in one point every single person carries outer his/her self an appearance which are supposed to be labeled by others. If someone would be Venezuelan, he or she must be like a determined profile to steal, make bad actions or anything else placed in the collective imaginary of our society. Therefore, Khan may be inside of every human being. This time he recalled he was not a terrorist, but nowadays thousands of Venezuelan or Latin American people could be traying to say the same or that they are not a specific such of things.
EliminarLet me tell you something that happened in one of my classes yesterday: During a short discussion about Bolivar currency depreciation, I realized people in Medellín are assuming the term "veneca" as a reference for prostitute. I surprissed about it. When the Venezuelan women became all prostitutes in the colective perception? It is exaclty what has been happening with Colombians around the world. Population generally focuses its attention on what it is considered as "not acceptable" in moral terms.
EliminarI could not agree more with you, Christian! In some cases, we usually justify our blunders and foolish comments. It is always a must to bear in mind the old adage that goes " "don't judge a book by its cover". Instead, we should put aside those harmful thoughts, and question inconsistent practices that generate more violence.
EliminarBelong to a culture and all what it encompasses, such as religion, beliefs, customs and cultural background influence the thoughts towards people of that context. In this way, that is Khan’s situation in the movie. It was evidenced a racial stereotyping, since this film portrayed that all Muslims are terrorists after (9/11). Hence, Khan and his family were rejected and discriminated for being Muslims.
ResponderEliminarFrom my point of view, it is closely related to what we discuss about cultural relativism in our Ethics class, inasmuch as it explains that good is what is socially approved by the culture and what is considered as good and bad may vary depending on the context. At this regard, some Americans started discriminating Arabs and Muslims, since it was socially established by this culture.
Considering the above, is it possible to assume that discrimination and rejection were moral codes stated in USA after (9/11) assault? Or these two aspects cannot be considered moral codes due to their negative connotation?
Alejo, I think that behaviour can be explained as a response for what happened on 9/11. I'm not justifying segregation at all, but stating that people are afraid of what they cannot understand. If we can assume our neighbor's rol, we can understand the way they behave and not being part of segregation as a fear manifestation.
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ResponderEliminarIt is a very interesting movie. did not know that much about autism, but now I am interested to. Unbelievable how smart and intelligent people with autism can be. It is a very good movie that introduce us to think on those political, social aspects that do not let societies and communities to advance and grow. Hard to believe but a person with autism could bring a massage of love and hope in times where hatress and dispair kills the idea of a better world. I did not know any thing either about the syndrome of Asperger, I am now more curious about it. Just to make it clear autism and syndrom of Asperger are not the same, people may think it is. This movie certainly invites all of us to be tolerant, to live in convivence with other with much love, respect, hope and acceptance of all people's differences such of color, race, religion, sexual orientation, believes etc. The Change begins for ourselves. How many times we look to other like stupids or shit just because they do not think like me or because they don't belong to my circle. We colombian people tend to stereotype other for how they look or what they have, we also have what we call estratos 1,2,3,4,5,6, it is a way to put other in a cage (you are bad, I am better), yup, sadly but is that way. Based in this interesting movie I think that we all, the good and the bad people have to keep doing our best always to change and improve behaviors and ideas that make us believe or trust that no one is better but us.
ResponderEliminarI think you have given to an interesting and necessary point, and that is trying to find in the other at least a little humanity. During the movie´s plot it was noticed how different we are considering the multiple expressions that we have about our cultural conditions and ways for being a specific model to follow regarding our roots and origins. But taking still all those differences, it should be possible for all of use to figure out what makes us as authentic, special, unique and with our own essential. If we would be aware of that, and adding this we would have resilience and empathy, we will be able to live respecting others (although this could be utopic) but indeed a needed step to find me and also to be capable to find, recognize and accept the other no matter what.
Eliminar"We Colombian people tend to stereotype other for how they look or what they have, we also have what we call estratos 1,2,3,4,5,6" Let me take this part of your intervention written by you to say that you are right and I completely agree with your perception considering that to live in a different place or to have better life conditions than others allow them to put away the others just because we are not in the same economic level and they normally finish saying; ¨that person does not fulfill the expectations.
EliminarWhat I can highligh from your intervention, Jorge, is tolerance is about recognizing and respecting the rights, beliefs or practices of others.
EliminarTo synthesize this discussion thread I would like to remind you guys the golden rule: "Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you." if everybody applied this simple rule, the world would be a different place.
EliminarAleja you said "the use of words by the main character did not help him to be understandable." would you mind explaining me what do u mean in that idea? please
ResponderEliminarIn some cases Khan did what was appropriate for him. For example, after 9/11, during the praying act, he started praying according to his own believes but that was not understood or tolerated by others (1:06 Movie).What I tried to say is that Khan did not modify his words nor his principles or thinking.
ResponderEliminarBut this happened because of his condition, he did not really understand what was happening at the moment. Remember that people with autism have trouble reading social situations.
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EliminarTotally agree Ana, it was due to his condition.
EliminarAna, that is exactly what I thought! Throughout the film, Khan shows certain difficulties in social interaction and communication, as well as some activities and interests in some areas that are often very restricted, and in many cases, stereotypical. As far as I know, a person who suffers from this type of disorder is afraid of visiting new places and meeting new faces; they hate certain colors or pretty sharp sounds. In some cases, that person is unable to express his or her emotions. Nevertheless, in the case of Khan, that condition made him a hero and a human being that inspired kindness and love.
EliminarThe Khan´s attitude expresses an example to find out how the human being of today could be considered ethical or moral in a diverse multicultural context. Thus, regarding to his own experience troubling with Asperger Syndrome and being a Muslim Hindi person, he clearly demonstrates a character who could be easily criticize and label according to his stereotype, physical appearance, religion and race. Thereupon, taking the highlighted framework of reference of the terrorist attacks “9/11” he could be the one with a profile to be pointed out like a criminal or danger person to the humanity in US context.
ResponderEliminarTherefore, considering his reference in our own currently lives, we could be aware of being more moral than ethical for several reasons. First, he strongly conceives that there are only two types of people, the ones who make good deeds and the ones who make bad actions. Which shows that the moral predominates in his life because of his internal and individual awareness to decide if someone is carrying out something right or wrong according with his own principles and habits. On another hand, although ethic helps to decide if something is right or wrong too, this does it but regarding to the structure of the social system or any group or culture. That is why, Khan acts out considering his convictions and thoughts to distinct what could be wrong or right according to the cultural norms.
In this order, it could be possible to call up “Radical cultural relativism would hold that culture is the sole source of the validity of a moral right or rule. Radical universalism would hold that culture is irrelevant to the validity of moral rights and rules, which are universally valid”. (Donnelly, 2013, p. 400). Khan embodies both cases when he fought to shows up that neither him and nor his son were terrorist. Thus, about the first one, he followed the stayed rules and given step by step to meet with the president to accomplish his goal, although he was to the jail. This could be seen good or bad depending on the American culture. Concerning the second one, he highlighted that does not matter the distinction and what race, class, gender or culture could be the one to protect, take care, save or in this case, tell the true and respect everybody in anywhere. Thus, considering his own example about what he lived, we should choose if we are ethically or morally fit in our society.
Yes Juan Pablo, even today we immigrants in this country still going throughout all the same bull... not only Muslims, but this or those people from wherever having to face or faigt discrimination and or cultural dislikes from so many other. Blacks for being black or niggers, Latinos por ser mojados as they call all the Mexicans, that means we all the Latinos here in the states are Mexicans, I mean wet Mexicans, je je je. Now people here frightening with Koreans also. Colombians all drug dealers, Cubans all scoundrels or shameless coming to live from welfare and public assistance and those, and these bla bla bla. Was, Is and will be, always a reason to find bad people who comes to bother the good one. Ethic or moral?
EliminarI consider this could be both. First, it can be demonstrated like Ethic regarding that this is more focused on the society, this could contribute to have a better atmosphere, and the Moral is based on the personal character, which gives a singular meaning to what our culture finds out like right or wrong . Thus, they are always in our daily lives and in my conception they cannot be split to understand the reality of our current issues.
EliminarIn regards to the question about if we ought to be like him, who always says the truth in order for us to be ethically fit, in a society like ours, I personally consider that even if we wanted to say all the time the thruth, we will not be able to do it because the same society conditions us how to behave and what to say in some situations. Otherwise, we would be being badly educated or breaking one or another rule. In other words, when we say the thrue we are respecting some ethics codes, but at the same time we are breaking others ethic codes.For that reason, I consider that saying the thrue is not a ethic issue, it is a moral issue (personal decision).
ResponderEliminarRegarding the same question Johana answered, I think we must be, first, sincere with ourselves so that we can be sincere with others. I also think we should have in our lives principles that can guide us in the decisions we have to make every day. I think principles are not negotiable and I would rather be an ethic person than fitting in a group of people whose ways of thinking are not ethically right.
EliminarI agree with you, Joha. However, not for beig tolerate we have to accept intolerance. In the 1940's Adolf Hitler was intolerant with millions of people and we already know what was next.
ResponderEliminarThis movie was very moving. I personally have to state xenophobia and segregation is just the iceberg's top for many social issues. Nowadays, the world's population is encreasing and with it, the needs to understand different points of view. Now, regarding the starting question, the only "truth" I can respect as a matter of fact is there is not only one truth and we, as educators have to recognize and respect those different perspectives in and out of our classrooms.
ResponderEliminarThe film presents topics such as "speacial abilities" in contrast with "disabilities", family as society's core, human rights and religion. In that way, it is mandatory to stand out the most important features that have allowed mankind to survive is intellingence and reasoning: the ability to think and communicate the way we feel. So, why at this point of our existence phenomena such as racism, xenophobia or even homophobia take part in our societies?
As a matter of conclusion, I agree with most of my classmates saying we must accept the differences as the way we are able to perceive the range of hues. There is not only "black" or "white", but also many variation of a single perspective.
I agree with what Chris says about black and white, and I think that our jobs as teachers is try to understand that every student has a different universe, a different points of view and once we understand that, we can embrace it and improve our pedagogical practices and, not only teach contents but how to be humans.
EliminarI really like your comment, as teachers we are surrounded by different types of students; each one of them with realities and particularities. Our duty is to transform the English class in something meaningful.
EliminarI recall your intervention about the classroom. Because in fact, that is the place in which arrive all the differences of our students. Although they embody an unique and totally different world from each other, many times we do not go neither deeper nor beyond to understand the student´s situations, realities and own concerns. The classroom and the school in itself such as one of the nucleous of the
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EliminarI couldn’t agree more with you Chistian when you say that it was very moving. I personally share your opion because I had the opportunity to watch this movie with my family in the Holyweek, and I also noticed that all of them were moved by the movie and liked the story. I also would like to higthlight that as it happened with Khan, similar to the way people in the United states stereotyped Muslims as ¨terrorist¨ before the 9/11 event. Colombians are also misjudged in other countries due to drug traffiking and Pablo Escobar. So we would have to say ¨My name is ....and I am not narcotrafficker¨.
EliminarYou are absolutely right, Juan Pablo. As teachers, we have the mission to teach our students how to value and respect other beliefs, to dialogue with other worldviews. I would also like to highlight that, in our practice, dignity and freedom should be a must -they are the corner stone of all human rights-; when we keep this in mind, we become true educators.
EliminarI could not agree more with you, Juan Pablo and Cristian!
EliminarThis film is not only a responsive and persuasive film but also a realistic situation on how the influence of the social context end up being a decisive factor in the acceptance of other indviduals. In my estimation, inclusion is not a privilege for a select few but the seed for the human condition and and their dignity; that is exactly what teachers should keep in mind when they perform.
Christian Armando, the concept of truth is quite important when talking about good and evil. Who defines good and evil? Does each society in the world have its own definitions? Does every human being have that innate capacity of differentiating between good and evil? Are these two concepts corresponding to only one truth?
EliminarYou stated that: “the only "truth" I can respect as a matter of fact is there is not only one truth”. This statement itself is contradictory. First you say “the ONLY truth I can respect” here you state that you believe in ONLY one truth, but then you say “there is not only one truth”. I believe there is one truth, for example: you can’t have a square circle or a single married man; as stated by Zacharias: “Truth by definition is exclusive. If truth were all-inclusive, nothing would be false. And if nothing were false, what would be the meaning of true? Furthermore, if nothing were false, would it be true to say that everything is false?” (1996)
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EliminarI agree with you Juan Pablo, as teachers we must always teach moral values and the best way to do is by showing the students through the example that the best way to live and understand others is to get rid of any type of stereotype and First of all understanding that we are all diferent and have different ways of thinking.
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ResponderEliminarGreat movie. I enjoyed it a lot and it made me reflect on several issues, but I want to highlight one: consciousness of good and evil. Can someone's actions be judged as evil even when that person is not aware of what he or she is doing is actually an evil act?
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EliminarYeison, I think that good or bad acts are related to the capacity of discernment that human beings have. In that sense, it is difficult for me to understand a situation in which someone does not know that he/she is doing something morally or ethically wrong. To me, the only way to justify an evil act is with someone who is suffering from some mental disorder; therefore, not having full knowledge and awareness of his/her actions, in this context, I believe that the person would not be bad even if the act they commit is.
EliminarExcellent point Yeison and it is kind of related with my thoughts right now, we are no allowed to judge or to point anyone, because as human beings we are facing life most of the times without any concern of the actions and the prejudices we cause to others, so, in this sense it is relative what we perceived from good or evil concepts and it is depend of the context and the situation, although I agree with you when you say in class that people ought to be regulated.
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ResponderEliminarWhen Khan says "I do not know why people say something but think otherwise". It refers to the ways in which human beings interact with others. We have always been taught to be understanding and respectful, but it is difficult to put others' problems and thoughts first than ours. Not only must we preach a lifestyle, but we must also bring that situation to action. It is important to highlight the way in which Khan defended the right and how through his actions he broke with all the stereotypes that were kept around him and his country. Nowadays, we face selfishness that is represented in all possible ways, but its greatest expression is when we are not able to put ourselves in the place of others to understand different situations and points of view. What I mean is that we forget because of our selfishness that others think and feel differently from ours, then we begin to judge in an absurd way the actions of these people just because they act differently, so that is why is so difficult to tell the truth in this society, because if you want to tell the truth you will find many people who will judge that truth and make you feel that everything in you is morally or ethically wrong.
Humans still have a lot of stereotypes and continue to destroy each other, instead of acting as a community applying our thoughts and beliefs through helping others. When we help others, we learn from them and learning from them we also learn about ourselves. Finally, we have to remind that with hate, you get feelings that seem comforting but they are not, with love you get everything you need for your life, as Lechowski, R says "No hay más Dios que lo amado, no hay más religión que el amor, ni más poderosa oración que amar”.
Lechowski, R. (2015, o8). PROMETEO. Revista Latinoamericana de poesía, 101-102. Retrieved from: https://www.festivaldepoesiademedellin.org/es/Festival/25/News/Lechowski.html
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