IS MODERN SOCIETY DESTROYING THE SOUL OF HUMANITY?
YES
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NO
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You're correct. Everyone looks at the past through "rose colored lenses" or whatever, Joe though, I think he just kind of makes up the past from his own head as he goes. At any rate, the past was brutish, disgusting, unjust, and generally crappy. Today we are a far more moral and just society than any society likely in history (speaking of Westernized nations) 76 days ago | Tagged As: No
Technology destroys family ties People nowadays prefer to be sitting in front of their televisions and computers instead of eating with their families during meal time. Technology makes people lazy. Most people are getting lazy due to the fact that their work is just a push of a button. Other than being lazy alone, this can also make people obese that will lead them to more serious problems. 78 days ago | Tagged As: yes
i make the counter argument that computers/Internet connect, thus improving family ties example - troops in Iraq and Afghanistan stay better connect with their families example - those homebound due to illness, disability are able to stay connected with far-away family members 77 days ago | Tagged As: No
absolutely case 1:a boy met with an accident and was bleeding severely. As ususal, the crowd gathered and none called the ambulance. ram came to the spot and on seeing the boy and blood, he rushes to help him and he picks him up and takes him to hospital, not caring for that it was a police case. he was given an award of rs.200 which he refused saying that he wanted to help the boy and god sent him for that purpose alone. case 2: a boy met with an accident and was bleeding severely. As ususal, the crowd gathered and none called the ambulance.shyam , came to the spot and was just calmly watching when the press coverage reached the spot. on seeing the press, shyam picks up the boy and takes him to the hospital and the boy is saved...shyam becomes a hero and he was rewarded. who according to you was the good person??? case 1 was in 1945, case 2 -2009 76 days ago | Tagged As: yes
i suppose you did't get my idea. in the 1st case, ram helps out of humanity. in the 2nd case, shyam helps because he wanted fame as a good person. outwardly, shyam may be good. his actions are accepted by the society.they treat it as a sign of humanity. but it is of course, not a humanity.if you call that as humanity, then, u will have to give a new definition for humanity, which is apure emotionthat a warm-hearted person can feel.actions can be same in the cases, but, the determinants, (i.e.,intentions and thoughts) are entirely different. you may not show it outwardly, but if you react to a beggar mentally(out of humanity) and say a prayer for him to god, it is also called humanity(although invisible,it is better) 74 days ago | Tagged As: yes
I don't think it has gone totally yet, but I DO feel that it is deteriorating very quickly. The worst part is that everything is getting younger. Sex, drugs, alcohol, smoking, stress etc. I feel the reason for this is capitalism - or that competitive mentality, the dog eat dog world. There is a breakdown of a local community, traditional morals and increase in the lack of respect. 74 days ago | Tagged As: yes
In medieval times, most people would marry in their teens and die by their late twenties. Everything you have said has been going on for ages, each generation just ignores it. Parents tell there kids what not to do, because they did the same thing and screwed up themselves. Actually, respect has increased. Yes, some don't know what respect truly is, but for the most part people still have respect for one another. 71 days ago | Tagged As: No
You're getting marriage mixed up with promiscuity. Don't tell me respect has increased. Please don't. It insults your intelligence. And no, there weren't the same problems. Problems change as time and societies change. In the past problems may have been worse health, technology etc. etc. These days the problems are the ones I've stated above, whereas we have better health, technology etc. Every person will always talk about how the old days were better. My dad for example always talks about how muc more respect people had, honour, how society used to build itself, and now people just want to take from each other's pockets. When I grow up I will probably be talking about how much better T.V. and Consoles are and now it's just all about flash effects and technology. in MODERN society one of the problems is the destruction of the soul of humanity. 70 days ago | Tagged As: yes
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What even is this "Soul of Humanity"? Whatever it is, modern society was born from it, so ultimately it would be the soul of humanity destroying the soul of humanity. In all seriousness, I think I know where you're coming from but this "destruction" that you see and claim is from society is only a societal shift that starts on the individual's level, so it's easy to see, for anyone that takes the time to see it. Add an argument for this debate --> Survey It's not spam, it's related. 77 days ago | Tagged As: No
First off, I don't think this is a technology debate. I do not think that modern society is destroying the "soul of humanity," whatever that means. Modern society is more tolerant and less people live in poverty, although many still do. Each generation has its own issues, and must adapt and evolve. Our society is simply reflecting changes in the modern era, not excellent, but not bad. So no, its not destroying humanity. Unless you mean religous humanity, then yes, and thank god. 77 days ago | Tagged As: No
Society now accepts a thief, it is called modern business. If one screws somebody over, it is just business as usual. A handshake used to seal a deal, now it takes a twenty page contract. Modern society destroyed humanity and left nothing but thieves. “He that is of the opinion money will do everything, may well be suspected of doing everything for money.” Ben Franklin “ The path of least resistance makes crooked rivers and also crooked men.” William Danforth 77 days ago | Tagged As: yes
I definitely do not think there are less people in poverty. Or relative poverty anyway. However it's difficult to define what you mean by that. What we would define as poor now was definitely not poor before as it was the norm i.e. A farmer would not have a 'disposable income' before, but wouldn't really want or need some. I'm sure you've heard that 2% of the population controls 90% of total wealth?(something like that) You are right that each generation has it's issues. The problem with todays generation is that it is completely focused on capital gains - money, power and pussy rules most of todays mind, which leads to a decline in morals. You see it everywhere everyday, it is getting worse and worse EVEN IF the country's GDP is inceasing, it's values has gone down the drain. 74 days ago | Tagged As: yes
I mean that overall, living conditions are better. Yes, I have heard the income argument. Yes, it is valid. However, on average, people live better in modern times than in the past. Capital gains? Those have been the motivations since ancient times, so I really do not see a change there. Frankly, each generation just covers up the bad, each has the same or some variant of the same problems. 71 days ago | Tagged As: No
No, humanity's soul is not destroyed. You are all looking at the issue from a pessimistic viewpoint. Look at the positives. More toleration, more freedom, and less poverty. Of course these things still exist, but not as bad as they once did. Afterall, the poorest man in America is the richest man in Africa. If you look at modern society and magnify the bad, like you pessimists are, then of course you see a destruction of morality. If there were no morals, the average joe would walk up and shoot a random stranger, steal from an orphan, and live in greed. For the most part, although there are some individuals, people do not behave this way, so there still are morals. And the corruption of corporations is natural, even if its not good. Anything that gains power ultimately becomes corrupt. That is life as it always has been since humans evolved. So society in essence remains the same. 71 days ago | Tagged As: No
technology strengthens family bonding. We should remember that there are some children who are away from their families; it could be because of schooling or their parents working abroad. It is only with the use of our modern technology that they would be able to communicate. We are now in 21st century, and the demand of mass production, it is only with our modern technology that it would be made possible. 78 days ago | Tagged As: No
Technology makes work easier We are not anymore in the era where Egyptians would still pull stones to make their pyramids. It is with the modern technology that the burdens of employees nowadays are lessened. It will never mean that we are getting lazy for it does not change the fact that you are still working. Technology helps employment rate increase. Technology aids the construction of the companies all over the world, and the fast growing sought companies of today are the call centers especially in the Philippines. 78 days ago | Tagged As: No
Robots help factories hire more people, try another lie. Pulling stones employed people. I know they were slaves, a fine line between the two. One of the guys given credit for changing the construction industry, started with a crew of 400 men in the 1920's. His mission in life was to make it a one man job. Technology did this for him. 77 days ago | Tagged As: yes
Soul? You mean like a ghost or something? No. If by "destroying the soul" you mean all work and no play or a moral compass or something: I'd imagine being born in a clan, spending every waking hour hunting, gathering, sleeping, and starving, rarely if ever talking to anyone outside of your clan, art consisting of drawings on a cave wall a modern 3-year-old could do, then dying in your mid twenties from some brutal physical trauma or a hideous and painful disease, that didn't leave tons of time for "soul" searching. I'd say if anything modern society created the "soul of humanity" 76 days ago | Tagged As: No
I'm only replying to this because you've asked. I think he means the 'soul of humanity' in terms of traditional human values/morals. What you're talking about is some monkey bullsh*t about cavemen. By modern I think he means the past 50-100 years. You're talking about Neanderthals millions of years ago. That is why your post has been branded retarded. Because it is. 73 days ago | Tagged As: yes
What you're talking about is some monkey bullsh-t about cavemen. By modern I think he means the past 50-100 years Monkey bullsh-t? So what? You don't believe in cavemen? Even if one is only talking about the last 50-100 years (which isn't specified by the way) People have been constantly changing at basically the same rate for hundreds of thousands of years. One could ask the same question 50-100 years ago "is modern society destroying the soul of humanity"? And the answer would have been the same back then. And it would have been the same a hundred years before, and a hundred years before, right back to when we were cavemen. It's not that my post is retarded, it's that some morons didn't understand the answer. (hint: apparently you) 72 days ago | Tagged As: No
Traditional human values? Values differ across cultures, states, countries, even neighbors can have different sets of values. And to downgrade his argument is not valid. If we had not evolved past the cavemen mentality, we would have no thoughts, no ability to even question our existence. So his argument is valid, though somewhat awkwardly said. You obviously sound like an intollerant, hardcore Christian. Nay I say to you; if you won't read evidence or look at an argument with more than one perspective you should go back to your dogma. 71 days ago | Tagged As: No
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