Essay About Thomas Hobbes And Such Actions

Absolutophobia
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As time passes bv, the world faces more and more problems. There have been
events in history where millions of people have been killed, and well
someone out there has wanted to excuse such actions, because perhaps society
at that time couldnt really convince themseleves to belief the immorality
of the people doing so. When something bad happends in the world today,
people try to find some sort of excuse for the actions of the “bad people”.
Take for example the shooting in Columbine, an exert from Wikipidia says the
following ” Much discussion also centered on the nature of high school
cliques and bullying, as well as the role of violent movies and video games
in American society”. The shooting was followed by research to see if the
actions of two kids could be blamed on small things such as video games and
movies.
It is things like these that I believe had led our society to have
“absolutophobia”. The one problem I see with “absolutophobia” is that it
targets young college students, but I believe this could be traced back to
earlier generations. I believe absolutophobia is a problem, but only because
it has been a response to societies need for an excuse. A govermentsrole is
to provide safety for its people, and keep them out of danger. The thing is
that no matter where you go, evil exists, and to keep people somewhat calm,
one tries to find some sort of answer to excuse the actions of the “evil
do-er”. One can say ethical relativism is what has brought us to this. If an
action is not up to standards to the society in which it is performed, no
one in that society will say that immoraltity exists within it but rather
try to blame it in something that is beyond the control of the society
itself.
As Thomas Hobbes tried explaining in his social contract theory, the way to
define what is moral comes from a state of nature. This is because the
society isnt formed yet and in order for it