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This 6 page paper examines Kant's essay Jealousy-and Its Offspring -Envy and Grudge. Several quotes are included. Examples are provided.
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to a standard (834). In other words, it becomes apparent that if one is being critical, he needs someone to compare himself with. For instance, one might suppose that a
perfect weight is something that is found in medical information and contained on certain charts. People may look at themselves, see that they are overweight and compare themselves objectively to
a chart. Another thing they might do is to compare themselves to a skinny model, the latter of which would likely end in despair, as the models are often thinner
than objective sources would dictate. This is simply one example of how this concept may be applied. The larger issue goes to the important concepts which Kant addresses. For Kant,
the problem is that envy is something where a person is jealous of anothers goods, but grudge comes into the picture when someone believes that another had gotten his goods
unfairly (Kant 834). On the surface, one would think that someone might be right to hold a grudge if in fact the individual had gotten something unfairly. After all, it
is reasonable to assume that if the person one holds a grudge against is not a good human being, then it would seem more righteous than if one was merely
envious of anothers success even if the successful person had done nothing wrong. Of course, Kant becomes more involved in this than this small observation. He explains that when he
compares himself with someone who seems to be better than he, he will either try to improve himself or try to diminish the other person (Kant 835). The author explains
that it is easier to diminish the other person than to try to make oneself better so that more often than not, this is what happens (Kant 835). The philosopher
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