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This 3 page paper examines the ideas of Kafka, Rousseau and authors who write a contemporary article about situational ethics. Each of the writings are viewed in relation to the UN charters. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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not let him in and before his death, he asks why no one has ever been admitted or even wants to enter there (Kafka 166). The reply is something
to the effect that this door was only meant for him (Kafka 166). Perhaps this is a metaphor that life has a variety of doors, or alternatives, but that people
bang on the one door that they cannot open. It is also cruel. Life is like that. People strive all of their lives for something but cannot achieve it. People
are shut out by doors and this is true, particularly as it respects government. Things are different for Jean Jacque Rousseau and his social contract. For Rousseau, the social
contract is a fact and is perhaps necessary, but he sees problems with it. Rousseau explains: "What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and the absolute
right to anything that tempts him and that he can take" (65). Finally, According to Herschel Elliot and Richard Lamm, the world has changed a great deal, and so, morality
is changeable. He writes: " As populations increase and environments deteriorate, the moral laws that humans have relied on for so long can no longer solve the most pressing problems
of the modern world." In other words, one has to reevaluate what is socially conscious based on current circumstance. These are three different visions for society. Kafka sees the
strong arm of the government as being authoritarian and that no matter what anyone does, he or she is doomed. Rousseau sees things a bit like that, but not quite
as strong. For Rousseau, there is a social contract and of course, his famous notion that man is in chains even though he is born free corresponds to that idea.
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