Is love enough?
True, a society where everyone simply loved and was kind to each other would be very lovely, but is it realistic? Would this be enough to create a stable society?
Well if everyone loves and is kind to one another then they will help each other out and everyone will be taken care of. Or will they? You can’t always please everyone and oftentimes a person’s actions, while being kind and loving in the eyes of one person, may not be so in the eyes of another. There are usually several people affected by an action and you can not always positively affect all people involved.
You also have to consider the fact that there will eventually come a person who sees this love and kindness as an opportunity to take control. They could simply take advantage of the kind and loving people because truly what are they gonna do? According to what they believe they must simply be kind to this person taking advantage of them and love them. But, just because people are kind does that mean that they have to listen to everything someone tells them to do? Do they have to follow someone’s orders or is simply politely declining enough? If this is so then how can there be any control or structure to the society if no one will listen to orders? Or do you not need someone giving orders because as I stated above since everyone is kind and loving they will look out for each other?
There will also always be conflict amongst people. Just because you love someone does not mean that you agree with them in everything or that you accept their views on a topic. However; if everyone were kind and loving then these conflicts would be resolved peacefully. Right? Wouldn’t setting specific customs rules create more hate and conflict because people do not accept those that believe in different customs and rules?
I believe that while kindness and love should play and important role in the beliefs of a society there needs to be a balance with the control and rule of rituals and customs. Love is simply not enough. There will always be conflict and hate. It is simply human nature. There needs to be discipline and order to keep people from taking advantage of the kind. As nice as it sounds, it’s unrealistic to believe that everyone would be kind an get along.
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Hi, Ms. Schulz. Remember, the heart of the question is “Is love ENOUGH?”, not whether we can achieve it or not. I want to know if a society governed solely by love and kindness is even worth trying to achieve. See where I'm coming from? You're off base when you evaluate a society based on love in the context of our own society (which clearly isn't!).
ReplyDeleteAlso, don't make the mistake of assuming what it is you're supposed to prove. You seem to say love would be great (even though it isn’t possible). People would not have to worry about being shot on the street, and such, if they could count on everyone being loving. Yet, why do you think people being kind to you will result in happiness and social order? How would school work? Would speed limits be enforced? Think this through.