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swashbuckling Philosophy: Ethics in fiction

What they have in common the manga, comics, science fiction and fantasy literature? Reading or viewing most of the works belonging to these genera is considered by most as an entertainment for children's minds, or unfit for an adult but, apart from shooting and explosions, can this type of work to bring us any more edifying value?



Let's start with the example known to all Dragon Ball , that our country was so popularly received by the younger segments as relentlessly pursued by the parents' associations, and is that high doses of physical violence present in it (especially from the Z series) were considered clearly harmful to the sensitive minds of our children. I will not deny that most of us was precisely what attracted us to the series in our childhood fighting, fast action and explosions. But over the years, the image that remains in the mind is markedly different: remember Goku, the paragon of goodness and innocence, which showed us that with hard work and dedication always be overcome. Goku, always ready to defend others, to reach out to both the friend and the enemy, while maintaining confidence that even his worst rival could change and rehabilitation. Goku, who did not care that his best friend was green, with antennas on his forehead (as well as other anatomical characteristics quite shocking) because the important thing was inside.

One advantage of fiction is that you can communicate ideas in a more pure, because the real story is, in my opinion, two major drawbacks: it is never totally objective (as it normally is written unilaterally, and post-reading can not capture the essence and motives of those who participated in it), and the other problem is that only shows how we are, not as we can be. Fiction instead allows a simplification of the situations that help to better transmission of ideas (similar to the simplifications that we use in science when addressing a real problem that involves too many variables to handle it) in addition to being transmitted in a much more suitable vehicle to reach most of the public. As an example of this I would cite Star Wars: leaving aside the powers and lightsabers, the Jedi were a social group that spent years of his life to training and empowerment of its qualities, was guided by a strict code of ethics and righteousness and dedicated volunteers and non-profit organization to defend others and maintain peace, not bad, right? All this simply talking about a series of more or less basic values, if we look eg the work of some great science fiction as Isaac Asimov (pictured, right next to the pins. Taken from here) we'll respond sociological analysis of how a society not so different from ours to certain conflicts, such as the emergence of an alternative energy source , clean and popular but able to pose a huge threat to humanity ( The Gods Themselves ) or a study of the human population response to certain types of situations ( Foundation). Of course this does not mean that there are other highly moralistic readings,
widely accepted by society, but in my opinion Plato and Descartes are appropriate readings from the age of 28, if we want to educate our children and adolescents, it might have to seek an alternative approach that was able to convey a similar message in a way that they may be more acceptable to the senses.



Finally, I would cite one example: the wall-crawler our friend left us, and since its inception, with a maximum I think it would take to recover: "With great power comes great responsibility." Power is a word with multiple meanings, it is very easy to apply to individuals capable of lifting trucks like MicroMachines But what about us? Those born in the first world in the period of greatest human development to date, with the knowledge of our ancestors just a click away, the potential and possibilities are also a form of power, and since we granted the opportunity to develop as people, I think we have a moral obligation to use this power with knowledge, for the benefit of all. As we can see, the literature contains many examples, but where scientists can go looking for a reference? Who could learn that philosophy might be called "coat and pipette (in contrast to that of swashbuckling contained in the title).

figure becomes necessary to guide our scientists on the path of righteousness ... and this necessity is born a hero emblematic representative of the daily struggle in laboratories around the world with you ... BATAM!


minipreps Bash, avenging white collar
pipette fastest this side of western
(Figure Dr. Litos )


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