The faces of our society: a moral monster – who is he?

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Morality, ethics-concepts are always closely in contact with the society and changing depending on the era. Some of the categories they belong to so-called eternal values. Others are of a relative nature. And that was considered unacceptable at one time, it is completely acceptable to another.

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moral monsterThis article is devoted to consideration of the concept of "moral monster”. In order to understand it, you need to study the phenomenon of deformities with aesthetic, ethical, lexical point of view. Let's start with the first one. Standards of beauty, for all their subjectivity, reduced to a certain uniformity. If it was about a man, he appreciated the correct facial features, proportionate slim body, paired limbs, organs (eyes, ears). It was supposed to function normally. Any deviations in appearance that causes negative emotions were perceived by others as unconventional. The meaning of the word “freak” in this case, was identical to the concepts of “ugly”, “ugly”, “unpleasant”, “unpleasant”. Remember the famous novels of Victor Hugo - “the Man who laughs” and “Notre Dame de Paris”. Their main characters - the hunchback Quasimodo and a wandering actor Gwynplaine - a typical aesthetic renegades. They are literally terrible in appearance, even casually thrown at them, the gaze plunges the soul in awe.

Ethics and aesthetics

immoral freakBut in this example we can easily verify the other: between the ethical and the aesthetic beauty there is no equal sign. Because a moral monster and a freak in appearance are often at opposite poles. The same Quasimodo was capable of lofty sentiments, a feat of self-sacrifice in the name of love. His soul encased in an ugly shell of a body, amazingly beautiful, because its basis is formed by the best human qualities. But the spiritual antagonist of hunchback priest Claude Frollo, is, outwardly, perfectly ordinary, is a real, you can tell a classic moral monster. Why? This despotic ascetic, deliberately killing all the human weaknesses and feelings. Dedicating his life to God, he forgot that the Lord – this is love: people, light, beauty, life. Hypocrite and misanthrope, the priest kills a young Esmeralda for what she has awakened in his body and heart the needs and emotions with which Frollo struggled over the years and, as I thought, managed to win. Consequently, a moral monster - the one who violates the norms of human society, comes in spite of them. Who betrays, commits a cruel, vile, criminal acts. Under this category comes another character in the works – captain Phoebus, a handsome officer, who conquered Esmeralda courteous manners and tinsel. How Sunny his name, so vile and low is the soul of the hero and unsightly behavior.

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Moral and immoral

a freak“Moral” and “immoral” two words are antonyms, in this sense, the phrase “immoral freak” means the highest degree of immorality, spiritual poverty, moral decline. Who fit this category? Any person, regardless of gender and age, deliberately entering bad. It is immoral to hurt the defenseless, to humiliate the weak: to kick a kitten, abandoned to the fate of the dog, to give up the child or elderly parents. To say stuff behind a friend, “get” a colleague, to deceive someone who trusted – it is also dishonest and goes beyond what is permitted. And in this respect the same crime an ordinary, envious, angry casamica on a more successful neighbor, and the government of the largest country, to plunder the national wealth, gebesee his people or inciting war.

It is Immoral what's wrong, which comes into contradiction with the universal code of Good.


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