myth of the cave
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What is "good"? The word good generally describes a situation, action or thing that is pleasant,
right justified, beautiful etc. In the modern world society sets the standards for what is good and what
is subjective. The individual and situation determine what is good. At a point in time it was good for
one individual to keep another as a slave because of his color. Society even enacted laws to ensure this
essence and right in slavery. Some people thought it was good while others thought the opposite.
Some people kill to defend what they deem as good. Malcom X preached that violence was good to
resolve a conflict. Martin Luther King and Ghandi preached the opposite...