Inner Beauty Essay

Nate Czech

While writing, to be successful, one must typically be knowledgeable and/or have an appreciation of the subject of said writing. On the topic of Inner Beauty, I have neither. While I am aware of the majority belief of inner beauty, this does not necessarily imply that I believe in what most people interpret inner beauty as. I believe that people are not just born with things like Inner Beauty, I think, that, over time, as a result of what is predominantly based on experiences and background, they develop what many consider a Beautiful Inside. From what I know, Societys conception of having Inner beauty and being a Good Person are more or less synonymous. One of the reasons why this topic, along with many others akin to it, is difficult is because the interpretation of good is relative. For example, from his misguided eyes, Adolf Hitler thought that what he was doing was good. This is why inner beauty exists only as far as we believe it does within ourselves or others, an idea as opposed to an object, somewhat similar to time or imagination. Here is where controversies come into play. One must be careful while dealing with the subject of ethical relativity, as offence can be easily taken. If being a good person really depends on someones point of view, then how does the justice system work at all? This is where we implement respect. The difference between humans and (known) non-humans is that humans have the ability to define morality, and the definition generally uses respect as a focal point. For instance, we know, without the law or superiors, that killing somebody would be immoral. This is because of respect; we know that we want to live our life, so we respect others wishes, as long as we consider them equals. Which we must, because they are equals. Obviously everybody is different, so we are not equal in that sense. But we are equal in the fact that we did not choose what we excel at and what we dont. Just because somebody is more efficient in an area of study, does not denote they are superior in the human sense, all it means is that they were NATURALY selected, through what was chiefly genetics, without their contribution, to be better. This is why Talents are meaningless. Even when somebody is not naturally good at something, but put forth much effort to improve, and become the best even, they were still NATURALY born with the drive, with the motivation, with the dedication. Their experiences and genes which they had no control over gave them what they have, even the want, that is, the desire to be good at their specific area. So, In conclusion, Inner beauty does not truly exist. Not to say there are no good or for that matter bad people, but to say that everybody is good and bad, not according to some higher system of Ethical Judges, but according to how you interpret them. In a way, everybody is Ethical Judges, judging each according to their own code of morals, which none can correct nor discourage.