Milan Kundera’s novel Slowness criticizes modern society’s obsession with speed and efficiency and emphasizes the value of slowness. By practicing slowness in our busy lives, we can get in touch with our true selves and reclaim our humanity. Milan Kundera’s novel Slowness criticizes the modern world’s tendency to emphasize speed and efficiency, and reminds us of the...
Book Review – The Case Against Perfection (Child Design: Is It Morally Justified?)
If genetic manipulation makes it possible to “design children,” is it justified? Michael Sendel’s book “The Case Against Perfection” explores human dignity and ethical limits. In recent years, science and technology have been advancing at an incredible rate. In order for these advances to be widely commercialized in society, ethical and social consensus is needed. Biotechnology is...
Book Review – Brave New World (What is the Price of Happiness?)
This essay compares the civilized and savage societies depicted in Brave New World and criticizes the problems with civilized societies that sacrifice important values such as science, literature, family, death, inequality, and love for the sake of happiness. It concludes that a life that emphasizes family and love, with the pursuit of humanity and truth, is preferable. Recently, when I...
Book Review – The Geography of Thought (Why Are Eastern and Western Ways of Thinking Different?)
This book analyzes the differences between Eastern and Western ways of thinking, explaining their origins in the historical and social background of each culture. It explores how these differences affect behavior and thinking in modern society. I first tried to infer the meaning of the title The Geography of Thought. Before reading the book, the word “map” in the title made me think of a...
Reading Reflection – Sacred Cows and Golden Geese (Animal Testing: Is It Necessary?)
Animal testing is essential to the advancement of medicine and science, but the unethical and unnecessary nature of animal testing continues to be debated. Proper regulation and alternative methods have led to a reevaluation of the need for animal testing. Animal testing is the use of animals to conduct medical experiments to study biological phenomena and is widely used for research and...
Book Summary – Crime and Punishment (Can Crime Be Justified?)
Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment is a psychological novel about crime and inner conflict. Were Raskolnikov’s choices justified, and can his sins be forgiven? Crime and Punishment plot Raskolnikov, a young man living in a dilapidated boarding house in Pedersburg, contemplates murdering an old woman who pawns nearby. But he’s not brave enough to follow through. He meets...
Book Review – Intelligent Design (Evolution vs. Creationism)
I read the book Intelligent Design by William A. Dembski. It explores the complex relationship between science and religion, focusing on the long-standing confrontation between evolution and creationism, and highlights the theory of intelligent design. Religion, like science, has been around since the dawn of mankind, and like science, it has shaped and expanded its power over time...
Book Review – Please Look After Mother (Women’s lives and the need for communication between generations)
The rapid improvement of women’s social status in Korean society has led to the coexistence of a generation that was stifled by a patriarchal culture and a generation that is no longer so. This article highlights the conflicts between the generations and the need to understand and communicate with women’s inner struggles. Looking back over the past 100 years, Korean society has...
Book Review – The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights (Genetic Modification, Hope or Danger?)
Advances in genetic modification technology have led to controversies such as human cloning. Weighing the positive and negative effects this technology will have on humanity, it requires a careful approach that takes into account moral and social issues. As human lifespans continue to increase, the field of biotechnology is making great strides, and biotechnologists are working tirelessly...
Book Review – Full House (How Stephen Jay Gould’s Discontinuous Equilibrium Theory Reimagines Evolutionary Theory)
Stephen Jay Gould’s theory of punctuated equilibrium argues that evolution does not occur gradually, but rather that new species emerge through sudden mutations, and that humans are not the end goal of evolution. It emphasizes that evolution has no progressive direction and proceeds unpredictably by chance. Throughout history, newly discovered scientific facts have surprised and...