One man's joy is another man's sorrow. From this essay, we can clearly establish a parallel with our Western privileged life (Omelas) at the expense the developing countries (The child). But if we consider Omelas and the child as absolute opposite in terms of mentality, religion and ultimately culture, I would stay rather than leave Omelas. Freedom of society, reason, science, self-reliance and productivity are the greatest Western inheritance. Therefore, if the Western culture is objectively superior to other cultures, Omela's well-being is also more important than the child's fate.

There are two fundamental respects on which Western civilization rests: Monotheism and reason.

The Jews were the first to believe this conception; there is only one God, Omnipotent Creator of the universe. In this way, mankind was given stewardship over His handiwork and from this awareness came the first basic principle: Monotheism. True Religion deals principally with the why of our existence. Consequently, this led to the making of laws, in which stood ethical concerns and morality. The greatest triumphs of pure monotheism were the notions of universalism and ideals of social justice (even though they

This situation will remain stagnant until the underlying causes of those circumstances change. This inability to bring improvement has its origins in mysticism, primitivism and tribalism. Therefore, the absence of organization, the lack of sufficient health, power and vigor to apply the knowledge and the means already at hand, have plague their lives. This powerlessness is encompassed in the deficiency of resources or assets to invest in progress. In this context, the same outcome has happened to the child; unless it would have been able to change, its freedom would have been useless since "it is too degraded and imbecile to know any real joy".

A primitive existence bound to nature afflicted them with calamities such as poverty and impending famine. For example, millions of children in the third world died from preventable illnesses and malnutrition. Therefore, there was complete stagnation for thousands of years in those particular regions.

As we can see, Monotheism and rational thinking complement rather than contradict each other.

By contrast, decentralized and unorganized religions prevailed for the people living in Eastern and African regions. And since they did not embrace the universal rules of

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