The Gray Area - Truth
Science-fiction writer, Michael Stravinsky, said "understanding is a three edged sword, your side, their side, and the truth." In modern language and ethics, truth is categorize as a colorful word, yet cloaked in a gray area when it comes to meaning. Truth is not black and white, not merely the quality of having accuracy. Consider and ancient proverb, and its relation to the motion of truth. "A tree falls in the woods, with no one around, can man be sure it made a sound?" A man is guilty of murder, yet his lawyer argues the truth that his client is insane and had no knowledge of what he was doing. In this case the jury finds the man innocent. In society's eye their system of beliefs, the truth, is that the man is innocent of the crime and is free from imprisonment. Truth is one-sided to the will of man and is unknown without human belief. Truth, as we thought we knew it, ceases to exist. Webster's dictionary defines truth as "being free from deceit or falseness, having a quality of sincerity." Truth has many connotations including purity, sincerity, morality, loyalty, and honesty. The meaning referred to will be in the context of a precise account of events, the quality of being true. Truth has often been falsely placed with
There are so many gray areas when it comes to the truth that most people have no idea of what would happen in any given situation because the actual truth is unknown. Truth can best be described as what is right for man at the given time through the eyes of those that have the power to change it. The meaning of truth, as applied to this essay, is the accurate account of events. In layman's terms, how closely an account corresponds to what actually happened at a given time. A man is stopped on the street, by a cop, and is found to have 1 kilo of cocaine in his possession. The accused now has his day in court, before a judge of law and truth. There's no doubt that the cop found 1 kilo of cocaine on the man, and the accused is guilty of possession of a controlled substance. However, the defendant reminds the judge that the cop forgot to advise him of his rights (perform the Miranda Warning), at the time of the arrest. The cop's account of the actual scene, other than the reading of the rights is 100% accurate to what actually happened. Therefore, it fit's the definition, and must be true. But, the judicial system in America, which did not exist until man's will devised it, states that based on this technicality the accused can go free. The man walks a
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