Simone Weil’s Love of Neighbor

Simone Weils Waiting for God have discussed the implied have a go at it of God through the reiteration of love and ruth as an answer or remedy for distress and as a step in able to restore justice. Simone Weil was a wealthy French political activist and philosopher who have strived to argue about(predicate) the universal goodness of men.She maintains that the world in which we lived in is generally composed of inequalities. In such case, in that respect are some plenty who catch our assist while there are those early(a)s who are lots regarded as the collective unknown. Since there was a lack of attention, tierer(a)wise of precondition and/or affinity, these slew remained to be unidentified.She provided argues that those wad who are with origin acts in mechanical ways. This is because they are blindly under the self-assertion or thinking that they are obligated to enact their motive everywhere some others in able to defend or protect themselves. They believe th at if they do not act in such a way as imposing their power over other bulk, they office end up being slaves or being objects themselves.Those who do not have power are reduced to mere items or objects who functions as property and quantities plainly does so because they do not have the capability to command other commonwealth and they are viewed by those who are in power as means to their ends. This was largely reflected on wars, as soldiers are deployed in assault areas, those who held government power are deciding which troop would be move first or which troop would be in this or that position.To further understand her point, she tries to demonstrate the mechanical aspect of power through the ideas of distress and slavery. She renders that affliction is a mark of slavery it is when the soul becomes blind and dead(p) through the mechanical violence perpetuated by power that they exist save as subjects. Humans primary task is to give attention to those who are afflicted o r to those people who were possessed by power. Since other afflicted persons are hardened by the feelings and experiences that they posses, it is wherefore the human beings task to love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves.According to Weil, most people do not understand what the pain that the afflicted persons are feeling. It is sort of impossible for unequal things to feel equal or the resembling, in such, people who are unequal cannot feel the same feeling, cannot understand the same thing that other people is experiencing. She argues that what connects everything is a link with what she renders as an outside globe.She clarifies that this link can be manifested through the presence of injustice which is the maltreat caused in the private sphere of an individual. Weils conception of Justice is stand on a religious aspect of a universal duty to remedy the damages make in any body or soul. According to Weil, the universality of this obligation is in such form that dispo sing it would make one a criminal.Justice for Weil is reflective of compassion with the acknowledgement that there moldiness be no harm done to other people most specifically to our neighbors. It is through justice that those who are in power would be compassionate to those who does not posses power for they would not treat those other people merely as objects or as indifferent persons but as reflections and extensions of themselves. They would then remove the mechanical ways that follows from their possession of power for this ways would not be recognize or at least utilize.In my opinion, Weils ideas are besides idealistic, for although people may thence love their neighbors as much as they love themselves, nonetheless, this could only happen if all would indeed subscribe to this kind of philosophic thinking. It is quite inevitable for people to dominate other things, and this is something that Weil herself recognizes, as she states that indeed inequality is something that we ca nnot demise. Yet she proceed on implying that humans can in some way become compassionate to other people or feel and share the pain of other people.This is simply implausible still if she argued that there is a universal link that determines compassion as an obligation to other people, still it is deeply imbedded in human beings nature and personhood that he/she must strive for him/herself with or without the regard for other people. Her ideal morality and universal justice cannot be attained in our society and is only possible in a hypothetical kingdom where people may indeed recognize his/her obligation to other people.It might also work well in particular instances upon a honorable contemplation and dedication to religion or to a morality that corresponds to the same ideals. For example, in instances like those done by Christ, helping other people without the regard of what will happen to yourself, is something that can indeed be tempered to be an instance in support of Weils claims. However, one must not forget to take into account the fact that somehow there can be personal interest involved or such and such actions are only plausible in certain passel and not in others. Thus, my assessment of Weils philosophy is implausible and too idealistic.Works CitedWeil, Simone. Waiting for God. New York First Perennial Classics. 2001.