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TOK Presentation (Does sense perception morally justify an action?…

- - - - talk about why slavery was abolished and in what terms
  - - - we choose the comfortable path or way of doing things regardless of the consequences (we can't really see the immediate consequence our actions have, so it's easier to turn our backs to it or overlook the consequences)
    - - this shows how people tend to take the easy way out, or the easy path when it comes to certain choices, regardless of the consequences, purely because it causes pleasure and/or comfort.
  - - - World businesses' only concern is economic growth and profit for their company, and so these companies convince us that we need their products in our lives, that they have our best interests at heart, when in reality, they just want to make a profit and sell their products as much as possible. This is only one of the reasons why the latest generations have fallen into a consumerist lifestyle, buying in bulk and accumulating objects simply because new things make us feel good, happy (at least that's what we think).
      - As humans we are wired to become dissatisfied. We crave new things, we crave the latest of everything – the latest iPhone, the latest computer, the trendiest fashions, etc. We are never satisfied with what we do have, and when we are, it's because the things we have are brand new. After a certain amount of time, we get bored and we crave something different, or something new. It's an addiction.
        
        advertising plays a large part in this – it's everywhere, so it's hard to escape it.
        
        so in this sense, advertising is actually dictating our emotion AND our reason here. By inducing the idea that we need the product that they advertise, we end up truly believing that we need it, which ends up translating to not only individually, but also in a much wider level: society in general starts growing accustomed to these ideas of needing objects, particularly the best ones, and so it is engulfed in a false, manufactured belief of compulsive consumerism, all the while it is not aware of it. This is how our emotion is led. Perhaps it is not our own in the realm of the linear economy the world has developed, and that is why consumerism survives and has survived for decades now.
        
        the human race is producing much more that what we truly need
      - consumerism links back to the planet – so much overproduction of goods because of increasing demand for stuff is destroying the planet, so is it ethical? Is it wise?
        
        having less stuff also affects our mental health positively: clutter in our lives causes a cluttered mind, so is it a good idea to accumulate things if it doesn't add value to our lives or our mental health? Emotion leading our actions applies here. If our main concern was emotional stability and peace, then our action should be to live minimally. However, we don't.
        
        We add value to objects. Sometimes the value of these objects last, especially if it is emotional value. If the only value it has is that it is brand new and brings us therefore exilleration and excitement to use this brand new thing, then the value doesn't last because the object, when time passes, ceases to be brand new and becomes an ordinary object. This is another way emotion dictates our action: we look for ways to induce happiness and positive emotions in our lives, and we tend to turn to things, objects, which makes us consumerists. Instead of relying on experiences and people for long term happiness, we turn to objects for short-term happiness.