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Can other people know us better than we know ourselves? - Coggle Diagram
Can other people know us better than we know ourselves?
AOK: the arts
AOK: ethics
emotion
Claim: it is unethical for groups of people to change your personal identity through emotional manipulation
EX: Scientology claims that their religion is the only correct one, and that every other faith is wrong, therefore they (unbeknownst to their members) manipulate for saying otherwise. This manipulation only allows you to dedicate your personal identity to their cause and their preachings, and does not allow their members to have a sense of self, and make them think that the church knows them better than themselves (which they do).
Reasoning: Your personal identity comes from what you believe of yourself, so by use of manipulation of the religion's beliefs, they try to create a new personal identity for their members.
This could be debated on terms of what one considers emotional manipulation is and how it correlates with that group
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anguage
Claim: it is unethical to use old and outdated language to dictate someone else's personal identity
EX: growing up nonreligious, I had gone to church with my religious friends and the church leaders used text to preach homophobia and xenophobia, and those claims that were created by twisting the original words of the holy text made me realize that using words out of context can create unethical situations which harms groups of people. This relates to my personal identity because those church leaders did not know my identity, but chose to try to dictate it with their words, thus causing me to question my own personal identity and relationship with religion further.
Reasoning: The outdated text is being used as a way to deter someone away from thinking about their personal identity. text is used in a way that can be taken in any context and twists it into something that fits the religions narrative and not the members identity.
Reasoning: manipulating outdated text to fit the narrative that creates personal belief takes away from ones own personal ideas, and takes away any sort of self reflection into ones own personal identity.
sensory perception
Claim: religious depictions in art can know us better because religion can make up someone's personal identity, thus resonating with them further.
EX: Ajanta Buddhist Caves are a driving force for Buddhist converts to find themselves through the influence of the people who built the structure. It has impacted so many Buddhist converts because Buddhism is a religion that preaches inner peace and finding your own path, which many people relate to their personal identity.
Can be debated on terms of the kind of religion (shown in example), and how persuasion dictates our personal identity
Reasoning: religious depictions in art can know us better because those religions can make up our personal identity, thus having some power over who we identify as.
Emotion
Claim: Art's emotional impact does not know you better than yourself, but attempts to through emotional value.
Reasoning: Art can have life-altering meanings to the viewer and to the artist, but it is up to the viewer to decide if they want to let it become part of their personal identity.
EX: Queer artist Mitch D’Arte portrayed her culture's faith through her paintings, but claims that she does not practice this faith, so she portrays emotions of the dying Mexican culture through her religious art. Her personal identity as queer and nonreligious contrast with her art, which shows that her art perhaps depicts more religious feeling in her viewers and their identities more so than hers.
Reasoning: from an artists perspective, their art is not always a projection of their PERSONAL identity, but it can be impactful on a viewer's identity.
Theme: Religion