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Humanism In Brave New World Essay

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Humanistic Societies Ignore Biblical Morals “Community, Identity, Stability” (1): this is what a perfect society is in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. But having stability is no easy task, especially when humanistic and biblical morals collide; a stable society is possible but only with the sacrifice of one or the other. This stable society is still fragile though. Creating a stable society with humanistic morals requires the complete destruction of biblical morals and the idolization of earthly obsessions. This destruction redefines what beauty is from a biblical standpoint, to a humanistic point of view. In most developed societies today we can see the drive for change from biblical moral foundations to more humanistic morals. This can also be seen …show more content…

It can also be forced on people through peer pressure or by the government. Beauty from a biblical standpoint is something holy and attractive in God’s eyes. In a humanistic standpoint, beauty can be anything. It can be a way to receive pleasure or power, a physical feature or an attractive person, and many others. The novel 1984 has many different definitions of beauty; for example, public hangings and war are deemed “beautiful” and bring people entertainment. Today, this would sound awful and would be awful. Even the protagonist in the novel knows this and states, “We are the dead” (Orwell 176) and “We are not human” (165). In Brave New World, the society to them is beautiful. The pleasure of sex and taking drugs is beautiful. This is all based on humanistic beliefs and not biblical ones. Both of these examples go directly against the bible and God’s commands. In the Ten Commandments, it states that it is wrong to kill and it also states that it is wrong to have premarital

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