The Myth Of Universal Love Analysis

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Love is one of the most beautiful things humankind has. Every human on this earth has the feeling of love. Love doesn’t have to exist only between two opposite sexes. It occurs between all humans, it could be between a brother and sister, between friends, or between parents and their children. In addition, love could be the most precious thing we should all be aware of because it makes us feel positive and happy when we love and care for each other. For instance, is “universal love” which means caring for people outside of our “tribe” possible? Without doubt, universal love is possible to have between people. As it was mentioned in the article, “The Myth of Universal Love” by the author Stephen T. Asma who believes that universal love is …show more content…

In regardless to Asma’s argument, I disagree with him the fact we should not have universal love between each other. On the other hand, I agree with Rifkin and Singer that we should try to have universal love and get along together. Being one family as a whole universal can be much better than being separated. The only proof of the compatibility between people is the friendless and the spread love between each other to exactly be one family and one country. Once everybody believes that universal love is positive, then we will be able to achieve all our goals and have a better society. However, not all people consider that as being positive; some people support the idea of favoritism, as Asma does. According to Asma, one of the other things Asma supports beside favoritism is nepotism. For example, let’s say someone owns a business and he hires all his family members, and not anybody else. Well, imagine everybody on earth does the same thing; we would never be successful in life. Anyway, it’s just improper to only think and care about our families and friends, but we also need to think of other people out there who need help just to survive. There shouldn't be any place for favoritism or nepotism in our society to be able to spread universal love. Plus, by doing that, we are building a better society and achieving our goals as one