The World View Of Bertrand Russell

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be a sign of believing in God that must be proven (138). He believes that distinguishing between good and bad are like seeing the difference in blue and yellow. You distinguish by looking at colors but you distinguish good and bad by feelings (139). People can make mistakes in that as they can in other things. Moral obligation, from Russell's view is that "One has to take account of the effects, and I think right conduct is that which would probably produce the greatest possible balance in intrinsic value of all the acts possible in the circumstances, and you've got to take account of the probable effects of your action in considering what is right (140)." He is explaining that for every action there is a reaction. He believes we should live as humans how we are taught or governed. He believes that conditioned reflexes tell us what we should do and what we shouldn't.
The body of a man is, from Russell's point of view, a combination of events (147). These events are clustered ...

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is in ideas not economics (56) and justice is the arrangement of producing the least envy (55). Russell states that Miss McMillan is training children to create a free community. If this could happen, it would solve our social problems. Yet we must teach children to live and let live from birth. He then goes on to state that "Given men and women who do not desire the things which can only be secured through the misfortunes of others, the obstacles to social freedom will be at an end. (56)."
In my opinion, Bertrand Russell's central arguments are very strong about the universe, his conception off humans, and how we should live. He makes distinct examples of why we should ...

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