Lincoln Memorial Evidence

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As Charles Dickens stated, “take nothing on it’s looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule .” Evidence proves certain beliefs or propositions to be valid or not. It is critical to rely on evidence on all occasion to settle an answer in accordance to the fact. But is it really necessary? Evidence may not necessarily be used to reach a conclusion in certain areas, for example in ethics it is based off of people’s principles and behaviors, and in arts, it is dependent on the artist/s and audience’s thoughts and emotions. Both ethics and arts are swayed through people’s thoughts emotions, which cannot be taken in account as evidence. It is justified not through theoretical grounds, but rather through morals. The quality of an …show more content…
Realism within art, for example paintings and sculptures, the piece must accurately reflect what it is based on in detail. One of the most famous sculpture, the Lincoln Memorial located in Washington D.C., accurately depicts Abraham Lincoln’s features. The evidence that was taken in account were his physical features, such as how his eyebrows were shaped, skin tone, the shape of his lips, the texture of his hair, and so on. The Lincoln Memorial, in detail depicts what Abraham Lincoln looked like through sculpting with the avoidance of stylization. By using the evidences as conclusion can be made, which would be the final piece of the artwork. The evidences are considered as the right conclusion because Lincoln was interpreted exactly as how he looks, there is no falsification to that. How an artwork is interpreted does not necessarily need in evidence because it interrelates to how one feel, but the process in creating the artwork, especially in realistic artworks is necessary to represent subject matter truthfully without any artificial touches to it. In a self-portrait of Frida Kahlo named, “Self Portrait with Necklace”, she accurately depicts her appearances. Realism allows the depiction of life forms, perspectives, and the details of colors and light. In Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait, little details were accurately represented, for example her pink cheeks, her collarbone, and …show more content…
Can people’s principles be considered as evidence? Exploring different aspects of ethical decisions and weighing the impact of our choice depending on our behavior is necessary to arrive at a right conclusion. The existence of an ethical standard can be based as a morally correct behavior and allowing us to decide the more favorable decision – a conclusion. Depending on the ethical standards, the conclusion that can be drawn may vary, for example the utilitarian and the virtue approach have a different definition of morally correct actions. These approaches can be explained through an ethical dilemma: James and Steve are close friends. Steve introduces his new girlfriend, Anne, to James. A couple of days later, James sees his other friend, Jake with his new wife, which was Anne who was in a relationship with Steve. As a utilitarian approach, it is important to create more good and the least harm. By adding up all the pleasures and pains a decision should be made. It is important to tell the truth but must figure out whether honestly would create more pain or pleasure. The utilitarian approach is a simple addition and subtraction of the good and the bad. This method allows the simplification of the actual situation, acts as evidence. For this ethical dilemma, a utilitarian would tell the truth to his friend, Steve because that would create the maximum

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