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Issue:
"When someone achieves greatness in any field - such as the arts, science, politics, or business - that person's achievements are more important than any of his or her personal faults."
My Essays:
The speaker asserts that when someone achieves greatness in any field, the person's achievements are more important than any personal faults. In fact, as far as I am concerned, it makes no sense to make such judgment. When it comes to which one is more important, the greatness or the faults, the final judgment should be based on the situation of the certain person.
On one hand, the proponents of this view may argue that people cannot ignore one's achievement only because he or she has made some faults. At times, compared with the huge achievements, those great people's faults appear so unimportant as to be forget. For example, yet even a cursory review of the private lives of past Presidents reveals substantial evidence that Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson and John Kennedy had extramarital affairs. Thomas Jefferson, many believe, fathered children by one of his slaves. And Grover Cleveland confessed to having an illegitimate child. However, compared to Roosevelt boosted the American economy and cease the recession, people choose to neglect such faults.
On the other hand, it does not mean that we can neglect one's error when he or she achieves greatness in the field. For instance, Mao, who released Chinese from the aggression of other nations, and also, who started the "Great culture revolution" in China which brought huge disaster to hundreds and thousands of innocent people. Poet named "Haizi" who is highly achieved in arts and literature, murdered his wife and then committed suicide. It is unfair to take it for granted that any achievement in any field is more important than life.
In summary, due to the reasons discussed above, decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis, and we should give a person fair and reasonable evaluation. It is imprudent to say that the greatness one achieves in one field is necessarily more important than the faults he or she makes. In my concern, it makes no sense to make such a judgment, and people collectively and objectively evaluate someone by considering both the faults and the achievements rather than by claiming one of the two is more important than the other.
Issue:
"When someone achieves greatness in any field - such as the arts, science, politics, or business - that person's achievements are more important than any of his or her personal faults."
My Essays:
The speaker asserts that when someone achieves greatness in any field, the person's achievements are more important than any personal faults. In fact, as far as I am concerned, it makes no sense to make such judgment. When it comes to which one is more important, the greatness or the faults, the final judgment should be based on the situation of the certain person.
On one hand, the proponents of this view may argue that people cannot ignore one's achievement only because he or she has made some faults. At times, compared with the huge achievements, those great people's faults appear so unimportant as to be forget. For example, yet even a cursory review of the private lives of past Presidents reveals substantial evidence that Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson and John Kennedy had extramarital affairs. Thomas Jefferson, many believe, fathered children by one of his slaves. And Grover Cleveland confessed to having an illegitimate child. However, compared to Roosevelt boosted the American economy and cease the recession, people choose to neglect such faults.
On the other hand, it does not mean that we can neglect one's error when he or she achieves greatness in the field. For instance, Mao, who released Chinese from the aggression of other nations, and also, who started the "Great culture revolution" in China which brought huge disaster to hundreds and thousands of innocent people. Poet named "Haizi" who is highly achieved in arts and literature, murdered his wife and then committed suicide. It is unfair to take it for granted that any achievement in any field is more important than life.
In summary, due to the reasons discussed above, decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis, and we should give a person fair and reasonable evaluation. It is imprudent to say that the greatness one achieves in one field is necessarily more important than the faults he or she makes. In my concern, it makes no sense to make such a judgment, and people collectively and objectively evaluate someone by considering both the faults and the achievements rather than by claiming one of the two is more important than the other.
