Morals Unger example essay topic

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Kramer and Unger take different routs in talking about Lafayette. Mr. Unger talks about him as an all-around hero and man of no flaws and kind of stereotypes him as a person. On the other hand Kramer chose to talk about him as a man going from a fighter and man seeking fame and kind of developing through his life into an intellectual writer. Unger's story of Lafayette is really good and thorough but in my opinion he idolizes him to much writes him out to be a hero with no flaws.

He does not dig in to his personality to find reasons for his doings, always assuming he's serving only on his morals. But these kinds of morals and virtue is developed over time and I think no man at the age of 19 raised in the kind of environment as he was could have developed this strong morals and sense of virtue and ethics. I'm not saying he didn't have these morals Unger insists, but that he probably didn't start out as the visionary he ended up being, I think he grew into it with the help of many great men like Washington. Kramer gives more effort into looking at him as a person, and as an intellectual. Kramer chooses the time in Lafayette's life where he already had become this incredibly strong moral leader.

Kramer suggests that Lafayette served a great role in implementing new morals through his writing and also promoting writers like Tracy, Constant and Montesquieu. He talks about the role Lafayette played in establishing connections between France and the US, and helping France authors and ideologists to have their work published, in the US, through connections with friends like Jefferson. My opinion after reading different material about this historical figure is that he started out as a rich kid escaping a dull protected life at the court, seeking fame in the real world. Later on through experience and guidance of the Great men of the American revolution he developed into one of strongest and moral men in history giving all he had with out asking for anything else.

"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler". - Albert Einstein (1879-1955).