Monsters

1. After learning about how the Bosnian War began and the role of Karadzic and Milosovic, was it fair for the Independent to use the word "Monster".

I believe it was fair for them to call Karadzic a monster because they were referring to their own definition of what they believed a monster was and since they deduced that Karadzic was allowing these terrible war crimes to take place (knowledge by reason) and remembered reports that were told to them of him allowing them to take place (knowledge by remembering and knowledge by authority), they are reasonable in assuming that they know he is a monster by their definition.

2. How do you think this phrase would be justified, according to Plato? Use specific examples from the reading and the documentary, The Death of Yugoslavia, to justify your claims.

In The Death of Yugoslavia Karadzic lies about the violence taking place in Bosnia but the people writing the article deduce that these are lies by examining the snipers and the troops in Bosnia which is knowledge by reasoning. Also because the article was written after these things happened these people are recalling this information which they received from news reports coming out of Bosnia and therefore they are exercising knowledge by remembering and knowledge by authority. The only one of Plato’s ways of knowing that does not appear here is knowledge by empiricism because they did not directly experience the crimes taking place I Bosnia.

3. When the term Monster is used, what do you think it means. (You can look it up in the dictionary, but as you know, that has limitations).

I believe that as a general term monster means a brutal and terrifying creature. However when used to describe a human I believe the definition changes to mean a person who commits horrible acts without acknowledging guilt of remorse for them.

4. Has your answer changed since your first entry? Why or why not?

The answer itself has not changed from my first enter but the reasons for writing that answer have. That I have a better understanding of the situation in Bosnia I can back up my answer with more detail from the occurrence and explain how they support my conclusion.