Not one person alive can make the world a better place to live in! Do you believe this to be TRUE?

Answer 1

NO. Certainly not.

Answer 2

No one person alive will ever make the world a better place. This I agree with. Since the things that happen in life is nothing more that a collective agreement, it will take a collective body to change things. All of you religious prophets have attempt to make the world a better place and were put to death by the very same people they came to help. If you as an individual can convey a message that people will listen too, you will be one step closer to gathering people that want a better place to live in for a new collective agreement. The trouble is, where there is light, there is also darkness. Guys like Hitler and Bush can also sway things in their favor as well.

Answer 3

Every person who contributes to the greater good in life by doing anything from helping a stranger to offering plausible and realistic opinions on quantum physics and the theory of relativity. The Dalli lama and any other figure that inspires hope and belief in people worlwide have contributed as much as any one person ever could and they are not alone, Confucius, Aristotle, Plato...Mother Theresa, you, me, and our mothers, have and/or are doing the best we can and every day that passes in that endeavor contributes to making the world a better place. So NO I don't believe that particular statement to be true. Although collectively the american people could gang up and beat GWB to a bloodied pulp, cause that might help.

Answer 4

Not at all. In fact, its not a matter of belief, I know by example your statement is false.

Ah, but Spartan, the question was not directed to include only the collective, of which you are correct in that regard. The question specifically stated not one person "alive". There are many alive that have made the world better for their respective groups/families, whether in the majority or not.

Answer 5

that sounds like the viewpoint of a cynical pessimist, they're the ones who can't make the world a better place, the smallest contributions from people makes the difference, why discourage optimistic and altruistic goals no matter how insignificant? is it better to accept an unfortunate future and to just continue to roll around in our own filth until the very end? I don't think so.

Answer 6

False. If you don't believe me look at the opposite and ask if one person can make the world a worse place. Stalin, Hitler et al managed to do so in their lifetimes. So why believe the opposite is not also true?

Monumental change, good or bad, can come about from one decision from one person, often without their ever intending it to occur.

Peace

Answer 7

Absalutly not true!
One person may not beable to make an etire country better, but small steps to make your community better, create a better world for the individuals your helping. And by giving your community, and other people your time, you create ideas in others to do the same. I think its like a domino effect - the first domino is far away from the last one, but they are connected

Answer 8

If one person can make the world a worser place to live in, then certainly one person can make the world a better place to live in.

Answer 9

Nope I don't believe that's true........I think I help make the world a better place to live in when I volunteer my time weekly......and donate my money monthly.

Everyone can and should help make a difference.

Answer 10

Nope. There have been plenty of people who have made the world a better place to live in. The list is endless.

Answer 11

No - a single individual can make a profound impact on the world, like Alexander Fleming - the discoverer of penicillin - it saved countless lives. Or Jonas Salk - who invented the polio vaccine.