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Question

Prompt: Akira Kurosawa's film masterpiece Rashomon portrays several people who have witnessed a death. As each observer recounts the event as he or she witnessed it, we come to realize that each person's story varies greatly from every other account. Watching the movie, we reflect that the truth of an experience and perhaps all truth is different for each person.

Assignment: What is your opinion of the claim that truth is not objective, but rather is determined by each individual? In an essay, support your position by discussing an example (or examples) from literature, the arts, science and technology, history, current events, or your own experience or observation.

As shown in Akira Kurosawa's film masterpiece Rashomon truth is different for everybody just as right and wrong differs for everybody. One may see something and believe one thing while another may watch the same thing and come away with a different story. The truth all depends on the way one looks at the issue.
There are several mind game pictures where when one first looks at the picture it appears to be one thing but if one looks closely there actually appears to be something else there. Both are there it is just that sometimes people do not look past the first thing to get to the other.

In my job there is a girl who I do not think does much work. When I was questioned by my bosses about her I told them what I thought was the truth. From talking to some other employees I learned that they think she does work and when questioned that is the answer they gave. We both think we are speaking the truth, but how is that possible since our answers contradict each other? This is when truth is determined by the individual.
Most people can not look at a situation objectively and they put their own opinions in it, so then their truth would differ from somebody elses. Truth is not objective because we are not able to completely block out our feelings and emotions. Many court cases are tried in front of a jury because hopefully together they can come up with a truth. If one person made the decision without consulting others they might let their emotions become a factor in the outcome.

Answer 1

Hey there, I'm sorry I couldn't really find anything much wrong with it, but I have a point to add (notice that it is a very philosophical answer and might not fit the subject):

No human being can perceive anything 100% objectively, because we all interpret everything we encounter according to our past experiences. It is not just about blocking out our emotions, but it is much more about basic psychology: We can TRY to be objective by blocking out emotion, but even if we succeed at doing this still our perception will be influenced by a huge range of other factors. E.g. We can only say that something is blue by distinguishing it from our past experience with other colors, and thus knowing it is not red, green etc. Even the concept of objectivity itself is not a neutral one. I.e., to even try to think about something objectively, we must first draw on our own ideas (from past experience and learning) as to what objectivity even is!

Some people may say that science is objective, but this is not 100% true. Science is based on the (subjective) ideas we humans have of rigorous study and testable hypothesis. The only possible objective action is to suspend judgment.

I am not saying there is no such thing as truth, that would be ludicrous to suggest, I am just saying that we humans (due to the make up of our brain) can never actually access truth in the way that the word/concept suggests. Our ideas/perceptions/judgments may correlate with 'the truth' exactly, even 100%, but that doesn't mean we ever have access to the truth itself, only a representation of it.

Hope this gives you some more ideas to include in or to refine your argument!

Ok, I had another look at it and rewrote some parts, here they are:

One may see something and believe one thing while another person may watch the same thing and come away with a different story. What is perceived as truth all depends on the way one looks at the issue.

There are several mind game pictures which at first sight appear to resemble one thing, but if one looks closely there actually appears to be something else there. Both “objects” are there, it is just that sometimes people do not look past the first thing to get to the other.

Here is another, more personal example. In my workplace there is a girl who, in my opinion, does not work very hard.” From talking to some other employees, I learned that they think she does work hard and when questioned that is the answer they gave. We both think we are speaking the truth, but how is this possible? Our answers contradict each other, so at first it seems one of us must be wrong. However, in this case, subjective truths are determined by the (each?) individual.

Most people cannot look at a situation objectively and instead they let their own opinions influence their decision, so then their truth would differ from somebody else’s.

Hope this helps!