Question

Explain what position Chesterton takes regarding the question: Is man different in degree or different in kind from all other sentient creatures? How does Chesterton support his position? What is the position taken in Genesis, chapters one and two, regarding this question? Explain how the Genesis account of man’s creation supports this position.

Answer 1

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was a prolific writer of books, critic and author of verse, essays, novels, and short stories. Chesterton was converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism in the year 1922,

Sentient creatures are the one who can who has a conscious of feel and perceive. and by virtue of its characteristic can experience suffering, pain both at the physical and psychological level. Only the mammals that include human being as well as animal that shows this behavior are coming under this group.

G. K. Chesterton has written about politics, materialism, moral relativism, he was of the opinion that human beings are responsible for all their virtues, he was against capitalism, he wanted that all big landowner should divide their land into smaller pieces and give to people with no land, so there will be equal distribution of wealth, he wanted people to acts in right virtues, without being unjust with others.

Chesterton was one of the deepest thinkers, he was right in his thinking; He was a staunch believer of Christianity. He defended poor people, according to him freedom does mean leaving virtues and spending life aimlessly,

Man can express his anger, happiness or other matter like pain and feel through expression and speech but animals although they possess biologically the feeling but are unable to give it a word.

Genesis is a Latin word the meaning is the origin he was Catholic and he has taken his belief from the Bible that specifies that God created man and to give company to his creature he created a woman. The God has sent them to the world with good virtues and man is responsible for all his deed.