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Choosing morality over obedience

Prometheus was being punished by other Greek Gods, for giving humans the ability to create fire. The main reason why they punished Prometheus was because they wanted the humans to depend on them on starting fires rather than starting fires themselves. So, they tied Prometheus down to a mountain. Something I do want to focus on is Prometheus choosing morality over obedience.


Prometheus choosing to give the humans the ability to create fires was moral. Because now, this sparked a new piece to agriculture and that is giving humans the ability to make food such that they wouldn't get sick. Before fires were discovered, humans had to eat meat raw and of course this was the number 1 way of getting sick. Alongside from food, fires introduced blacksmithing. This helps create tools and weapons such as swords, shovels, spears, knife, shields, and so many others. However, fires can be used for destruction, such as wildfires and committing arson. It just shows how much we humans are responsible and accountable for using fires in a productive manner.

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