found out that there's a reason for everything. The pledges are never in any real harm. They are not forced to eat or consume anything. And they are free to walk at any time. It teaches them how to work as a team. It teaches them so much. I can't put it into words.Well, my point is that hazing has a purpose in every facet of life today. It is an important way to earn respect. The military I believe has been the biggest offender, not Greeks.” “The definition of hazing includes: "creation of excessive fatigue". I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that University creates excessive fatigue. In light of this, I would like to move to ban post secondary education. It creates excessive fatigue. On a side note, road trips are a mandatory part of University life as well.And as to the comment that "having power and control over others" can be considered hazing, I’m wondering if you have an employer. If so, if you decided not to perform the tasks up to standard for your employer, would you be fired? My guess is yes. While extreme hazing (anal rape with the hook end of a field hockey stick or something like that) should be forbidden, regular hazing, (which seems to have been blown extremely out of proportion) should be used by institutions to create a sense of unity.” Of my own personal views it is difficult to give a definite yes or no in support of hazing. Being the president of a fraternity my insights are from an experienced based point of view. I do see the points and fallacies in both arguments. From a utilitarian point of view, the actual act of hazing is legitimate due to the majority of a chapter receiving the “pleasers” of hazing the pledges. However, the military is basically an anti –utilitarian process by one person such as a drill instructor inflicting displeasure to the majority of people. One fallacy from the anti-hazing viewpoint is that assumptions may be b...
