Summum Bonum

The term “Summum Bonum” is the philosophical jargon that describe about the good and highest degree of good that can be achieved by the human being. According to the definition, “(Philosophy) the principle of goodness in which all moral values are included or from which they are derived; highest or supreme good”.

The question is that what is the definition of good and/or happiness, in some society, having girl friend and boy friend is the norm but in some societies, these relations are the signs of bad and vulgarity. In ancient era such as the old civilization of Egypt the sacrificing of men was the norm and it used to use as the way to have achieve good and happiness. These type of concepts can also be seen in the current time period such as in the some parts of Asia where the wife of dead men is burnt with her husband dead body by assuming (obviously false) that it is the way to pursue the good. Furthermore, in the same piece of land, the cow, elephant, snake and even mouse are served as the gourmet while according to some other’s viewpoint these are the key symbols that guide to have the good.

If it is talked about the America, before the era of 1691, Miscegenation and interracial sexual relationship used to discourage and considered as the socially deviant issue. However, historically, there were varied legal restrictions in varied American States but the Virginia was the first state that inked to legislation the first statue in the connection of miscegenation. The notion that was propagated in support of anti interracial sexual relationship and marriage can easily be understood by the wordings of Francis Galton who present his ideology in 1863, according to him “if talented people only married other talented people, the result would be measurably better offspring." (Riggs).The rules and regulation about the interracial love and marriage were in the quest until the 1967 and then these legislations and practices had to face the outlaws by the US congress...