After twenty-one years I have come up with one question that will help to define me as a person and overall human being. A question that not only asks about the person I have become but the person I will continue to grow and continue to become.
Am I Ethical?
Well, lets first start off by taking a look at my values:
1. Honesty
2. Loyalty
3. Faith
4. Kindness
5. Compassion
6. Integrity
I think that so far in my life I have lived up to my values in the strongest way possible. I have brought these values into my overall wellbeing and encompassed my life around these values. I could tell you certain situation where I have told the truth, or been fair, or stayed true to my friends, or fallen in love but that wouldn't be quite enough. All the examples will do is prove that I've done my work and I've been myself. Values are about taking someone's word that they are telling the truth and that they abide by these values day-in and day-out. So I ask you to you take my word and understand that I have tried my very best to follow these values and to be the most ethical person that I can be. This isn't to say that I am perfect and I don't make mistakes because I can assure (as can my best friends) that this is not the case. I am simply saying that I am trying. I am trying and have been trying to be the most ethical, honest, loyal, integrity, faithful, kind, and compassionate person that I know how to be. I think I've done pretty well so far.
Thank you for all who have been listening. I appreciate you!
Have a wonderful day! It's time to graduate college! Go me!
I will leave you with a quote:
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.”
Showing posts with label Values. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Values. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Right Vs. Wrong
On daily basis we contemplate the right and wrong things to do. Whether it be something as simple as recycling or not, or something as important as choosing to rob a bank (drastic, i know) but regardless, a decision must be made. How do we know which is the right decision. Clearly, when regarding the bank robbery, i would hope that most of you would decline that opportunity if it ever arises.
At a young age our parents instill in us three important things, love, respect, and values, of course amongst many other things but I think these are within the top five at least. From the beginning they teach us that hitting is wrong, you should always use your please & thank yous, never ask someone how old they are, and you should know the difference between right and wrong. However, can right vs. wrong, be taught? I think that has a simple answer, no. Right decision vs. wrong decision is not something that we can read about in a book. Instead, we learn through way of life and with experience. When you push your best friend down when your little, they cry, you learned that crying is a way to show sadness or hurtfulness therefore you learn that pushing (which made them cry) must be bad. The values our parents instilled in us at that young age I think are guidelines for learning ethics later in life. We learn that most things in life have ethical reasoning. The ethics that we learn help us to better make decisions. As stated before, these decisions can be an 1 second answer or two-day answer. It doesn't matter, all that matter is that at the end of the day you're happy with your decision and your not afraid to own the decision you made. If you dont want to announce the decision you've made and you're not proud of it, whelp, you my friend may have picked the wrong answer.
Have a great day! Make good decisions!
At a young age our parents instill in us three important things, love, respect, and values, of course amongst many other things but I think these are within the top five at least. From the beginning they teach us that hitting is wrong, you should always use your please & thank yous, never ask someone how old they are, and you should know the difference between right and wrong. However, can right vs. wrong, be taught? I think that has a simple answer, no. Right decision vs. wrong decision is not something that we can read about in a book. Instead, we learn through way of life and with experience. When you push your best friend down when your little, they cry, you learned that crying is a way to show sadness or hurtfulness therefore you learn that pushing (which made them cry) must be bad. The values our parents instilled in us at that young age I think are guidelines for learning ethics later in life. We learn that most things in life have ethical reasoning. The ethics that we learn help us to better make decisions. As stated before, these decisions can be an 1 second answer or two-day answer. It doesn't matter, all that matter is that at the end of the day you're happy with your decision and your not afraid to own the decision you made. If you dont want to announce the decision you've made and you're not proud of it, whelp, you my friend may have picked the wrong answer.
Have a great day! Make good decisions!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
It's All Political
Since a young age I have been taught the Golden Rule: treat others the way you want to be treated. And for majority of my life, I would like to think that I have followed this rule and kept up my end of the deal. But what happens when I am not the one deciding how people deserve to be treated. If everyone is nice to each individual they come across, assuming they don’t want to be treated badly, then the world would be nice and dandy place. WRONG. That isn't exactly realistic. That’s why we have villains and bullies and just your average grumpy people; the world isn't perfect. I guess my question is: when Mill's Principle of Utility is put into play, how do we know who is coming up on the good end of the deal? The principle states that we should "seek the greatest happiness for the aggregate whole." So are you just S.O.L if you're not in the majority whole?
This immediately reminds me of political campaigns. Every four years we have someone “x” amount of people run for office and only one person becomes President of the United States. What if you didn’t vote for this person? What if you don’t believe in his or her morals and background? I suppose you just have to wait until the next four years. Realistically, there is no way to please everyone but in our society I suppose we try to do what is best for the largest amount, that way you piss of the least amount of people possible. Seems pretty political if you ask me.
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