ETHICAL SCRAPBOOK PART 1 Jesse Wilkie CJS/211 8-10-15 Dk Punzi INTRODUCTION19802004 Good Samaritan Conduct or Random Acts of Kindness…
A helpful person who does you favours and actually help you is a very noble person, we should not turn our back on such people because one day they might need us in return.…
The act of kindness this student performed was one she does often and without a second thought. Whenever she sees an elderly person in a grocery store that appears to be looking for something or cannot reach an item she assists in any capacity she can. Her father taught this to her as the golden rule, and it is a part of her personality makeup. Her actions could be considered altruism that is selfishness in reverse. An altruistic person, he or she is helpful and concerned even when no benefits are expected in return (Myers, 2010).…
An act of kindness can develop values for both the person receiving the aid and the person offering the support as well as community development. In this summary key points are discussed on altruism. The summary stems from an act of kindness, which was conducted by the author as a student of Capstone Course in Psychology/Psy 490. I presented money to a person who needed money for his or her next meal, without expecting anything in return. A person does not realize the degree of emotions involved in experiencing need nor true concern until he or she begins to offer support with no desire of reward.…
Effective altruists recognize that the worth of anyone is equal to their own and believe that everyone should work towards good (Singer, 2015 p. 82). Through this reasoning, effective altruists are not influence by strong emotions to help out a single, recognizable person, but are motivated to reach out to the most number of people as they can even if these people were to remain anonymous. Their minds operate so that they prioritize helping out more people rather than a smaller group (Singer, 2015, p.82). In short, in this chapter, Singer emphasizes that actions must be grounded in the reasoning of working for the good of as many people as…
The random act of kindness that I completed this week was buying an old man a coffee in front of me at Starbucks. He ordered a Grande Pike with room. I heard the order and said “I’ll get that miss” and without even hesitating handed over my card to pay for the drink. The older man look at me with a cracked smile and confused kind of look before muttering the words “you didn’t have to do that young man, but thank you” I replied with a smile on my face “no problem Sir”.…
Beforehand, I was the kid that never initiated conversations and frankly, meeting new people made me uncomfortable. However, as an active member of my community, my shell of awkwardness and seclusiveness slowly broke down with every service event that I was a part of. I waited for the first time in Freshman year during a charity dinner and the gratitude I received back was quite astounding to me. They all shook my hand, had bright smiles, and one man specifically thanked me for making his night. While my guests experienced joy through my waiting, I experienced likewise from their response. Instead of a risk for an embarrassing situation, I realized that helping people brought me genuine…
Everyone has seen people standing on the street holding a sign, wearing a funny red hat, and asking for money. They are called Shriners, and giving them money is thought to be a sign of generosity. Generosity is a kind act that makes us feel virtuous, yet we probably do not practice this act enough. Even when we see someone giving money to these people; our perceived notion is that the donors are respectable, moral, and wholesome because they gave a monetary offering. Giving money does not show true generosity, it’s just one way of being generous, but there are many ways.…
Miriam Toews’ second novel starts with a funny-sad zinger: “Half of our family, the better-looking half, is missing,” and right away we’re hooked on our narrator’s mournful smarts. Laconic, restless, sixteen-year-old Naomi “Nomi” Nickel doesn’t fit in. Her mother and sister left town three years ago. Her Dad is adrift. Her best friend is in hospital with a mysterious disease. Her family home is starting to sprout broken windows.…
Aesop, an ancient Greek storyteller, once said, ”No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Small acts of kindness can have huge impacts on others. First, small acts of kindness might cause the domino effect. Second, acts of kindness can make people’s day. Finally, doing small acts of kindness makes you a good role model for younger people. As a result, a small act of kindness can make a positive impact on another person’s life.…
I recently read a book called A Complicated Kindness, by Miriam Toews. The protagonist is a teenage girl named Nomi. Nomi is growing up trapped in a small Mennonite community called East Village in the middle of nowhere, in Canada. All her life Nomi was told what to believe, with heavy emphasis on the belief that living dutifully and by the word of God in this life would guarantee salvation in the next. In Nomi’s town, you were either good or bad. There was no in between, no room for individuality or mistakes. Those who went through their life there quietly, going to church every Sunday and working at the local chicken slaughtering plant after graduation, were considered to be on their way up. Those were the people who at the end of a long, uneventful life, would be greeted happily by Jesus and live forever in his kingdom of glory. Those who broke out of the mould were doomed. Since non-conformists were clearly speeding down the highway to hell anyways, they were excommunicated from the church and forced to either leave the community or live without recognition from even their own family.…
Last but not least, helping is one nice reaction of people to homeless one. It shows not only the humanity but also the sharing of us. Once in an idyllic evening, I was driving along the way home, I saw a young boy who was giving a bottle of water to a homeless man. Surprisingly, every day I go home, I see that action. The little boy has tried to help that man just by giving him water, but I feel happy because there are kind people who are willing to help others in poor…
Recognizing the personal benefits of being nice might motivate us to do it a little more often like when an opponent gives you a harsh tackle in a soccer game.…
How this theory explains the behavior: To be able to give back to the community and engaging in a selfless act places a larger meaning to my and my family’s life that material possessions could never replace. To be able to look among diverse faces with the same smile and see the gratitude in their faces makes life more purposeful. It brings out the positives and potential in our lives that can truly make a difference in the world we live in. Acts of kindness mold my children and others into caring individuals who value people and their differences without judgement or…
As will be discussed in class this Thursday (1/29/15), your first formal writing assignment is to write a standard 3 page essay, with a beginning (intro), middle (body), and end (conclusion). This is a Random Acts of Kindness paper and can be on any kind thing you choose to do over the weekend, or in the days after. Your Random Act of Kindness must be an original act, or based on examples I provide in class, and/or are generated by class discussion. Please base your essay on the specific act you chose to bestow. This must be a new “thing” that you do now, NOT a past act. Things to consider: why you chose your act, the reaction of the recipient, and how you felt during and after completing this assignment. For example - the first page may contain your initial thoughts (after you create a totally awesome first line “hook,” of course)when assigned this essay and your thought process in deciding what and when to do your RAOK; while the “body” of your paper (or page 2) may contain the process that you actually went through to carry out your RAOK; and lastly (or page 3) will conclude your experience, perhaps contain the reaction of the benefactor and how their reaction made you feel. All aspects of this assignment either have been or will be discussed and modeled in class. Your rough draft should be typed, MLA formatted, and be 3 full pages in length. You will need to bring a hard copy rough draft in to class for peer edits- remember, the more you bring in for peer edit, the more you have increased your opportunity for feedback and your ability to make informed revisions, but at the VERY least, you must bring in two FULL pages (that is not 1 and 1/2 pages or 1 page, that is TWO FULL pages) to receive credit. Your grade is a combination of following all directions, and submitting both your RD and your final paper on time, according to the due dates and instructions. Therefore, you must meet all aspects of the assignment to earn a grade higher…