It is an irrefutable fact that we should help each. However sometimes help to others poses some danger to either us or others. Thus Peter Singer’s argument that, “we ought to prevent evil whenever we can do so without sacrificing something of comparable moral significance” in my view is a better school of thought or a sound moral law. We shall find out how he arrives at this conclusion and how convincing he is. Singer begins his argument by outlining some very important facts about human beings.
Mister singer uses it here to suggests that no-one should sacrifice more than we can spare but donate what we can that will do the most good for the greatest number of people. What this means is that one should not cause harm to themselves while helping others. It is my opinion that Mister Singer’s ideas are fully justifiable. First it is true that we must endeavor to provide aide and end suffering: Jeffery Obler wrote that “To ignore the needy is morally wrong, and failure to help is not acceptable” (Obler, 1986).it is also logical to assume that doing the right thing has an effect not only on the one helped but also on the helper: it makes one feel good about oneself and enriches your soul, giving you something about yourself to feel pride in your
And just like in life we didn’t get to choose our consequence for our action. But whether you make a good or bad choice there is always a consequence. Being obedient is important for our safety and the Lord sees obstacles ahead that we may not be capable of seeing, so we just have to trust in him and follows his commandments. The savior is the ultimate example of obedience. The savior was always obedient.
Although it can be difficult to understand or accept when an individual we are supporting relapses, we have to remain impartial and remember , above all, that we are only human. We may
How personal strengths can support success 1. Building personal strength to support success takes strong-mindedness, great sense of right or wrong and compassion. C. What are you personal weaknesses as a leader 1. My personal weakness mainly revolves around my over-compassionate nature which prevents me from being too firm when I need to be as a leader. VI.
“He always kept careful watch for soldiers deserting or mutinying, and these he punished with great harshness” (Hunt el. Al 2009, 157). Loyalty and devotion to the battle was a common belief and practice in the military in the Roman Culture. Caesar just as Polybius was very strict about his soldiers not deserting their duties during the time of war. The culture would make their soldiers very brave and loyal in battle, this was done not by upholding a high standard or praising the soldiers from achievements in battle but by harshly reprimanding them.
Mill believed it was extremely important that an indivduals free will should not be crushed by society. Mill believed indivduality is what it is to be human and anything that takes away your indivuduality is wrong. Mill state in his book On Liberty “Whatever crushes indivduality is despotism.” Despostism is the idea of dictatorship so Mill is saying that anything that stops our indivduality for example religion is controlling us and not allowing us to be free, which is wrong. Althought we are free we must consider others, this means that we can use our freedom however we must make sure we are not spoiling the freedom of others. This is supported by Paul Kurtz who states humans have the right “to satisfy their tastes” but however they shold not “impose their values on others.” For example you may want to murder someone with your free will however if you go ahead and commit the crime you are negatively effecting others in society and this is wrong.
Effectiveness, rather than pure efficiency, is the key to the work of professionals—the sick want a cure, the accused want exoneration, and the defenseless seek security. “I am an expert and I am a professional” (the ninth statement of The Soldier’s Creed) eludes to our duty as soldiers to know our job and be able to perform it under any circumstance imaginable without hesitation or question. Second, professionals are capable of making judgment calls, applying their skills and reaching informed decisions in situations that the general public cannot, because they have not received the relevant training. Professions create their own standards of performance and codes of ethics to maintain their effectiveness. One of the examples of professional ethics is the Hippocratic Oath to which medical doctors adhere to.
The first principle is humble your heart, which Wilkes mentions, “ True humility does not lead to exhaustion but frees us to serve others” (Wilkes, 1998, p.37). It illustrates the significance role of “true humility” to servant leadership. In addition, this phrase emphasize the humbleness is comes from the leaders own heart like Jesus. To achieve humbleness, which is not as easy as present in the book. Considering other in the first place, providing service with one’s own willing, waiting the assignment from God, and having unique characteristics are the key to success.
Singer argues that if it is in “our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it” (Singer, 1972). All throughout his article Singer is arguing that those who have enough to sustain their needs and the needs of those dependent upon them should indeed give maximally or at the very least increase the amount of aid that they are currently giving to help prevent the suffering of those who lack shelter, food, and medicine (Singer, 1972). He does not allow people to excuse themselves from the responsibility of lessening the suffering of others because of their distance from the problem nor “the number of people who are in the same situation” to help prevent the problem (Singer,