Another interesting passage states by King includes “The purpose of our direct-action program is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation” (343). He states that he isn’t afraid of “tension” and believes that direct action is required and a much better solution than negotiation at first. He opposes violent tension, but condones constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. A quote by Earl Warren, “justice too long delayed is justice denied” is very accurate. King states that he has heard the word, wait, for way too long and usually ends up meaning never.
On the other hand, treating someone or something with respect can also be related to fear and worry, for instance with people who are stronger or more powerful than us like a boxer or a policeman. But in general, respect is a value that allows recognizing, accepting, appreciating and developing the qualities of others and their rights. In other words, Respect is the recognition of the inherent value and rights of individuals and of society. However, Respect is not only manifested by people's attitudes or laws. It is also expressed toward authority, like the relationship between students and teachers or children with their parents.
Communication is important in all relationships as it allows us to share our interest, concerns and support for each other. Effective communication is based on the way we talk and listen, how we respond as well as our body language. All too often the signals we send are not those we intend to send. Tannen explains “women are often told they apologizes too much. The reason they’re told to stop doing that is that to many men, apologizing seems synonymous with putting oneself down”(para 4).
Do pressure groups strengthen or weaken democracy? It is extremely difficult to reach a conclusion on whether groups are good or otherwise for democracy but it is important to realise how they can be both beneficial and damaging to it. In debating the matter we face the difficulty that the group’s methods, aims and composition vary significantly and so they cannot all be thrown into the same group. So while we make comments on judgements they are only generalised and do not apply to all groups in all circumstances. Government’s aims are always to please the public, or do the best for the state and so these groups clearly show the government what a certain band of people wish to happen.
This is associated with Internalisation (conforming because you have accepted a group’s views and they now fit with your own beliefs). This type of conformity can occur with majority or minority influence, but it is most likely to happen when: • The right course of action is clear, there isn’t one obvious right answer • The situation is a crisis, you need to make a fast decision (both of these are evident when following a crowd who claim to be fleeing from a disaster, for example) • We believe the others to be experts; if we think the people we are conforming to “know what they are talking about” we are more likely to conform to their beliefs. Social Impact Theory This is a theory developed by Latané to explain why people conform in some situations but not others. The key principles of this explanation are: • Number – A
People feel threatened most of the time. 4. Value conflicts: Value conflicts are things that are morally right and people will stand their ground when they know something is right. Many times it will be hard to go against someone who is having this type of conflict with another. They are people who believe what they believe and no one can tell them anything that is different.
Posey1 Ms. Margaret Wanning ENG 101 7- Oct- 2013 Brutal Realities Many of us learn at a very young age to obey those who we deem as having authority over us, and in many cases we do just that. The thought may cross our minds to use our own discretion in many situations, but the feeling of being accepted by someone we look up to reigns supreme. Even though morally we may have our own indiscretions, we make decisions based on the majority rather than the minority. Two great examples of this type of behavior are shown in, “The Lottery”, by Chris Abani and “Salvation”, by Langston Hughes. In “The Lottery”, written by, Chris Abani the story tells of a 10- year- old whose perception of his aunt changes one day at a local market when
Respecting other will play a huge role in how others see you as well. Of course, there are a few people who do not deserve your respect, but you should always work towards treating people the way you would like to also be treated. You should be honest with people, do not insult one another, cause no harm, and do not steal from anyone. Respecting property would be the third behavior expectation. If you have ever had something taken away from you, one would know how it makes them feel when their property was not respected.
The Ethical Lens Inventory also implies that my blind spot is that I believe that motive justifies method. It says that I may unintentionally cause people upset and pain because I am so focused on my good motive, and that I tend to believe that ethnics is a set of universal rules that everyone should follow, just as I do. I believe that my strengths are that I will always perform my duties to satisfy the goal of my employer on my own and without supervision. I’m not dependent on a team or group. I feel my weaknesses would be that I may come across to others as bossy and everyone will be held
People very often change their attitudes and behaviors to conform to the attitudes and behaviors of people they are around. One of the reasons for this conformity of attitude and behavior change is that we are highly concerned with what others think of us. Conforming to the normality of others is our normal human attempt to obtain information we do not have so we in essence are relying on that normality to be a reasonable strategy especially when we are uncertain about how we should be acting. The unfortunate aspect to this is we more often than not usually are misinterpreting how the typical person acts in certain situations, which in the end will contribute to other problems within our own behavior. As humans we possess an integral predisposition to imitate the actions of our family, and friends that are around us.