In Singer’s third chapter of his book he goes on to show us the common objections to giving. The opinion that I felt was the strongest argument was Lucy’s from Glennview High, “ If someone wants to buy a new car, they should. If someone wants to redecorate their house, they should, and if they need a suit, get it. They work for their money and they have the right to spend it on themselves.” ³…
As people mention the virtue, generosity, they always conceive of an image of a wealthy philanthropist who donates his money to people in need. However, in my opinion, the concept of generosity exceeds the narrow connotation of giving to others, and not only can rich people become generous; rather, generosity comprises of empathy to share others’ feelings, magnanimous tolerance towards other people, and returning to them with kindness.…
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.…
Before, I was all about myself, I knew what I needed and knew what to do to get what I needed. But since I have had this experience I have decided that giving is the life for me. I now see that I am not the only person in the world that has needs, and I am also not the only person in the world who struggles to meet said needs. And I believe that if I lead the rest of my life giving, I could inspire someone else to give, too. Luther was all it took to start the peasant revolt. That alone is enough proof that if one mind changes, several will follow after it. If we all become giving citizens maybe we can all find our inner…
There seems to be an inexhaustible number of reasons that one person might go out of his way to assist another. One of the more interesting of these is to give to soothe one's conscience, or to avoid the guilt that comes with not offering help when you can. Ma Joad used this reason to feed the starving children at the first Hooverville they stayed at. She looked at those kids and tried to avoid giving them food so she could feed her family. Even Uncle Tom had a hard time eating his food with those hungry children looking on. Ma eventually soothed her conscience by giving the kids the dregs of the soup kettle, though she knew she should have given the entire helping to her family, as they had less than enough themselves.…
According to “4 Amazing Health Benefits of Helping Others” by Leslie Goldman, she said “Doing good can be good for you, too”. So basically when good acts take place, literally the whole society benefits. “Each action has a cumulative effect. The more the nice things you do, the more people will respond positively toward you, and the better you’ll feel.”(Goldman). It has been stated that benefits of helping others: increases lifespan, provides oneself with greater happiness, provides sufferers from disease with better pain management and lowers blood pressure. Moreover, “Volunteering may offer an opportunity to establish more social connections and form new bonds with people who care about you and motivate you to take care of…
Feeling good about spending money on someone else rather than for personal benefit may be a universal response among people in both impoverished countries and rich nations, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.…
Some people will stay content in life and give to others, but others will take more than what they need.In the giving tree the author makes the tree caring and happy to give the boy what she has. But the boy wants more so the tree keeps giving him more until it has nothing left.In The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein uses greed and the gift of giving to explain the tree cares for the boy but he doesn’t care for it.…
“Take care of someone else. Be there for someone else. Bless someone else. A happy life is about giving more than you take” (Hale). Giving is something that can be very important in the other lives of people, especially the poor that live in cities across the world in different countries. The different types of Government systems also contradict the means of the society that the people live under, the officials themselves running the economy into the ground and causing the chaos in the country itself. Freedom of expression and individuality is sometimes restricted in many places across the world as well, there’s no way to express someone’s individuality, which is something crucial to a thriving society. These things are freely shown in pieces…
to alleviate other’s suffering even if by means that harm the individual, rather than improve…
In our current society, there is the expectation of having more and more. It could be something as simple as a material good, or it could go beyond that where we want to have the whole world in the palm of our hands. There is not necessarily something wrong with that, but then there’s the question of, “How much is too much?” At what point does an individual have enough? How can an individual be fulfilled? As a Christian, I’m constantly reminded that a Christian is that who gives without expecting nothing, however, in today’s world giving has become very difficult.…
Titmuss was an early pioneer of the ethical model and proposed that “policy analysis was “the critique of the ends – that is, the discussion of what are the right things to want?” Mayer (1985:54). He believed that distributive justice should be emphasised and there should be “..the distribution of material and social benefits based on people’s needs as well as their efforts.” Titmuss in Mayer (1985:54). He argued that members of a society need to be able to engage in what he called the gift relationship, a term he used to describe altruism. “The gift relationship is one in which one gives something of value to a stranger…thereby eliminating any possibility of reciprocity, which is the motivation for self-interested action.” Titmuss in Mayer…
In Debs’ speech “My Brother’s Keeper”, he argues that people have a moral obligation to help those who are suffering. He makes a valid point, because assisting people who are suffering is the way to maximize the amount of happiness in society and create a better society for everyone. Before the argument, we need to know why do we need to help people who are in need. According to the debate on moral Obligation,“Everyone must see the general happiness as valuable. Since morality is essentially a code of values to guide an individual’s actions, all individuals are morally obligated to increase the general happiness”(”Moral Obligation”).…
"That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value."-Thomas Paine…
“The human heart has ever dreamed of a fairer world than the one it knows.”- Carleton Noyes…