sacrificing your morals from time to time?
2007-11-27 02:52:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I tend to take the tough way out even when there is that all-to-easy path traveled by the less scrupulous. I try to do the honorable thing even at a cost to me, because I hate being screwed and as a result, I don't want to screw others. It is important to know that evil is granted near free reign on this earth. So if things seem too easy and it feels like there is no resistance to to your every effort, you may want to stop and ask, "Am I doing the moral thing?". My experience is that when I try to to good things, I am met with resistance from many angles. I guess it is a sign that i'm doing something right.
2007-11-27 11:52:05 · answer #1 · answered by Magic Mouse 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is an important question, and will reveal how some people think in more black and white terms. In reality, I believe we all react to the more practical rather than the moral, for there are many more "minor" situations where we decide for convenience, rather than the few "major" instances when we act for morality. Obviously, in the "big" picture, most of us will say we will act morally, especially if it means that to do the contrary would be harmful to another, but how often do we go a little faster than the speed limit, talk on our cel phones while driving, rush to be first in line, fail to open the door for others, pad our deductions on a tax return, spend a little too much time on the internet at work, show disdain for another, or give cursory help as a Customer Service agent (just to name a few?). These are all acts that can adversely affect others, but because of their seeming banality, we do not always assign importance to them.
2007-11-27 11:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by Finnegan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you keep sacrificing your morals from time to time, then you end up an immoral person, and you may never get back to being moral. Who cares if you lose practical things, you lose it all in the end anyway, except the character that you take with you into eternity. Buddha said on his death bed that everything is ephemeral, work on your salvation. Jesus said seek the kingdom of God and His righteousnous first and all other things will be added to your life.
2007-11-27 11:30:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, practicality overrules.
At my job we were asked to volunteer at the Henry Ford Museum {1}. Initially I said there was no way I would do it.
Henry Ford {2} was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. He was also anti Semitic and wrote a multitude of anti-Judaism/pro-Nazi Germany articles. He would not hire Jewish or black people but for the lowliest of positions. Wonderful businessman and inventor, horrible person. SOME of it can be chalked up to the times in which he lived but most of it was just him being a miserable man.
I was ready to stand up for what I believed in until... my job offered overtime pay for the volunteer hours. I live paycheck to paycheck, barely, and time and a half was too much to pass up. I parted with my morals because it was more practical to take the extra money being offered. Especially with Christmas coming up. I'm not proud of it but it's a sacrifice I feel I have to make.
2007-11-27 11:20:57 · answer #4 · answered by Frosty 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can not sacrifice my morals. I would feel too bad doing so which is why I can not do so. I live my life with honor and integrity. After all, I have this need to feel good about myself and act in a way that Jesus Christ asked us.
2007-11-27 14:15:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your morals are in contradiction to practicality or what is honorable, then I would suggest a rigorous examination of your morals.
[edit] Kudos to Finnegan for making that point in your first sentence. Excellent observation dude!
2007-11-27 11:22:21 · answer #6 · answered by Gee Whizdom™ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If by "practical" you mean doing what makes sense...
I think my "morality" makes sense. Practicality is merely a physical expression of the things I hold to be true; therefore, I cannot separate the two.
2007-11-27 11:04:34 · answer #7 · answered by Trina™ 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I tend to do what is honorable. I had a rough, darker period of my life when I wasn't as strong as I should have been, but I have found that by doing the right thing, my life magically gets better and better over time.
2007-11-27 15:16:13 · answer #8 · answered by Overly-ambitious entrepreneur 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the circumstances. I would like to believe that I would do the honorable way on most of the time.
2007-11-27 11:06:18 · answer #9 · answered by Marcus M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will never likely sacrifice my morals for something practical. It is just part of who i am.
2007-11-27 10:56:30 · answer #10 · answered by aztar@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋