If so, what does this say about the honor and integrity of those who will only live by a code of ethics an values when it is convenient?
convenient: - suited to personal comfort or to easy performance
2007-12-11 03:44:03 · 6 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No, the right thing is the right thing to do no matter how hard it maybe.
The hard part is determining what the right thing is.
2007-12-11 03:48:50 · answer #1 · answered by gerafalop 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Great question. Unfortunately, personal integrity is never an easy thing, and people usually fall back onto things that are comfortable and easy or expedient (i.e., a means to an end, without regard to consequences, aka. Machiavellianism or "just get it done" attitude).
When a nation has a majority of people who believe in convenience and expedience over integrity, the nation will elect a president who reflects the values of the people.
Sad, but true. But it can be changed when each of us change to accept the more challenging choice of keeping integrity over expedience.
2007-12-11 03:54:34 · answer #2 · answered by Think Richly™ 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The older I get the harder it is to determine what the right thing to do is. I know there are some things I don't do, but knowing what to do is harder. There are actually two problems intertwined here. First, is it moral to do something even within my personal moral system and ignoring everybody else's. (gotta ignore other people, so many systems they contradict each other and become a null system.) Second, is there any action that will actually accomplish what I want or think is right. Predicting the actual results of an action is next to impossible. Too often, what seems like the right thing to do produces unacceptable results.
2007-12-12 16:08:47 · answer #3 · answered by balloon buster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If integrity were on a list of 100 best things we as Americans adhere to. 1. being the best and 100 being the worst. Integrity would rank 99th if not 100. Maintaining it on a personal level will damn near get you beat down or to death in today's society. A persons "FINANCES" are usually the easiest prey since our whole system is based around that of "CREDIT"(LEGALLY speaking of course). Inproverbs 22:1 it states that a "GOOD NAME" is worth more than silver or gold. Ok so in our system of DEMOCRACY your NAME is your "FOUNDATION". If i thought for one second ppl seen you as truly ethical and very good at what you do(no matter what it is) and it could derail the status quo i've grown accustomed to and i can't seem to beat you nor be able to control you on the playing field of business(example only of course). What for me would be the easiest thing to do to knock you out of the picture? Destroy your "CREDIT". And there's a number of ways to accomplish this. Just offering you some very friendly advice. Because "I KNOW". just remember in our "CURRENT" system of things it is best advised to maintain a "paper" trail. From start to finish. If stuff out of the ordinary starts occuring, fall back to your paperwork for comparison. It's not so easily erased either. Maintaining integrity as well as ethics takes the use of redundancy as well. Progression through conservative principle.
P.S: Excellent question by the way.
2007-12-11 04:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "right thing" to do is never easy. If it was, everyone would do it. The fact is, human nature has been corrupted by the 'god' relativity. Most people believe (and practice) a code of what suits them. Right is never even considerd because that would place someone else (God, maybe?) in charge.
There's no way human nature will submit to God's laws until they have no other choice. God is not as stupid as most people think...He knows all about our foolishness and He loves us anyway.
While Jesus was paying the penatly for our sins in agony on a cross, He asked God to "forgive them for they know not what they do". Now, THAT'S the right thing to do!
2007-12-11 05:00:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on your perspective, I guess.
If you subscrible to the George W. Bush Theory of Morality, then not only do you not have to actually demonstrate any of the morals you expect others to, but no rules actually apply to you at all.
Personally, I have a lot more respect for those who have the integrity to stick to their principles even when doing so is the most difficult thing in the world.
Because it's in moments like that where character is defined.
2007-12-11 03:51:50 · answer #6 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋