Personal Ownership Research Paper

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Ownership has the potential to establish both negative and positive aspects in an individual’s sense of self. A person gages their value through their ownership of skills, objects and accomplishments in an accumulative manner. These comparisons have the ability to cause damage to, as well as build up, someone’s appraisal of themselves. Everyone owns at least a few material objects, but it is what they own in terms of knowledge and abilities that shapes a person’s self worth and hopefully, their worth in the eyes of their peers. It is not uncommon to see people weighing themselves against others based on their material worth. Consequently, this comparison is often given excessive worth in their eyes, but it does not warrant the value with which it is often credited. It is hard to say that the wealthy man who does nothing for his community is of more value than the volunteers who help at food pantries and shelters, but barely maintain a viable income. Those who value tangible goods are not wrong to see their value, but they are wrong to place them above the ownership of strong moral traits such as generosity and overall kindness. The ownership of an ability or skill is effective for building …show more content…
It is common for greed and bitterness to run rampant among those with grand capabilities. They have the potential to do the most good by using their gifts to the advancement of the community, but they choose instead to benefit themselves instead of others who might have been grateful for the kindness. These people with a great material value are both beneficial and detrimental, begging the observation that perhaps it is not the economic value that causes, but the lack character virtue. While it is just as simple to benefit others as it is to choose not to, it is not uncommon to take the route that benefits the majority of people and results in the least damage to the owner’s habits of the

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