Part One/Question 1 Wendell Berry’s augment about morality shows that morality is universal; it is not a list of rules, but a way of life to be practiced. Morality is the possibility for people to flourish in happiness, while considering the implications of those actions for future generations. The outcomes of our happiness will not be seen as instant karma for our children, but by what world is left for them to flourish in. Moreover, this world is not ours, we are only temporary residents of it, and consequently humans are the only species that are aware of this temporary existence. I believe that Berry is saying that to be genuinely happy and to flourish fully in our lifetime, we must know our limits as people and the consequences of having
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To live a well-lived human life we must respect those around us and use them to their full potential in our pursuit for the good life. In this day and age we spend most of our lives at work and we should respect and love that work. Berry says that we cannot separate life and work because your work is your life. In class we have discussed that is required to say that you have lived a well-lived life. Berry said that nature is “the inescapable judge” of our work and that would also mean that nature is the judge of a well-lived life. What you put back into the world is what you will be judged by and that is why “good work” is so important it is what you are putting back every day. To have money to support yourself and your family you must work so that is inescapable, so why would you not want the work you do to be “good work.” The work you do every day should be done with the aspects that Berry lists in mind: respect and love. All of the work you do does not only affect you, so you should show respect and love for yourself, for God, and for your neighbors. In the end when you look back on your life, if you do not put respect and love into all your work, can you say it is well-lived? I believe that to live a well-lived life you get what you give and that if you do everything in your life as “good work” you will come out with a well-lived …show more content…
There are many different careers in the field of psychology: teaching, clinical psychology, research, and more. Each one no matter what aims at helping people either directly or indirectly. The specific field I would ideally like to go into would be Industrial Organizational Psychology (IO psychology) or better known as psychology of the work place. This field focuses on bettering the work place with training, atmosphere changes, stress management, etc. I find that this field is the most important because you job, or career, takes up most of a person’s time, energy, and commitment. On average people spend five days a week, eight hours a day at their job and that is not including other factors such as; working to get a degree to obtain that job, balancing a family with your job, or working after hours to try and complete extra work. These are just some example of how much a career takes over our lives. Therefore, when I look at careers I see most of our lives spent around them, so I would agree that all jobs should be done as “good work.” To have a well-lived life you should spend most of it respecting and loving those around you, which in our era means during
To live a well-lived human life we must respect those around us and use them to their full potential in our pursuit for the good life. In this day and age we spend most of our lives at work and we should respect and love that work. Berry says that we cannot separate life and work because your work is your life. In class we have discussed that is required to say that you have lived a well-lived life. Berry said that nature is “the inescapable judge” of our work and that would also mean that nature is the judge of a well-lived life. What you put back into the world is what you will be judged by and that is why “good work” is so important it is what you are putting back every day. To have money to support yourself and your family you must work so that is inescapable, so why would you not want the work you do to be “good work.” The work you do every day should be done with the aspects that Berry lists in mind: respect and love. All of the work you do does not only affect you, so you should show respect and love for yourself, for God, and for your neighbors. In the end when you look back on your life, if you do not put respect and love into all your work, can you say it is well-lived? I believe that to live a well-lived life you get what you give and that if you do everything in your life as “good work” you will come out with a well-lived …show more content…
There are many different careers in the field of psychology: teaching, clinical psychology, research, and more. Each one no matter what aims at helping people either directly or indirectly. The specific field I would ideally like to go into would be Industrial Organizational Psychology (IO psychology) or better known as psychology of the work place. This field focuses on bettering the work place with training, atmosphere changes, stress management, etc. I find that this field is the most important because you job, or career, takes up most of a person’s time, energy, and commitment. On average people spend five days a week, eight hours a day at their job and that is not including other factors such as; working to get a degree to obtain that job, balancing a family with your job, or working after hours to try and complete extra work. These are just some example of how much a career takes over our lives. Therefore, when I look at careers I see most of our lives spent around them, so I would agree that all jobs should be done as “good work.” To have a well-lived life you should spend most of it respecting and loving those around you, which in our era means during