Benevolence Does More Good Than Harm

Firstly, benevolence brings danger to oneself by damaging one's health. According to Time, people who sacrifice to take care of their family members "become less healthy both emotionally and physically, since they are frequently overwhelmed with conflicting responsibilities." This shows that benevolence can actually be harmful to the one providing help if they are constantly helping others. Additionally, being excessively benevolent can cause service "to become more of a burden than a blessing" (Konrath 1). Doing too much to help other people engenders tiredness. It is quite feasible for one's energy to be drained rapidly from the strain that accompanies benevolence. Being constantly tired is harmful to one's health in that it prevents one's body from getting rest. When …show more content…
If someone is putative for always being benevolent, some individuals will machinate to take advantage of the attribute of benevolence for personal gain. For example, someone could put up a façade that they need a significant amount of money and flaunt their apparent need in front of someone they are confident will assist them financially. As is consistent with their previous benevolent behavior, money will be given to the freeloader, and they will use the money in ways that were not intended by the giver. This example highlights how being too benevolent leads to the wasting of one's money and future occurrences of the abuse of one's benevolence. The instance of lending money could prove to even more dangerous if a benevolent person is persuaded to give their credit card to someone in the name of generosity. This would turn into a great ordeal and could hurt the livelihood of the innocent, benevolent person who is simply trying to be helpful. The dangers brought upon oneself from being financially generous alone is just one of many ways that harm is incurred to oneself because of their