Examples Of Common Sense

A thief was going to break into a nice house with a fenced in yard. Before the thief snuck over the fence, he noticed that there was a “beware of the dog” sign posted on the fence. The thief then decided not to break into the home for fear of getting caught or hurt because of the dog that the warning spoke of. This is a pure example of using common sense. Common sense is a behavior that one learns from experiences throughout life and how that person applies those experiences to determine right from wrong.
Common sense is learning from experiences, whether they are personal ones or someone else’s. Everyone encounters personal experiences that are worthy of learning from everyday. For instance, when a child is young they are often told to be careful crossing the street and to always look both ways. This is common sense. If one were not to look both ways before crossing the street, that …show more content…
First of all, one can achieve common sense from the very own mind itself. When your body is hungry, your mind automatically knows it is time to eat. Another example of the mind displaying common sense is knowing how the body feels and what is normal and not normal to your body. For instance, whenever a person has a headache the mind knows something does not feel normal to the body and would let one know the body needed pain medication or something to help it feel better. The next way one could gain common sense would be by learning it from society. Society always has a certain standard of how a person should present ones’ self. For instance, a person should not pick his or her nose in public because it tends to gross others out. Another example of how society displays common sense is by the laws given by the government. If laws were not given, the society would be corrupt, therefore following the law is usually common sense. Everyone will learn common sense one way or