1. Why according to Davis, do people serve? Do you agree with these explanations? What else might motivate service ?
According to Adam Davis there are five main reasons as to why we do community service. The first reason is for devout purposes. Many people serve because of the love that they have for their God or gods. They feel that they are serving people by the grace of god. Myself being religious on occasion I serve for this reason. For me I was always told that if god gave you a gift it is your obligation to you it to serve others with it in his name. So a lot of the time I would sing or play the piano for the elderly on the Sabbath. Another reason according to Davis is because we share the earth. He says that this type of motivation …show more content…
I do believe that some people fit in multiple of the reasons not just one of them. I do feel that the last two reasons, reputation and to make me feel like less of a sinner, are selfish and wish that more people did service for other reasons, but they are still real reasons. Regardless of why people are doing service, at least those who need help are getting it. Though these reasons are very good, there are still a lot of other reasons as to why some people do service. Another reason why a lot of people do service is because it is enforced. This is true in terms or school or the judicial system. As a student at Florida Gulf Coast University I am required to complete 80 hours of service or I can no gradate. I also have to do at least 20 hours every semester with my sorority and even some of my classes require me to do community service hours. A lot of criminals are also given the option to complete community service over jail time. Even though this reason doesn’t seem the most personable or nice, it leads to a lot of good outcome due to the fact that those being forced to do community service often receive more of a blessing from it than those who are being served. A lot of these people probably would have never completed any type of service if it wasn’t
According to Adam Davis there are five main reasons as to why we do community service. The first reason is for devout purposes. Many people serve because of the love that they have for their God or gods. They feel that they are serving people by the grace of god. Myself being religious on occasion I serve for this reason. For me I was always told that if god gave you a gift it is your obligation to you it to serve others with it in his name. So a lot of the time I would sing or play the piano for the elderly on the Sabbath. Another reason according to Davis is because we share the earth. He says that this type of motivation …show more content…
I do believe that some people fit in multiple of the reasons not just one of them. I do feel that the last two reasons, reputation and to make me feel like less of a sinner, are selfish and wish that more people did service for other reasons, but they are still real reasons. Regardless of why people are doing service, at least those who need help are getting it. Though these reasons are very good, there are still a lot of other reasons as to why some people do service. Another reason why a lot of people do service is because it is enforced. This is true in terms or school or the judicial system. As a student at Florida Gulf Coast University I am required to complete 80 hours of service or I can no gradate. I also have to do at least 20 hours every semester with my sorority and even some of my classes require me to do community service hours. A lot of criminals are also given the option to complete community service over jail time. Even though this reason doesn’t seem the most personable or nice, it leads to a lot of good outcome due to the fact that those being forced to do community service often receive more of a blessing from it than those who are being served. A lot of these people probably would have never completed any type of service if it wasn’t